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
- 2025
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Guerrilla film-making in Afghanistan
When the Pakistani Secret Service denied Benjamin Gilmour permission to make a feature film he crossed the border to Afghanistan
00:50:35 |
Thu 06 Sep 2018
The life changing power of honeybees
When Helen Jukes was given a colony of bees it helped release her from the numbing grind of her working life
00:45:12 |
Wed 05 Sep 2018
The science of the Dreamtime
Patrick Nunn on the real life stories of volcanic eruptions, meteor crashes and encounters with megafauna, recorded long before written language
00:47:13 |
Tue 04 Sep 2018
The Australian veteran who revolutionised mental health treatment
Greg de Moore tells the forgotten story of psychiatrist Dr John Cade
00:48:29 |
Mon 03 Sep 2018
The great dogs of Australian history
The 'dog whisperer' Guy Hull on the dogs that made Australia, from life-saving Kangaroo dogs to plane flying Alsatians
00:51:35 |
Fri 31 Aug 2018
Inside the ad agency which changed Australia
John Bevins helped change Australians' minds about smoking and drink driving
00:53:00 |
Thu 30 Aug 2018
The incredible tale of where we come from
Fiona Katauskas wrote a funny, charming book for children about the facts of life. Then she discovered the book had a life of its own
00:46:25 |
Wed 29 Aug 2018
Growing up in old Broome
Anne Poelina, the daughter of a Timorese pearl diver and an Indigenous mother, has always been drawn back to her home town of Broome
00:48:21 |
Tue 28 Aug 2018
Falling in love with Jimmy Pike
Pat Lowe was working as a prison psychologist in Broome when she met the artist Jimmy Pike, who was serving a life sentence
00:51:10 |
Mon 27 Aug 2018
The art of being truthful with Artist Davida Allen
Artist Davida Allen's true feelings about some of the trials of parenthood, bushwalking, and a raging attraction to actor Sam Neill have poured out through her paintbrush
When Davida Allen was in he…
00:53:02 |
Fri 24 Aug 2018
Irish novelist Marian Keyes
Now a wildly popular author, for many years Marian doubted her ability to write (R)
00:51:02 |
Thu 23 Aug 2018
The lucky accident of Sydney's Opera House
Helen Pitt on how the luminous shells of the Sydney Opera House nearly didn't get off the drawing board
00:52:00 |
Wed 22 Aug 2018
Living the Prague Spring
Jaroslav Kovaricek was there for the violent crushing of the Prague Spring
00:52:00 |
Tue 21 Aug 2018
The history of making colours
David Coles is known as the 'pigment-whisperer'
00:46:34 |
Mon 20 Aug 2018
From the Shetlands to Vera: the adventures of crime writer Ann Cleeves
The award-winning novelist lived many lives before her career as an author took off
00:53:18 |
Fri 17 Aug 2018
The anxiety of modern life
Matt Haig's candour about his depression and anxiety has resonated around the world
00:51:19 |
Thu 16 Aug 2018
The allure of silver barramundi
Jimmy Shu's childhood in Sri Lanka planted the seeds for his later life as a legendary restaurateur
00:43:24 |
Wed 15 Aug 2018
Staring down the monster
At 19, Colleen Gwynne rescued her mum from a violent marriage. Then she joined the police and solved one of Australia's most complicated murder cases
00:50:16 |
Tue 14 Aug 2018
The terrible journey of the Ticonderoga
Michael Veitch's great-grandfather arrived in Australia on a ship dubbed 'the floating charnel house'
00:49:00 |
Mon 13 Aug 2018
Jacqui Lambie: the unlikely senator
From painkiller addiction to parliament, Jacqui's life has been a rollercoaster
00:52:39 |
Fri 10 Aug 2018
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