Conversations

Hunting the turquoise-blooded frog 01.05.2019 52:30 ↓

Biologist Jodi Rowley has identified 26 new species of frogs in South-East Asia and Australia (R)

Taking the pulse of a dopesick nation 30.04.2019 49:26 ↓

The opioid crisis is destroying hundreds of thousands of American lives and Beth Macy has been up close to it

An erratic family saga 29.04.2019 52:00 ↓

Vicki Laveau-Harvie was estranged from her parents for decades, before she was summoned to their isolated ranch on the Canadian prairies (R)

Mary Bryant: no ordinary highwaywoman 26.04.2019 51:23 ↓

The epic life story of a First Fleet rebel as told by Meg Keneally

Questioning the line of duty 25.04.2019 53:29 ↓

Why Gwen Cherne became an advocate for war widows after the death of her husband Pete (R)

Listening to China 24.04.2019 53:06 ↓

Professor David Walker on the history of the Australia-China relationship

Stan Grant on Australia Day 23.04.2019 51:30 ↓

Reflections on what it means to be Australian

Vasilisa the Wise and the witch Baba Yaga 22.04.2019 48:01 ↓

Kate Forsyth explores a classic Russian folk tale and delves into the romantic life of the Brothers Grimm (R)

Diving bells, gangsters and the women of the Brooklyn Navy Yards 19.04.2019 52:10 ↓

Acclaimed novelist Jennifer Egan dives into the chaos, romance, and hard graft of the old Navy Yards (R)

Melina Marchetta: that Italian girl 18.04.2019 52:04 ↓

The real story behind Looking for Alibrandi

Mark Scott on stepping outside the echo chamber 17.04.2019 51:06 ↓

Mark led the ABC through a decade of dramatic change. Now he's on a quest for digital minimalism

How the iPhone rewrote the teenage brain 16.04.2019 45:54 ↓

David Gillespie on how Fortnite and Instagram are altering the neural pathways of a generation

The ethics of everything: Simon Longstaff 15.04.2019 52:09 ↓

Simon Longstaff's life was changed by one of the most searing ethical dilemmas imaginable

Climbing K2, custody and other extreme challenges 12.04.2019 52:24 ↓

Adventurer Adrian Hayes on what he learned while attempting the world’s second tallest summit

Sam Thaiday: how to build a Bronco 11.04.2019 52:03 ↓

An NRL champion talks candidly about his challenges on the road to football fame

The truth about space junk 10.04.2019 51:30 ↓

Space archaeologist Dr Alice Gorman on the unexpected artefacts of the space age

The secret life of the 'Beauty Queen Killer' 09.04.2019 51:12 ↓

Duncan McNab on how Australian-born criminal Christopher Wilder became America's most wanted

A mountaineer's reckoning 08.04.2019 49:30 ↓

Mountaineer Neill Johanson was trekking near Everest Base Camp when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the roof of the world

Fearless Alice Anderson and her all-girl garage 05.04.2019 50:07 ↓

The story of an Austin-driving Australian maverick who died in mysterious circumstances

Mamma Simba: love and Tanzania 04.04.2019 53:04 ↓

Donna Duggan fell in love with a Tanzanian man and together they built a safari company

Unlocking the mystery of Motor Neurone Disease 03.04.2019 50:11 ↓

Dominic Rowe is asking how common degenerative brain diseases begin (R)

Finding Mer-Neith-it-es 02.04.2019 49:25 ↓

When archaeologist Dr Jamie Fraser opened an 'empty' Egyptian sarcophagus, he found a 2600 year old mummy of a temple Priestess inside

Letters to a serial killer 01.04.2019 51:30 ↓

Crime writer Candice Fox began exchanging letters with a serial killer on death row. Then he asked to meet her in person

Prisoner to PhD: the rise of Kerry Tucker 29.03.2019 52:06 ↓

An opportunity to further her education while serving time proved the making of Kerry (R)

Felafel and fatherhood 28.03.2019 51:25 ↓

John Birmingham on rebuilding his life after devastating loss, years after he wrote his 90s cult novel