Podcast Episodes

The hunt for Hitler's horses by an art sleuth

Art detective Arthur Brand met neo-Nazis, billionaire collectors and underground art dealers on his hunt for the two enormous bronze horse sculptures…

4 years ago

Healing the grieving heart

Wendy Liu has spent many years right up close to death. As a forensic counsellor she worked with families who had lost someone to an accident or viol…

4 years ago

Music, mothering and Martha Wainwright

The folk singer on the songs in her blood and the intergenerational conflict between professional creativity and family

4 years ago

Oumuamua's secrets

Avi Loeb was Harvard's top astronomer when he became intrigued by reports of a pancake-shaped object the size of a football field hurtling through ou…

4 years ago

A history of war, humanity and technology

Historian Gwynne Dyer on his search to understand whether war is embedded in human nature, and why things are changing, despite the world becoming le…

4 years ago

Anita Jacoby uncovers painful secrets hidden by her loving father

Anita Jacoby has spent decades uncovering the truth about other people, but when she turned the lens on her own father, she was shocked

Anita Jacoby h…

4 years ago

Building a school for the world’s poorest children — Gemma Sisia's story

A donation of land and $10 was all Australian-born Gemma needed to establish The School of St Jude in Tanzania (R)

4 years ago

Tom Tilley: losing my religion

Tom Tilley was raised in a loving Pentecostal family, but as he grew up he began to question the church's teachings, especially when it came to speak…

4 years ago

Searching for Margot

When teacher and actor Ned Manning lost his mother when he was 12 years old, he knew little about her life. So as an adult, he set off to re-imagine …

4 years ago

The audacious athletes who cheated their way to the top

From dodgy marathon runners to table tennis stars who 'dope' their paddles, there are few sports which can claim immunity from cheating

4 years ago