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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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    • Society & Culture
    • 4.5 • 197 Ratings

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.

    Joseph Tawadros – from Egypt with love

    Joseph Tawadros – from Egypt with love

    The oud virtuoso reflects on his path to the instrument, via a stamp collection and an Egyptian movie star

    • 51 min
    Crime writing, wallaby wrangling and possum washing

    Crime writing, wallaby wrangling and possum washing

    Best-selling crime writer Candice Fox has written 17 books. But she also has a second life hurtling around Sydney rescuing stranded wallabies, cockatoos, possums, lizards and frogs

    • 53 min
    The secret world of servos after dark

    The secret world of servos after dark

    David Goodwin spent years working the graveyard shift at his local service station in the outer suburbs of Melbourne. The grungy work quickly took over his life

    • 51 min
    Va — the sacred space between us

    Va — the sacred space between us

    Australia's first Pasifika university Professor, Jioji Ravulo was just a boy with the flu when a trip to his father's homeland turned him into a chief

    • 50 min
    Anton Clifford-Motopi on finding his full name

    Anton Clifford-Motopi on finding his full name

    Anton Clifford-Motopi didn't see a face that looked like his until he became a father. And it would take several more years before he learned who he truly was

    • 47 min
    On birds, fathers and fairy possums

    On birds, fathers and fairy possums

    Ecologist David Lindenmayer first went into the Mountain Ash forests of Victoria in search of the tiny Leadbeater Possum, and he discovered an amazing world of songbirds, rare gliders, and fierce leeches

    • 52 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
197 Ratings

197 Ratings

Crocodilian ,

Interesting guests and a terrific interviewer

. . . Everyone and their brother is on the internet doing podcasts and interviews these days - Richard Fidler gets points for the rarest thing- skill in talking to people.

Deceptively simple, but pushes the story a long to the good bits and worth studying how he makes it look easy.

nyc to oz ,

Conversations

I absolutely love this program. Great stories well researched and very often completely surprising. A must podcast

Bolloncreek ,

Click go the shears boys

Great program on the shearer from Bollon, Cunamuulla n the west. Such people do make a difference n great giving them a voice and hearing of their achievements. Hearing from the everyday people brings sanity to the stillness that we are exposed to daily. The two interviewers of this podcast make Conversations worth listening to.

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