Podcast Episodes

Love, death and duels — Marie Curie's radioactive life

The Polish-French physicist and chemist is famous for discovering radium, but Marie Curie was more than her accomplishments. From 'the flying univers…

10 months ago

Could you live forever? The neuroscience behind brain preservation, consciousness and death

Would you want to live for longer? Forever? Have your mind preserved and uploaded into something non-human? And is it even possible? Neuroscientist D…

10 months ago

A life in the law, on the Glitter Strip

Gold Coast lawyer Chris Nyst on his 45 years in criminal law, defending career criminals, going head to head with corrupt police, heroin addicts and …

10 months ago

Encore: A restaurant named Parwana — Afghan treasure in Adelaide

Durkhanai Ayubi and her family keep alive the stories and flavours they carried to Australia from Afghanistan, in the dining room of their 'accidenta…

10 months ago

How Geraldine Brooks learned how to live again through grief

Writer Geraldine Brooks on love, grief and letting go after her husband died in a shocking and unexpected way.

In 2019, Australian writer Geraldine Br…

10 months, 1 week ago

Singing for her life: Camille O'Sullivan on Ireland and her dearly departed friends

It took a catastrophic car accident for the singer and actress to leave a decorated career in architecture and focus on her artistic ambitions, inclu…

10 months, 1 week ago

Singing for her life: Camille O'Sullivan on Ireland and her dearly departed friends

It took a catastrophic car accident for the singer and actress to leave a decorated career in architecture and focus on her artistic ambitions, inclu…

10 months, 1 week ago

Finding my dad, and myself — unravelling a family's secret

Lindsey Fidler’s quest to find her biological father started with jazz and an American Air Force Base. It ended with a trip to the U.S. through a dis…

10 months, 1 week ago

Encore: Let them ring — Paul Livingston on making a great big noise

Paul is a musician, author and performer best known for his comedic alter-ego, Flacco. In recent years he's joined an eclectic band of people who rin…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Transforming trauma with Dr Gabor Maté

The renowned physician discusses the role of trauma in our lives, showing up as addiction, chronic disease and mental illness — and how recognising h…

10 months, 2 weeks ago