Podcast Episodes

The making of Nazeem Hussain

Nazeem Hussain honed his comedy in Melbourne's suburbs in the 1990s. After his father left the family, his fearless mother taught Nazeem how to use h…

2 years, 3 months ago

The toilet warrior

Mark Balla was on a business trip to India when he met two young men on a train. They invited him back to see their home, one of the world's biggest …

2 years, 3 months ago

She farms, she flies, she castrates bulls

Dr Ameliah Scott pilots herself around remote NSW to take care of animals and have a cuppa with their owners.

2 years, 3 months ago

Trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling) and me

As a teenager Adele Dumont started pulling out her hair from the root.

Eventually she created a bald spot the size of a 20-cent piece at the crown of …

2 years, 3 months ago

Jackie goes to Space Camp

After feeling burnt out, Jackie Carpenter spontaneously applied for NASA's Space Camp. She was the first Australian accepted, and it was the most tra…

2 years, 4 months ago

Julia Baird's search for grace

Julia Baird has been sustained through hard times by acts of "moral beauty". In a world marked by division, these gestures have the power to restore …

2 years, 4 months ago

Robert Waldinger's good life

Dr Robert Waldinger on what it takes to live a happy life 

2 years, 4 months ago

Aunty 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,…

2 years, 4 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…

2 years, 4 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…

2 years, 4 months ago