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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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)
Dec 6, 2018 · 51 min
More power to the mums
Natalie Millar is at the centre of a 20 000-strong network of mothers in Logan City
Dec 5, 2018 · 50 min
The true story of Chow Hayes, Australia's first gangster
Jack Hoysted tells of the violent standover man and extortionist who was the first local criminal to be described by Australian police as a gangster (R)
Dec 4, 2018 · 45 min
Life in 248 dimensions
Mathematician Geordie Williamson spent eight years cracking the code to find the weight of atoms in space
Dec 3, 2018 · 46 min
The sufferings of 'Sydney's top ratbag'
Psychiatrist Robert Kaplan on the strange illness which altered the personality of Bea Miles, making her one of her city's most famous eccentrics
Nov 30, 2018 · 53 min
What Jack Reacher did next
How a Birmingham boy became best-selling thriller writer, Lee Child
Nov 29, 2018 · 52 min
Bruce Dunstan and Georgina Reid
Two botanical conversations: plant-hunter Bruce Dunstan, and great gardens with Georgina Reid
Nov 28, 2018 · 53 min
Eric Idle's life on the bright side
Before and after Monty Python's Flying Circus
Nov 27, 2018 · 51 min
Inside the Coroner's Court
A guide to the investigation of sudden or unexplained deaths
Nov 26, 2018 · 52 min
Speed skater Steven Bradbury's race to Salt Lake City
Steven Bradbury nearly died on the ice when he was 20. Then he won history's most unexpected gold medal (R)
Nov 23, 2018 · 53 min
The foreign correspondent and the fear of flying
Lisa Millar has reported some of the world's biggest stories, including acts of terrorism, political upheaval, and gun massacres
Nov 22, 2018 · 52 min
Backing the wild dreams of youth
Jan Owen’s work as a champion of young people has its roots in her own story
Nov 21, 2018 · 46 min
Mikey Robins' bizarro tour though the history of food and sin
A wander through some of the strange habits, rituals and obsessions people have developed around food and eating
Nov 20, 2018 · 51 min
The end of the Milky Way
Astrophysicist Lisa Harvey-Smith on how Andromeda is due to collide with our galaxy in five billion years time
Nov 19, 2018 · 51 min
The blood-soaked history of the Münster Anabaptists
Historian Paul Ham explains the short life and terrible death of Christendom's most defiant sect
Nov 16, 2018 · 56 min
How Johnathan Thurston became one of the greats
When Johnathan was a boy he was written off as too skinny and too wild for rugby league
Nov 15, 2018 · 51 min
Pink diamonds and crocodiles: a Kimberley tale
How Frauke Bolten-Boshammer raised a farm, a family and a diamond empire from the red dirt of Kununurra
Nov 14, 2018 · 50 min
With ears wide open: stories from a master field recordist
Chris Watson worked alongside David Attenborough for 20 years, pioneering up-close field recording of birds and animals (R)
Nov 13, 2018 · 47 min
David Marr on his perplexing, beloved country
David began his working life digging ditches, before he found his calling as a writer
Nov 12, 2018 · 51 min
An unexpected mid-life love story
Susan Francis was in her 50s when she met Wayne, who became the great love of her life. But their story together didn't turn out as planned (R)