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
Surviving kidnap in Sierra Leone
Aminata Conteh-Biger was kidnapped during the Sierra Leone Civil War, and endured months of terror at the hands of rebel soldiers.
00:57:05 |
Mon 16 Jul 2018
Censorship, and an unexpected friendship
Sari Braithwaite is drawn to making films on things we don't like to talk about
00:52:22 |
Fri 13 Jul 2018
Osamah Sami - not always the good Muslim boy
Osamah Sami wrote and starred in the hit Australian comedy film Ali's Wedding.
00:52:32 |
Thu 12 Jul 2018
The doctor known as 'the God of Sight'
Nepalese surgeon Dr Sanduk Ruit has restored the sight of more than 150 000 people during his career
00:52:03 |
Wed 11 Jul 2018
Behind the sequins: the Tony Sheldon story
Tony Sheldon's mum was a major star when he was a child. At 17, he became an actor against her wishes
00:51:23 |
Tue 10 Jul 2018
The girl from Mount Druitt who became a remarkable comedy voice
Playwright Nakkiah Lui was given a crucial early piece of advice: when telling stories, always try to offend your mother (R)
00:46:29 |
Mon 09 Jul 2018
A 'lucky' accident changed Sarah Brooker's life
Sarah Brooker was studying to be a neuroscientist, when a freak accident forced her to rebuild her life from the ground up (R)
00:50:35 |
Fri 06 Jul 2018
The world's sinking megacities
Michael Kimmelman on why the world's giant cities like Jakarta and Mexico City are slumping into the earth
00:52:16 |
Thu 05 Jul 2018
Young Hitler
WWI helped a homeless vagabond named Adolf Hitler become the dictator of the German Reich
00:49:31 |
Wed 04 Jul 2018
Jurors behaving badly
Jeremy Gans on the limitations of the jury system, and stories of extreme misbehaviour among jurors
00:49:19 |
Tue 03 Jul 2018
Betty, Queen of Donks
Betty Klimenko grew up as an heiress to the Westfield fortune. Then she turned her back on it all to marry the man of her dreams
00:50:08 |
Mon 02 Jul 2018
Sam Cutler tour-managed some of rock's biggest names
Sam worked behind the scenes for Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead (R)
00:33:02 |
Fri 29 Jun 2018
Dr Budgerigar
Bob Donely is one of Australia's only vets specialising in the health of budgerigars
00:52:24 |
Thu 28 Jun 2018
The Kharkov experiment
When Maria Tumarkin travelled back to her homeland with her daughter, she had high hopes for the journey
00:48:01 |
Wed 27 Jun 2018
A question of remorse
Anthropologist Kate Rossmanith asks how our legal system decides if a criminal is truly sorry
00:51:27 |
Tue 26 Jun 2018
The force of Will
Winemaker Will Rikard-Bell's skin needed to be almost entirely rebuilt after a 2008 explosion at a winery in the Hunter Valley
00:46:18 |
Mon 25 Jun 2018
The mysteries of the Southern Ocean
Joy McCann's early fascination with the vast Southern Ocean has become a lifelong passion
00:54:09 |
Fri 22 Jun 2018
Seeing Bergen-Belsen through my father's camera
Helen Lewis' father Mike filmed the liberation of a Nazi concentration camp
00:52:19 |
Thu 21 Jun 2018
Michael Mosley and the gut brain
Dr Michael Mosley swallowed a tiny camera to peer into his own gut and its microbiome
00:51:34 |
Wed 20 Jun 2018
The island of the ancients
Journalist Ben Hills travelled to Sardinia, where locals are three times as likely to live to 100 as anywhere else on earth (R)
00:44:24 |
Tue 19 Jun 2018
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