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
- 2024
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
The lessons of Maralinga
Liz Tynan explains how Australia became the toxic testing ground for Britain's nuclear program (R)
00:49:29 |
Thu 22 Jun 2017
Tiger Moths, textbooks and the joys of flight
Bob Tait’s enduring love of aviation has launched thousands of pilots to the skies
00:54:13 |
Wed 21 Jun 2017
A good daughter defines her faith for herself
Amal Awad was her Arab-Australian family's only daughter. As a teenager, so much was 'haram', or forbidden. But later in life, she surprised everyone.
00:51:03 |
Tue 20 Jun 2017
Terrible treasure: 75 000 convict stories housed in a Hobart basement
Deep in Tasmania’s convict archives, Maxwell Hamish Stewart pieces together life stories from meticulously recorded details
00:54:28 |
Mon 19 Jun 2017
Songs of darkness with Brian Ritchie
Brian introduces a collection of the deepest, darkest tunes he knows
00:40:25 |
Fri 16 Jun 2017
Workplace bullying: recognising and surviving it
The maximum security prisoners in Caroline Dean's workplace were the least of her troubles
00:49:01 |
Thu 15 Jun 2017
How a child became the primary carer for her family
Ellen Holmes became the full-time carer for her mother and her two brothers while she was at high school (R)
00:46:16 |
Wed 14 Jun 2017
The unexpected history of artists' paints
David Coles is one of very few colourmen or 'pigment-whisperers' in the world
00:46:29 |
Tue 13 Jun 2017
How a father brought home the Vietnam War
Ruth Clare took decades to understand it was her dad's service in Vietnam that had made him aggressive and unpredictable (R)
00:51:33 |
Mon 12 Jun 2017
Literacy's power to transform: Jack Beetson's story
Jack surpassed all expectations, rising from an illiterate childhood to become a professor (R)
00:49:26 |
Fri 09 Jun 2017
The bond between two alpine climbers which nearly killed them
Simon McCartney and his climbing partner, Jack, shared a telepathic relationship
00:51:34 |
Thu 08 Jun 2017
What happens to us while we're under anaesthesia?
Kate Cole-Adams explores the mysteries of the in-between state we occupy on the operating table
00:47:30 |
Wed 07 Jun 2017
The operation which changed everything for a girl from Wollongong in 1967
Cheryl Maracic spent years in hospital as a child with kidney disease, and wasn't expected to live long. Then came a medical breakthrough.
00:49:03 |
Tue 06 Jun 2017
Dangerous habits and wild ways: why substance use is different for women
Jenny Valentish road tests the pathways girls and women take into and out of drug and alcohol addiction
00:48:21 |
Mon 05 Jun 2017
The mysteries of the Humpback whale — the ocean's gentle giant
What Wally Franklin's gleaned from a lifetime of observing whales, their migratory patterns, songs and sex lives (R)
00:50:04 |
Fri 02 Jun 2017
Mortifying Tales: Part 2
Hilarious and true tales of personal mortification, told at a live Conversations event.
00:45:12 |
Thu 01 Jun 2017
Mortifying Tales: Part 1
True stories of mortification and embarrassment as told at a live Conversations event
00:48:32 |
Wed 31 May 2017
Unlocking the meaning of Stonehenge and other ancient memory storehouses
Lynne Kelly believes she's found a code to describe the way non-literate peoples shared sophisticated knowledge (R)
00:48:27 |
Tue 30 May 2017
Operating on the brink: the truth about brain surgery
Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh describes the extreme risks and rewards of his four decades’ work on the body’s most mysterious organ
00:50:34 |
Mon 29 May 2017
An unexpected later in life love story, set in New York City: Bill Hayes
Bill Hayes moved to New York at 48. He took up photography, and fell in love with his neighbour, Dr Oliver Sacks
Doctor Oliver Sacks was a neurologist, a naturalist and a university professor. He be…
00:41:33 |
Fri 26 May 2017
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