Conversations ABC listen
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- Cultura y sociedad
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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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Theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama on making peace and living in poetry
Pádraig Ó Tuama survived conversion therapy and exorcism as a young gay man in a church in Ireland, then became a leading peace negotiator and a poet (R)
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Carly-Jay on dying, living, and learning to breathe
Carly-Jay Metcalfe lives with cystic fibrosis, and has faced a double lung transplant, a rare cancer and other huge medical challenges. But through it all humour and hope have fuelled her survival (CW: this story discusses organ transplant and donation, drug use and self harm)
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A portrait of Peter Dutton
Writer Lech Blaine on Peter Dutton, the former policeman who became the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia
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The secret life of slime mould
Scientist Tanya Latty on how a single-cell organism, slime mould, can solve complex problems in some remarkable ways (R)
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Bettany Hughes takes you to the hottest sightseeing spots of the ancient world
What was on the "must-see" lists for tourists in 200 BCE? From the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to the Great Pyramids at Giza, historian Bettany Hughes is your tour guide through the seven wonders of the ancient world
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Finding a new version of family
Journalist Marina Kamenev on the changing story of our families in the 21st century (CW: discusses donor conception)
Reseñas de clientes
Really good
I recommend this program. Richard interviews the most interesting characters with a story to tell.
The best podcasts I have found so far are by Terry Gross' program "Fresh Air" (USA)