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 15, 2018 • 49min
Nags, glad rags and the hoi polloi
Craig Sherborne's childhood was shaped by the social aspirations of his parents
Mar 14, 2018 • 51min
Jordan Peterson's rules for life
In 2016, psychologist Jordan Peterson unexpectedly became one of the world's most influential thinkers
Mar 13, 2018 • 51min
Surviving a plane crash in Burma
Circumstances around the plane crash Anna Bartsch and her partner survived in 2012 have become increasingly suspicious
Mar 12, 2018 • 46min
An Australian firefighter's 9/11 story
Andrew Wallace flew from Western Australia to New York city, to help the exhausted firefighters of Ladder 24 in mid-town Manhattan
Mar 9, 2018 • 51min
Hunting the deadly coastal taipan
Brendan James Murray on the elusive copper-coloured snake species which terrorised post WWII North Queensland
Mar 8, 2018 • 52min
An extreme treatment for depression
Helen Elliot was working as a psychologist when she became so ill she was held in a locked psychiatric ward
Mar 7, 2018 • 51min
On love: Mandy Len Catron
Can 36 questions lead you to fall in love with a stranger?
Mar 6, 2018 • 47min
Father Lockwood's rebel daughter
Patricia Lockwood's grew up as the daughter of one of America's few married Catholic priests
Mar 5, 2018 • 49min
Cornish pasties and powerhouse boys: a love song to Moonta
Kristin Weidenbach on her father's early life in a Methodist-run mining town in South Australia
Mar 2, 2018 • 49min
Nigeria to New York: travelling with Teju Cole
The photographer, author and art critic on his work and life across cultures
