Podcast Episodes

Translating adolescence and speaking Teenage Girl

When Dannielle Miller became a teacher, she was given the classes no one else could handle. She was given a whistle on her first day, to call for hel…

1 year ago

The Bark Petitions — how Yolngu tradition changed democracy

Historian, Professor Clare Wright tells the story of a formative moment — before the Mabo decision — in Australia’s democracy that you may not have h…

1 year ago

Encore: the life of songwriter Jimmy Webb

Singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb on how growing up as the child of an Oklahoma preacher opened up a door to music, and inspired his songwriting (R)

Jimmy …

1 year, 1 month ago

Surviving bombs and starvation on a Mediterranean island paradise

When Linda Peek's mother Margaret died, Linda collected the scraps of handwritten notes strewn around the home and put together Margaret's remarkable…

1 year, 1 month ago

How tiny crystals reveal the secret history (and future) of volcanic eruptions

Volcanologist Teresa Ubide opens volcanoes up from the outside, like a doll's house, searching for tiny crystal balls to help her predict when the ne…

1 year, 1 month ago

Birtles, Brown and Bean: Warren's madcap world tour, in a vintage car

Warren Brown drove through 80 countries in searing heat and pouring rain in a vintage Bean car to recreate the 1927 world tour of Australian motorist…

1 year, 1 month ago

Encore: The making of Nazeem Hussain

Nazeem Hussain honed his comedy in Melbourne's suburbs in the 1990s. After his father left the family, his fearless mother taught Nazeem how to use h…

1 year, 1 month ago

Drug bazaars, hitmen and hackers — why Eileen went deep into the dark web

Lawyer turned journalist Eileen Ormsby on her journey deeper and deeper into the internet's 'evil twin', where, under the cloak of anonymity, people …

1 year, 1 month ago

The family secret that inspired 'The Teacher's Pet'

Journalist Hedley Thomas grew up knowing that his grandmother Gladys had vanished in the sea off Sydney in the 1950s when she was just 35 years old. …

1 year, 1 month ago

Lucinda Light on MAFS, living with ADHD, and her search for love

Lucinda Light was running a speed dating company in Byron Bay when she auditioned for 'Married At First Sight'. While on the show, she became a huge …

1 year, 1 month ago