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Brooke Boney quit her ideal job to pursue her secret dream

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Encore: Australia's TV mum Noni Hazlehurst on her life on stage and screen

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'Angertainment', algorithms and the online outrage industry

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Luke Bateman on surviving a gambling addiction and the magic of his mum’s love

105

How a teen father used the local skate park to change the world

106

Jimmy Wales says it is possible to have a collaborative, trusting world online

107

Changing prisoners' minds with Vedic meditation at Rikers Island

108

Patrick Radden Keefe digs into the mysterious death of a man posing as a Russian oligarch's son

109

Special Collection: Alain de Botton on the true hardwork of love and relationships

110

Special Collection: Transforming trauma with Gabor Mate

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Special Collection: How I made peace with my mother and our complicated relationship

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Special Collection: An unexpected later in life love story

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Special Collection: The teenage TV star who feels 'lucky to be paraplegic'

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Lindy Lee on how Zen Buddhism changed her life and art

115

Encore: My parents died in a plane crash and what came next

116

The secret obsession of a Supreme Court Justice

117

Encore: How to sleep well and what can get in the way

118

Moana Hope on a life spent caring for others and re-learning how to love

119

Prolonged old age, the sandwich generation and biohacking—the realities of an aging Australia

120

Encore: The misfit mammal that defies biological conventions

121

Lessons in living, grief and love from the Lebanese Civil War

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Encore: Colm Toibin on his early life and running away to Barcelona, Brooklyn and beyond

123

'Propeller vs forearm, croc vs leg': The incredible job of a remote bush doctor

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A journey to help thousands of horses and revive an ancient tradition

125

Encore: David Malouf on growing up in Brisbane and his life of letters

126

Matt Bevan on the history you think you know

127

Encore: My year circumnavigating Australia on a surf ski

128

The improbable life of 'The Pinching Padre', a vicar with a thirst for adventure and ethical theft

129

Surviving White Island and what happened next — Stephanie Browitt's story

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Sandi Toksvig's bright side

131

My year with the real Rudolf Nureyev — a volatile but vulnerable genius

132

Encore: How I came to work with the lions who live in trees

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My best friend was killed by her ex-husband — this is the message I want men to hear

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

135

Encore: What I learnt about Australia as an Outback GP

136

Why my father was abandoned and the empathy I now have for his mother

137

Encore: The hidden corners of Emma's Hong Kong — fishing villages, beaches and ancestral graveyards

138

'The century of foundlings'—what Cynthia found when she went looking maternal family secrets

139

Spotting the psychopaths, sadists and narcissists in our lives and how to get rid of them

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Encore: How his ex-wife's hidden letter changed everything for Teddy Tahu Rhodes

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The GP clinic for patients often overlooked by society

142

Encore: Bo Seo on good arguments and the power of disagreement

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Exploring loss, love and meaning with psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz

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When the magical worlds of Alice Springs and Prague collided

145

Encore: Remembering cultural leader and storyteller Rhoda Roberts

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Burnout and the 'Bureaucrapper' — how Nick went from the edge of homelessness to helping others

147

Encore: The real life story behind 'Looking for Alibrandi'

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The giant spacecraft on its way to Jupiter's icy moon

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The secret life of a matchmaker—love, listening and telling the truth

150

Encore: falling in love with a charming fake farmer

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Encore: The barber who helps boys become good men

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Encore: After triple zero — a paramedic's tale

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Anna the anxiety coach on surviving a roller coaster accident and healing her nervous system

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Iran's position of power in the Strait of Hormuz

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Encore: How Jenny upended the Australian way of death

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Deciding on a big, bold life

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Encore: Tony Birch — op shop fever and old Fitzroy

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The ordinary and extraordinary lives of women, artists and mothers

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Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

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Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

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What happens to kids when they can't go to school?

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Encore: Is there a cheating gene?

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How I use touch to tell stories — my work as an intimacy director

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The decline of modern Britain — where did it all go so wrong?

165

Encore: climbing back into life after a schizophrenia diagnosis

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John Howard's toy poodle epiphany

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Encore: The fearless Kate McClymont — weathering death threats and court cases for work

168

Drought, depression and asking for help—how an Outback farmer found peace in the ocean

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Where do we go when we die? Looking for answers in psychedelics

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Encore: The spiked chair which began conductor Umberto Clerici's life in music

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How I went from being a new mum on food stamps to an anonymous restaurant critic, worldwide

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From child preacher to wicked defector — leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses

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A boy called Little Chilli — how flavour and migration led to unexpected love

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A short history of the innovations that have shaped human progress

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Encore: the Nyamal woman from the Pilbara transforming how we think about trauma

176

Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, an indestructible Nashville studio and the DNA of folk music

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Encore: the life and legacy of author John Marsden

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There is magic to be found when the world goes dark

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Losing three mothers in one lifetime — Layne Beachley's drive to win

180

A 'hopeless romantic' on divorce, dating apps, and curing a broken heart

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You're not alone or broken — the pursuit of happiness is making us miserable

182

Encore: Judy Brewer on country love, deb balls and understanding autism

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A man, his gum trees, and his 'second education'

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Zadie Smith on 'being on the side of life' at 50

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Encore: Jessica's life as a GODA - the grandchild of deaf adults

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‘Come to orgy, wife wrote to friend’ discovering the truth behind why I was adopted

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Encore: My shark attack, and the aftermath

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Loving and losing my adventurer husband across the Tasman Sea

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How a boy named Yuri saved me from the trauma of a bomb blast

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Encore: Nikki Gemmell's vivid life of love, grief and reinvention

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How I went from young delinquent to running a university

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What leaving my family’s Baha’i faith taught me about love and life

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Remembering Midnight Oil's Rob Hirst

194

Encore: Melissa Lucashenko and the story of Edenglassie

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From drug smuggling and opium dens to marching in the first-ever Mardi Gras—Kate's coming out

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I was a teenage military officer in the War on Terror. Then I had to make a new life for myself

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The secret life of a hostage negotiator

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Encore: Upside down in Bass Strait

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New Beginnings: How Rafael Bonachela let out his inner showgirl with Kylie Minogue

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New Beginnings: Justin Heazlewood on swapping fame for his hometown