Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchChanging prisoners' minds with Vedic meditation at Rikers Island
Joh Jarvis was a high-flying boss when grief from a terrible loss began to overwhelm her. She tried therapy, exercise and healthy eating. Then she fo…
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A wild Bollywood adventure — from Sydney to Mumbai and back again
Indian-Australian actor and playwright, Nicholas Brown on being cast as a villain, and what made him end his time in Mumbai for a different life back…
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Aunty Ruth Hegarty’s life of defiance, faith and finding her voice
The hardship, cruelty and loneliness of the mission system during the Great Depression didn't crush Aunty Ruth Hegarty's spirit. She found her voice,…
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Arnhem Land to Everest — surviving worst case scenarios in the wilderness
From the unforgiving tropics of the Kokoda track to Mt Everest, wilderness guide Steve Ellis has made a career teaching bushcraft and survival skills…
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I was a political prisoner in Myanmar — and I could never hate the Burmese
Following the coup of 2021, Australian economist Sean Turnell received an email from a "secret friend", warning him he was being watched by Myanmar's…
1 year, 5 months ago
Raising kids diffently and being generous with love: Writer Nikki Gemmell
From Wollongong to London, via Alice Springs, this is writer Nikki Gemmell on her deeply romantic life, and how she defied expectations to become a f…
1 year, 5 months ago
A Sri Lankan hotel, a Harlem nightclub and orgasm-induced amnesia — Dasha Ross' epic adventures
Dasha Ross' most epic adventures were chartered with her larger-than-life husband John Pinder, including the time they managed a beachside hotel in S…
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Prostate cancer, testosterone and Tim Baker's masculinity
When surf writer Tim Baker was diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer, he had no idea how the hormones which saved his life would fundamentally chang…
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder and how Penny loosened its anxiety-inducing grip
Penny Moodie grew up consumed by catastrophic thoughts and developed habits to try to ward off impending doom. It turned out she had been living with…
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Melbourne's seedy underbelly and the gangsters who run the joint
They're violent and scary, some of them are madmen and others are convicted killers, but the gangsters who control organised crime syndicates in Melb…
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