Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchShipwrecked and alone: surviving the Blythe Star
At 18 years old, Mick Doleman miraculously survived when his ship capsized in the freezing Southern Ocean off Tasmania. But as he floated in a life r…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Crushing on Aladdin and Nigella Lawson — how Daniel learnt to love himself
Writer and journalist Daniel Nour on the pressures of his vivacious Egyptian-Australian family, and 'inviting people in' instead of 'coming out'.
Dani…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The walking nun — Sister Clare Nolan on entering the convent and saving lives
Sister Clare Nolan was the head of nursing at St Vincent's Hospital when the HIV/AIDS epidemic reached Australia. She met with politicians, brothel w…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Encore: What does a 'disaster specialist' actually do and how do they survive?
When there's a plane crash, a bomb blast, a flood or a pandemic, Lucy Easthope's phone starts ringing. This is how she stays cheerful and trusts her …
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Miss Australia, gangland girlfriend, counsellor and criminal: Felicia Djamirze's story
Felicia Djamirze grew up in the criminal underworld, then became a beauty queen. But her life outside the pageant circuit was mired in the world of d…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
A Dad's mission to save his daughter, and conquer cancer
Matt Dun left school at 17 to join the Australian navy as a submariner and later finished his high school certificate as an adult attending TAFE at n…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Teaching Nina Simone how to love me: a daughter's story
Singer Lisa Simone is the only person in the world who can call Nina Simone 'mommy'. Lisa was the beneficiary of Nina's incredible talent and her aff…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Encore: The secret world of servos after dark
David Goodwin spent years working the graveyard shift at his local service station in the outer suburbs of Melbourne. The grungy work quickly took ov…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Dr Rangan Chatterjee on health and healing in a hectic world
As a boy, Dr Rangan Chatterjee saw his dad work day and night as a doctor before succumbing to an auto-immune disease. After his father's death in 20…
8 months ago
The hidden corners of Emma's Hong Kong — fishing villages, beaches and ancestral graveyards
Novelist Emma Pei Yin ran away from Hong Kong as a teenager to start fresh in Australia. But she found herself repeatedly drawn back home whenever sh…
8 months ago