Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHoliday Listening: Nerida's nudibranchs, sea dragons and siphonophores
As a marine molecular biologist, Dr Nerida Wilson spends a lot of her time getting acquainted with the mysterious creatures lurking in the dark depth…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Holiday Listening: Lee Berger, the real-life Indiana Jones, and the Case of the Lost Hominids
When Lee Berger entered the field of palaeoanthropology there was a one in 10,000,000 chance he would discover anything 'worthwhile' digging around S…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Holiday Listening: Fishing for feelings -- the many ways fish are smarter than you think
Dr Culum Brown is a leading researcher in the field of fish cognition, his research has shown that even that smallest fish are capable of learning an…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Holiday Listening: The flying vet from Outback Queensland
Dr Campbell Costello's work as a vet has taken him out of his family's station in North Queensland to places as far flung as Kazakhstan, Mongolia and…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Holiday Listening: Slime moulds—the brainless blobs that can move and solve mazes
Dr Tanya Latty is an insect scientist with a quirky taste in pets, and a keen eye for detail, but it's the lessons from her brainless pet slime mould…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Holiday Listening: David Bindi Hudson on playing his didgeridoo at the Taj Mahal
When his elders named him Bindi, David Hudson had no idea his future would involve performing with his didgeridoo at the Taj Mahal, or a role in a fi…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Holiday Listening: Learning from the mighty matriarchs of the animal kingdom
Erna Walraven was one of the first female zookeepers to work at Sydney's Taronga Zoo in the 1980s. Despite practical jokes from her male colleagues, …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Best of 2025: Mike Doleman on surving the Blythe Star
At 18 years old, Mick Doleman miraculously survived when his ship capsized in the freezing Southern Ocean off Tasmania. But as he floated in a life r…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Best of 2025: How I became a brainwashed cult bride
Liz Cameron was 18 years old when a stranger approached her in a book shop. It was the beginning of her induction into a cult, and it was an experien…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Best of 2025: The young boat builder who rowed across the Pacific
Tom Robinson was a 14-year-old living in the Brisbane suburbs when he made a promise to himself to become the youngest person ever to row across the …
2 months, 3 weeks ago