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**Conversations**

Spend an hour in someone else’s life. Conversations draws you deeper into the life story of someone you may have heard about, but never met.

Latest Episodes:

From ploughs to cash cows: a short history of economics Feb 21, 2024

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Federal MP Andrew Leigh is a former professor of economics who is fascinated by how economics can create magic

A matter of trust Feb 20, 2024

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How Jeanne Ryckmans fell for a dashing Irish Professor who was far from what he appeared to be

The magnificent history of the Huxleys Feb 19, 2024

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Historian Alison Bashford with the story of the Huxley family, who founded one of the great dynasties of the world

The bookbinder's luck Feb 16, 2024

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Dominic Riley on how a chance encounter with a bookbinding monk named Brother Bede changed the course of his life (R)

Paul Kelly and the poetry Feb 15, 2024

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Australia's storyteller in song on the poems he's loved since childhood, and how reading and learning great poetry has changed his songwriting (R)

The calligraphy of the outback: the art and life of David Rankin Feb 14, 2024

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Artist David Rankin on his turbulent early life as a the son of a bootmaker, his unexpected path into painting, and his passionate love story with writer Lily Brett (R)

Crossing Australia with a camel named Delilah Feb 13, 2024

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Sophie Matterson spent five years preparing to cross the Australian continent with five camels she caught and trained herself (R)

Nick's land of lizards Feb 12, 2024

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Nick Clemann is one of Australia's leading lizard experts, but took an unconventional path into research. After working for years as a tradie, Nick plucked up the nerve to go to university, walking into what he thought was territory reserved for the intellectual elite

A party girl gets sober Feb 09, 2024

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Victoria Vanstone was just 13 years old when she had her first drink, and the booze quickly consumed her. It wasn't until she was in her 30s that Vic realised she needed to do something radical

Sue's special classroom Feb 08, 2024

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Sue Lowry originally trained as an opera singer, but while living in London she fell in love with teaching children with special needs

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