Conversations ABC listen
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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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Dr Sutapa Mukherjee on how to sleep well
From muscle paralysis and sleepwalking, to the power of our subconscious, Dr Sutapa Mukherjee takes you into the secret world of sleep
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Ray and the great language recovery
When Ray Kelly Snr's grandfather was asked to translate "telephone" into Gumbayngirr, he responded with “muuya barrigi”, or flying breath (CW: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners please be advised this program contains discussion of people who have died. Please take care when listening)
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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)
Customer Reviews
Fascinating interview with James Freud
Fascinating interview with James Freud in which he's smart, reflective, honest, self-effacing and likable. Emphasises the inherent hollowness of the music industry. Ultimately its a portrait of a vulnerable person leading a tragic life, and at the end of the day its little wonder he did what he did. Recorded during a time when he was happy, confident and full of hope - a terrible shame he wasn't able to keep his addictions at arm's length.