Podcast Episodes

Drought, depression and asking for help—how an Outback farmer found peace in the ocean

For years, Brendan Cullen was known around Broken Hill as the happy man who ran thousands of ewes across tens of thousands of hectares with a smile. …

2 weeks ago

Where do we go when we die? Looking for answers in psychedelics

Filmmaker Lynette Wallworth on how nearly dying as a little girl set her on a lifelong path to interrogate out-of-body experiences, spirituality and …

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Encore: The spiked chair which began conductor Umberto Clerici's life in music

The chief conductor of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, on the chair of spikes that accompanied his early musical career, and why he doesn't tone d…

2 weeks, 4 days ago

How I went from being a new mum on food stamps to an worldwide, anonymous restaurant critic

Besha Rodell started her career in hospitality waitressing in North Carolina. The act of care and service through food has been incredibly important …

2 weeks, 5 days ago

How I went from being a new mum on food stamps to an an anonymous restaurant critic, worldwide

The act of care and service through food has been incredibly important to Besha Rodell throughout her life, from her first, euphoric experience of a …

2 weeks, 5 days ago

From child preacher to wicked defector — leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses

Naomi Mourra grew up as a door-knocking Jehovah's Witness but at 21, she realised Doomsday was not upon her, and left the religion for good.But as a …

2 weeks, 6 days ago

A boy called Little Chilli — how flavour and migration led to unexpected love

Tony Tan’s parents pinned their hopes on him when they sent him from home in Malaysia to Melbourne to become a white collar professional in the 1970s…

3 weeks ago

A short history of the innovations that have shaped human progress

We rarely stop to wonder who invented the wheel, the alphabet or the printing press but so much of what feels fundamental to daily life was once a bo…

3 weeks, 3 days ago

Encore: the Nyamal woman from the Pilbara transforming how we think about trauma

Psychologist Dr Tracey Westerman on her groundbreaking work transforming mental health outcomes for Aboriginal communities (R)

Dr Tracy Westerman grew…

3 weeks, 4 days ago

Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, an indestructible Nashville studio and the DNA of folk music

The iconic folk duo met at an audition for the only country music band at a prestigious jazz school in Boston. They immediately clicked, and joined t…

3 weeks, 5 days ago