Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAyesha is not an escape artist
Ayesha Jehangir left her rural village to get a better education; she left Pakistan to explore Afghanistan; and she left an abusive marriage to find …
1 year, 11 months ago
How Bri Lee became an incendiary
Bri Lee on the brutal series of events which began her life as a writer tackling injustice in our courts, the beauty industry, and in our schools (CW…
1 year, 11 months ago
Family folklore: spies, secrets and suffering
Phil Kafcaloudes grew up hearing stories about his legendary grandmother Olga, who became a spy for the British in WWII. When he grew up, he went in …
1 year, 11 months ago
Jane Fonda - writing her own script
Jane Fonda's big life has included Barbarella, activism, three husbands, workout videos and hair epiphanies. Now in her 80s, she's devoting her energ…
1 year, 11 months ago
Oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros' love for Egyptian movies
The oud virtuoso reflects on his path to the instrument, via a stamp collection and an Egyptian movie star
When Joseph was 10, his dad swapped an iron…
1 year, 11 months ago
Crime scenes, lost wallabies, and coal-covered possums
Best-selling crime writer Candice Fox has written 17 books. But she also has a second life hurtling around Sydney rescuing stranded wallabies, cockat…
1 year, 11 months ago
The secret world of servos after dark
David Goodwin spent years working the graveyard shift at his local service station in the outer suburbs of Melbourne. The grungy work quickly took ov…
1 year, 11 months ago
Va — the sacred space between us
Australia's first Pasifika university Professor, Jioji Ravulo was just a boy with the flu when a trip to his father's homeland turned him into a chief
1 year, 11 months ago
Anton Clifford-Motopi on finding his full name
Anton Clifford-Motopi didn't see a face that looked like his until he became a father. And it would take several more years before he learned who he …
1 year, 11 months ago
On birds, fathers and fairy possums
Ecologist David Lindenmayer first went into the Mountain Ash forests of Victoria in search of the tiny Leadbeater Possum, and he discovered an amazin…
2 years ago