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 9 hours 37 minutes
How Ross Gittins found his calling
After a dispiriting stint as a Chartered Accountant, Ross found his perfect job: explaining the Australian economy, in plain English, to millions of people
Jodi Rodgers on loving our neurodiversity
As a teenager, Jodi Rodgers got a job as a disability support worker and met a 6-year-old girl who would change her life
Death, with love and dignity
When Pauline McGrath's husband David was diagnosed with a brain tumour, she supported him as he chose a different path to death (CW: discussion of death and dying)
Mary Beard's Roman Empire
Some of the wildest stories about Roman emperors involve playing the violin while watching the city burn, and appointing a horse as consul. Classicist Mary Beard is fascinated by how much truth there could be to these tales
Mic's way out of the woods
Deeply ashamed of what he had done, Mic Whitty retreated into the Welsh wilderness for almost a year. Eventually an unexpected goal pulled him out of homelessness and back into the world
Satu Vanksa on faith, love and music
Satu Vanska grew up in Japan as the child of Lutheran Missionaries. When the family moved back to Finland, she felt isolated and alien. But Satu knew she had a ticket out - her violin
Guilty feminist Deborah Frances-White
The podcaster and comedian on her early life in Queensland, where she yearned to wear a coat; lessons from improv comedy; and how eyebrows were the key to finding her biological family (R)
Trent Dalton on life before Boy Swallows Universe
As a child Trent was a quiet observer of the drama of his family and his neighbourhood. He became an award-winning writer (R)
Brigitte and the seven peaks
Brigitte Muir's dream to climb the seven highest mountains on each of the seven continents took much longer and cost her more than she expected, but she also discovered more about herself than she could have imagined
Jayashri Kulkarni: our hormones and our minds
Dr Jayashri Kulkarni on her Indian-Australian upbringing and her groundbreaking research into women's hormones and mental health