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03/04/2019

Unlocking the mystery of Motor Neurone Disease

Dominic Rowe is asking how common degenerative brain diseases begin (R)

03/04/2019

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50 min
06/08/2025

20th Anniversary Collection: How power and fear play out in the dentist's chair

Sharonne Zaks is not your average dentist. After treating a patient named Anna, Sharonne saw the power relationship with her patients differently. She developed a new branch of dentistry to help care for survivors of sexual assault. Sharonne grew up in a family of dentists, and when she too became a dentist, she developed an empathetic relationship with her patients, never judging them even if they'd avoided the dentist for years. A patient named Anna profoundly changed Sharonne's understanding of a patient's experience in the dentist's chair. Sharonne realised that for those who have been through a sexual assault or trauma, the extreme powerlessness of being treated at the dentist can be highly triggering. Sharonne undertook study into the area, and began a new regime to treat survivors in her own practice. She then began explaining what she'd found about the power dynamic between dentist and patient, to her own colleagues. Further information 2025 update: Sharonne regularly presents on trauma-informed care to groups across the dental profession and beyond, including lawyers, nurses, doctors and carers. Trauma-informed dental knowledge and skills have recently been made core competencies for all newly qualified dentists by the Australian Dental Council. You can read all about the Conversations origin story on the ABC News website. This episode of Conversations explores dentistry, Maxillofacial surgery, fear of the dentist, overcoming fear of the dentist, sexual trauma, power dynamics, tooth pain, tooth ache, root canal, medical industry, helping patients, fear of medicine, oral hygiene, avoiding the dentist, dental appointment, finding a dentist who cares, empathetic dentist, pain free dentist.

06/08/2025

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53 min
28/07/2023

John's wild dogs

They have strange coats that look like they're painted on, and while their big Mickey Mouse ears are cute, their domestic dog-like looks aren't particularly exotic. But Africa's painted dogs are unlike any other carnivores on the planet

28/07/2023

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53 min
05/10/2023

Jessica Cottis — inside the colour of sound

Jessica is an orchestral conductor, organ virtuoso and also a synesthete who 'sees' colour in her mind's eye (R)

05/10/2023

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52 min
20/11/2023

Jon Owen's radical love

Jon Owen on how he chose a life of 'intentional downward mobility' to help addicts, sex workers, and the homeless, from Calcutta to Mount Druitt to the Wayside Chapel

20/11/2023

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51 min
15/03/2016

Alan Alda on bringing science to the stage

Alan is well-known and much-loved for his performances in M.A.S.H. and The West Wing, as well as his roles in many Hollywood films.

15/03/2016

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58 min
24/07/2015

Leah Cotterell and the pleasure of sad songs

Leah has performed jazz, blues, 'white soul' and folk since the late 1980s.

24/07/2015

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47 min
17/09/2015

Greg Fleet comes clean

Greg has been one of Australia's most popular comedians for three decades.

17/09/2015

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50 min
12/08/2015

Paul Dyer, co-founder of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

In 1989, Paul was a young enthusiastic Australian musician performing on concert stages around Europe, but after a visit home for his sister's wedding he found he couldn't go back.

12/08/2015

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49 min
11/08/2016

Renee Gracie races V8 supercars

Conversations with Richard Fidler draws you deeper into the life story of someone you may, or may no

11/08/2016

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51 min

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