Earshot

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Earshot Podcast

Eavesdrop on life as it's lived. Earshot brings you intimate stories exploring the human experience.

  1. 28 JUL

    Mapu Anyul Yandi Gindarr - people come together as one

    Indigenous and African migrant communities collide in the Northern Territory, as Sydney-born Brian Obiri-Asare explores what it means to be black in Australia

    29 min

  2. 21 JUL

    Bev Francis - strongest woman in the world

    Bev Francis found out by accident she was the strongest woman in the world. It was the late 1970s, and the sport of women’s weightlifting was still new. When international records were compared, no one was as strong as Bev: she could defy gravity, lifting more than three times her bodyweight. Meet this forgotten champion of women’s muscle sports, who’s a firm believer that rules are meant to be broken.

    29 min

  3. 14 JUL

    Escaping The Taliban

    When Kabul fell to the Taliban Samira and Fahim were in grave danger, they went into hiding and could see no way out of Afghanistan. Then a text from a stranger in Australia asking for their help changed everything.  Vanessa sent them on a dangerous mission and in exchange she guided them across a perilous border to safety.

    30 min

  4. 7 JUL

    Follow the music | The Incurable romantics

    Meet The Incurable Romantics, older fans of The Cure - one of the most influential post-punk bands of the 1980s. These women talk about the music, being on tour with the band and their fan artwork.

    29 min

  5. 30 JUN

    Follow me to the death | Love, blood and deathmatch wrestling

    Erin follows her partner and Deathmatch wrestler Callen Butcher to ringside. While he battles his opponents in choreographed displays of gory competition, she is fighting to feel alive, as a disabled person living with chronic illness. Can they find harmony in their minds and bodies, together?

    29 min

  6. 23 JUN

    Follow me out of oblivion | Clare's story

    The only thing that would quell Clare’s anxiety about her disintegrating marriage was a drink. It started with just one or two a night, it took the edge off. And so she kept following that feeling, the numbness, until she was drinking herself into oblivion.

    30 min

  7. 16 JUN

    Follow me down the rabbit hole | A mother's story

    Sarah and Miles took a strict approach to internet use with their 13 year old daughter Ruby. And when Miles suspected she was being groomed on Pinterest, they cracked down harder. But Ruby pushed back – she hacked the controls, secretly spent nights and class time on socials. Their relationship with Ruby took a hit and she shut down. When Sarah realised she was losing her daughter she decided to find a new way to keep Ruby safe, sane and connected.

  8. 9 JUN

    Follow me up a mountain | Climbing Mt Bowen

    It was supposed to be a hiking adventure, but it ended in an unforeseeable accident that would change Warren and Geert's futures forever.   When he was sitting around a campfire on a remote island in Far North Queensland, Warren Macdonald made a life-changing decision. He’d sparked up a conversation with a Dutch hiker named Geert van Keulen, and he decided to follow Geert up a mountain the following morning. It was supposed to be a hiking adventure, but it ended in an unforeseeable accident that would change both their futures forever.

    30 min
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Eavesdrop on life as it's lived. Earshot brings you intimate stories exploring the human experience.

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  • Creator
    ABC listen
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2024
  • Episodes
    514
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2024, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. All right reserved.
  • Show Website
    Earshot

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