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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Nursing at altitude: the story of a Royal Flying Doctor flight nurse
Louise Burton has worked with the Royal Flying Doctor Service Qld for twenty years
Why Australia should prepare to fight alone
Hugh White is asking some profound questions about how Australia might defend itself in the Asian century
Helping hoarders let go
Psychologist Jessica Grisham on working with people whose wellbeing is threatened by their attachment to 'stuff' (R)
Voicing velociraptors and capturing the dawn chorus
Sound designer and naturalist Douglas Quin makes field recordings from everywhere on Earth and uses them to create soundscapes for film and tv, galleries and museums.
A magical country childhood: Alison Lester
From Antarctica to Arnhem Land, the pages of the books of this prolific author and illustrator are fuelled by adventure (R)
Backing the wild dreams of youth: Jan Owen
Jan’s work as a champion of young people has its roots in her own story (R)
A Hong Kong childhood during WWII
Barbara Laidlaw pieces together the mystery of what her parents endured as internees in Hong Kong (R)
Helping troubled kids find a way back: Bernie Shakeshaft
Bernie was a wild teenager who became a jackeroo and a dingo trapper. Then he began helping kids in trouble (R)
Trent Dalton: the rise of a watchful boy
As a child Trent was a quiet observer of the drama of his family and his neighbourhood. He grew up to become an award-winning writer (R)
International brickie
Bricklaying takes him around the world as a teacher and expert, but Troy Everett still finds deep satisfaction in laying bricks