Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNancy'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
2 years, 2 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
2 years, 2 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…
2 years, 2 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months ago
Best of 2023 - Dean Laws
Dean Laws was in his 50s when doctors told him he had Parkinson's disease. For a time, he was devastated. Then he formed a running crew with his frie…
2 years, 3 months ago
Best of 2023 - Karin Bäumler
Some years ago, Karin Bäumler found herself in a fight for her life after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer. In the thick of it all, making music w…
2 years, 3 months ago
Best of 2023 - Amar Singh
Amar Singh's sense of belonging to Australia has only grown since he leant into his Sikh faith, growing out his beard and his hair, wearing a turban …
2 years, 3 months ago
Best of 2023 - Danny Estrin
Voyager frontman Danny Estrin on his unconventional path from heavy metal to law and the Eurovision grand final
2 years, 3 months ago