Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA rebel on the bench
David Heilpern with stories of drama, crime and heartache from his 21 years as a country magistrate (CW: references to drug use and sexual assault) (…
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Heather Rose and the mystery at the heart of things
Heather Rose on her decades-long quest to make peace with life and loss after a tragedy befell her family when she was a girl (CW: grief and loss)
3 years, 6 months ago
Paulie Stewart and the punk nuns of Timor-Leste
Paulie Stewart made a name for himself as the frontman of legendary Melbourne punk band Painters and Dockers, but he's also spent much of his life ca…
3 years, 6 months ago
Surviving two volcanoes — Ngaiire's story
The singer-songwriter shares memories of her mother's sacred, ancestral mountain, surviving childhood cancer and being rescued via a message on AM ra…
3 years, 6 months ago
Sandi Toksvig and the school of life
The Danish-British author and comedian on her father's laissez faire attitude to school, and how this opened her mind and brought her to NASA's missi…
3 years, 6 months ago
Diana Nguyen on making peace with her mother
Diana Nguyen's mother would walk out of her performances at interval in protest of her career, but Diana forged on and in the process healed this mot…
3 years, 6 months ago
Jo Medlin teaches adults to read and write
Almost half of Australian adults struggle with some level of literacy — writing a shopping list, or reading a text message in private. Jo helps her s…
3 years, 6 months ago
The most perplexing musical instrument
The French horn is made up of metres and metres of brass coiled around and around until it opens into a big bell. Let Peter Luff lead you through the…
3 years, 6 months ago
The untold stories of the Battle of Long Tan
Peter FitzSimons has written many books on Australian military history, but pulling out the remarkable stories from the Battle of Long Tan was a long…
3 years, 6 months ago
What humans can learn from animals
Animal communication specialist, Justin Gregg on killer whales' grief behaviour, the Piping Plover's broken wing strategy, and what would happen if h…
3 years, 6 months ago