Podcast Episodes

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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months ago

Encore: The Toilet Warrior's origin story

Mark Balla was on a business trip to India when he met two young men on a train. They invited him back to see their home, one of the world's biggest …

1 year, 3 months ago

The spy who kept secrets for the self-made man

Belinda Probert knew her father as an English war hero named Bill. What she didn't know, was that he was born Roy and that his spying did not end whe…

1 year, 4 months ago

Dressing drag queens in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

A chance find at age 14 at Flinders Street Station led Tim Chappel to a life of silver lamé, sequins, girdles, and an Oscar. 

Costume designer, Tim Ch…

1 year, 4 months ago

Singing as 'sweet relief' — Meg Washington on stuttering, spirituality and song

The musician reflects on the epic evolution of her singing from practical childhood speech therapy to sacred musical fluency.

Meg Washington was born …

1 year, 4 months ago

Encore: From Yugoslavia to Australia — Jelena Dokic on tennis and the truth

Jelena Dokic on the trauma and violence which underscored her extraordinary life in tennis, and how she worked to change her own story(CW: discussion…

1 year, 4 months ago

How a teen father used the local skate park to change the world

Jayden Sheridan was just 17 years old when he found out he was going to be a father, and immediately he knew he needed to give his son better opportu…

1 year, 4 months ago