Conversations ABC listen
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- Society & Culture
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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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Naomi and the smudge of luminous stars
Astrophysicist Naomi McClure-Griffiths was making an atlas of our galaxy when she discovered an entirely new spiral arm of the Milky Way
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Sean Fong dominating life on the jiu-jitsu mat
Sean Fong is a para world champion in jiu-jitsu. The 'gentle' martial art has allowed Sean to shatter any illusions that society might have about people with physical differences (R)
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The highs and lows of the ALP
From its surprising successes to its dismal failures, historian Frank Bongiorno takes you through the wild 130-year history of the Australian Labor Party
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Troy Cassar-Daley: the boy from Halfway Creek
Troy Cassar-Daley grew up walking a tightrope between two worlds after his mum and dad broke up when he was small. As a grown man, a trip on a country music cruise began to change his story (CW: discussion of suicidal ideation and suicide)
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When Bonnie just kept paddling
When Bonnie Hancock stumbled on a book in her local library, she got a gut feeling that refused to go away. And so she set off on a gruelling 12,700km journey around Australia on her surf ski
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Uncovering Tasmania's gruesome past
Cassandra Pybus exposes the secret trade of the skeletal remains of the first people of Tasmania. CW: This episode contains upsetting discussion about grave desecration and the trading of human remains
Customer Reviews
You’re the voice
Top drawer subject matter but, above all, Richard’s wonderful mellifluous delivery will keep you spellbound. Sarah is top drawer too - sadly this is one of few modern-day ABC programs worth engaging with.
Very enjoyable podcast
I really enjoyed the episode with Manisha Gazula. What an inspiring story!
My favourite.
This is a brilliant podcast. I love learning about new people and their passions and at times their life lessons. It doesn’t matter the subject there’s always an aspect that totally blows my mind. Richard and Sarah bring their own unique ‘conversational journalism’ style to every guest. To those people who only have non-constructive criticism and write rude comments, that is NOT feedback. Why the hell are you even listening? Go away.