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
Finding Mer-Neith-it-es
When archaeologist Dr Jamie Fraser opened an 'empty' Egyptian sarcophagus, he found a 2600 year old mummy of a temple Priestess inside
00:49:25 |
Tue 02 Apr 2019
Letters to a serial killer
Crime writer Candice Fox began exchanging letters with a serial killer on death row. Then he asked to meet her in person
00:51:30 |
Mon 01 Apr 2019
Prisoner to PhD: the rise of Kerry Tucker
An opportunity to further her education while serving time proved the making of Kerry (R)
00:52:06 |
Fri 29 Mar 2019
Felafel and fatherhood
John Birmingham on rebuilding his life after devastating loss, years after he wrote his 90s cult novel
00:51:25 |
Thu 28 Mar 2019
More than kindness: compassion and its uses
Paul Gilbert on how our brains are wired for inner conflict and possible cruelty, and what to do about it
00:51:19 |
Wed 27 Mar 2019
Anton Enus, son of the Masked Marvel
Journalist Anton Enus grew up as the son of a professional wrestler, in apartheid-era South Africa
00:47:30 |
Tue 26 Mar 2019
Death on the summit of Mount Kosciuszko
Historian Nick Brodie on how a 1928 adventure on the slopes of Australia's highest mountain went horribly wrong
00:48:02 |
Mon 25 Mar 2019
Disrupting forensic science and playing with fire
Chemist and fire scene investigator Niamh Nic Daeid on doing science in the service of justice
00:53:28 |
Fri 22 Mar 2019
Cradle Mountain's great love story
Kate Legge traces the lives of pioneering naturalists Kate Cowle and Gustav Weindorfer in Tasmania's sublime wilderness
00:51:27 |
Thu 21 Mar 2019
Women of the American heartland
Sarah Smarsh on the idiosyncratic women who raised her in Kansas
00:53:03 |
Wed 20 Mar 2019
Dr Budgerigar
Bob Doneley is one of the only Australian vets specialising in the health of budgerigars (R)
00:53:00 |
Tue 19 Mar 2019
Going back to Baghdad
Doctor Munjed Al Muderis on returning to Iraq to operate on soldiers and civilians wounded in the war against ISIS
00:47:24 |
Mon 18 Mar 2019
Undercover in the asylum
Thousands of citizens were housed in Melbourne's asylums during the 19th Century, and they received surprisingly humane treatment
00:53:04 |
Fri 15 Mar 2019
Meryl Tankard: dancing beyond ballet
How a former ballerina revolutionised Australia’s dance landscape
00:50:05 |
Thu 14 Mar 2019
The adventures of Captain Patch
How Travis Saunders and his son Patch are helping rewrite the story of autism.
00:51:20 |
Wed 13 Mar 2019
The evolution of Courtney Act
At five, Shane Jenek won his first talent quest. Sixteen years later he became Courtney Act, one of the world's most recognisable drag queens
00:51:03 |
Tue 12 Mar 2019
Kuranda's compass
When Kuranda Seyit was thrust into the public eye after 9/11, he unearthed a history which had to be told
00:46:25 |
Mon 11 Mar 2019
How Australia's first female detective took on Sydney's razor gangs
Leigh Straw tells the story of Lillian Armfield, arch enemy of serial criminals Tilly Devine, Kate Leigh et al (R)
00:52:15 |
Fri 08 Mar 2019
Changing how we talk about rape
Sohaila Abdulali was seventeen when she was gang raped and forced to fight for her life
00:51:32 |
Thu 07 Mar 2019
John Prine: from Paradise to Nashville
A songwriter's songwriter, John has turned his often bemused view of people and politics into songs for fifty years
00:52:15 |
Wed 06 Mar 2019
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