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
John Marsden's manifesto on teaching and raising children
John on what he's learned in more than 30 years as an educator, parent, and founder and principal of Candlebark and Alice Miller schools
00:52:25 |
Tue 23 Jul 2019
Micro-dosing, magic mushrooms, and Michael Pollan
At 59, Michael became a 'reluctant psychonaut'. While on LSD he felt his sense of self disintegrate into a storm of Post-it notes
00:51:06 |
Mon 22 Jul 2019
The silver medal that changed Laurie Lawrence
As a child, the superstar swim coach lived with a chronic lung condition, and had part of a lung removed. In 1956, a huge event held in his family's backyard changed the course of his life
00:50:28 |
Fri 19 Jul 2019
Nursing at altitude: the story of a Royal Flying Doctor flight nurse
Louise Burton has worked with the Royal Flying Doctor Service Qld for twenty years
00:51:03 |
Thu 18 Jul 2019
Why Australia should prepare to fight alone
Hugh White on the conundrum of how Australia can defend itself in the Asian century
00:52:18 |
Wed 17 Jul 2019
Helping hoarders let go
Psychologist Jessica Grisham on working with people whose wellbeing is threatened by their attachment to 'stuff' (R)
00:51:12 |
Tue 16 Jul 2019
Voicing velociraptors and capturing the dawn chorus
Sound designer and naturalist Douglas Quin makes field recordings from everywhere on Earth and uses them to create soundscapes for film and tv, galleries and museums
00:52:14 |
Mon 15 Jul 2019
A magical country childhood: Alison Lester
From Antarctica to Arnhem Land, the pages of the books of this prolific author and illustrator are fuelled by adventure (R)
00:51:22 |
Fri 12 Jul 2019
Backing the wild dreams of youth: Jan Owen
Jan’s work as a champion of young people has its roots in her own story (R)
00:52:13 |
Thu 11 Jul 2019
A Hong Kong childhood during WWII
Barbara Laidlaw pieces together the mystery of what her parents endured as internees in Hong Kong (R)
00:52:09 |
Wed 10 Jul 2019
Helping troubled kids find a way back: Bernie Shakeshaft
Bernie was a wild teenager who became a jackeroo and a dingo trapper. Then he began helping kids in trouble (R)
00:53:02 |
Tue 09 Jul 2019
Trent Dalton: the rise of a watchful boy
As a child Trent was a quiet observer of the drama of his family and his neighbourhood. He grew up to become an award-winning writer (R)
00:51:33 |
Mon 08 Jul 2019
International brickie
Bricklaying takes him around the world as a teacher and expert, but Troy Everett still finds deep satisfaction in laying bricks
00:51:01 |
Fri 05 Jul 2019
Falling for a fake - the journalist and the romantic manipulator
Stephanie Wood was an acclaimed newspaper journalist when she fell for a romantic fraudster
Stephanie Wood was a successful and well-travelled journalist when she met a sweet man online.
They spent…
00:51:48 |
Thu 04 Jul 2019
The seaweed scientist who survived being scalped
After decades as a marine ecologist, Pia Winberg began her own seaweed farm. One ordinary working day there was a terrible accident
00:48:01 |
Wed 03 Jul 2019
Australia's Romani Gypsies
Mandy Sayer has uncovered the history of a thriving Gypsy community (R)
00:51:23 |
Tue 02 Jul 2019
Born blind at the right time: Ron McCallum
Left totally blind by treatment he received as a premature baby, Ron credits technology, love, and good timing with his success in life and the law
00:51:30 |
Mon 01 Jul 2019
A dirt bike and a secret: Heather Ellis
When she rode her motorbike solo across the Silk Road, Heather thought she had nothing to lose. Her HIV positive diagnosis was far more serious in the 1990s than it is today
00:52:04 |
Fri 28 Jun 2019
The murderer who wasn't there
Zak Grieve was 19 when he was found guilty of murder, although the judge said he wasn't at the scene of the crime. Steven Schubert tells his story
00:49:04 |
Thu 27 Jun 2019
A shipwrecked French cabin boy and his Australian Aboriginal family
The astounding fate of Narcisse Pelletier, taken in by the people of Night Island after being abandoned on the coast of far north Queensland in 1858
00:44:06 |
Wed 26 Jun 2019
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