Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAunty Ruth Hegarty’s life of defiance
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,…
1 year, 11 months ago
Roger Rogerson: crimes and punishment
After a life of controversy, crime and corruption, disgraced former police detective Roger Rogerson died last week, aged 83. Peter Hoysted met with R…
1 year, 11 months ago
Slaying monsters, immortality and sex: the wild ride of Gilgamesh
Louise Pryke is one of few people in the world who can read the ancient language in which The Epic of Gilgamesh is written. The mammoth, wild tale is…
1 year, 11 months ago
Deviating demographics with Liz Allen
Dr Liz Allen is a demographer fascinated by Australia's demographic trends. But her own story is a remarkable case study in deviating from the norm
1 year, 11 months ago
Nancy's muster dog, Mate
Nancy Withers has been breeding and training kelpies for 50 years, but one dog stands out from the rest, and he changed her life forever
1 year, 11 months ago
The nudist, the vegetarian vicar and Karl Marx's daughter
These are just some of the remarkable and quirky people who helped write the Oxford English Dictionary
1 year, 11 months ago
Jane Perlez's view from Beijing
At 19 years old Jane Perlez visited China in the middle of the Cultural Revolution. She would return there as a journalist decades later to cover the…
1 year, 11 months ago
Off-road in the roaring twenties
In 1927 Francis Birtles set off on a grand adventure from London to Melbourne, through murderous mountain ranges and blustering blizzards, in a Bean …
2 years ago
Chess master Irina Berezina’s gambit
International Chess Master and champion Irina Berezina credits her incredible chess-trained mind with helping her survive multiple international disa…
2 years ago
Costa Georgiadis — Heart and Soil
Costa is the friendly face of Gardening Australia, a devotee of composting, keeping chickens and developing insect hotels (R).
2 years ago