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Conversations: Archive: 2012-2014 — 728 episodes
Live Stories: Volume 7
Jane Gleeson-White reveals a changing way for business
Ben Quilty paints the strength and vulnerability of Australian soldiers
Tom Keneally captures the forces and identities that shaped Australians
Anthony 'LT' Menginie's life inside the notorious Pagan's Motorcycle Club
Nurse Ronnie Taylor's life on the emergency front line
RAF Pilot Frank Dell's story of survival in Nazi occupied Holland
Bill Hauritz: creating a folk-music institution
James Woodford on the majestic predator that is the great white shark
Pioneering craniofacial surgeon David David
Chef Matthew Evans trades Sydney life for rural Tasmania
Principal Sergio Rosato took the lead when fire threatened his school
Barrie Cassidy unearths a long-buried wartime family secret
Federal MP Sussan Ley's unusual path to politics
Philippe na Champassak abdicates royal duty for a quiet Tasmanian life
Ranger Brett McNamara on the aftermath of Canberra's bushfires
Mike Dinn's key role in NASA's Apollo missions
Federal MP Andrew Leigh and the economics of everyday life
Hellen Nadolu's long road to independence
Stephen Knight: has Robin Hood changed or have we?
Geologist Gav Dear's music and misadventures
Felicity Kendal on her life on stage and screen
Molly Meldrum celebrates 50 years in the entertainment industry
Journalist Jack Waterford's rise at the Canberra Times
Geoff Goodfellow's poetry captures the spirit of working-class Australia
Jee Hyun Kim studies the science and mysteries of memory
Geraldine Doogue reflects on her life working in the media
Writer Lloyd Jones uncovers the mystery of his family's past
Social activist Eva Cox on campaigning for change
Neurobiologist Justin Marshall investigates the eyes of fish
Neryl Joyce's journey from young motherhood to Baghdad bodyguard
Sandy Mackinnon's unlikely voyage through the canals of Europe
Richard Flanagan with the truth behind his Man Booker prize-winning novel
Fred Brophy shares stories from his outback tent boxing troupe
Annabel Crabb's call for a change of gender expectations
Businessman David Pescud sailing beyond disability
Lee Kofman: can a non-monogamous marriage work?
Mental Health Week: Anita Link
Mental Health Week: Patrick McGorry
Mental Health Week: Janet Meagher
Mental Health Week: Amanda Webster
Mental Health Week: Peter Langston
Elizabeth Coleman opens heart and home to ex-prisoners
Event director Ignatius Jones' creative vision
Sam Vincent's investigation into both sides of the whaling debate
AFL footballer Barnaby Howarth's fight off the field
Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard
Ivonne Ranisch and Matthew Ferguson: first tourists in North Korea
Wesley Enoch tells the story of Australia's black diggers
Lawyer Michael Mori: defending David Hicks
Make or break: Chris Sheedy's Guinness World Records' job
Conservationist Wally Franklin's great whale watch
Sally Richards' mission for purposeful disability services
Ron Radford's guided tour of Canberra's national art gallery
Jacky Sutton's career in the conflict zone
Medicine specialist David Caldicott's unorthodox war on drugs
Author and musician Omar Musa's poetic success
Catholic Archbishop Mark Coleridge: criticism from within
Meg Minkley draws her way to solace and recovery
Dancer and choreographer Akram Khan's leap to success
Regina Lane rallies her community to save the local church
Karen Joy Fowler puts animal ethics at the centre of her novel
Urban exploration with Bradley Garrett: city secrets, drains and skyscrapers
Helen Garner on the trial of Robert Farquharson, who drove his three sons into a dam
Kellie Riordan examines journalism in the digital age
Robyn Arianrhod's language of numbers
Triumphs and disasters of the Rudd Gillard years as seen by Paul Kelly
Filmmaker David Bond's quest to get children outdoors
Kelly Sue DeConnick and Matt Fraction: comic-book couple
Air Commodore John Oddie's journey from the farm to the front line
James Castrission and Justin Jones kayaked the Tasman Sea
Karen M Davis: from detective to crime fiction writer
Showman Fred Brophy's life inside the boxing tent
Zoologist Tammie Matson's elephant mission
Journalist Michael Ware explains the origins of Islamic State
David Boarder Giles explores alternative food economies
Hannah Kent's Iceland exchange led to her bestselling novel
Ian Heads and the best story of his sports journalism career
Julie Ainsworth's rise to the top at the Newcastle Herald
Miriam Margolyes boasts a fruitful screen career
Psychologist David Roland learns to re-train his own brain
Poe Ballantine tells stories of small town America
John Ahern's family campervan dream: from the North Pole to Africa
Sally Van Gent: cultivating apples and unlocking stories
Michael Fullilove on the art of oration and key political speeches
Bruce and Denise Morcombe's long road to justice
Historian Alastair Blanshard on Classical Greece and Rome
Former Labor leader Mark Latham questions current political sphere
Writer David Finkel tracks the post-war lives of modern US soldiers
Robert Macklin exposes the dark history of Norfolk Island
Bilha Smith: from the Israeli army to Top End performer
Investigative journalist Kate McClymont exposes Obeid empire
Muttaburra Stories: Conversations in the shearing shed
Cheryl Strayed's journey of grief through the American wild
Sami Shah's migration from Pakistani TV to rural Australia
Dennis McIntosh's story: Part 2
Dennis McIntosh's story: Part 1
Audrey Niffenegger: time travel, cemeteries, crows and fiction
