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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Sep 13, 2018 · 57 min
Ordinary on the inside
Wil Patterson was a suburban dad who wanted all the good things in life for his family. Then he made a decision which upended everything
Sep 12, 2018 · 50 min
Discovering a father's secret life in France
Growing up, Louisa Deasey knew very little about her late father's life. Then she found a bundle of his lost love letters
Sep 11, 2018 · 52 min
Wendell Rosevear treats victims and perpetrators of sexual violence
Dr Wendell Rosevear's upbringing gave him an unexpected sense of mission
Sep 10, 2018 · 44 min
The man behind the Bee Gees
Stephen Dando Collins with the story of Robert Stigwood, the boy from Port Pirie who went on to become the entertainment industry's most powerful tycoon
Sep 7, 2018 · 52 min
Father Rod bucks the system
How an ex-butcher in the midst of a career crisis began a social movement
Sep 6, 2018 · 50 min
Guerrilla film-making in Afghanistan
When the Pakistani Secret Service denied Benjamin Gilmour permission to make a feature film he crossed the border to Afghanistan
Sep 5, 2018 · 45 min
The life changing power of honeybees
When Helen Jukes was given a colony of bees it helped release her from the numbing grind of her working life
Sep 4, 2018 · 47 min
The science of the Dreamtime
Patrick Nunn on the real life stories of volcanic eruptions, meteor crashes and encounters with megafauna, recorded long before written language
Sep 3, 2018 · 48 min
The Australian veteran who revolutionised mental health treatment
Greg de Moore tells the forgotten story of psychiatrist Dr John Cade
Aug 31, 2018 · 51 min
The great dogs of Australian history
The 'dog whisperer' Guy Hull on the dogs that made Australia, from life-saving Kangaroo dogs to plane flying Alsatians
Aug 30, 2018 · 53 min
Inside the ad agency which changed Australia
John Bevins helped change Australians' minds about smoking and drink driving
Aug 29, 2018 · 46 min
The incredible tale of where we come from
Fiona Katauskas wrote a funny, charming book for children about the facts of life. Then she discovered the book had a life of its own
Aug 28, 2018 · 48 min
Growing up in old Broome
Anne Poelina, the daughter of a Timorese pearl diver and an Indigenous mother, has always been drawn back to her home town of Broome
Aug 27, 2018 · 51 min
Falling in love with Jimmy Pike
Pat Lowe was working as a prison psychologist in Broome when she met the artist Jimmy Pike, who was serving a life sentence
Aug 24, 2018 · 53 min
The art of being truthful with Artist Davida Allen
Artist Davida Allen's true feelings about some of the trials of parenthood, bushwalking, and a raging attraction to actor Sam Neill have poured out through her paintbrush When Davida Allen was in her 30s and stuck at home looking after her four young children, she'd reward herself on a Sunday night by watching the TV series Reilly, Ace of Spies, starring Sam Neill. Davida is a painter, and around this time she made a series of works featuring Sam Neill as the object of her erotic fantasies, wh
Aug 23, 2018 · 51 min
Irish novelist Marian Keyes
Now a wildly popular author, for many years Marian doubted her ability to write (R)
Aug 22, 2018 · 52 min
The lucky accident of Sydney's Opera House
Helen Pitt on how the luminous shells of the Sydney Opera House nearly didn't get off the drawing board
Aug 21, 2018 · 52 min
Living the Prague Spring
Jaroslav Kovaricek was there for the violent crushing of the Prague Spring
Aug 20, 2018 · 46 min
The history of making colours
David Coles is known as the 'pigment-whisperer'
Aug 17, 2018 · 53 min
From the Shetlands to Vera: the adventures of crime writer Ann Cleeves
The award-winning novelist lived many lives before her career as an author took off