Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLetting the tiger out of the cage
Adventurers and extreme athletes, who jump off bridges and walk across deserts, have a reputation for being fearless daredevils who take unnecessary …
2 years, 7 months ago
Lessons from the Kingdom of Sargon
Historian Peter Frankopan on how the earth's climate has shaped human history
2 years, 7 months ago
Bo Seo on good arguments
Two-time World Debating champion Bo Seo on how love and listening can improve how we disagree
2 years, 7 months ago
The wild ride of Di's life
The bull rider and horsewoman has lived a life full of danger and drama, at the rodeo and outside it. Di's incredible experiences have taught her to …
2 years, 7 months ago
The curious history of sweating it out
From the naked athletes of Ancient Greece to the Jane Fonda revolution of the last century, sport and exercise have had a surprising hold on humans
2 years, 7 months ago
Hijacks, heists, and a sinking boat
As a young woman craving adventure, Marele Day hitchhiked on a catamaran sailing across the Indian Ocean. After befriending the French skipper, Marel…
2 years, 7 months ago
Being Sharon Stone's stunt double
Ky Furneaux spent 16 years in Hollywood as a professional stunt performer, falling, fighting and breaking glass on cue. She has managed to make her n…
2 years, 7 months ago
Love and Loss, in Watsonia
Damian Callinan with the grand love story of his parents Adrian and Kathleen, who met in 1946 at a football match. They were together for 62 years b…
2 years, 8 months ago
The art of English, according to Benjamin Dreyer
Benjamin Dreyer has strong ideas about the English language, and how to transform books into the best possible versions of themselves. But he's not a…
2 years, 8 months ago
Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama on surviving conversion therapy and becoming a peace negotiator
Pádraig Ó Tuama survived conversion therapy and exorcism as a young gay man in a church in Ireland, then became a leading peace negotiator and a poet…
2 years, 8 months ago