Conversations
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...
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The fearless Kate McClymont — weathering death threats and court cases for work
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Encore: Krystyna Duszniak and Poland's lost histories
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Life on the lam — how Peter escaped from under his fugitive father's shadow
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Martha, baby Michael and the police officer who cried
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Undercover hitmen, shady drug deals and covert surveillance — life as a top cop
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Encore: Andy Paschalidis on the death on the football pitch which changed everyt...
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Tim Winton on staying alive, in extremis
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Love, death and duels — Marie Curie's radioactive life
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Could you live forever? The neuroscience behind brain preservation, consciousnes...
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A life in the law, on the Glitter Strip
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Encore: A restaurant named Parwana — Afghan treasure in Adelaide
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How Geraldine Brooks learned how to live again through grief
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Singing for her life: Camille O'Sullivan on Ireland and her dearly departed frie...
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Finding my dad, and myself — unravelling a family's secret
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Encore: Let them ring — Paul Livingston on making a great big noise
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Transforming trauma with Dr Gabor Maté
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My Moroccan matrescence
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Gus Worland on the men who made him and Australia's male suicide epidemic
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Encore: Brigitte and the seven peaks
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David Whyte on writing poetry the world loves
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Translating adolescence and speaking Teenage Girl
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The Bark Petitions — how Yolngu tradition changed democracy
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Encore: the life of songwriter Jimmy Webb
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Surviving bombs and starvation on a Mediterranean island paradise
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How tiny crystals reveal the secret history (and future) of volcanic eruptions
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Birtles, Brown and Bean: Warren's madcap world tour, in a vintage car
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Encore: The making of Nazeem Hussain
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Drug bazaars, hitmen and hackers — why Eileen went deep into the dark web
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The family secret that inspired 'The Teacher's Pet'
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Lucinda Light on MAFS, living with ADHD, and her search for love
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Encore: The Toilet Warrior's origin story
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The spy who kept secrets for the self-made man
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Dressing drag queens in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
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Singing as 'sweet relief' — Meg Washington on stuttering, spirituality and song
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Encore: From Yugoslavia to Australia — Jelena Dokic on tennis and the truth
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How a teen father used the local skate park to change the world
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43 carolling magpies, CPR on a blue tongue lizard and Claire's animal ambulance
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Bite Club: Surviving a shark attack, and the aftermath
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Voicing velociraptors and capturing the dawn chorus
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Sarah's Most Memorable Guests — Shanelle Dawson
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Sarah's Most Memorable Guests — Tony Bull broke the cycle of crime
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Sarah's Most Memorable Guests — Sue Ellen Kusher
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Sarah's Most Memorable Guests — John Prine
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Sarah's Most Memorable Guests — Peter Lalor
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Sarah's Most Memorable Guests — Ken Faulkner
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Sarah's Most Memorable Guests — Gisela Kaplan
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Sarah's Most Memorable Guests — Robyn Davidson
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Sarah's Most Memorable Guests — Archie Roach
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Sarah's Most Memorable Guests — Brendan James Murray
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Richard's Most Memorable Guests — Peter Hoysted
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