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.
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/conversations/
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 132 days 2 hours 40 minutes
The male midwife
Midwife Christian Wright with tales of emergency evacuations and surfing with crocodiles while working in remote Indigenous communities in Arnhem Land, helping Yolŋu women birth their babies
My brother, our farm, and seeking the source of consciousness — Mark Solms
When he was a young boy in South Africa, Professor Mark Solms watched his older brother fall from a roof and crack his skull. His brother survived but was greatly changed by the injuries to his brain. The incident planted in Mark a deep desire to understand how a person's brain shapes them. CW: contains description of a medical procedure
My brother, our farm, and seeking the source of consciousness — Mark Solms
When he was a young boy in South Africa, Professor Mark Solms watched his older brother fall from a roof and crack his skull. His brother survived but was greatly changed by the injuries to his brain. The incident planted in Mark a deep desire to understand how a person's brain shapes them. CW: contains description of a medical procedure
Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller — Broadway and me
Jeffrey tells stories of grit, brilliance and tragedy behind the making of the smash hit musicals 'Rent' and 'Hamilton'
Robina Courtin — listening to prisoners on death row
In 1978 Australian Robina Courtin became one of the first westerners to be ordained as a Buddhist nun. Then a letter from a young prisoner in a California jail began a huge change in her own story (R)
Rachael Maza's tale of three islands
Palm Island, Mer Island, and Australia are the cornerstones of Rachael's work as an actor and a director (R)
The Admiral and the Ecstasy
When Admiral Chris Barrie retired as the Chief of the Defence Force, he became increasingly concerned about life for veterans with PTSD. Then he discovered certain psychedelic drugs were being used to literally change minds
A very vulnerable year
After Rick Morton was unexpectedly diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder he set out on a year-long mission to rediscover love
A very vulnerable year
After Rick Morton was unexpectedly diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder he set out on a year-long mission to rediscover love