Richard Holloway: former Archbishop reflects on his life and faith
Nick Bennett: face to face with violence on the Black Cat Track
Waltzing Matilda: the story behind the song
Journalist Guy Rundle on the 3D printing revolution
Patrick Johnson's unlikely Olympic glory
Ian Smith endures a shocking end to life in paradise
Anne Manne explores our increasingly narcissistic culture
Journalist David Leser's toughest subject yet
Magician Nicholas J Johnson reveals con-artists' secrets
Outer Limits: 9/11 survivor Genelle Guzman-McMillan
Outer Limits: author Eleanor Learmonth
Outer Limits: cosmologist Lawrence Krauss
Outer Limits: bombings survivor Gill Hicks
Outer Limits: planetary scientist Jim Bell
Dick Braithwaite's father was a POW in Sandakan
John Stanisic has made snails his life's work
Barry York records oral stories about Old Parliament House
Biologist Tim Low on what makes Australian birds so unique
Janet Lane and Ros Sexton's quest to save the Waler horse
Game of Thrones author George RR Martin and his unparalleled fictional worlds
Sian Prior's public life amid paralysing shyness
Deborah MacMillan on promoting her husband's ballet legacy
Boxing great Nigel Benn, aka The Dark Destroyer
Michaela McGuire goes inside the gambling world
Criminal defence lawyer Debbie Kilroy understands life behind bars
Broadcaster Rob Smith defies kidney disease to continue fishing adventures
Peter Grose reveals WW2 story of courage and compassion
Jayne Newling: the grief of losing a son to mental illness
Mark Evans' vision to restore Queensland's Paronella Park
Live Stories: Volume 6
Robyn Pratt: rebuilding an identity after total amnesia
Journalist Stan Grant's long road to success
Claire Dunn: leaving the city to live in the forest
Conductor Johannes Fritzsch's richly orchestrated career
Journalist Oliver Burkeman on the pursuit of happiness
Surfing legend Gary 'Kong' Elkerton's unusual beginnings
Ray Butler on learning why he became an orphan
Dr Cyndi Shannon Weickert delves deeper into schizophrenia
Roger Scruton's influential philosophies and activism
Professor George Kohlrieser on the complexities of hostage negotiation
Physicist Jim Al-Khalili unlocks science's trickiest conundrums
Journalist Ari Shavit's take on modern Israel
Leanne Togher: restoring speech after brain injury
Paralympian Liesl Tesch's sporting glory and goodwill
Murray Arkadieff: life as a bee keeper
Karen Menzies' Aboriginal heritage was hidden from her for years
Glenn MacFadyen's astonishing ocean voyage
Patricia Feenan on learning her son was abused by the church
Research scientist Carmel Harrington on the importance of sleep
Investigator Rachel Sommerville's life working on death row
Petar Belic on growing up as a child fugitive
Comedian Jean Kittson is tackling the taboos of menopause
Poet Jackie Kay traces her journey to her birth parents
Lesley Hammond adventures the world for the endangered
Ian Parkes' early life working in Australia's red dirt and scrub
Clive Small led Australia's biggest manhunt - to find Ivan Milat
Psychologist Beulah Warren on understanding infants and children
John Kingston McMahon: being a child of the state
David Nyuol Vincent's remarkable journey fleeing South Sudan
Mephisto: the only remaining WW1 German A7V tank
Inside some great Australian pranks and hoaxes
Comedian Jennifer Saunders recalls a career of 'happy accidents'
Janet Holmes a Court on continuing her husband's business empire
Live Stories: Volume 5 - Uncanny Tales
Manager Chris Murphy and the making of INXS
Educator Chris Sarra continues to have prolific impact
Aged-care specialist Athena Ermides on understanding dementia
Matthew Condon's police corruption inquiry: Part 2
Matthew Condon's police corruption inquiry: Part 1
Kate Miller-Heidke's alterative pop pathway to success
Writer Rabih Alameddine reflects on his indelible Lebanese roots
Former biologist Andrew Westoll helped recuperate rescued chimps
Former fighter pilot Mac 'Serge' Tucker's thrilling decade with RAAF
Criminologist Kathleen Heide explains the complexities of parricide
Philosopher Alain de Botton challenges our need for news
Journalist Zoe Daniel on balancing the extraordinary and the everyday
Professor Peter Silburn pioneers Deep Brain Stimulation
Trudi-Ann Tierney on making soap operas in Afghanistan
David Malouf: reflections on a life of letters
Journalist Rafael Epstein on knowing Israel's covert 'Prisoner X'
Former Greens leader Bob Brown's unconventional path to politics
Horse trainer Zelie Bullen on training Spielberg's War Horse
Brendan Nelson is enjoying a different role in Canberra
Marathon champion Robert De Castella's community outreach
Ecologist David Lindenmayer warns what we stand to lose from our native forests
Sally Richards' mission for purposeful disability services
The late Joe McGinniss: searching for Sarah Palin
Accident investigator Garry Ryan on solving road collisions
Scientist David Waltner-Toews explores an untapped resource, animal faeces
Bernadette Black: struggles and rewards of young motherhood
Philosopher John Armstrong on why art can help everyone
Rayya Elias: rising up from addiction and life on the streets of New York
Kari Gislason: secrets from an Icelandic childhood
Ian Maddocks: toward better palliative care
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch: 3000 years of Christian history
Judy Sharp's great triumph: her autistic son Tim's excellent life
Writer David Vann's disastrous sailing venture
Kristina Olsson on finding her long lost brother
Astrophysicist Alan Duffy: the mysteries of black holes and the big bang
Former army officer James Brown on the myth of ANZAC
Novelist Martin Amis - a life in literature
