Conversations

ABC Australia

Conversations draws you deeper into the life story of someone you may have heard about, but never met. Journey into their world, joining them on epic adventures to unfamiliar places, back in time to wild moments of history, and into their deepest memories, to be moved by personal stories of resilience and redemption.

Hosted by Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski, Conversations is the ABC's most popular long-form interview program. Every day we explore the vast tapestry of human experience, weaving together narratives from history, science, art, and personal storytelling.

Conversations Live is coming to the stage! Join Sarah Kanowski and Richard Fidler for an unmissable night of unforgettable stories, behind-the-scenes secrets, and surprise guests. Australia’s most-loved podcast — live, up close, and in the moment. Find out more at the Conversations website.

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Apr 26, 2018 · 51 min
Robert Fisk: life as a war correspondent
Robert Fisk has spent his career reporting from war zones, and he's one of the few Western journalists who met Osama Bin Laden in person (R)
Apr 24, 2018 · 51 min
The rise of Kerry Tucker
Kerry Tucker rewrote her life story from inside maximum security
Apr 23, 2018 · 51 min
Fishing in Eden
Historian and angler Anna Clark on the story of fishing in Australia (R)
Apr 20, 2018 · 50 min
How to fly a hovercraft
Peter Venn's imagination was captured by the simple physics of the hovercraft. He turned flying them into a business, but the unusual vehicles still bring him joy
Apr 19, 2018 · 49 min
The strange honeycomb houses of Çatalhöyük
Archaeologist Serena Love on climbing into history in one of the first villages on earth, where the locals lived with de-skulled bodies buried in the floor
Apr 18, 2018 · 47 min
What Clare did next: a survivor's story
Stockbroker Clare Keenan has worked in places ranging from a New Zealand prison, to a covert Jordanian broadcaster. She trusts her fierce survival instinct to keep her safe
Apr 17, 2018 · 52 min
How Australia's first female detective took on Sydney's razor gangs
Leigh Straw tells the story of Lillian Armfield, arch enemy of serial criminals Tilly Devine, Kate Leigh et al
Apr 16, 2018 · 1 hr
The mission of a flying midwife
Jan Becker on her work saving the lives of newborn babies in Sub-Saharan Africa, in 'the golden minute' after birth (R)
Apr 13, 2018 · 50 min
Midnight Oil's Rob Hirst
Chasing the back beat and adventures in wide open spaces, Rob remains essentially the same as the boy he was
Apr 12, 2018 · 49 min
Pleasures and pain: tales from the piano
Virginia Lloyd's talent for the piano shaped her early life
Apr 11, 2018 · 52 min
The delicate and deadly world of jellyfish: from Bazinga to Shiraz
Lisa-Ann Gershwin is among the world's foremost jellyfish biologists (R)
Apr 10, 2018 · 45 min
The poetry of the trenches
Neil James on the Australian soldiers sent to WWI with spurs, a clasp knife and two books of verse
Apr 9, 2018 · 49 min
Vasily Sukhomlinsky: educating the heart, head and hands
Alan Cockerill explains the revolutionary philosophy of educator Vasily Sukhomlinsky (R)
Apr 6, 2018 · 49 min
Adrian Mole and the Shropshire postman
Young Robert Lukins modelled himself on the fictional character Adrian Mole, a prodigious reader and writer
Apr 5, 2018 · 51 min
What the whales know: how humpbacks thrive in Australian waters
Marine biologist Micheline Jenner has lived at sea, researching humpbacks, for thirty years
Apr 4, 2018 · 50 min
Lessons from the end of a marriage
When James Jeffrey's parents split up, his life took on a seismic instability
Apr 3, 2018 · 46 min
Revealing the scars: the life of Kate Mulvany
Kate Mulvany has used tragic events in her own life as creative fuel to write more than 25 plays
Mar 29, 2018 · 52 min
Danielle Clode and Marian Rankine
Zoologist Danielle Clode and the story of Australian naturalist, Edith Coleman. Marion Rankine on the history of umbrellas.
Mar 28, 2018 · 50 min
The murder of Mollie Dean
Gideon Haigh returns with the story of a shocking crime from bohemian 1930s Melbourne
Mar 27, 2018 · 52 min
Geoffrey Robertson's fear of the dull
Geoffrey's sense of social justice saw him become a barrister at the Old Bailey, then a champion for human rights