Podcast Episodes

Antarctica, Kiribati and outback Australia — the adventures of a GP doctor

When Dr Gillian Deakin became a GP, she knew she didn’t want to work behind a desk. Instead, she travelled overseas to make a difference. More recent…

1 year, 1 month ago

Jonathan Haidt on 'attention fracking' and how to stop tech companies from stealing your child's focus

Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt says it is time to reinstate the play-based childhood to bring our kids back from life online and into the real wo…

1 year, 1 month ago

The secrets in the stars — what we can learn about habitable planets, alien life and ourselves

Dr Laura Driessen takes you 26,000 light-years away, into the centre of our galaxy and beyond in the search for radio stars, supermassive black holes…

1 year, 1 month ago

Alice Zaslavsky's hunger for life

The Masterchef graduate and cookbook author grew up in Georgia as the Soviet Union was crumbling, gorging on plums in her grandfather's garden. Durin…

1 year, 1 month ago

Pip Williams — from dyslexia to the Dictionary of Lost Words

Pip Williams was diagnosed with dyslexia as a teenager. She grew up to write a novel inspired by the history of the Oxford Dictionary, which soon bec…

1 year, 1 month ago

Jon Ronson on psychopaths, sociopaths and how to spot them

The journalist delves into the history of experimental psychopathy treatment in Canada, which included mass, nude LSD trips.

Years ago,  journalist Jo…

1 year, 1 month ago

Heroin, Ivan Milat, rehab and redemption — the incredible life of Claude Robinson

For years Claude Robinson was doing crime to fund his heroin addiction. He was eventually locked up with murderers in Goulburn Prison, where he share…

1 year, 1 month ago

Darren Hayes on the bruising truth behind his Savage Garden stardom

During the height of his fame as one half of Savage Garden, Darren Hayes struggled to reconcile what he'd lived through as a child growing up in Loga…

1 year, 1 month ago

Alice Roberts on the skeletons' secrets

Professor Alice Roberts examines the bones of those who died between five and ten centuries ago, solving the mysteries of how they lived and died.

Pro…

1 year, 1 month ago

Cows on a plane — an epic journey from Tullamarine to Chennai

Paul McVerry is an experienced cattleman and a stud breeder, who had a wild vision to fly a gift of cattle to India with the help of winemaker Dan Mu…

1 year, 1 month ago