Conversations
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.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 2028
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Elizabeth Gilbert on love and letting go of normal
How a flash of insight about her life saw Liz upend almost everything in it
00:49:00 |
Mon 30 Mar 2020
Bringing life-saving dialysis to Central Australia
Sarah Brown always wanted to be a remote area nurse. Then she began a medical revolution (R)
00:52:16 |
Fri 27 Mar 2020
Saving tiny lives — the mission of a flying midwife
Jan Becker on saving the lives of newborn babies in the 'golden minute' after birth (R)
00:52:07 |
Thu 26 Mar 2020
Graham Martin on going from doctor to patient
Psychiatrist Graham Martin learned a lot of new things about medicine when he unexpectedly and painfully became the patient (R)
00:51:27 |
Wed 25 Mar 2020
Nursing on Sydney's streets
When working with people experiencing homelessness, Erin Longbottom looks to their strengths to help them find their way to health, and a home (R)
00:51:31 |
Tue 24 Mar 2020
The man who saved a million brains: Creswell Eastman's pioneering work with iodine deficiency disorder
Abolishing iodine deficiency throughout the world was this doctor's mission (R)
00:52:00 |
Mon 23 Mar 2020
The Queen of Country — Joy McKean
Travelling Australia with her husband Slim Dusty brought challenges and rewards
00:52:13 |
Fri 20 Mar 2020
Ten women — a series of murders in Depression-era Sydney
Tanya Bretherton tells the story of the victims whose killings were largely ignored by police, and whose fate haunted the streets of eastern Sydney
00:47:22 |
Thu 19 Mar 2020
The story of the Snowy
When Siobhan McHugh set out to write a history of Australia's Snowy Scheme, she unearthed stories of pugnacious unionists, drowned towns and a love story on a laundry floor (R)
00:52:15 |
Wed 18 Mar 2020
The life of Angela Lansbury
The warm, funny and slightly terrifying Angela Lansbury opens up about her seven-decade long career on stage and screen (R)
00:52:12 |
Tue 17 Mar 2020
Life after Troll Hunting
After she was trolled online, Ginger Gorman turned to face her attackers, and developed a completely new understanding of why people abuse others online
00:49:06 |
Mon 16 Mar 2020
Building a school for the world’s poorest children — Gemma Sisia's story
A donation of land and $10 was all Australian-born Gemma needed to establish The School of St Jude in Tanzania
00:52:25 |
Fri 13 Mar 2020
Parenting our parents — Jean Kittson on looking after Mum and Dad
As Jean negotiated the maze of caring for her ageing parents, she began collecting the information she found useful, as well as asking herself and others deeper questions about aged care
00:50:34 |
Thu 12 Mar 2020
Hannah Kent and the Good People of Ireland
The fairies of Ireland's folk culture were capricious twilight creatures who could bestow favour or grave misfortune (R)
00:52:20 |
Wed 11 Mar 2020
The miracles and limits of modern medicine
Doctor Karen Hitchcock peers into the culture of modern medicine, from the flu season to female viagra, to dementia and the humble sick day
00:39:00 |
Tue 10 Mar 2020
Devices and democracy: will Big Tech control us?
Jamie Susskind on how digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, robotics and virtual reality are transforming our political systems
00:48:21 |
Mon 09 Mar 2020
Changing how we talk about rape
Extraordinary survivor Sohaila Abdulali was seventeen when she was gang raped and forced to fight for her life (R)
00:51:19 |
Fri 06 Mar 2020
This anxious life: Dr Mark Cross
Mark is an experienced consultant psychiatrist who also suffers from Australia's most common mental health condition, anxiety. His direct insight helps him understand how people with anxiety can thri…
00:51:17 |
Thu 05 Mar 2020
The secret life of the Grey Plover
Andrew Darby flew around the world on the trail of a small, unassuming migratory shorebird called the Grey Plover. In the middle of his journey, without warning, he began to fear for his own survival
00:48:06 |
Wed 04 Mar 2020
The songs of trees
Biologist David George Haskell on how he discovered the unique songs of trees, and the way they interconnect (R)
00:52:06 |
Tue 03 Mar 2020
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