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
- 2027
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Peter Hoysted: The Fine Cotton affair, a racing fraud fiasco
The farcical events that unfolded when a group of conspirators hatched a plot to defraud bookmakers of millions of dollars (R)
00:49:02 |
Tue 20 Aug 2019
Dr Anne Aly is comfortable being the outsider
When Anne was ten, she walked onto the school playground and a girl spat in her face after calling her ‘a dirty, Arab Muslim’. To her shock, the teacher did nothing. The incident sparked Anne's ongoi…
00:49:33 |
Mon 19 Aug 2019
Pygmy dinosaurs and blue-eyed Neanderthals: Europe's startling deep past
Tim Flannery on the bizarre geography of prehistoric Europe, and how an asteroid the size of Manhattan ruptured everything
00:51:26 |
Fri 16 Aug 2019
Discovering a partner’s secret: online child sexual exploitation material
Natalie Walker supports the innocent partners and families of perpetrators of online child sex offences. She founded an organisation to provide peer support, and transform the stigma applied to secon…
00:51:17 |
Thu 15 Aug 2019
The sculptor's son
Hung Le and his family made a terrifying escape from Saigon in 1975. All they had with them was one suitcase, a box of biscuits and some seasick pills. As they left, they saw Saigon on fire. Later, H…
00:51:31 |
Wed 14 Aug 2019
Jurors behaving badly
Law Professor Jeremy Gans with stories of jurors using ouija boards in court, falling in love with advocates and snoozing through proceedings (R)
00:51:12 |
Tue 13 Aug 2019
How brutal politics and righteous prayers toppled a Prime Minister
Niki Savva on the bungled coup which ousted Malcolm Turnbull and installed his surprise successor, Scott Morrison
00:52:15 |
Mon 12 Aug 2019
Actor Bryan Brown’s ticket from Bankstown to Palm Beach
Bryan’s played more than 80 roles on stage and screen. Raised in working-class Sydney, his talent, hard work, and unmistakable presence have been his ticket to the world.
From Breaker Morant and …
00:52:16 |
Fri 09 Aug 2019
Tommy Caldwell: born to climb the Dawn Wall
Yosemite’s most punishing climb is the 3000ft sheer face of El Capitan mountain called the Dawn Wall. Tommy grew up exploring Yosemite and in 2015 he and his partner Kevin Jorgeson became the first t…
00:53:12 |
Thu 08 Aug 2019
A heartbreaking, Machiavellian drama: what went on inside the Banking Royal Commission
Dan Ziffer had a front row seat for the testimony of victims, financial advisors and bankers offered up to Australia's Banking Royal Commission
00:51:24 |
Wed 07 Aug 2019
Exposing the banks: the journalist who sparked a royal commission
Adele Ferguson on the dishonest dealings of Australia's banks and financial institutions, and the damage done to customers and whistleblowers
00:50:54 |
Tue 06 Aug 2019
Peter Bell and the singular quest of Kyung Ae
Peter's Korean birth mother spent years searching for her son in America. Then she discovered an AFL star living in Perth (R)
00:48:27 |
Mon 05 Aug 2019
The Lumiere brothers, Louise Brooks, and The Humorous Rollerskater
Writer Dominic Smith on the glittering, perplexing history of the silent film era
00:50:10 |
Fri 02 Aug 2019
When a strong man broke
Grant Edwards won the title of The Strongest Man in Australia for four years in a row by pulling trains, planes, trucks and ships. At work, he fought child exploitation and human trafficking. But whi…
00:53:06 |
Thu 01 Aug 2019
The man with five lives
Roger Pulvers lived an adventurous life in the Soviet Union, Japan and Poland, before he chose a whole new identity in 1976
00:51:06 |
Wed 31 Jul 2019
The determination of Dr Dinesh Palipana
A severe spinal injury could not crush Dinesh Palipana's drive to become a doctor (R)
00:52:33 |
Tue 30 Jul 2019
The arachnologist with a fear of spiders
Robert Raven puts aside his long-held fear of spiders to collect them and uncover hundreds of new species. (R)
00:51:27 |
Mon 29 Jul 2019
Candy Devine: from a cabaret in Cairns to Belfast's Downtown Radio
Faye McLeod took on a stage name when she became a performer, and followed her star to the UK in the 1960s (R)
00:54:26 |
Fri 26 Jul 2019
Against the death penalty: barrister Julian McMahon
When Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed by the Indonesian Government, their lawyer of 9 years was not far away. Theirs are among the deaths which continue to drive Julian’s efforts to hav…
00:54:10 |
Thu 25 Jul 2019
The deep time dreaming of an ancient continent
Historian Billy Griffiths on the complex history of Australia's indigenous archaeology
00:48:54 |
Wed 24 Jul 2019
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