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24/10/2025

Encore: Aaron Fa’Aoso on his mistakes, heartaches, and lucky breaks

Aaron was living on the tip of Cape York when he borrowed his uncle’s dinghy to make it to his first acting audition on nearby Thursday Island. He won the role that day in a TV show called Remote Area Nurse, and many other TV series followed, including the crime dramas The Straits and East West 101. He also presented the Torres Strait Island Cooking show, Strait to the Plate, and he was one of the stars of the comedy show Black Comedy. Today Aaron is not just an actor, he's a director and producer as well and as he writes about in his memoir So Far, So Good, there have been many setbacks and some heartbreak on his path to success. Further information So Far, So Good is published by Pantera Press This episode of Conversations explores Cape York, acting, writing, producing, television, film, domestic violence, children, rejection, family, domestic violence protection order, logie awards, masculinity, relationships, racism. To binge even more great episodes of the Conversations podcast with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you’ll find hundreds of the best thought-provoking interviews with authors, writers, artists, politicians, psychologists, musicians, and celebrities.

24/10/2025

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18/03/2024

Sex, law, and life on Mars

What would a human settlement on Mars look like? How would humans procreate in space? And what on earth is a 'snuggle tube'? These are all questions Dr Kelly Weinersmith is trying to answer

18/03/2024

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53 min
08/02/2011

How Anthony Steel shaped the Australian festival season

Broadcast date: Monday 07 February 2011

08/02/2011

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52 min
17/05/2017

A revolutionary idea to stop good food going to waste

When Ronni Kahn realised shocking amounts of good food were going to waste, she had to act (R)

17/05/2017

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50 min
28/07/2023

John's wild dogs

They have strange coats that look like they're painted on, and while their big Mickey Mouse ears are cute, their domestic dog-like looks aren't particularly exotic. But Africa's painted dogs are unlike any other carnivores on the planet

28/07/2023

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53 min
15/03/2016

Alan Alda on bringing science to the stage

Alan is well-known and much-loved for his performances in M.A.S.H. and The West Wing, as well as his roles in many Hollywood films.

15/03/2016

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58 min
24/07/2015

Leah Cotterell and the pleasure of sad songs

Leah has performed jazz, blues, 'white soul' and folk since the late 1980s.

24/07/2015

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47 min
17/09/2015

Greg Fleet comes clean

Greg has been one of Australia's most popular comedians for three decades.

17/09/2015

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50 min
12/08/2015

Paul Dyer, co-founder of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

In 1989, Paul was a young enthusiastic Australian musician performing on concert stages around Europe, but after a visit home for his sister's wedding he found he couldn't go back.

12/08/2015

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49 min
11/08/2016

Renee Gracie races V8 supercars

Conversations with Richard Fidler draws you deeper into the life story of someone you may, or may no

11/08/2016

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51 min

To binge even more great episodes of the Conversations podcast with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you’ll find hundreds of the best thought-provoking interviews with authors, writers, artists, politicians, psychologists, musicians, and celebrities.