Conversations
ABC Australia
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.
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.
Episodes
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Jun 22, 2020 • 50min
The Nazi Brigadeführer who got away
Philippe Sands on how a cache of letters sent him on the trail of Nazi war criminal Otto Von Wachter, who escaped to Rome on the 'Ratline'
Jun 19, 2020 • 51min
The women of Steel City
Robynne Murphy, film-maker and former steel worker, on the Wollongong women who took on BHP for the right to work alongside men at the steelworks
Jun 18, 2020 • 53min
What Jack Reacher did next
How a Birmingham boy became best-selling thriller writer, Lee Child (R)
Jun 17, 2020 • 52min
How Johnathan Thurston became one of the greats
When Johnathan was a boy he was written off as too skinny and too wild for rugby league (R)
Jun 16, 2020 • 51min
Jesse Blackadder: when Lucie left
The late writer with the story of a terrible accident in 1976 which completely changed her family (R)
Jun 15, 2020 • 51min
Outposts — what Dan found at the ends of the Earth
Dan Richards follows his curiosity to some of the most remote habitable places in the world including an Icelandic cabin and a monastery high in the mountains of Japan
Jun 12, 2020 • 47min
Vika and Linda Bull — on song and in harmony
Hearing their Tongan mother’s powerful voice rise above the congregation in church, primed Vika and Linda for a life in song. Their distinctive harmonies and dazzling energy have seen them grace stages and studios for thirty five years
Jun 11, 2020 • 54min
The girl from Kilkivan
In the midst of Lisa Millar's brilliant career as a journalist, she found herself in the grip of aviophobia, a crippling fear of flying (R)
Jun 10, 2020 • 45min
Opium everywhere — on the trail of the 'Milk of Paradise'
Historian Lucy Inglis on humankind's greatest painkiller and how its trade and cultivation are threaded through the story of civilisation, and the lives of every one of us
Jun 9, 2020 • 53min
The comic genius of Jennifer Saunders
The co-creator of Absolutely Fabulous says her success rests on a series of happy accidents and calls herself an extreme procrastinator (R)