Cyclist Nikolai Razouvaev was trained in the Soviet system
Margaret Drabble on literary longevity and the nature of memory
Nurse Ronnie Taylor's life on the emergency frontline
Actor Denis O'Hare on recreating Homer's The Illiad
David Whish-Wilson with the story of his home city - Perth, Western Australia
Embalmer Janelle Chalmer brings great tenderness to her work with the dead
Aubrey Brooks' life of labour: two decades at BHP steelworks
Obituaries editor Ann Wroe captures the colour of life
Master farrier Michael Fruin on the craft and care of his trade
UK 'Teacher of the Year' Phil Beadle harnesses students' curiosity
Dr Robyn Arrowsmith shares stories of Australia's war brides
Baz Luhrmann: from humble beginnings to international acclaim
Kickboxing champion Bianca Elmir's culture clash
Sunny Jacobs' story: five years innocent on death row
Dr Jee Hyun Kim investigates whether traumatic memories can be erased
Sally Padey on building and running her own exotic zoo
Journalist Robert Wainwright tells the story of Sheila Chisholm
Air traffic controller Alan Gosling: supervising the sky
Ann Fogarty: surviving the Ash Wednesday bushfires
Lawyer David Gillespie on the public vs private school debate
Governor-General Peter Cosgrove's journey to the top job
Father Morgan Batt's remarkable stories of service
Ken and Patricia Taylor tell the true story behind hit film "Argo"
Peter Langston on learning to live with bipolar
Live Stories: Volume 4, This Territory Life
Retired RSPCA inspector Frank Bingham shares the job's highs and lows
Author Paul Carter returns to tell the story of his estranged father
Wikimedia chief Sue Gardner explains how the online behemoth works
James Earl Jones beat a childhood stutter to build a career on his voice
Tales of Mortification: Part 2
Tales of Mortification: Part 1
2013 Music Jamboree: Brian Ritchie's favourite songs
The mystery of Andrew Lancaster's great uncle, aviator Bill Lancaster
Author Paul Carter returns to tell the story of his estranged father
Economist Ross Garnaut on Australia's economic complacency
The Kransky Sisters' unconventional and hilarious repertoire
Matthew Evans trades Sydney restaurants for his own farm produce in Tasmania
Ellen Holmes grew up caring for her ill family
Author Bill Bryson on finding the world endlessly fascinating
Elizabeth Coleman opens heart and home to ex-prisoners
Sally Van Gent: cultivating apples and unlocking stories
Philippe na Champassak's quiet Tasmanian life belies his royal heritage
Conceptual artist Christina Henri depicts Australia's female convicts
Forensic archaeologist Estelle Lazer helped uncover the true story of Pompeii
The Supremes' Mary Wilson on making it in Motown
Maritime archaeologist Peter Gesner leads Pandora warship research
Actress Nilaja Sun on teaching drama in NYC's toughest schools
Richard Flanagan's Man Booker-winning novel draws on the story of his father labouring on the Thai Burma railway
Writer Richard King on freedom of speech and the freedom to offend
Music producer Larry Page on making music and managing stars in the 60s and 70s
Actor Angela Lansbury still commanding the stage in her 80s
Professor Stephen Knight: has Robin Hood changed or have we?
Historian Stephen Dando-Collins brings Sir Henry Parkes to life
Comedian Paul Livingston uncovers his father's war
Author George RR Martin: before and after 'Game of Thrones'
Mark Donaldson's road to receiving the highest military honour
Akram Azimi: 2013 Young Australian of the Year
Alison Markell: inside the terrifying attack on the Taj Mahal hotel
Christos Tsiolkas on finding international literary success
Owen Davies trekked 98 days through remote Queensland
Journalist Geraldine Doogue reflects on her career
Tennis champion and statesman, Rod Laver
Ivonne Ranisch and Matthew Ferguson: first tourists inside North Korea
Mathematician Robyn Arianrhod's language of numbers
Author Kevin Kwan on growing up among Asia's super-rich
Bat biologist Les Hall on the creatures of the night
Richard Flanagan shares the stories behind his Man Booker novel
Broadcaster Jonathan Green on our stalling political system
Dr Shari Parker shares what being albino really means
Former detective Colin McLaren lays out his theory on the murder of JFK
Eleanor Learmonth: how groups survive or perish in disasters
Neurosurgeon James R Doty on how to practice altruism
Mark MacLean's unlikely discoveries in the drains of Newcastle
Gina Sherritt used Maremma dogs to protect her farm
Judith Durham couldn't have envisaged her life in The Seekers
Nadine Browne: religion to theology (and dominatrix in between)
Historian Paul Ham: why WWI was neither necessary nor inevitable
Lily Brett on childhood lessons and a new work based on her 'Go-Set' years
Author Paul Carter on learning a fascinating family secret
Military lawyer Rabia Siddique on rescuing kidnapped soldiers in Iraq
The Christchurch earthquake shook loose Lloyd Jones' families' secrets
Parasitologist Paul Prociv infected himself to further his research
Musician and composer Rob Davidson deconstructs speech to find music
Writer Katherine Boo learns how people operate at the bottom of the heap
Wendy James has lived through the many incarnations of the city of Darwin
Documentary maker John Safran: the appeal of true crime
Mike Carlton on Australia's first WW1 victory at sea
John Zeleznikow on growing up in the heart of Melbourne's Jewish community
Professor Gillian Triggs' prolific career in international affairs and law
Investigative journalist Kate McClymont's seemingly fearless approach
Former scientologist Jon Atack speaks out about the secretive church
