Podcast Episodes

Iran's position of power in the Strait of Hormuz

Military strategist Jennifer Parker on the story behind the biggest disruption to oil supplies in world history, happening now in the Strait of Hormu…

2 months, 1 week ago

Encore: How Jenny upended the Australian way of death

Jenny Briscoe-Hough on the uncomfortable truths which saw her set up Australia's first ever not-for-profit funeral home (R).

After her mother died, Je…

2 months, 1 week ago

Deciding on a big, bold life

From wearing red stilettos on her first day of university and travelling solo into rural Egypt, to relocating to the United States with four kids in …

2 months, 1 week ago

Encore: Tony Birch — op shop fever and old Fitzroy

Writer Tony Birch with tales of his Fitzroy childhood including his grandmother Alma's 'op shop fever', his love for pine cones and blankets, and the…

2 months, 1 week ago

The ordinary and extraordinary lives of women, artists and mothers

Writer Drusilla Modjeska has built a career exploring the extraordinary lives of pioneering women writers and artists, who have never stopped asking …

2 months, 1 week ago

Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

New York Times columnist and author M.Gessen on the slow strangulation of democracy, happening right now in Trump's America.

M Gessen grew up in the S…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

Colin's band, Men At Work, was one of the biggest acts of the 1980s. Their first album shot the band to international fame. Then quite quickly, every…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

What happens to kids when they can't go to school?

When Megan Gilmour's son was 10 years old, he spent nearly two years in isolation at the Sydney Children’s Hospital. The months he missed at school d…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Encore: Is there a cheating gene?

It was a Sunday night in the garage of their family home when journalist and author Kate Legge found out her husband of 30 years had been cheating on…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

How I use touch to tell stories — my work as an intimacy director

Lisa Petty began her dance career in 1980s New York, intoxicated by the grime and flamboyant life of the city. She witnessed countless friends lose t…

2 months, 2 weeks ago