Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDeciding to live—recovery from a decade long battle with anorexia
While fighting anorexia Lexi Crouch was admitted to hospital 25 times and placed in an induced coma twice. When doctors told her she would die, she b…
8 months ago
Frosty the supercars legend and his race to the top of Mount Panorama
Mark Winterbottom grew up in outer Western Sydney, in a family with not much money to spend on expensive hobbies. But by an extraordinary twist of fa…
8 months ago
Encore: author Heather Rose on the grief lodged deep in her body
Heather's brother and grandfather died in a tragic drowning accident when she was 12 and from that day, she began looking for a way to commune with w…
8 months, 1 week ago
A former army psychologist on ketamine therapy, PTSD and her surrogate twins
Louise O'Sullivan spent 10 years with the ADF, including deployments with the Special Forces in Afghanistan which eventually left her with PTSD, but …
8 months, 1 week ago
Dad, Bob Marley and me
After the death of her father, a spiritual moment with the life-size wooden statue of Bob at Nine Mile convinced queer rapper, Jamaica Moana that eve…
8 months, 1 week ago
How a pair of disobedient missionaries invented Australia's most iconic road trip
Tens of thousands of 'van lifers' and 'grey nomads' drive around Australia each year. But the iconic road trip has a surprising origin story involvin…
8 months, 1 week ago
Encore: How Johnathan Thurston became one the greats
Despite being a stand-out young player, many NRL clubs initially rejected Johnathan Thurston because they thought he was too small and wiry but he we…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
How Aunty Rhonda learnt to cry
Artist, author and Stolen Generations survivor, Rhonda Collard-Spratt, on bush hugs, beehives, emu bumps, and finding peace.
Aunty Rhonda Collard-Spra…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Why the pendulum swings between democracy and dictatorship worldwide
Dr James Loxton on how modern democracies can crumble as tyrannical leaders take hold, but also how freedom and democracy can rise again, from the Am…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
A bulldog on the ice -- Eric's journey from the South Pole to Outer Space
Eric Philips has always loved cold weather and from young age became fixated on the idea of polar exploration and following in the footsteps of the a…
8 months, 2 weeks ago