How Stella Young changed the face of disability
Former test cricketer Arthur Morris reflects on a life dedicated to the sport
Robert Connolly's audacious film adaption of Tim Winton's 'The Turning'
Journalist Mark Aarons tells of life growing up under ASIO surveillance
Lieutenant Colonel Cate McGregor reflects on life outside the armed forces
Former musician Damien Lovelock on music, sports and teaching yoga
Sister Anne Jordan on supporting and celebrating the homeless
Ronnie Kahn, social entrepreneur, found a way 'rescue' food
Turia Pitt's survival story of being trapped in a bushfire
Comedian Meshel Laurie's road to big city success
Singer songwriter Billy Bragg on getting personal and political
The adventures of Tim Cope: Part 2
Comic book creators, couple Kelly Sue DeConnick and Matt Fraction
The adventures of Tim Cope: Part 1
RAAF fighter pilot Paul Simmons has flying in his blood
Former Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer on life in the Vatican
Sheila Fitzpatrick on working inside a secret Soviet 60s society
Dr Tina Payne Bryson on preaching what she practices
Author Robert Macklin exposes the dark history of Norfolk Island
Patrick Johnson's unlikely Olympic glory
Author Junot Diaz shares how his fiction overlaps with his own story
Married duo Heather Swan and Glenn Singleman advance human flight
Dr Fiona Wood continues her remarkable skin regeneration work
Dr Perry Bartlett on the new science of dementia and depression
Broadcaster Rob Smith defies disease to continue his passion
Writer Andrew Mueller on chasing 90s rock 'n' roll stories
War correspondent Michael Ware's post-war recovery
Psychologist Marlene Izod: a lifetime of experience
Former journalist Peter Ford on his secret computer passion
Bilha Smith: from the Israeli army to Top End performer
Rodeo champion Alwyn Torenbeek has looked death in the eye
Zoologist Tammie Matson's love of elephants has shaped her life to date
Acclaimed author Jeffrey Eugenides takes a different direction
Wildlife artist Chris McClelland's dramatic African encounter
James A. Pitts: from drug addict to drug counsellor
Anne Gallagher's tireless fight to end human trafficking
Boris Mihailovic's undying love for motorcycles
Academic Dennis Altman explores the progress of gay rights
Carolyn Harris Johnson on understanding familicide
Broadcaster Dom Knight on the propects of adulthood
Bruce Lourie and Rick Smith studied the toxins of everyday life
Ian Smith endures tragic end to life in paradise
Editor Scott Stephens' changing relationship with religion
Peter Goldsworthy: medical doctor and respected writer of fiction
Robyn Pratt's journey to reconstructing her identity
Writer and commentator Jane Caro on communicating the message
Captain David Tomlinson on the dark corners of the ocean
How comedian Simon Kennedy's life profoundly changed
Audrey Niffenegger: writer, artist, and cemetry guide
Philosopher Simon Blackburn asks life's big questions
Jesse Blackadder on tracing famous footsteps to Antarctica
Broadcaster Richard Glover on learning the truth about his mother
Singer Shellie Morris on the beauty of Indigenous language
The Pigram Brothers: putting Broome's diversity into song
Storyteller Bob Randall: child of the stolen generation
Author Tony Birch draws on childhood hardships to create fiction
Mary Graham
Former police officer Denis Ryan's devoted quest for justice
Comedian Mary Coustas on the people who have shaped her
Pilot Richard de Crespigny on guiding flight QF32 to safety
Murray Arkadieff: life as a bee keeper
Live Stories Vol. 3 - Out of Order
Journalist Ethan Watters on how America's homogenising the world
Foreign correspondent Mark Willacy on the Fukushima disaster
Saroo Brierley's long journey to find his lost family
Criminal defence lawyer Debbie Kilroy understands life behind bars
Michael Bobka recalls the fall of the Berlin Wall
Sailing close to the edge: champion yachtsman Tony Mowbray
Amanda Webster's battle to save her anorexic son
Dr Ted Freeman's controversial approach to treating brain injury
Historian Darrell Lewis traces the disappearance of Dr Leichhardt
Neuropsychologist Kylie Ladd taps into one of our deepest taboos
Writer Willy Vlautin captures a unique aspect of American life
Historian Faramerz Dabhoiwala examines the origins of sex
Genevieve Bailey sampled what life's like at 11 for kids across the planet
Alpaca breeder Janie Hicks talks life on the land
Mark Evans' vision to restore Queensland's Paronella Park
Archaeologist Michael Westaway travels time and continents to study our origins
Tom Trumble tells the story of his grandfather's WW2 escape
Poet Jackie Kay traces her journey to her birth parents
Petar Belic on growing up as a child fugitive
Peter Mitchell's experience managing Villawood Detention Centre
Childbirth educator Lucy Perry on the beauty of birthing
Singer songwriter Martha Wainwright: my mother, my music, me
Allan Sparkes was on the front line of police work
Social researcher Hugh Mackay on why happiness isn't the answer
Comedian Dana Lyons wrote novelty hit song 'Cows with Guns'
Author Cheryl Strayed's journey of grief through the American wild
Professor Lawrence Krauss contends origins of the universe
Historical novelist Edward Rutherfurd: mingling past and present
Journalist Stan Grant's long road to success
Daniel Morden discusses the art of storytelling
Comedian Des Bishop sheds light on his father's life
Hannah Kent on what led to her acclaimed first novel
Journalist Anna Krien interrogates the AFL and its treatment of women
Science writer Bianca Nogrady explores our attitudes to death
