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Conversations: Archive: 2009-2011, 667 episodes. Page 4 of 7.

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Dan Crowley's double life: professional athlete and undercover cop

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Geoff Ostling transformed his skin into an artscape

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Why Jessica Smith became 2010 Naidoc Youth of the Year

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Transplant surgeon Kellee Slater on the first-aid that made her famous

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Comedian and storyteller Justin Hamilton; with model panel Carolyn Donovan, Codie Young and Liz Golding

306

Lily Bragge's wild, compelling and transformative memoirs

307

Ross McKinnon on botanic gardens and medicinal plants

308

Conversations special: near death experiences

309

Peter Nowak examines what's really driving the modern world

310

Rebecca Skloot tells the story of the unwitting woman behind cell research

311

Warren Mundine shares his proud heritage and strong work ethic

312

How Lisa Gasteen's acclaimed opera career was suddenly halted

313

Eminent economist Joseph Stiglitz, and Peter Kilby on the city of Rome

314

Paul Drexler's quest to find out what happened to his father

315

Melanie Tait opens up about her decision to have lap band surgery

316

Leo Schofield demands high standards of Australia's food and arts cultures

317

Astronomer Jim Bell: a pioneer of space exploration

318

American music legend Darlene Love on singing and the stage

319

Jeff Goodell investigates the possibilities of geoengineering

320

Blanche D'Alpuget on writing the life of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke

321

Scott Stephens' changing relationship with religion and spirituality

322

Elizabeth Ellis helped discover a rare and exquisite chest of national treasures

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Jake Smith's collection of exquisite menus from imperial dinners

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Greg French on growing up with and around autism

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Chris Smither and C. W. Stoneking each share their distinct blues music

326

Cindy Wockner shares one of Sydney's darkest criminal cases

327

John Danalis unravelled a profoundly moving story from a neglected family relic

328

Peter Healey's life-long dedication to the SES

329

Lenore Taylor on how the Rudd Government handled the global financial crisis

330

How Frederika Steen's own journey inspired her work with migrants

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Martyn Robinson immerses himself in weird and wonderful natural life

332

Andrew Leavold is a film fanatic and avid collector

333

David Gillespie investigates myths and research around sugar and health

334

Finance expert Satyajit Das explains the world of derivatives

335

Pyotr Patrushev's dramatic escape from the Soviet Union

336

Former Socceroo Paul Wade shares his battle with epilepsy

337

Kathy Rynders reflects on three decades in the Australian police

338

Gail Falconer suffers an incurable disease, and Michael Good is helping stop malaria

339

Writer Benjamin Law's candid and funny family chronicles

340

Val Bonney on training, loving and understanding dogs

341

Karen Hitchcock brings a lifetime of experience to her writing

342

Michael Groom's adventures climbing the world's tallest mountains

343

David Brill on the highs and lows of capturing the world's news on camera

344

Margaret Pomeranz and her boundless enthusiasm for film

345

Mark Lewis makes Australia's first 3D movie on a curious topic

346

Why Sarah Garnett provides books to the homeless

347

Justice Michael Pembroke's dearest subject is the tree

348

Ben Buckley weighs in on Australia's two leading football codes

349

Michael Cousins' commitment to bettering the treatment of pain

350

Bryce Courtenay's writing career began late and had a lasting influence

351

Julian Bickersteth on conserving Earth's most precious objects

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Maggie Hamilton is concerned about how young boys are growing up

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Julian Mather's career capturing life from behind the camera

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Writer Willy Vlautin captures a unique aspect of American life

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Trevor Jackson explores the mighty depths of the ocean

356

William Yang's prized pictures, and US publishing guru Carolyn Reidy

357

Craig Jurisevic went from war medic to fighting on the front line

358

Authors Shirley Walker and Anne Summers on writing about mothers

359

Josh Neufeld's stories of Hurricane Katrina, and renowned storyteller Richard van Camp

360

Literary great Colm Toibin; with Bruce Lourie and Rick Smith on the facts about everyday toxins

361

We Need To Talk About Kevin author Lionel Shriver on her recent novel, So Much For That

362

Michael Edwards on all things perfume, and revered monologist Mike Daisey

363

The Supremes' Mary Wilson on making it in Motown

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Ben Hills' biography of the man who ruled journalism's 'golden age'

365

Racing legend Dick Johnson still seeking the thrill of speed

366

Ron Goldschlager asks the bigger questions of life

367

Cheryl Koenig defied medical experts to rehabilitate her son

368

Grazier Angus Emmott on the natural wonders of Queensland's far west

369

Peter Mason on high-stakes journalism and ballooning over Everest

370

Vikki Rose Graydon works with severely speech impaired children

371

John Bell's mission to bring Shakespeare to the widest possible audience

372

Mark Danner's surreal and sometimes horrific exposure to war

373

The Violent Femmes' Brian Ritchie on middle-age music and life

374

Emma McLeod shares her stillbirth heartbreak and advocacy

375

Richard Louv on child digital overdive, and UK physicist Dr Len Fisher

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Dario Western, Jan Bishop and James Bishop on the joys of being nude

377

Maria Hill: Australian soldiers in Greece, a WW2 story

378

Jan Murray leads a rich life despite scandal and low expectations

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Ian Macfarlane's determination to create political change

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Bali bombings survivor Carren Smith shares her poignant story

381

Annette Henderson shares the stories of her first African adventure

382

Geoff Hannah's wooden cabinets are refined and delicate works of art

383

Bernard Fanning chats before Powderfinger's last-ever tour

384

Sean Dooley talks comedy, bird-watching, and family life

385

Wayson Choy on living well

386

Sylvia Earle's life underwater

387

Lee Child and Jack Reacher

388

Peter Nowak examines what's really driving the modern world

389

John Cox crafts the creatures that become movie monsters

390

Former NASA scientist Michael Smart, and Tracey Chevalier's dinosaur-inspired novel

391

World-renowned milliner Stephen Jones, and Gareth Evans' post-politics work in international affairs

392

Michael Turner exchanged his fashion career for one in archaeology

393

Will Davies' forgotten war heroes, and Jo Besley on why we need museums

394

Kim Traill has told the stories of Russia for almost 20 years

395

Bernie Hobbs' dedication to science and protecting the natural world

396

Carl Robinson's Mongolian adventure, and Bernadette O'Shea's champange expertise

397

John Danalis unravelled a profound Indigenous story from a neglected family keepsake

398

Sarah Dunant on her Renaissance trilogy, and Andrea Levy explores slavery in Jamaica

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Sandra Cook is reaching out to others affected by road trauma

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Warren Mundine shares his proud heritage and strong work ethic