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By uncovering the complicated history of her grandfather, Carolinda Witt also gained a sizeable extended family

Christine Milne was a teacher in north-west Tasmania when she joined a campaign against a pulp mill in the town of Wesley Vale. The campaign changed her life, and Tasmania's fortunes

Jenny Briscoe-Hough is helping Port Kembla locals take back control at the end of life

Dennis Van Someren draws on his own story to help others rise above the grief of a parent being jailed

Author Heather Morris on the Slovakian Jew who became the tattooist for Auschwitz-Birkenau

Jerry recounts some of the many rescues which led to him becoming the Royal Navy's most decorated peacetime pilot (R)

Philip Almond explains the origins of the Devil and unravels the influence of the concept on Western society

After a stroke at age 31, Lavinia Codd lost part of her memory, and half her vision. She then became fascinated by her brain’s ability to regenerate

Bradley Garrett explores ‘doomsday prepping’, a multi-billion dollar industry driven by dread

Bill Bailey's passion for twitching began as boy growing up in England's west country

Peter Lalor tells the story of 9 year old Lennie Gwyther's 1000km horseback ride to see the grand opening

The Men At Work frontman and solo artist reflects on his life in music

Miles Prince explains how science and technology are joining forces with the human immune system to beat cancer

Is our increasing immersion in the online world affecting our ability to distinguish between what's real and what's not?

Botanist and D'harawal elder Fran Bodkin uses western science to explain up to 80,000 years of Indigenous plant knowledge

How to raise a bestselling crime writer (R)

Listening to trees, nature's magnificent networkers (R)

Learning to freedive helped one man explore life and death (R)

Mary-Rose MacColl on betrayal, motherhood and letting go of secrets (R)

Daniel Kish uses a self-initiated sonar, called echolocation, to navigate the world as a blind person (R)

Being raised as the son of an Oklahoma preacher inspired the American Songbook of this prolific singer-songwriter (R)

Wild funerals, and staff who jump the counter: a day in the life of Graham Long and the Wayside Chapel

Hugh White says Australia faces a choice between the power keeping us safe, and the one making us rich

From Johnny O'Keefe to Sia, via AC/DC — Andrew P. Street counts down Australia's greatest pop songs

Australia's best-known Olympic skater nearly died on the ice when he was 20. Eight years later, he won history's most unexpected gold medal

Colin Friels, Zelie Bullen, Pip Courtney, and drover Bruce Simpson on their deep love of horses (R)

Tony draws on decades of clinical experience to help couples and individuals navigate dating and love with Asperger's

How Bob and Jo’s married life changed course when Jo needed full-time care

Roy Williams tells the story of Arthur Stace, who for decades rose before dawn to write a one-word sermon, in chalk on the footpaths of Sydney.

Genevieve had never imagined a life in technology, until a chance meeting in a bar in Palo Alto

How high-flyer Susan Duncan completely remade her life after a series of losses (R)

A master storyteller reflects on stories she’s witnessed and crafted for the page

Verne Harris on post-Apartheid South Africa, and life lessons from Madiba

Cartoonist and author Kaz Cooke traces the dramatic life of a singular woman

A true champion of the game reflects on opening up the AFL, and his dream to sell it to the world

A suburban Brisbane childhood, a particularly determined nun and the Beatles all shaped Bernard Fanning's music

Lawrence Levy was hired by Steve Jobs in 1994, to save a struggling animation company with a secret project

Tales from one of Australia’s most prolific comedy writers and performers

Rosemary Stanton and her family had to break free of a religious sect before she could attend university (R)

Stories of subterfuge, tragedy and romance from the cold-war games

Historian and fishing enthusiast Anna Clark on the story of fishing in Australia

Australia’s sporting Lindrum family was dogged by scandal and tragedy

Stephen Dando Collins returns with the story of Robert Stigwood

Sports writer Joe Gorman on the unique challenges facing Australia's 'beautiful game'

Princess Diana, public housing and the patriarchy — politics is always personal for one of Britain's most influential thinkers

Maritime historian Chris Frame unfolds the history of these engineering marvels (R)

An adventurous spirit and deep connection to the land fill the pages of the books of this prolific author and illustrator

Chris Masters explains the fine balance between force and diplomacy in Uruzghan

When Melinda Hildebrandt learned how to sign with her daughter Amelia, it began a new relationship between them

Now a wildly popular author, for many years Marian doubted her ability to write