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How Johnathan Thurston became one of the greats 16.11.2018 56:24 ↓

When Johnathan was a boy he was written off as too skinny and too wild for rugby league

Pink diamonds and crocodiles: a Kimberley tale 15.11.2018 51:27 ↓

How Frauke Bolten-Boshammer raised a farm, a family and a diamond empire from the red dirt of Kununurra

With ears wide open: stories from a master field recordist 14.11.2018 50:28 ↓

Chris Watson worked alongside David Attenborough for 20 years, pioneering up-close field recording of birds and animals (R)

David Marr on his perplexing, beloved country 13.11.2018 47:28 ↓

David began his working life digging ditches, before he found his calling as a writer

An unexpected mid-life love story 12.11.2018 51:24 ↓

Susan Francis was in her 50s when she met Wayne, who became the great love of her life. But their story together didn't turn out as planned (R)

Armistice: The Shattered Village 09.11.2018 53:02 ↓

A century ago the little town of Pozieres was known as the worst place on earth

Armistice: The Underground City 08.11.2018 52:17 ↓

A cave network in France with thousands of signatures, written in pencil by Australian soldiers from the First World War

Armistice: The Good Friends 07.11.2018 52:27 ↓

The story of two men who fought for different sides on the western front, and an unexpected friendship between their descendants

Liz Ellis on infertility, netball and love 06.11.2018 52:07 ↓

While struggling to conceive her son, Liz faced infertility head on. She found it hard to access reliable information on the subject (R)

#Thisflag and the man behind a movement 05.11.2018 52:04 ↓

Zimbabwean pastor Evan Mawarire inadvertently began a grassroots democracy movement which contributed to the removal of Robert Mugabe

Candy Devine's life on the air 02.11.2018 52:25 ↓

The girl from a Queensland cane farm who became Candy Devine, Northern Ireland's first black radio star

The Google truth serum 01.11.2018 51:18 ↓

Steph Stephens-Davidowitz says what, how and when we Google is deeply revealing

A boy, his pony and the Sydney Harbour Bridge 31.10.2018 52:24 ↓

Lennie Gwyther was 9 years old when he rode Ginger Mick from country Victoria to Sydney to be at the opening of the Bridge (R)

Helping troubled kids find a way back 30.10.2018 52:18 ↓

Bernie Shakeshaft was a wild teenager who grew up become a jackeroo and a dingo trapper. Then he began helping kids in trouble

Safari suits and Quiche Lorraine 29.10.2018 48:34 ↓

Richard Glover revisits the landscape of his Australian childhood, when parenting was lackadaisical, and avocados were a rarity

Anne Summers on taking centre stage 26.10.2018 52:30 ↓

Anne has worked in the midst of power on both sides of the Pacific, as a prominent journalist, policy advisor and magazine editor

North Korea from the inside 25.10.2018 52:14 ↓

Veteran reporter Jean Lee did the seemingly impossible from within Pyongyang

Blade runner Dave Henson: after the blast 24.10.2018 52:12 ↓

After losing both legs to an IED, veteran and Paralympian Dave Henson is applying his unique insight to developing advanced prosthetics

Inside the mind of a bomber 23.10.2018 52:28 ↓

Bruno Guevremont was working in a bomb disposal team in Afghanistan when he was called to dismantle the vest of a live suicide bomber

Dr Munjed Al Muderis restores mobility with robotic limbs 22.10.2018 49:24 ↓

How a doctor's brave escape led him to Australia, and extraordinary medical advancements for amputees (R)

The other Tuscany 19.10.2018 51:28 ↓

In 1957, Moreno Giovannoni's family left Tuscany for Australia. Twelve years later they returned to San Ginese, but struggled to make it their home

Artist Ben Quilty on Syria's children, and witnessing war 18.10.2018 52:28 ↓

Exploring the drawings of children who've survived Syria's conflict. Australian artist Ben Quilty has made several visits with World Vision to camps in Greece, Lebanon and Serbia, housing refugees from the Syrian conflict. On his first visit to Lebanon’s Bekka Valley, Ben asked the children there to draw for him. The power of their pictures, expressing what they’d seen before fleeing their homelan...

The pavlova in the suitcase 17.10.2018 49:01 ↓

Michelle Garnaut created one of the world's most famous restaurants in Shanghai

How Lawrence Levy turned Pixar's fortunes around 16.10.2018 49:23 ↓

Pixar was $50M in the red when Lawrence was hired (R)

David Astle's brain on puzzles 15.10.2018 51:17 ↓

David's is the first mind in the world to be tested on an MRI machine while solving cryptic clues