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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Feb 8, 2019 · 50 min
Singing with strangers and Spooky Men
Choir master Stephen Taberner was raised a Christadelphian, but in his adult life he celebrates the pleasure of music
Feb 7, 2019 · 52 min
The girl in the vintage lace
In the 1980s, Lydia Pearson began a wildly successful fashion label with her best friend. In 2016, everything changed
Feb 6, 2019 · 50 min
Wake In Fright and walking the dog with Ken
Renowned biographer Jacqueline Kent recalls her volatile year of love with Kenneth Cook
Feb 5, 2019 · 48 min
Judith Lucy, and her men
Comedian Judith Lucy has been reflecting on what has gone right, and wrong in her relationships with men
Feb 4, 2019 · 51 min
The joy of hovercraft
Peter Venn built his first hovercraft in the early 1970s. By 1988 he had a fleet of them on the Brisbane River, and was giving joyrides to 140 000 World Expo visitors (R)
Feb 1, 2019 · 51 min
The state of your nation begins in your street
Hugh Mackay on how our neighbourhoods hold the key to the isolation felt by so many (R)
Jan 31, 2019 · 47 min
How to catch a wild bull
Lach McClymont mustered hundreds of wild cattle, untouched for decades, from a remote area of the Northern Territory
Jan 30, 2019 · 52 min
The voice of a child who can’t speak
Samantha Wheeler’s daughter Charlotte has Rett Syndrome, a rare ‘locked-in’ disorder
Jan 29, 2019 · 47 min
Ghostwriting love stories
Melanie Lewis is the secret hand behind many wedding ceremonies
Jan 25, 2019 · 49 min
Naomi Price and the business of show
From Annie to Sweet Charity, by way of The Voice and Rumour Has It: Naomi on music that's shaped her career so far
Jan 24, 2019 · 51 min
Rome in the Balkans
Uncovering the little-known history of the late Roman Empire in Serbia
Jan 23, 2019 · 52 min
What makes a body perfect?
How scars and physical differences affect our idea of human beauty
Jan 22, 2019 · 54 min
When Sister Margaret found her voice
Margaret Harrod grew up as her father's 'proxy wife'. To escape him, she became a nun, until a chance conversation changed everything
Jan 21, 2019 · 51 min
How 'the man in the hat' walked free
Journalist Sam Vincent on the lingering questions about Canberra's most notorious murder
Dec 14, 2018 · 52 min
Best of 2018: William McInnes
William’s stories of fatherhood (R) William is one of Australia's best-known storytellers and actors. As his children become adults, he's been reflecting on what it means to be a father. William’s dad was a gregarious character, a veteran of World War II who ran a hire business in Queensland. Despite the many colourful names his father coined for him, William remembers his dad as a very kind man and a loving father. William's been thinking about the memories he's creating in the minds of of
Dec 13, 2018 · 52 min
Best of 2018: Bringing life-saving dialysis to the bush
Sarah Brown always wanted to be a remote area nurse. Then she began a medical revolution (R)
Dec 12, 2018 · 52 min
Best of 2018: Hunting the deadly coastal taipan
How an elusive copper-coloured snake species terrorised post WWII North Queensland (R)
Dec 11, 2018 · 51 min
Best of 2018: Jenny Briscoe-Hough
After a bruising experience with her own mother's funeral, Jenny Briscoe-Hough set up a d.i.y. funeral home in an old fire station (R)
Dec 10, 2018 · 51 min
Best of 2018: Colleen Gwynne
Colleen rescued her mum from a violent marriage. Later, she solved one of Australia's most complicated murder cases (R)
Dec 7, 2018 · 55 min
Colin Hay's real life
How the Men at Work front man managed the trip to mega-stardom and back again (R)