Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchInside the six-day siege of the Iranian Embassy in London
In April 1980, a group of armed men invaded the Iranian Embassy in London, taking hostages, and issuing demands in the name of a cause almost no one …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Mass murder, cannibalism and insanity — inside Mao's cultural revolution
China's cultural revolution was murderously violent and culturally devastating; millions of people, artefacts and ideas went up in smoke. So what's f…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
How I became a brainwashed cult bride
Liz Cameron was 18 years old when a stranger approached her in a book shop. It was the beginning of her induction into a cult, and it was an experien…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
How I became a brainwashed cult bride
Liz Cameron was 18 years old when a stranger approached her in a book shop. It was the beginning of her induction into a cult, and it was an experien…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Encore: the charming Italian narcissist
When Kerstin Pilz found out that her charming husband Gianni had been cheating on her while he was dying and she was taking care of him, she had to d…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Mr. Finch — deathworker in the tapestry of life
Author Katia Ariel tells the story of Ephraim Finch, a man synonymous with death in the Melbourne Jewish community. He started life as Geoffrey Willi…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The mind f**k of pain — retraining your system to tackle chronic pain
Professor Lorimer Moseley is neuroscientist, who specialises in the complexities and mind-boggling nature of pain - what it is, why it exists, how it…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
When Peter Greste became the story
It’s been a decade since Australian journalist Peter Greste became a global news story, spending 400 days imprisoned in Egypt. But he still misses th…
9 months ago
Encore: When success, a big house and a loving family aren't enough
What happens when a man can't stop his drive and desire for more? Author Andrew O'Hagan dissects the pitfalls of more money, more success and more ap…
9 months ago
Actor and Hollywood It Girl Ione Skye on surrendering her Rock 'n' Roll past and forgiving herself
The Gen X actor on making peace with her absent father, the ghosts of her Hollywood past and nursing Anthony Kiedis through his drug addiction while …
9 months ago