Podcast Episodes

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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year ago

My Moroccan matrescence

When Nadia Mahjouri travelled to Marrakech with her four-month-old baby to find her long lost father, she also underwent the process of matrescence —…

1 year ago

Gus Worland on the men who made him and Australia's male suicide epidemic

Two of the most important men to Gus Worland departed his life in shocking and unexpected ways. Gus' grief led him to dig deeper into what it means t…

1 year ago

Encore: Brigitte and the seven peaks

Brigitte Muir's dream to climb the seven highest mountains on each of the seven continents took much longer and cost her more than she expected, but …

1 year ago

David Whyte on writing poetry the world loves

For poet David Whyte, the power of poetry lies in its unmatched ability to meditate and focus on what's right in front of us -- whether it's a mounta…

1 year ago