Conversations

Zoologist Danielle Clode and the story of Australian naturalist, Edith Coleman.Marion Rankine on the history of umbrellas.

Gideon Haigh returns with the story of a shocking crime from bohemian 1930s Melbourne

Geoffrey's sense of social justice saw him become a barrister at the Old Bailey, then a champion for human rights

Kitty Flanagan has woven together a series of true stories from her life including being locked in a crayfish freezer for talking too much

A group of work colleagues cajoled Urzila into performing live on stage for the first time, and kickstarted her unexpected career in comedy

NASA astronomer Jennifer Wiseman on exploring the design of the universe

After a boyhood spent riding the ferries, John Darroch devoted his life to recording their stories

Brian Green explains how the universe is made of strings, vibrating in 11 dimensions (R)

Jack the Insider tells how a union became an elaborate front for murders, standover rackets, drug syndicates and armed robbery

A wide-ranging conversation about the landscapes, physical and imaginary, which inspire one of the world's most prolific authors

Craig Sherborne's childhood was shaped by the social aspirations of his parents

In 2016, psychologist Jordan Peterson unexpectedly became one of the world's most influential thinkers

Circumstances around the plane crash Anna Bartsch and her partner survived in 2012 have become increasingly suspicious

Andrew Wallace flew from Western Australia to New York city, to help the exhausted firefighters of Ladder 24 in mid-town Manhattan

Brendan James Murray on the elusive copper-coloured snake species which terrorised post WWII North Queensland

Helen Elliot was working as a psychologist when she became so ill she was held in a locked psychiatric ward

Can 36 questions lead you to fall in love with a stranger?

Patricia Lockwood's grew up as the daughter of one of America's few married Catholic priests

Kristin Weidenbach on her father's early life in a Methodist-run mining town in South Australia

The photographer, author and art critic on his work and life across cultures

In the midst of training to become a priest, Sarah Sentilles gave up God

Kate Forsyth explores a classic Russian folk tale and delves into the romantic life of the Brothers Grimm

Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Nikki Stamp reveals how emotional shock can be fatal

Peter Bell's Korean birth mother spent years searching for her son in America. Then she discovered an AFL star living in Perth

A hard working musician explains how he's stayed on the road

Forensic biologist Kirsty Wright spent five months in Phuket, Thailand, leading a DNA team to identify victims of the Boxing Day Tsunami

Australia's first piano disappeared for more than a century. Then pianist and conductor Geoffrey Lancaster launched his own rescue mission

Raised by a side-show operator and a trapeze artist, Fred is now the last boxing tent showman in the world (R)

As a child, Gary Todd testified against his father in court to save his mother's life

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)