Podcast Episodes

You're not alone or broken—the pursuit of happiness is making us miserable

Philosopher and writer Eamon Evans on humanity's relentless and impossible pursuit of happiness through materialism, social media and self help, and …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Encore: Judy Brewer on country love, deb balls and understanding autism

Judy grew up on a farm in north-east Victoria.

When she was seventeen, a family tragedy saw her thrust into life as a farmer for the first time.

Being …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

A man, his gum trees, and a "second education"

The world's leading eucalyptus expert, Professor Steve Hopper, on what science and culture say about these spectacular trees, and how Noongar elders …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Zadie Smith on 'being on the side of life' at 50

The UK writer Zadie Smith became a world-wide sensation with the publication of her first novel, White Teeth, when she was just 24, and now aged 50, …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Encore: Jessica's life as a GODA - the grandchild of deaf adults

Jessica Kirkness with the story of her grandparents, who both grew up profoundly deaf in a hearing world, and how she navigated the space in between …

7 months, 4 weeks ago

'Come to orgy, wife wrote to friend' discovering the truth behind why I was adopted

Saul Eskake grew up knowing he was adopted and for a long time felt content knowing nothing about his biological parents, but when Saul and his wife …

7 months, 4 weeks ago

Encore: My shark attack, and the aftermath

Dave Pearson runs Bite Club, a support service for anyone who has survived a shark attack. Dave’s own brush with death came in 2011, when a three-met…

8 months ago

Loving and losing my adventurer husband across the Tasman Sea

In 2007, Vicki’s husband Andrew set off from Tasmania in a kayak, aiming to become the first person to paddle to New Zealand, but a month later autho…

8 months ago

How a boy named Yuri saved me from the trauma of a bomb blast

Debra Richardson joined the police at age 18 in the 1980s, working undercover as a prostitute and surviving the Russell Street bombing. Years later, …

8 months ago

Encore: Nikki Gemmell's vivid life of love, grief and reinvention

From Wollongong to London, via Alice Springs, this is writer Nikki Gemmell on her deeply romantic life, and how she defied expectations to become a f…

8 months ago