Dick Braithwaite pieces together his father's extraordinary WWII tale
Rebecca Huntley and the story of her Italian grandparents
Activist Rodney Croome forged the way for marriage equality
Grazier turned dinosaur enthusiast David Elliott's discoveries
Journalist Magnus Linton exposes the ruthless underworld of Colombia
Horse trainer Zelie Bullen on training Spielberg's War Horse
Adventurers Chris Bray and Jess Taunton sail to Alaska
Musician Linsey Pollak on the beauty of making music
Filmmaker Juliet Darling opens up about her partner's tragic death
Australian actor Colin Friels and his theatre resurgence
Travel writer Brendan Shanahan shares his most disastrous holiday
John 'Stinker' Clarke's undying flair for fishing
Crime writer Jo Nesbo has had several successful careers
Pilots James McInnes and Ben Redward on surviving a plane hijack
Choreographer Debbie Allen reflects on her international dance success
Former NSW Premier Kristina Keneally on life beyond politics
Singer songwriter Lisa Miller on the music important to her
Sally Sara on her adventures as an ABC foreign correspondent
Political analyst George Megalogenis on the Australian economy: Part 2
Political analyst George Megalogenis on the Australian economy: Part 1
Inside Australia's best pranks and hoaxes
Lucia de Bortoli's cultural transplant from Italy to rural Queensland
Judy Sharp defied medical experts only to see her son flourish
Skydiving master Dave McEvoy's life chasing adventure
Ken and Patricia Taylor on the true story behind the film "Argo"
How Barbara Arrowsmith Young used neuroplasticity to strengthen her brain
Julie Ainsworth's rise to the top at the Newscastle Herald
Greenpeace's Peter Willcox captained the ill-fated Rainbow Warrior
Journalist Anne Deveson: tackling taboos, understanding peace
Journalist Charles Miranda cracked open major police corruption
Performance poet Lemon Andersen on his Brooklyn roots
Kristina Olsson on finding her long lost brother
Marine scientist Callum Roberts researches what impacts the earth's oceans
Writer Victoria Finlay's fascination with jewellery and colour
Psychologist Jocelyn Brewer's time in the Hare Krishna movement
Singer songwriter Getano Bann practices music therapy with children
Obituaries editor Ann Wroe on capturing a life's colour
Author David Broadbent collected conversations with his children
Former British cabinet minister Peter Hain entered politics through protesting
Zoe James' grandfather: the Autograph King and his postage pranks
Crocodile scientists Professor Graham and Giovanna Webb
Andrew Lancaster and the mystery of the 'Lost Aviator', Captain Bill Lancaster
Brian J O'Brien on studying the moon and teaching astronauts
Helen Sage: coming to terms with an adult child's acquired brain injury
Barry Humphries reflects on the enduring success of Dame Edna
Journalist Jack Waterford's rise at the Canberra Times
Tony Birch draws on his tough Melbourne childhood to write his novels
Susan Swingler untangles the lies around her family, and a famous literary name
Ron Tremaine ran parties, pubs and brought The Beatles to Australia
Journalist Matt Condon on police corruption in Queensland
Writer and academic Karen Lord finds inspiration in folklore
How to be happy: Oliver Burkeman's contrary approach
Steven Poole explains why he's fed up with food obsession
The Violent Femmes' Brian Ritchie on middle-age music and life
Barrister Jessie Taylor on risking an ocean voyage to seek asylum
Former Vogue editor Kirstie Clements on high-fashion realities
Comedian Akmal Saleh returned to Egypt for the Arab Spring
Actress Angela Lansbury still at home on the stage in her 80s
Greg de Moore on the life of AFL creator Tom Wills
Journalist Rowan Callick lifts the curtain on Chinese communism
Jared Diamond on what can be learned from traditional societies
Journalist Scott Johnson grew up with a father in the CIA
Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour on theatre's secret language
Jacqui Payne: Queensland's first indigenous magistrate
Former executive director, Sue Gardner: the view from inside Wikipedia
James Earl Jones' iconic voice used to have a stutter
Robert Spillane questions the value of personality tests
Adam Courtenay brings the Amazon's remarkable lost stories to light
Ann Fogarty: surviving the Ash Wednesday bushfires
Benjamin Law's candid and funny family chronicles
Peter Allison returns with tales from the jungles of South America
Jill Fisher helps families deal with the complex aftermath of suicide
WWE wrestling champion Mick Foley turned to writing and comedy
Manfred Jurgensen: from Nazi Germany to Melbourne's Jewish community
Sex worker Rachel Wotton: finding equality for disabled clients
Dr Paul Bennett helps solve criminal cases with clues left by feet
Dr Martyn Jolly discusses the intriguing world of 19th century spirit photography
Women and girls with Asperger's: Tony Attwood
A Hong Kong childhood during WWII
Classical pianist Anna Goldsworthy learnt about life through music
Surfing legend Gary 'Kong' Elkerton's unusual beginnings
Cyclist Nikolai Razouvaev pursued sport to avoid Soviet Union service
Indigenous elder Mary Graham describes the essence of Indigenous perception
George Georgiou spends his days repairing dolls, toys and teddy bears
Synaesthete Tori Spooner experiences intermingled senses
Journalist Paul Daley shares his love for the nation's capital
Tim Soutphommasane: calling for a different idea of Australian multiculturalism
The terrible truth of how Ray Butler was orphaned
Playwright and actor Bille Brown: his life and career
Master farrier Michael Fruin on the craft and care of his trade
