Spend an hour in someone else's life. Conversations draws you deeper into the life story of someone you may have heard about, but never met.
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Nardi Simpson on Crocodile Country
Yuwaalaraay writer, storyteller and performer, Nardi Simpson of the Stiff Gins talks about her life, art and the meaning of country
A boy, his pony and the Sydney Harbour Bridge
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)
In Pico Iyer's Japan the air is thronged with ghosts
Pico was a journalist in New York when a 20-hour layover at Narita airport in Japan made him question everything. He decided to begin again as a monk at a Zen temple in Kyoto. But things didn't go entirely to plan
The raptor whisperer
Peggy McDonald has spent much of her life as wildlife carer who specialises in helping wedge-tail eagles, falcons, owls and other raptors recover their ability to fly
Magic mushrooms, micro-dosing and Michael Pollan
How Michael Pollan 'shook the snowglobe' of his mind by investigating the therapeutic effects of psychedelic substances
The heart expands to fit — a family's adoption story
Justine Flynn's five children were all born in South Korea and adopted into her family
The epic hunt for the deadly Taipan
Brendan James Murray on the elusive copper-coloured snake species which terrorised post WWII North Queensland (R)
Not your average dentist
Sharonne Zaks was working as a dentist when an encounter with a patient named Anna led her to develop a radical new branch of dentistry (R)
The life of 'Mr Eternity'
Throughout the 1930s and 40s, Arthur Stace rose before dawn to write a one-word sermon in chalk on the footpaths of Sydney. Writer Roy Williams unearthed the truth about Arthur Stace's life story with the help of those who knew him personally (R)
Leigh Sales and the days after the worst possible day
Leigh went through an event in 2014 which changed her profoundly. She was left questioning how we cope when the unimaginable happens (R)