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Back to SearchThe 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
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Cows on a plane
Paul McVerry is an experienced cattleman and a stud breeder, who had a vision to fly a gift of cattle to India with the help of Dan Murphy
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Jenny Graves — the curious case of sex cells
For Jenny Graves, the genetic history of Australia's unique wildlife holds a key to the future of human evolution.
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Benjamin's epic flight
Benjamin is an adventure paraglider and documentary maker. One day, while paragliding in central Mexico, he was forced to make a sudden landing in an…
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Raising the Kanneh-Masons
Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason on what it takes to keep up with her seven children — all of them gifted classical musicians (R)
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