Larry Page on producing The Kinks and The Troggs
Professor Graham Martin on going from doctor to patient
Gwyn Muir tracked down the full story of her father's WW2 death
Costa Georgiadis believes in gardening for the good of one's soul
Former CIA agent Glenn Carle exposes hidden truths
Archaeologist Michael Westaway's ancient anthropology
How Kay Schubach's seemingly perfect life became undone
Child Holocaust survivor Ruth Leiser tells her powerful story
Psychologist Gina Perry examines the notorious Milgram experiments
How actor Grahame Bond created a 70s cultural phenomenon
Live Stories: Volume 2
Go-Betweens co-founder Robert Forster introduces 'adult-pop'
Patricia Feenan on learning her son was abused by the church
Melissa Langridge: marine biology and mock horror in Antarctica
Actor William McInnes on life after the death of his wife, Sarah Watt
Stephen Dando Collins investigates a scandalous case of mistaken identity
Scriptwriter Debra Oswald created much-loved TV series, Offspring
Keelen Mailman on her connection to ancient Indigenous land
Journalist Julia Baird was deputy editor of US magazine, Newsweek
Former Australian cricketer Ian Chappell on his colourful career
Retired Major General John Cantwell opens up about suffering PTSD
Dr Noritta Morseu-Diop once thought education was out of reach
Author Bill Bryson on finding the world endlessly fascinating
Voice coach Victoria Mielewska on mastering a foreign tongue
Investigative reporter Ray Moynihan tackles the health sector
Hara Estroff Marano wants childs' play to be more dangerous
Queensland trio The Kransky Sisters' unconventional repertoire
David Hill on the race to map Australia
Neurosurgeon James R Doty on how to practice altruism
Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe's life in swimming
Entertainer Michael Palin explores Brazil
Grandmaster Henry Sue on mastering the delicate art of kung fu
Peter FitzSimons returns with stories from the Eureka Stockade
Writer and poet Lily Brett on childhood lessons and her rock and roll years
Julie Elliott: former policewoman turned marriage celebrant
Owen Davies trekked 98 days through remote Queensland
Singer songwriter Dave Graney celebrates 30 years in the business
Barrister Mark Tedeschi on the secret gender and extraordinary trial of Eugenia Falleni
Historian Paul Ham: the truth about POWs held by the Japanese at Sandakan
Singer Shellie Morris on the beauty of Indigenous language
Journalist Margaret Simons weighs in on the changing industry
Biographer Carolyn Burke has unravelled the true story of Edith Piaf
Mark MacLean's unlikely discoveries in the drains of Newcastle
Gina Sherritt used Maremma dogs to protect her farm
RAAF fighter pilot Paul Simmons has flying in his blood
Conversations special: grandparents as carers
Aubrey Brooks' life of labour: two decades at BHP steelworks
Conversations special: Cuban Missile Crisis
Dr Lisa Jackson Pulver dedicates her expertise to Indigneous health
Actor Jack Thompson shares his connection to poetry and the bush
Alison Markell: surviving the terrifying and tragic siege of her Mumbai hotel
Professor Peter Silburn: Deep Brain Stimulation pioneer
Wine-maker Wolf Blass revolutionised the Australian wine industry
Grief counsellor Claire Bidwell Smith on her own bereavement
Journalist Mark Colvin reflects on almost 3 decades of reporting
Science writer Becky Crew and the world's weirdest creatures
Scientist Peter Doherty on the importance of sentinel chickens
Former soldier Brian Freeman and the discovery of a long-lost battlefield
Authors Shirley Walker and Anne Summers on writing about their mothers
Actress Nilaja Sun on teaching drama in NYC's toughest schools
Richard Holloway: Glasgow slums to Anglican Archbishop
Historian David Bird on why some Australians admired Nazi Germany
Political journalist James Button on being Kevin Rudd's speechwriter
Sports broadcaster Charlie King on his roots, social work and hopes for the future
Former Rajneeshee cult member Jane Stork's remarkable journey
Archaeologist Peter McAllister search for Australia's pygmy peoples
How John Waters made his mark on the Australian screen and stage
Retired major Matina Jewell: peacekeeping in a war zone
Pastoralist Susan Bradley's love for land and people of the Kimberley
Aerosol artist Jason Dax Woodward: from graffiti to galleries
Scribe Publications founder Henry Rosenbloom chose what he loved
Raconteur Clive James reflects on a rich and prolific career
9/11 survivor Genelle Guzman-McMillan tells her story
Rebus author Ian Rankin: from music, to poetry, to 21 published novels
The notorious Milgram experiments
Investigator Rachel Sommerville: the stories behind death row
Prolific writer and critic John Lanchester takes on his home city of London
Novelist Venero Armanno on what inspired his book Black Mountain
Jenny Hocking tells the story of the tumultuous Whitlam government
Historian David Day pens the first biography of Antarctica
Private detective Keith Schafferius specialises in child retrieval
Writer Benjamin Law on homosexuality in South East Asia
Fiona and Stuart Higgins' unlikely love story
Stephen Dando Collins investigates an extraordinary case of mistaken identity
Kristy Chambers on the profound ups and downs of being a nurse
Photographer Tony Mott captured many rock n roll greats
Political blogger Greg Jericho is the mastermind behind Grog's Gamut
Social researcher Rebecca Huntley identifies what Australians want
Gillian Huxley works high above Hollywood sets and stadium stages
Gwyn Muir tracked the truth behind her father's death during WW2
