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12/07/2013

Singer Shellie Morris on the beauty of Indigenous language

Broadcast date: Friday 12 July 2013
11/07/2013

Storyteller Bob Randall: child of the stolen generation

Broadcast date: Thursday 11 July 2013
02/10/2012

Science writer Becky Crew and the world's weirdest creatures

Broadcast date: Tuesday 2 October 2012
24/02/2016

Military strategist David Kilcullen: why the war on terror has failed

David is an Australian but has been based in the US for many years.
20/04/2016

Live Stories Volume 10: Under the Microscope

Scientists from around the world converged on Brisbane for the first World Science Festival to be held outside New York.
29/07/2014

Bilha Smith: from the Israeli army to Top End performer

Bilha Smith has served in the Israeli army; been a beekeeper; and worked for a down-at-heel English countess, where she lived in luxury but rarely got paid.
08/07/2024

Ken Wyatt - the Noongar boy who made history

Ken Wyatt was born at Roelands Mission in outback WA, where his mother had been taken as a small girl, after she was stolen from her family. More than 60 years later, he became Australia's first Indigenous Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt was born at Roelands Mission in outback WA, where his mother had been taken as a small girl, after she was stolen from her family. More than 60 years later, he became Australia's first Indigenous Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt has Yamatji, Wongi and Noongar ancestry. He came into the world as a premature baby on a mission south of Perth called Roelands Farm, run by the Protestant Church. From 1938 to 1973, Roelands housed more than 500 forcibly removed Aboriginal children from all over Western Australia. One of those children was Ken's mother Mona, who was separated from family at just 4 years old. Mona married Don and they built a life for themselves away from Roelands, in Nannine, a railway fettler’s camp in remote WA. That's where Ken grew up, as one of 10 children. Ken went on to enjoy a fulfilling life as a teacher, and he was in his fifties when he decided to have a tilt at politics. He joined the Liberal Party, and in 2010 he was elected as the first Aboriginal member of the House of Representatives. Wearing a kangaroo skin cloak given to him by Noongar elders in Perth, Ken made his first speech in Federal Parliament, about his extraordinary journey from Roelands to Canberra. 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, singers, psychologists, musicians, and celebrities.
15/08/2017

The pirates of Somalia

Sarah Percy on how piracy has become a lucrative business, funded by the insurance designed to protect ships against it
12/07/2017

A criminal psychologist's fall from grace

Tim Watson-Munro's addiction derailed his life for a time, and nearly ended his illustrious career
26/07/2013

Editor Scott Stephens' changing relationship with religion

Broadcast date: Friday 26 July 2010

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.