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
A sizzle in the brain changed Lavinia Codd's life
After a stroke at age 31, Lavinia Codd lost part of her memory, and half her vision. Then she became fascinated by her brain's ability to regenerate (R)
00:52:00 |
Tue 25 Jun 2019
Inside the comic mind
'Becardiganed polymath' Robin Ince on the fascinating brains of stand-up comics
00:51:24 |
Mon 24 Jun 2019
Stories from Elmswood Farm
Patrice Newell was a model and a TV host before she began again as a biodynamic farmer
00:53:16 |
Fri 21 Jun 2019
Richard Tognetti: 'Je suis Wollongong'
Richard Tognetti was a boy when he first showed a brilliant talent for playing the violin. But in the town where he grew up, his talent made him a target
00:50:18 |
Thu 20 Jun 2019
Rozsy's terrible secret
Angela Hamilton was raised by a tyrannical father, who terrorised his family. Decades later, she found out the truth about what he'd done during WWII
00:51:24 |
Wed 19 Jun 2019
The evolution of Poh
How a shy Mormon girl named Sharon became Poh Ling Yeow (R)
00:49:06 |
Tue 18 Jun 2019
State secrets and marsupials
Australia through the eyes of The New York Times Australia bureau chief, Damien Cave
00:51:06 |
Mon 17 Jun 2019
Midnight Oil's Rob Hirst
Chasing the back beat and adventures in wide open spaces, Rob remains essentially the same as the boy he was (R)
00:51:06 |
Fri 14 Jun 2019
Not your average dentist
After treating a patient named Anna, Sharonne Zaks saw the power relationship with her patients differently. She developed a new branch of dentistry to help care for survivors of sexual assault
Shar…
00:52:04 |
Thu 13 Jun 2019
Water, Water: a story collection
Eight stories exploring the pleasures and perils of water
00:49:01 |
Wed 12 Jun 2019
Barrie Cassidy and Private Bill
Barrie unearths a family wartime secret after fifty years (R)
00:51:54 |
Tue 11 Jun 2019
The rise of the land dragon
Alex Landragin was born into a champagne-making family in the French village of Verzenay. When he was five, his family began a new life in Australia. Then a freak accident changed everything.
00:51:34 |
Mon 10 Jun 2019
Finding the erotic in everyday life with Esther Perel
Esther is a therapist who spent years studying intimacy, monogamy and sexuality. She became the world's most well-known expert on modern love
When Esther was a teenager she was voraciously curious a…
00:52:34 |
Fri 07 Jun 2019
A mother I never knew — the secret of Peter Papathanasiou
The story of family bonds so strong that one couple gave their child to another, to be raised in a country far away
00:53:11 |
Thu 06 Jun 2019
Liz Jones and the fire at La Mama
The matriarch of La Mama on life in and out of Melbourne’s beloved theatre
00:49:06 |
Wed 05 Jun 2019
The 'Angel of Death' of Sydney's underworld
Dulcie Markham was one of the most notorious characters of Sydney in the 1930s, but many of her lovers met a grisly end
00:51:18 |
Tue 04 Jun 2019
The memory whisperer
Lynne Kelly became a senior memory champion after she began researching ancient ways of transforming landscapes, objects and the human body into 'memory palaces.'
00:51:19 |
Mon 03 Jun 2019
Operation Babylift
In the dying days of the Vietnam War, hundreds of orphans were airlifted from Saigon to safety. Ian Shaw tells the story of two Australian women at the heart of Operation Babylift
00:52:04 |
Fri 31 May 2019
Psychotherapy on the couch
Demystifying the art of talk therapy and the complex relationship between therapist and patient
Psychotherapy, also known as 'the talking cure', is based on a profound and usually ongoing connection…
00:52:24 |
Thu 30 May 2019
Behind the sequins: the Tony Sheldon story
Tony became an actor against his mother's wishes. Three decades later, he won the part of a lifetime (R)
00:52:06 |
Wed 29 May 2019
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