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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Apr 13, 2020 • 52min
Etgar Keret's seven good years
A writer recalls the precious stretch of time between the birth of his son, and the death of his father (R)
Apr 10, 2020 • 52min
Min Jin Lee's good fortune
The author of bestselling novel, Pachinko, explores the lives of generations of Koreans in Japan (R)
Apr 9, 2020 • 13min
Bonus: when Sarah's Dad's fruit shop map went viral
Thanks to her dad’s hand-drawn map, a shopping trip Sarah Kanowski made for her parents during the Covid-19 crisis gladdened hearts on social media around the world. In this father-daughter chat, meet Sarah’s dad, 89-year-old Peter Kanowski
Apr 9, 2020 • 49min
Hugh Mackay on building community in a crisis
Social researcher Hugh Mackay on the many ways Australian society can pull together while we're meant to live apart
Apr 8, 2020 • 52min
Paul Kelly and the poetry
Australia's storyteller in song on poems he's loved since childhood, and how reading and learning great poetry has changed his song writing (R)
Apr 7, 2020 • 48min
Ray Collins — life in the black, and the blue
Ray was a coal miner when an accident underground left him lying prone in a tunnel a kilometre beneath the earth. What he did next changed the course of his life
Apr 6, 2020 • 53min
Julia Baird on finding shards of light in dark times
After journalist Julia Baird survived a terrible bout of cancer, she began to think about what sustains us when the world goes dark
Apr 3, 2020 • 51min
Doll's prams and hand-knitted togs: a Hockney family portrait
John Hockney grew up in an unconventional family of five siblings in post-war Yorkshire. As a child, his brother David drew constantly on any paper he could find. He grew up to become the world's most famous living artist
Apr 2, 2020 • 48min
A father and son odyssey
When Daniel Mendelsohn signed up for a Mediterranean cruise to Ithaca with his aging father, neither of them could have predicted what would happen next
Apr 1, 2020 • 52min
Bill Bailey — seriously funny amateur naturalist
Bill Bailey's passion for twitching began as boy growing up in England's west country (R)
