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
The Antarctic voyage which helped end a decade of silence
A rare vocal condition left Robyn Mundy unable to speak for more than a decade
00:49:34 |
Fri 15 Sep 2017
Utopia, now? A radical rethinking of work, wealth and freedom
Author Rutger Bregman on a philosophy gaining broader support: universal basic income
00:50:18 |
Thu 14 Sep 2017
Engineering a way to find meaningful work for young people
Bill Lawson applies an engineer's mind to solving social problems
00:53:15 |
Wed 13 Sep 2017
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
00:50:06 |
Tue 12 Sep 2017
How the Safe Schools Program began an ideological firestorm
Benjamin Law looks behind the media scandal which engulfed an Australian anti-bullying program
00:50:00 |
Mon 11 Sep 2017
The call of the road: how one woman took on the trucking world
Heather Jones heads her own transport company, and still enjoys driving road trains in her home state of WA (R)
00:51:21 |
Fri 08 Sep 2017
Why a Buddhist nun found her way to death row
In 1977 Australian Robina Courtin became one of the first westerners to be ordained a Buddhist nun. Then she founded the Liberation Prison Project
00:49:30 |
Thu 07 Sep 2017
From combat wounds, to shark attacks, to human error: a life in emergency medicine
Alan Turner's life in emergency medicine has seen him spend much of his life in war zones, and remote Australia
00:48:07 |
Wed 06 Sep 2017
The boy who grew up on a junk and became a theatrical powerhouse
When Scott Rankin was a child he slept on a Chinese junk moored in Sydney's Lane Cove River, until the day six squad cars of police arrived
00:50:31 |
Tue 05 Sep 2017
Tim Rogers and his struggles to quell his mind
The frontman of You Am I on his life in music, his Kalgoorlie childhood, and his battles with anxiety
00:44:10 |
Mon 04 Sep 2017
Bernie McKay helped Australia kick its smoking habit
Bernie is the man behind several massively influential public health campaigns, including 'Quit for Life', and AIDS awareness (R)
00:50:30 |
Fri 01 Sep 2017
Robert Fisk: life as a war correspondent
Robert Fisk has spent his career reporting from war zones and interviewed one of the world's most infamous terrorists, Osama Bin Laden.
00:51:00 |
Thu 31 Aug 2017
How a former drinking mate was unmasked as serial murderer
When Campbell McConachie befriended a man called Lindsey Rose at a Sydney pub, he didn't know Lindsey had already killed several people
00:48:21 |
Wed 30 Aug 2017
The sexcapades and murders of the emperor Nero
Shushma Malik on Emperor Nero's decadence, destruction and debauchery (R)
00:50:04 |
Tue 29 Aug 2017
The stories told to Lindy Chamberlain, in more than 20,000 letters
Alana Valentine on Lindy's letters of blame, hate and apology
00:49:30 |
Mon 28 Aug 2017
What is fake news? Trump, Pizzagate and dumpsters on fire
Buzzfeed's Craig Silverman explains where fake news comes from, who benefits, and how the average person might tell genuine news from fake
00:51:33 |
Fri 25 Aug 2017
The rise and fall of the East India Company
How a company legally formed a transcontinental private empire
00:50:11 |
Thu 24 Aug 2017
Bad Behaviour: memories of bullying and boarding school
How a 14 year old girl found herself on both sides of bullying
00:51:10 |
Wed 23 Aug 2017
The cost of denying death
Intensive care specialist Ken Hillman questions the use of life-prolonging treatments in acute hospital settings
00:49:34 |
Tue 22 Aug 2017
After total amnesia, rebuilding an identity
Robyn Pratt woke up in hospital after an operation, with no idea who she was (R)
00:49:21 |
Mon 21 Aug 2017
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