Conversations

Love and family and Asperger's: Tony Attwood 02.10.2018 51:26 ↓

Tony works with couples in which one partner has Asperger's, helping them navigate relationships and parenting (R)

Leigh Sales: the day after the worst possible day 01.10.2018 55:30 ↓

In 2014, Leigh went through an event which changed her profoundly. She was left questioning how we cope when the unimaginable happens

Brylcreem, beehives, and Devils on Horseback: how the 1960s changed Australia 28.09.2018 47:23 ↓

Noeline Brown went from librarian to household name during the 60s, and here remembers some of the era's most distinct pop culture and political moments (R)

Rachael Maza's tale of three islands 27.09.2018 52:32 ↓

Palm Island, Mer Island, and Australia are the cornerstones of this hard-working actor and director's story

Toad vs toad: outwitting the cane toad with ingenious biology 26.09.2018 51:27 ↓

Rick Shine used one toad to defeat another, by a process of evolutionary conditioning, to save the snakes he was studying in Northern Australia

Inside The Family, the bizarre and brutal Australian cult 25.09.2018 52:07 ↓

Rosie Jones and Chris Johnston have unearthed the origins of the bizarre Australian cult known as The Family (R)

Laura Tingle on leadership, and political self-indulgence 24.09.2018 50:29 ↓

Journalist Laura Tingle asks if it's time to update our idea of what makes a great leader

Kristina Olsson spent years untangling the story of the brother she'd never known 21.09.2018 50:22 ↓

Kristina Olsson's brother Peter was stolen from their mother's arms as a baby (R)

Tim Minchin makes his own luck 20.09.2018 48:00 ↓

Tim Minchin's bruising Hollywood experiences have helped bring him a new perspective on comedy

Gwynne Dyer on the future of the world 19.09.2018 52:00 ↓

Military historian Gwynne Dyer is surprisingly upbeat about the future of humanity

Murgon's shining star 18.09.2018 55:26 ↓

Leah Purcell was working in a small-town meatworks during her school holidays, when she discovered she had a rare talent

The bond between two alpine climbers which nearly killed them 17.09.2018 49:00 ↓

Simon McCartney was a young mountaineer when he met a fellow climber who altered his life

Beatrix Campbell has stayed fierce and funny about class in Britain 14.09.2018 51:19 ↓

Political commentator Bea Campbell grew up communist in northern England

Ordinary on the inside 13.09.2018 57:12 ↓

Wil Patterson was a suburban dad who wanted all the good things in life for his family. Then he made a decision which upended everything

Discovering a father's secret life in France 12.09.2018 50:35 ↓

Growing up, Louisa Deasey knew very little about her late father's life. Then she found a bundle of his lost love letters

Wendell Rosevear treats victims and perpetrators of sexual violence 11.09.2018 52:03 ↓

Dr Wendell Rosevear's upbringing gave him an unexpected sense of mission

The man behind the Bee Gees 10.09.2018 44:32 ↓

Stephen Dando Collins with the story of Robert Stigwood, the boy from Port Pirie who went on to become the entertainment industry's most powerful tycoon

Father Rod bucks the system 07.09.2018 52:17 ↓

How an ex-butcher in the midst of a career crisis began a social movement

Guerrilla film-making in Afghanistan 06.09.2018 50:35 ↓

When the Pakistani Secret Service denied Benjamin Gilmour permission to make a feature film he crossed the border to Afghanistan

The life changing power of honeybees 05.09.2018 45:12 ↓

When Helen Jukes was given a colony of bees it helped release her from the numbing grind of her working life

The science of the Dreamtime 04.09.2018 47:13 ↓

Patrick Nunn on the real life stories of volcanic eruptions, meteor crashes and encounters with megafauna, recorded long before written language

The Australian veteran who revolutionised mental health treatment 03.09.2018 48:29 ↓

Greg de Moore tells the forgotten story of psychiatrist Dr John Cade

The great dogs of Australian history 31.08.2018 51:35 ↓

The 'dog whisperer' Guy Hull on the dogs that made Australia, from life-saving Kangaroo dogs to plane flying Alsatians

Inside the ad agency which changed Australia 30.08.2018 53:00 ↓

John Bevins helped change Australians' minds about smoking and drink driving

The incredible tale of where we come from 29.08.2018 46:25 ↓

Fiona Katauskas wrote a funny, charming book for children about the facts of life. Then she discovered the book had a life of its own