Podcast Episodes

Crushing on Aladdin and Nigella Lawson — how Daniel learnt to love himself

Writer and journalist Daniel Nour on the pressures of his vivacious Egyptian-Australian family, and 'inviting people in' instead of 'coming out'.

Dani…

1 year, 2 months ago

The walking nun — Sister Clare Nolan on entering the convent and saving lives

Sister Clare Nolan was the head of nursing at St Vincent's Hospital when the HIV/AIDS epidemic reached Australia. She met with politicians, brothel w…

1 year, 2 months ago

Encore: What does a 'disaster specialist' actually do and how do they survive?

When there's a plane crash, a bomb blast, a flood or a pandemic, Lucy Easthope's phone starts ringing. This is how she stays cheerful and trusts her …

1 year, 2 months ago

Miss Australia, gangland girlfriend, counsellor and criminal: Felicia Djamirze's story

Felicia Djamirze grew up in the criminal underworld, then became a beauty queen. But her life outside the pageant circuit was mired in the world of d…

1 year, 2 months ago

A Dad's mission to save his daughter, and conquer cancer

Matt Dun left school at 17 to join the Australian navy as a submariner and later finished his high school certificate as an adult attending TAFE at n…

1 year, 2 months ago

Teaching Nina Simone how to love me: a daughter's story

Singer Lisa Simone is the only person in the world who can call Nina Simone 'mommy'. Lisa was the beneficiary of Nina's incredible talent and her aff…

1 year, 2 months ago

Encore: The secret world of servos after dark

David Goodwin spent years working the graveyard shift at his local service station in the outer suburbs of Melbourne. The grungy work quickly took ov…

1 year, 2 months ago

Dr Rangan Chatterjee on health and healing in a hectic world

As a boy, Dr Rangan Chatterjee saw his dad work day and night as a doctor before succumbing to an auto-immune disease. After his father's death in 20…

1 year, 2 months ago

The hidden corners of Emma's Hong Kong — fishing villages, beaches and ancestral graveyards

Novelist Emma Pei Yin ran away from Hong Kong as a teenager to start fresh in Australia. But she found herself repeatedly drawn back home whenever sh…

1 year, 2 months ago

AFL star Zach Tuohy on his silent struggles as a young father and life after footy

Zach was still a teen when he was scouted by the AFL in Ireland, beginning a great adventure in Australia, where he fell in love and unexpectedly bec…

1 year, 2 months ago