Helicopter pilot Mark Kempton on the joys and risks of flying
David Puttnam's political impact post Hollywood success
Boris Mihailovic's undying love for motorcycles
Dr Anne Gallagher's tireless fight to end human trafficking
Paul Carter's adventures as an oil-rig worker
The late David Rakoff on living in fear and finding beauty in sadness
Journalist George Megalogenis and conservationist Professor Ian Lowe
Historian Tony Moore on Australia's most prominent bohemians
Professor Mark Onslow has revolutionised stuttering treatments
Faiza El Higzi's journey from Sudan to modern Australia
Geophysicist turned adventurer Mike McDowell's upscale expeditions
Australian poet Robert Adamson shares his love for the natural world
Professor Sir James Mirrlees won the Nobel Prize for Economics
Katherine Boo learns how people operate at the bottom of the heap
Singer songwriter Ron Sexsmith: crafting great music
Musician and composer Rob Davidson deconstructs speech to find music
David Nyuol Vincent's remarkable journey fleeing South Sudan
Ruth Webb Smith allowed no obstacles to making a life in the Kimberley
Sisters Rachel and Becky Unthank: new life to beautiful folk music of old
Pilot Richard de Crespigny on guiding flight QF32 to safety
Dr Len Notaras directs Australia's chief trauma centre in Darwin
War correspondent Michael Ware's post-war recovery
Family and relatonships always at the heart of bestselling author Jodi Picoult's work
Radical nun Sister Angela Mary Doyle's life in health care
UK 'Teacher of the Year' Phil Beadle harnesses students' curiosity
Frank Bongiorno on the history of Australian sex lives
Former head chef Jim Hearn on living with a heroin addiction
Carolyn Harris Johnson on understanding familicide
Pulitzer prize-winning author Richard Ford's early insights
Cabaret singer Annie Lee performs the life and music of Agnes Bernelle
Author David Broadbent collected conversations with his children
Journalist Daniel Akst on society's frightening lack of self-control
Amanda Webster's battle to save her anorexic son
The classical start to Seekers star Judith Durham's musical life
How comedian Simon Kennedy's life profoundly changed
Michael Davey's journey of childhood displacement
Dr Fiona Wood continues her remarkable skin regeneration work
Medical professor Frank Bowden on the germs which threaten us all
Michael Chamberlain on the aftermath of his daughter Azaria's death
Financial journalist Michael Casey explains the new global economy
Artist Lisa Anderson's inspiring journey to the Antarctic
Peter Mitchell's experience managing Villawood Detention Centre
Professor John Fraser and the possibility of artificial hearts
Voice coach Victoria Mielewska on mastering a foreign tongue
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki explains the history of the universe
Susannah Fullerton on all things Jane Austen
Charlotte Smith inherited an exquisite collection of designer clothes
Academic Richard Hil: universities aren't what they used to be
Marine biologist Mark Norman talks cephalopods and penguins
Professor of criminology Geoff Alpert on the effects of high-risk policing
Renowned chef Matt Moran went from kitchen hand to head chef
Comedian Lenny Henry on making people laugh for a living
Author David Walker shares how losing his sight expanded his mind
How Philip Bailey came to work with renowned violinist Yehudi Menhuin
Dr Tina Payne Bryson on preaching what she practices
Journalist Ethan Watters on how America's homogenising the world
Professor Naomi Oreskes debunks climate change misconceptions
Author Rebecca Huntley writes her Italian family memoirs
Bee Orsini's powerful journey from homelessness to advocacy
Composer Joshua Cody's unorthodox and unplanned cancer recovery
Philosopher Mark Rowlands on raising a wolf cub in Alabama
ABC presenter Costa Georgiadis shares his passion for gardening
Author Anna Funder shares her love for the stories of Berliners
Journalist Charles Miranda cracked open major police corruption
Adventurers Chris Bray and Jess Taunton sail to Alaska
Lucia de Bortoli's cultural transplant from Italy to rural Queensland
Rally champions Ross and Lisa Dunkerton on their winning partnership
This American Life creator Ira Glass on the art of storytelling
Legendary magistrate Barbara Holborow's profound legacy
Egyptologist Naguib Kanawati on the secrets of ancient Egypt
US journalist Joe McGinniss on searching for Sarah Palin
Historian Stephen Dando Collins unearths the Australian rabbit plague
Acclaimed author Jeffrey Eugenides takes a different direction
Acclaimed poet Lemon Andersen on what inspires his spoken word
Susan Swingler unmasks strange family secrets and deceit
How Barbara Arrowsmith Young used neuroplasticity to strengthen her brain
Commentator Jim Hightower is a passionate advocate for rural America
Former CIA agent Glenn Carle exposes hidden truths
Kev Carmody has helped shape the Australian music landscape
Mine safety inspector Chris Skelding on working underground and overseas
Gideon Haigh has prepared a history of the office
Jockey Clare Lindop's rise from the racing stable to the Melbourne Cup
Paranormal investigator Alison Oborn has seen and heard very strange things
Psychiatrist Sandy McFarlane treats people devastated by disaster
'Cotton wool kid': how Dean Clifford defied his rare skin condition
Colm Toibin's novella 'Brooklyn' follows Irish migrants to America
Visual artist Lisa Anderson's residency aboard a Russian icebreaker
Former crime reporter Liam Houlihan writes his second crime collection
Social entrepreneur Ronni Kahn on charitable food rescue
Conversations special: Whatever Doesn't Kill Me...
