Earshot

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

6 DAYS AGO

The Other Me | Mars Venus and Max

It used to be said that Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus but Max has been to both planets. As a trans-man he has some fascinating observations about the world of men, having stood on the other side of the gender divide.

29 min
NOV 10

The Other Me | Jim Everett's black sauce

Jim Everett is a man of many selves – philosopher, fisherman, scholar, activist, poet, soldier, filmmaker, sauce maker. And at sixteen he discovered a hidden part of himself.

29 min
NOV 3

The Other Me | Half-Caste legends

Paulina always knew she had half- siblings around the world. They all shared the same Tongan father. Finding them was the best thing she ever did.

30 min
JUL 28

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
JUL 21

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
JUL 14

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
JUL 7

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
JUN 30

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

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Miyuki Jokiranta

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18 Ratings

The definition of life is being different

08/12/2021

etherdog

Nature finds a way of occupying all possible niches. No one can predict what will be successful. Good on you, mates! The series “Let’s Talk About Race” is spot on! We have to confront racism head on and call it out.
Another great ABC podcast

10/03/2020

Doc Cottle

I've been listening to this now for, I want to say 3 or 4 years, but I might be misremembering. A while, anyway. This is kind of a slice of life podcast that often intersects with the equally good History Listen podcast.