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
Tales from the 'backies' of Dundee
As a child, Gary Todd testified against his father in court to save his mother's life
00:51:07 |
Mon 19 Feb 2018
The daring and scandalous life of British double agent ‘Celery’
By uncovering the complicated history of her grandfather, Carolinda Witt also gained a sizeable extended family
00:51:03 |
Fri 16 Feb 2018
Christine Milne: a quiet revolutionary
Christine Milne was a teacher in north-west Tasmania when she joined a campaign against a pulp mill in the town of Wesley Vale. The campaign changed her life, and Tasmania's fortunes
00:52:23 |
Thu 15 Feb 2018
Bringing the dead back home
Jenny Briscoe-Hough is helping Port Kembla locals take back control at the end of life
00:51:09 |
Wed 14 Feb 2018
Family jail sentence: the ripple effect of losing a parent to prison
Dennis Van Someren draws on his own story to help others rise above the grief of a parent being jailed
00:45:27 |
Tue 13 Feb 2018
Lale Sokolov, the tattooist of Auschwitz
Author Heather Morris on the Slovakian Jew who became the tattooist for Auschwitz-Birkenau
00:51:33 |
Mon 12 Feb 2018
Royal Navy Helicopter rescue pilot Jerry Grayson
Jerry recounts some of the many rescues which led to him becoming the Royal Navy's most decorated peacetime pilot (R)
00:51:12 |
Fri 09 Feb 2018
The story of the Devil
Philip Almond explains the origins of the Devil and unravels the influence of the concept on Western society
00:50:28 |
Thu 08 Feb 2018
A sizzle in the brain changed Lavinia Codd's life
After a stroke at age 31, Lavinia Codd lost part of her memory, and half her vision. She then became fascinated by her brain’s ability to regenerate
00:51:32 |
Wed 07 Feb 2018
Prepping for the apocalypse: bunkers, bullets and billionaires
Bradley Garrett explores ‘doomsday prepping’, a multi-billion dollar industry driven by dread
00:51:18 |
Tue 06 Feb 2018
Bill Bailey: seriously funny amateur naturalist
Bill Bailey's passion for twitching began as boy growing up in England's west country
00:50:22 |
Mon 05 Feb 2018
The unlikely star of the Sydney Harbour Bridge opening ceremony
Peter Lalor tells the story of 9 year old Lennie Gwyther's 1000km horseback ride to see the grand opening
00:51:09 |
Fri 02 Feb 2018
Colin Hay's real life
The Men At Work frontman and solo artist reflects on his life in music
00:55:13 |
Thu 01 Feb 2018
The cancer moonshot: unlocking genetic weapons to defeat cancer
Miles Prince explains how science and technology are joining forces with the human immune system to beat cancer
00:50:13 |
Wed 31 Jan 2018
Facebook and the last days of reality: futurist Mark Pesce
Is our increasing immersion in the online world affecting our ability to distinguish between what's real and what's not?
00:51:08 |
Tue 30 Jan 2018
The secret history of the native hibiscus
Botanist and D'harawal elder Fran Bodkin uses western science to explain up to 80,000 years of Indigenous plant knowledge
00:46:15 |
Mon 29 Jan 2018
Best of 2017: David George Haskell
Listening to trees, nature's magnificent networkers (R)
00:51:11 |
Thu 14 Dec 2017
Best of 2017: Michael Adams
Learning to freedive helped one man explore life and death (R)
00:50:13 |
Wed 13 Dec 2017
Best of 2017: Mary-Rose MacColl
Mary-Rose MacColl on betrayal, motherhood and letting go of secrets (R)
00:47:32 |
Tue 12 Dec 2017
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