Keelen Mailman on her connection to ancient Indigenous land
Corporate strategist Monica Bradley on the task of finding a husband
Psychiatrist Greg De Moore recounts the life of Tom Wills
ABC correspondent Sally Sara on living and working in the field
Cheesemaker Jane Bennett has found enormous professional success
Robert Forrester controls the philanthropic trust established with his friend, Paul Newman
Australian singer-songwriter Pete Murray returns to music
Detective Superintendent Brian Hay and fraud victim Joan Harrington
Ian Parkes' early life working in Australia's red dirt and scrub
Ross McMullin brings ten previously unknown WW1 stories to light
Jo O'Leary's on raising a child with a language disorder
Paul Keating talks modern political leadership
Corporate strategist Monica Bradley on the task of finding a husband
Richard Fitzpatrick photographs animals of the underwater world
Live Stories Vol. 1 — True and Tall Tales
Nick McKenzie's investigation into the Australian drug trade
Lyn Beazley's mission to promote the pursuit of science
Supreme Court Justice Chris Kourakis on growing up in a migrant family
Julie Elliott: former policewoman turned marriage celebrant
Former British cabinet minister Peter Hain entered politics through protesting
Robert Crotty tells why he questioned the Bible and left the priesthood
Cyndi O'Meara grew up in the biggest haemophiliac family in the world
Journalist Anna Krien investigates animal testing and consumption
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Archaeologist Michael Westaway's ancient anthropology
Normie Rowe's tumultuous years of pop success and war horror
Actress Miriam Margolyes' one woman show returns
Comedian Des Bishop sheds light on his father's life
Dr Martyn Jolly on 19th century spirit photography
Andrew Tink tells the story of the man who gave Sydney its name
Jan Kealton on the importance of understanding mental illness
Bill Morris is connecting the community and courtroom
Jane Gleeson-White tells how merchants of the Renaissance changed finance forever
Eliza Griswold and the religious re-awakening of the tenth parallel
London bombings survivor Gill Hicks' fight for peace
Broderick Fox created a new skin to feel comfortable in
Kerryn Goldsworthy, Amanda Vanstone and Geoff Goodfellow talk Adelaide
Dr Noritta Morseu-Diop's inspiring academic path
Crime novelist Jo Nesbo's route to writing included soccer and the stockmarket
Vietnam veteran 'Moose' Dunlop shares his experiences of PTSD
Tanveer Ahmed tells of his life thus far, from Bangladesh to Sydney
How Kay Schubach's seemingly perfect life became undone
Philosopher Alain de Botton on what atheists can take from religion
Former ACDC member Mark Evans shares his memories of rock stardom
Political analyst George Megalogenis on the Australian economy: Part 2
Political analyst George Megalogenis on the Australian economy: Part 1
Kim Barker recalls her experience covering the Afghan war
Suicidologist Jill Fisher on the complexities of suicide bereavement
A Hong Kong childhood during WWII
Peter Allison returns with tales from the jungles of South America
Leigh Sales' rise to the top of the journalism ranks
Judith Armstrong specialises in the life and work of Leo Tolstoy
Accident investigator Garry Ryan on solving road collisions
Author Kari Gislason: secrets from an Icelandic childhood
Professor Graham Martin on going from doctor to patient
Matt Condon on his beloved Brisbane and the floods that put it underwater
Singer songwriter Getano Bann practices music therapy with children
Kath Venn talks of her vibrant and busy life at 84
Professor Robert Spillane questions the value of personality tests
Ren Pedersen's crusade to cure the cancer that killed his daughter
Rob Willis has captured Australia's folklore stories and songs
Women and girls with Asperger's: Tony Attwood
James Panichi dispels common misconceptions about Italy
Charlotte Wood explores people's relationships with their pets
Sex worker Rachel Wotton is removing the stigma of disabled clients
Finance expert Satyajit Das breaks down the world of derivatives
Child Holocaust survivor Ruth Leiser tells her powerful story
How actor Grahame Bond created a 70s cultural phenomenon
Design guru Karen McCartney on domestic Australian architecture
Synaesthete Tori Spooner experiences intermingled senses
Dr Lisa Jackson Pulver dedicates her expertise to Indigneous health
How Tammy and Bridget Clinch's love survived a gender re-assignment