Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEncore: How Sean Sweeney found his deaf heart
Sean Sweeney on the complications and joys of growing up as a a hearing child in a deaf family, using Auslan, a distinctively Australian sign languag…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The miserable lives and golden guns of tyrants, dictators and despots
Marcel Dirsus is fascinated by the treadmill of tyranny: how dictators gain power, how they stay there and how they fall. This is his blueprint for b…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
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 …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Peter Godwin's complicated loves, great losses and occasional wars
The writer had a complex relationship with his mother, whose professional reputation built a wall between them, but also saved his life more than onc…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The gothic country childhood and the spirited mother
When Rosalie Ham was a child, her mum received a devastating diagnosis, and started an affair as a way to find herself before it was too late. This s…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Treating anorexia by nourishing the heart
Psychiatrist Warren Ward treats patients who are severely ill with eating disorders. Understanding the mystery of human nature has driven him since h…
10 months ago
Ghost stories and executions in Iceland — when Hannah Kent and Agnes Magnusdottir became entwined
When writer Hannah Kent first visited Iceland in 2003, she came across a gothic true story about Agnes Magnusdottir, the last woman hanged in Iceland…
10 months ago
Heroin addiction, Ivan Milat's dentist, and beginning again
Claude Robinson developed a heroin habit as a young man, and spent years in jail. In 2006 he began to turn his life around for good. (CW: description…
10 months ago
Situationships, risks and growing pains — Jemma Sbeg on surviving your 20s
From relationships and loneliness, to indecision and burnout, Jemma Sbeg is your guide to navigating your 20s, and looking back on that decade with a…
10 months ago
A life spent making — ‘Mr Millimetre’s’ memories
Jeffrey Broadfield has made building his life. It has taken him around the world, and given him a place to belong.
10 months ago