Podcast Episodes

The life-changing power of a choir - From Guyanese activist forming an Aboriginal Women’s choir

Song propelled Morris Stuart from his early life shepherding sheep in British Guyana to an unlikely love story in London. In his retirement, he found…

11 months, 1 week ago

The wisdom of an ancient Pencil Pine

Nature writer Andrew Darby on what he learned from his rambles through the wilds of Tasmania, communing with the world’s oldest surviving trees. In p…

11 months, 1 week ago

Encore: A daring escape from Vietnam to the halls of prestigious American universities

Anh Nguyen Austen's family fled Vietnam by sea in 1982, on a wooden boat bound for the Philippines. When a once-in-a-century storm struck in the Sout…

11 months, 1 week ago

From street fighting petty criminal to portrait artist - 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,…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

'Mistakes were made' — a live storytelling experience

Rebecca Huntley, Rick Morton, Julia Zemiro and Sarah Kanowski bring you stories of human failure, misadventure and outright fiasco in a live storytel…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Two sisters, Dod and Brattle - the lesbian poet, and the evangelical Christian

Josie McSkimming on growing up with her bohemian sister, the poet Dorothy Porter, and how their lives took off on wildly diverging paths as they grew…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Encore: Doctor Koppe — PTSD and me

Hilton Koppe was a beloved country GP for 30 years before an unexpected health crisis of his own forced him to reassess everything (R)

Hilton Koppe gr…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Shaking — escaping the grip of a lifelong tremor

Journalist and author Sonya Voumard on the rare neurological condition that has stalked her since a family tragedy during her childhood.

Sonya Voumard…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Loneliness — it's not only you

Loneliness is a universal experience, for each of us at some point in our lives. Journalist Ros Thomas travelled the world to investigate, and find t…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

The fearless Kate McClymont — weathering death threats and court cases for work

The chief investigative reporter on her work exposing criminals and corruption, including former politician, Eddie Obeid and financial fraudster, Mel…

11 months, 2 weeks ago