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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Dec 11, 2018 • 51min
Best of 2018: Jenny Briscoe-Hough
After a bruising experience with her own mother's funeral, Jenny Briscoe-Hough set up a d.i.y. funeral home in an old fire station (R)
Dec 10, 2018 • 51min
Best of 2018: Colleen Gwynne
Colleen rescued her mum from a violent marriage. Later, she solved one of Australia's most complicated murder cases (R)
Dec 7, 2018 • 55min
Colin Hay's real life
How the Men at Work front man managed the trip to mega-stardom and back again (R)
Dec 6, 2018 • 51min
More power to the mums
Natalie Millar is at the centre of a 20 000-strong network of mothers in Logan City
Dec 5, 2018 • 50min
The true story of Chow Hayes, Australia's first gangster
Jack Hoysted tells of the violent standover man and extortionist who was the first local criminal to be described by Australian police as a gangster (R)
Dec 4, 2018 • 45min
Life in 248 dimensions
Mathematician Geordie Williamson spent eight years cracking the code to find the weight of atoms in space
Dec 3, 2018 • 47min
The sufferings of 'Sydney's top ratbag'
Psychiatrist Robert Kaplan on the strange illness which altered the personality of Bea Miles, making her one of her city's most famous eccentrics
Nov 30, 2018 • 53min
What Jack Reacher did next
How a Birmingham boy became best-selling thriller writer, Lee Child
Nov 29, 2018 • 53min
Bruce Dunstan and Georgina Reid
Two botanical conversations: plant-hunter Bruce Dunstan, and great gardens with Georgina Reid
Nov 28, 2018 • 54min
Eric Idle's life on the bright side
Before and after Monty Python's Flying Circus
