Podcast Episodes

Loving and losing three good men—the story of a ballerina called 'Blossom'

Petal Ashmole Winstanley was just a teenager when she left Perth on her own to sail to London. There, in the swinging 1960s, she began her wild adven…

4 months ago

The conspiracy that brought down the Whitlam Government in the 1975 dismissal

Editor-at-large of The Australian, Paul Kelly looks back at the most profound crisis in Australia’s democracy, including the off-the-record informati…

4 months ago

Silverchair’s Ben Gillies on his life as a teenage rock god, and what happened next

When Ben Gillies was 15 he began touring around the world in his band called Silverchair. After the band broke up, Ben had to work through anxiety an…

4 months ago

Encore: Meet Ash Barty's mindset coach — Ben Crowe

How does Ben Crowe get elite athletes to the top of their game? What he asks footballers, surfers and tennis players to do seems counter intuitive, a…

4 months, 1 week ago

Uncovering the heart of my Nana’s saltwater stories

Actor and author Tasma Walton was enjoying her big break on TV show Blue Heelers in the 1990s in Melbourne when a transformative visit from her grand…

4 months, 1 week ago

William Dalrymple's own curious history, from the Scottish coast to Mughal Delhi

Historian William Dalrymple had a rarefied childhood on the windswept coast of Scotland. As an adult he fell in love with India, and later discovered…

4 months, 1 week ago

The drama and the grit behind Michelle Payne's ride into Melbourne Cup history

Ten years ago, Michelle Payne became the first woman to win The Melbourne Cup but in the years since she's had to face many challenges, including a l…

4 months, 1 week ago

Encore: The story of a wild, radical feminist socialist lesbian mum, and her son

Writer, Ianto Ware with the story of growing up in the suburbs of Adelaide with his radical, feminist, lesbian mother, Dimity. (R)

Ianto Ware was rais…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

How Paris helped this aerospace engineer survive anorexia

Kate Reid inherited her love of Formula 1 from her dad. She put her heart and soul into qualifying for a job with the renowned racing team, Williams,…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

The strange tale of the artist who stole 3000 butterflies

Walter Marsh with the surreal tale of Colin Wyatt, the ski champion, mountaineer, wartime camouflage expert, artist, and naturalist who committed one…

4 months, 2 weeks ago