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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Feb 18, 2020 • 49min
Young Hitler
How WWI helped a homeless vagabond named Adolf Hitler become the dictator of the German Reich (R)
Feb 17, 2020 • 48min
The pavlova in the suitcase
Michelle Garnaut on how she began one of the world's most famous restaurants in communist-era Shanghai (R)
Feb 14, 2020 • 46min
The unusual life of Rima Hadchiti
At 100cm tall, Rima is one of the smallest people in the world. But throughout her life, she's demanded to be heard
Feb 13, 2020 • 45min
Lorenzo Montesini's Vietnam War love story, and life after Pitty Pat
In 1990 Lorenzo shocked Sydney society by leaving heiress Primrose Dunlop at the altar in Venice to run off with his best man. But behind the headlines was an epic love story which began in the Vietnam War
Feb 12, 2020 • 47min
Benny and the pact with God
When doctors told Benny Agius her baby son had Down syndrome, she was full of anxiety about his future. Then Richard grew up to defy everyone's expectations
Feb 11, 2020 • 49min
Taking the pulse of a dopesick nation
The opioid crisis is destroying hundreds of thousands of American lives and Beth Macy has been up close to it (R)
Feb 10, 2020 • 43min
Villainesses, Vulcans and a new sort of sexuality — the life of Judith Anderson
Judith was an Australian who found screen stardom in 1940s Hollywood, and has since became a lesbian icon. Biographer Desley Deacon tells her story
Feb 7, 2020 • 50min
Fish, frogs and a photographer
Nature photographer Gary Cranitch on his working life floating off the Great Barrier Reef to capture a split-second image of the 'biggest orgy on the planet'
Feb 6, 2020 • 53min
Steve's life in the London squats
Steve Bevington talks about his years in the thick of an underground movement of London squatters, who would break into abandoned buildings, change the locks and claim them as their own
Feb 5, 2020 • 49min
When Robert met Maida
Former politician Robert Tickner grew up in country NSW, 'showered with love' by his adoptive parents. When he began the search for his biological mum Maida in his 40s, he discovered she'd been much closer than he ever knew
