Podcast Episodes

How a heroine of Singapore survived jail and torture in WWII

Historian Tom Trumble tells the story of the cunning World War II Australian sabotage mission known as Operation Jaywick, and how two survivors outsm…

11 months, 4 weeks ago

The unlikely outback publican and the 'Taj Mahal of the Warrego’

Fran Harding was a stay-at-home mother of eight children when her pharmacist husband came home one night with the news that the family were moving to…

1 year ago

Journeying to the 'Hadal Zone' in a two-man submarine

Dr Todd Bond is marine ecologist who goes where very few humans have ever been: the underworld, or the deep ocean. There, he studies the strange, sca…

1 year ago

Remembering Dr Jane Goodall's science and her humanity

Jane Goodall, the renowned conservationist and pioneer of groundbreaking chimpanzee field research, has died of natural causes at the age of 91.

Jane …

1 year ago

Why you should empower your children to know their human rights

Lawyer Paula Gerber on the human rights of the most endangered group of people in any community - its children. They are open to the most predatory f…

1 year ago

The Wiggles, Red Nose Day and baby Bernadette

Musician Paul Field on grieving the death of his baby girl, Bernadette, and how she inspired his family band, The Wiggles, to bring joy into the live…

1 year ago

When my parachute failed: How I survived a fall from 15,000 feet

When Brad Guy went skydiving in his early 20s, his whole family was there to watch.  But when Brad jumped out of the plane strapped to his instructor…

1 year ago

Encore: Psychotherapist Philippa Perry says yes to feelings

Phillipa Perry grew in England and as a teenager went to a finishing school in Switzerland where she learnt to ski and speak in a posh accent.  But i…

1 year ago

What caring for the dying taught Bronnie Ware about living

Bronnie Ware was recovering from burnout when she wrote a blog post reflecting on years working as a palliative carer and the epiphanies patients sha…

1 year ago

My father Bryce Courtenay: the charming, charismatic, compulsive liar

To Australia he was a genius adman and best-selling author but behind closed doors Bryce Courtenay was a deeply flawed husband and father. His son, A…

1 year ago