Podcast Episodes

Encore: The hidden corners of Emma's Hong Kong — fishing villages, beaches and ancestral graveyards

Novelist Emma Pei Yin ran away from Hong Kong as a teenager to start fresh in Australia. But she found herself repeatedly drawn back home whenever sh…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

'The century of foundlings'—what Cynthia found when she went looking maternal family secrets

Writer Cynthia Banham on discovering the shocking truth about her great-grandmother, reckoning with buried family secrets, and the criticisms mothers…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Spotting the psychopaths, sadists and narcissists in our lives and how to get rid of them

Toxic people are around us in our workplaces, our families and our dating lives. Research psychologist Leanne ten Brinke is here to tell you how to s…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Encore: How his ex-wife's hidden letter changed Teddy Tahu Rhodes

Born with a magnificent voice, Opera star Teddy Tahu Rhodes fought against his destiny for years until a letter he'd been avoiding reading changed ev…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

The GP clinic for patients often overlooked by society

Dr Nada Andric wants to improve the health of people who are marginalised in the community and their access to healthcare.

She works at the Reverend B…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Encore: Bo Seo on good arguments and the power of disagreement

Two-time World Debating champion Bo Seo on how love and listening can improve how we disagree, so we're not at each other's throats online and offlin…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Exploring loss, love and meaning with psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz

Stephen Grosz has welcomed people into his office for more than 40 years, and believes our greatest task in life is to see ourselves and others with …

3 months, 4 weeks ago

When the magical worlds of Alice Springs and Prague collided

Writer Tanya Heaslip on swapping life on an Alice Springs station for the fairytale streets of Prague, and the remarkable parallels she found between…

4 months ago

Encore: Remembering cultural leader and storyteller Rhoda Roberts

The late Widjabul Wieybal woman of the Bundjalung Nation Rhoda Roberts lived through great loss and grief, in the midst of becoming one of Australia'…

4 months ago

Burnout and the 'Bureaucrapper' — how Nick went from the edge of homelessness to helping others

Nick Orchard on how a tough childhood, mental health issues, couch surfing and hip hop have helped him learn how to help others recover from burnout …

4 months ago