Podcast Episodes

The magic of metallurgy — inside the ancient trade of blacksmithing

Matt Mewburn, one of Australia's last blacksmiths, takes you inside the "iron cathedral", where blacksmithing is still very much alive.

Matt didn't gr…

1 year, 6 months ago

'It was meant to be me' — the teenage TV star who feels 'lucky to be paraplegic'

Louise Philip had just scored her breakout role on Australian television, in Bellbird, when a horrific car crash threatened to derail the life she wa…

1 year, 6 months ago

Exploring death and grief with heart and healing

As a forensic counsellor and then a grief counsellor, Wendy Liu has spent many years right up close to death. Her work with people who are processing…

1 year, 6 months ago

How a macabre country childhood spawned a best-selling dressmaker’s tale

Author Rosalie Ham grew up in a country town three blocks long and three blocks wide. She paid close attention to the characters there, like the woma…

1 year, 6 months ago

The epic mystery of a female pope and the birth that was her undoing

Writer Emily Maguire on losing her own faith, but finding awe and inspiration in a controversial myth about a female pontiff who some people believe …

1 year, 6 months ago

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

Jelena Dokic overcame adversity, poverty and violence to rise to the top of the tennis world. Years later, her revelations about her father's abuse s…

1 year, 6 months ago

Journey inside Africa's cave of Great Apes to upend your understanding of the human origin story

Lee Berger, National Geographic Explorer in Residence and real-life Indiana Jones with tales of his hominid discoveries, many of which have rewritten…

1 year, 6 months ago

Why Andrew sets the table under the stars in the Australian Outback

As Andrew Dwyer ventured further into the desert, he fell in love with the people and the landscape. He battled sandstorms, floods and isolation to s…

1 year, 6 months ago

Byron Bay, reality TV and Shane Warne's bowel movements — why Akmal Saleh hates the jungle

An impulse decision to buy a home in the rainforest results in a comedy of errors involving a python in the roof, an unexpected tax bill, two reality…

1 year, 6 months ago

From the Commonwealth Games to Everest and the Channel swim — Gerrard doesn’t need to see to believe

Athlete Gerrard Gosens didn't realise he was blind until his first day at primary school. His adventurous spirit led him to become a three time Paral…

1 year, 6 months ago