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Teddy Tahu Rhodes and the letter that changed his life
He's one of the world's most acclaimed opera stars, but Teddy Tahu Rhodes did everything he could, for a very long time, to avoid his destiny on stage
3 years, 8 months ago
The hunt for the world’s largest owl
Wildlife biologist Jonathan Slaght on his adventurous quest to save the rare, shaggy fish owls of Russia's Far East (R)
3 years, 8 months ago
Maggie Dent — helping teenage boys grow into good men
Maggie grew up around boys, then raised four sons of her own. Now she helps parents understand the changes teenage boys are going through as they cro…
3 years, 8 months ago
The ghosts of Babylonia
Dr Irving Finkel on the ghosts who joined the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians in their day to day lives
3 years, 8 months ago
Jackie Huggins: my father Jack
Jackie Huggins with the story of her father Jack, who was a surf lifesaver, a rugby league player, a soldier taken prisoner in the Fall of Singapore,…
3 years, 8 months ago
Tony Bull and finding his voice through a prison debating club
Tony spent three decades in and out of jail for property crimes and safecracking. When he joined an unusual club inside Hobart's Risdon Prison, he fo…
3 years, 8 months ago
Sylvie and the magical stew
Writer Sylvie Bigar thought her assignment was simple — cover the history of cassoulet, a French ancestral dish. What she discovered was a world of p…
3 years, 8 months ago
What the Totem Pole gave Paul
Ever since he was a boy, Paul Pritchard has been fascinated with climbing rocks. His compulsion took a terrible and beautiful turn on a matchstick of…
3 years, 8 months ago
Lost at sea: losing faith as a Navy Chaplain
How the Royal Australian Navy's top chaplain lost his faith
3 years, 8 months ago
Two spoons and a dugout canoe — the story of Jock McLaren
Tom Gilling with the story of how a Scottish-born soldier named Jock McLaren became one of Australia's greatest World War II guerrilla fighters (R)
3 years, 8 months ago