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
Judith Lucy, and her men
Comedian Judith Lucy has been reflecting on what has gone right, and wrong in her relationships with men
00:48:06 |
Tue 05 Feb 2019
The joy of hovercraft
Peter Venn built his first hovercraft in the early 1970s. By 1988 he had a fleet of them on the Brisbane River, and was giving joyrides to 140 000 World Expo visitors (R)
00:51:20 |
Mon 04 Feb 2019
The state of your nation begins in your street
Hugh Mackay on how our neighbourhoods hold the key to the isolation felt by so many (R)
00:51:05 |
Fri 01 Feb 2019
How to catch a wild bull
Lach McClymont mustered hundreds of wild cattle, untouched for decades, from a remote area of the Northern Territory
00:47:16 |
Thu 31 Jan 2019
The voice of a child who can’t speak
Samantha Wheeler’s daughter Charlotte has Rett Syndrome, a rare ‘locked-in’ disorder
00:52:22 |
Wed 30 Jan 2019
Ghostwriting love stories
Melanie Lewis is the secret hand behind many wedding ceremonies
00:47:25 |
Tue 29 Jan 2019
Naomi Price and the business of show
From Annie to Sweet Charity, by way of The Voice and Rumour Has It: Naomi on music that's shaped her career so far
00:49:26 |
Fri 25 Jan 2019
Rome in the Balkans
Uncovering the little-known history of the late Roman Empire in Serbia
00:51:10 |
Thu 24 Jan 2019
What makes a body perfect?
How scars and physical differences affect our idea of human beauty
00:52:15 |
Wed 23 Jan 2019
When Sister Margaret found her voice
Margaret Harrod grew up as her father's 'proxy wife'. To escape him, she became a nun, until a chance conversation changed everything
00:54:30 |
Tue 22 Jan 2019
How 'the man in the hat' walked free
Journalist Sam Vincent on the lingering questions about Canberra's most notorious murder
00:51:11 |
Mon 21 Jan 2019
Best of 2018: William McInnes
William’s stories of fatherhood (R)
William is one of Australia's best-known storytellers and actors.
As his children become adults, he's been reflecting on what it means to be a father.
William’s…
00:52:34 |
Fri 14 Dec 2018
Best of 2018: Bringing life-saving dialysis to the bush
Sarah Brown always wanted to be a remote area nurse. Then she began a medical revolution (R)
00:52:28 |
Thu 13 Dec 2018
Best of 2018: Hunting the deadly coastal taipan
How an elusive copper-coloured snake species terrorised post WWII North Queensland (R)
00:52:19 |
Wed 12 Dec 2018
Best of 2018: Jenny Briscoe-Hough
After a bruising experience with her own mother's funeral, Jenny Briscoe-Hough set up a d.i.y. funeral home in an old fire station (R)
00:51:18 |
Tue 11 Dec 2018
Best of 2018: Colleen Gwynne
Colleen rescued her mum from a violent marriage. Later, she solved one of Australia's most complicated murder cases (R)
00:51:28 |
Mon 10 Dec 2018
Colin Hay's real life
How the Men at Work front man managed the trip to mega-stardom and back again (R)
00:55:05 |
Fri 07 Dec 2018
More power to the mums
Natalie Millar is at the centre of a 20 000-strong network of mothers in Logan City
00:51:00 |
Thu 06 Dec 2018
The true story of Chow Hayes, Australia's first gangster
Jack Hoysted tells of the violent standover man and extortionist who was the first local criminal to be described by Australian police as a gangster (R)
00:50:16 |
Wed 05 Dec 2018
Life in 248 dimensions
Mathematician Geordie Williamson spent eight years cracking the code to find the weight of atoms in space
00:45:26 |
Tue 04 Dec 2018
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