Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSilverchair’s Ben Gillies on his life as a teenage rock god, and what happened next
When Ben Gillies was 15 he began touring around the world in his band called Silverchair. After the band broke up, Ben had to work through anxiety an…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Encore: Meet Ash Barty's mindset coach — Ben Crowe
How does Ben Crowe get elite athletes to the top of their game? What he asks footballers, surfers and tennis players to do seems counter intuitive, a…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Uncovering the heart of my Nana’s saltwater stories
Actor and author Tasma Walton was enjoying her big break on TV show Blue Heelers in the 1990s in Melbourne when a transformative visit from her grand…
11 months ago
William Dalrymple's own curious history, from the Scottish coast to Mughal Delhi
Historian William Dalrymple had a rarefied childhood on the windswept coast of Scotland. As an adult he fell in love with India, and later discovered…
11 months ago
The drama and the grit behind Michelle Payne's ride into Melbourne Cup history
Ten years ago, Michelle Payne became the first woman to win The Melbourne Cup but in the years since she's had to face many challenges, including a l…
11 months ago
Encore: The story of a wild, radical feminist socialist lesbian mum, and her son
Writer, Ianto Ware with the story of growing up in the suburbs of Adelaide with his radical, feminist, lesbian mother, Dimity. (R)
Ianto Ware was rais…
11 months ago
How Paris helped this aerospace engineer survive anorexia
Kate Reid inherited her love of Formula 1 from her dad. She put her heart and soul into qualifying for a job with the renowned racing team, Williams,…
11 months ago
The strange tale of the artist who stole 3000 butterflies
Walter Marsh with the surreal tale of Colin Wyatt, the ski champion, mountaineer, wartime camouflage expert, artist, and naturalist who committed one…
11 months, 1 week ago
Why this humanitarian doctor swapped Byron Bay for a war zone and what happened next
Katie Treble grew up crying at about how all the king's horses and men couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again. It was that compassion that made he…
11 months, 1 week ago
Encore: Aaron Fa’Aoso on his mistakes, heartaches, and lucky breaks
Aaron was living on the tip of Cape York when he borrowed his uncle’s dinghy to make it to his first acting audition on nearby Thursday Island.
He won…
11 months, 1 week ago