Podcast Episodes

Life on the lam — how Peter escaped from under his fugitive father's shadow

Peter Norris's father was a notorious bank robber who lived life on the run, dragging his boy across the country with him, until Peter refused to go …

1 year, 6 months ago

Martha, baby Michael and the police officer who cried

Martha Jabour was a young mum when her baby son Michael died suddenly. In the thick of her grief, she worried for the devastated young police officer…

1 year, 6 months ago

Undercover hitmen, shady drug deals and covert surveillance — life as a top cop

While working as an undercover cop, Nick Kaldas played a drug baron in the market for vast quantities of hemp oil, tracked a fugitive with a penchant…

1 year, 6 months ago

Encore: Andy Paschalidis on the death on the football pitch which changed everything

Football tragic Andy Paschalidis was in his 50s when a dear friend and fellow player died during an over-35s soccer game. The tragedy inspired him to…

1 year, 6 months ago

Tim Winton on staying alive, in extremis

Australian writer Tim Winton on the stories which inspired his latest novel, 'Juice', a story of determination, survival, and the limits of the human…

1 year, 6 months ago

Love, death and duels — Marie Curie's radioactive life

The Polish-French physicist and chemist is famous for discovering radium, but Marie Curie was more than her accomplishments. From 'the flying univers…

1 year, 6 months ago

Could you live forever? The neuroscience behind brain preservation, consciousness and death

Would you want to live for longer? Forever? Have your mind preserved and uploaded into something non-human? And is it even possible? Neuroscientist D…

1 year, 6 months ago

A life in the law, on the Glitter Strip

Gold Coast lawyer Chris Nyst on his 45 years in criminal law, defending career criminals, going head to head with corrupt police, heroin addicts and …

1 year, 6 months ago

Encore: A restaurant named Parwana — Afghan treasure in Adelaide

Durkhanai Ayubi and her family keep alive the stories and flavours they carried to Australia from Afghanistan, in the dining room of their 'accidenta…

1 year, 7 months ago

How Geraldine Brooks learned how to live again through grief

Writer Geraldine Brooks on love, grief and letting go after her husband died in a shocking and unexpected way.

In 2019, Australian writer Geraldine Br…

1 year, 7 months ago