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
Mentioned books
Mar 31, 2020 • 48min
Tales from captivity
Stories of imagination, poetry and menace while living in captivity, from Kari Gislason and Candice Fox
Mar 30, 2020 • 49min
Elizabeth Gilbert on love and letting go of normal
How a flash of insight about her life saw Liz upend almost everything in it
Mar 27, 2020 • 52min
Bringing life-saving dialysis to Central Australia
Sarah Brown always wanted to be a remote area nurse. Then she began a medical revolution (R)
Mar 26, 2020 • 52min
Saving tiny lives — the mission of a flying midwife
Jan Becker on saving the lives of newborn babies in the 'golden minute' after birth (R)
Mar 25, 2020 • 51min
Graham Martin on going from doctor to patient
Psychiatrist Graham Martin learned a lot of new things about medicine when he unexpectedly and painfully became the patient (R)
Mar 24, 2020 • 52min
Nursing on Sydney's streets
When working with people experiencing homelessness, Erin Longbottom looks to their strengths to help them find their way to health, and a home (R)
Mar 23, 2020 • 52min
The man who saved a million brains: Creswell Eastman's pioneering work with iodine deficiency disorder
Abolishing iodine deficiency throughout the world was this doctor's mission (R)
Mar 20, 2020 • 52min
The Queen of Country — Joy McKean
Travelling Australia with her husband Slim Dusty brought challenges and rewards
Mar 19, 2020 • 47min
Ten women — a series of murders in Depression-era Sydney
Tanya Bretherton tells the story of the victims whose killings were largely ignored by police, and whose fate haunted the streets of eastern Sydney
Mar 18, 2020 • 52min
The story of the Snowy
When Siobhan McHugh set out to write a history of Australia's Snowy Scheme, she unearthed stories of pugnacious unionists, drowned towns and a love story on a laundry floor (R)
