Podcast Episodes

Best of 2025: Claire Keegan on bravery, writing and the single life

The bestselling Irish author grew up on a farm set on “50 acres on the side of a hill”. Growing up, she witnessed a harsh, misogynistic country that convinced her she would never marry. Claire shares…

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Best of 2025: How Vincent Fantauzzo's life was saved by love and painting

When artist Vincent Fantauzzo was a boy he was a street-fighting petty criminal with dyslexia and a blazing talent for drawing. He escaped jail time, and grew up to become one of Australia's most wel…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Encore: the life of Norman Swan

How a boy from Glasgow named Norman Swirsky grew up to become Australia's most famous doctorWhen Norman was 10 years old his dad decided to change the family's surname to Swan in a response to ongoin…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

William McInnes' bittersweet summers — budgie smugglers, boardies and bumming around

The author and actor thinks summer in Australia is done bigger, better and weirder than anywhere else. For three months of the year, life slows down and heats up. But for William, summer in Australia…

Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago

How living like a Stoic changed my life

Journalist and author, Brigid Delaney looked into the ancient philosophy during an assignment from her editor. What she discovered led her to years of study and a brand-new outlook on life that focus…

Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago

The Rajneeshees and me — why Martina thought she needed a guru to heal

Cult survivor and psychotherapist Dr Martina Zangger on her ten years devoted to an Indian mystic and how she learned to stand on her own two feet.

When Martina Zangger was 19 years old she became a d…

Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago

Encore: Helen Garner's love letter to her grandson, and football

When Helen Garner began following her grandson Amby's under-16s football team, it was a chance to spend more time with her youngest grandchild before he became an adult and she was fascinated by the …

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago

The forgotten men who fought and died in the wild jungles of Borneo

At the very end of World War Two, Australian soldiers were sent to Borneo to dislodge the occupying Japanese Forces. The story of their brutal fighting was largely forgotten by their own compatriots,…

Published on 4 weeks, 2 days ago

Deciding 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 began the slow climb up and out to health (CW: disc…

Published on 1 month 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 fate, Mark won his first mini motorbike in a shoppin…

Published on 1 month ago