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
What Clare did next: a survivor's story
Stockbroker Clare Keenan has worked in places ranging from a New Zealand prison, to a covert Jordanian broadcaster. She trusts her fierce survival instinct to keep her safe
00:47:19 |
Wed 18 Apr 2018
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
00:52:09 |
Tue 17 Apr 2018
The mission of a flying midwife
Jan Becker on her work saving the lives of newborn babies in Sub-Saharan Africa, in 'the golden minute' after birth (R)
01:00:00 |
Mon 16 Apr 2018
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
00:50:10 |
Fri 13 Apr 2018
Pleasures and pain: tales from the piano
Virginia Lloyd's talent for the piano shaped her early life
00:49:35 |
Thu 12 Apr 2018
The delicate and deadly world of jellyfish: from Bazinga to Shiraz
Lisa-Ann Gershwin is among the world's foremost jellyfish biologists (R)
00:52:00 |
Wed 11 Apr 2018
The poetry of the trenches
Neil James on the Australian soldiers sent to WWI with spurs, a clasp knife and two books of verse
00:45:25 |
Tue 10 Apr 2018
Vasily Sukhomlinsky: educating the heart, head and hands
Alan Cockerill explains the revolutionary philosophy of educator Vasily Sukhomlinsky (R)
00:49:22 |
Mon 09 Apr 2018
Adrian Mole and the Shropshire postman
Young Robert Lukins modelled himself on the fictional character Adrian Mole, a prodigious reader and writer
00:49:16 |
Fri 06 Apr 2018
What the whales know: how humpbacks thrive in Australian waters
Marine biologist Micheline Jenner has lived at sea, researching humpbacks, for thirty years
00:51:07 |
Thu 05 Apr 2018
Lessons from the end of a marriage
When James Jeffrey's parents split up, his life took on a seismic instability
00:50:03 |
Wed 04 Apr 2018
Revealing the scars: the life of Kate Mulvany
Kate Mulvany has used tragic events in her own life as creative fuel to write more than 25 plays
00:46:33 |
Tue 03 Apr 2018
Danielle Clode and Marian Rankine
Zoologist Danielle Clode and the story of Australian naturalist, Edith Coleman.
Marion Rankine on the history of umbrellas.
00:52:18 |
Thu 29 Mar 2018
The murder of Mollie Dean
Gideon Haigh returns with the story of a shocking crime from bohemian 1930s Melbourne
00:50:23 |
Wed 28 Mar 2018
Geoffrey Robertson's fear of the dull
Geoffrey's sense of social justice saw him become a barrister at the Old Bailey, then a champion for human rights
00:52:27 |
Tue 27 Mar 2018
Kitty Flanagan's unlikely path to comedy
Kitty Flanagan has woven together a series of true stories from her life including being locked in a crayfish freezer for talking too much
00:52:22 |
Mon 26 Mar 2018
Urzila Carlson: a life without regrets
A group of work colleagues cajoled Urzila into performing live on stage for the first time, and kickstarted her unexpected career in comedy
00:51:33 |
Fri 23 Mar 2018
Watching the universe from the Hubble Space Telescope
NASA astronomer Jennifer Wiseman on exploring the design of the universe
01:04:00 |
Thu 22 Mar 2018
The story of Sydney's ferries
After a boyhood spent riding the ferries, John Darroch devoted his life to recording their stories
00:46:19 |
Wed 21 Mar 2018
Untangling the physics of String Theory
Brian Green explains how the universe is made of strings, vibrating in 11 dimensions (R)
00:49:27 |
Tue 20 Mar 2018
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