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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:

The invisible Mrs Orwell Aug 17, 2023

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Anna Funder on unearthing the story of the talented and determined Eileen O'Shaughnessy, George Orwell's first wife

From the meatworks to mending men's souls Aug 16, 2023

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After arriving in Australia from Yugoslavia as a boy, Peter Stojanovic began working at a Melbourne meatworks. Decades on, he's now a counsellor helping violent men change their behaviour

Jana Pittman's turning point Aug 15, 2023

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Jana Pittman became one of Australia's most famous athletes as a young woman. Then at age 30, she found herself at a painful crossroads

David the Seahorse saviour Aug 14, 2023

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David Harasti with the story of how he opened a chain of underwater seahorse hotels to save an endangered species

A Heart in Two Places Aug 11, 2023

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Sarah Donnelley on her life working at Wilcannia Central School, on Barkandji Country 950 kilometres west of Sydney (R)

Dr Freakman, hippie psychiatrist Aug 10, 2023

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Psychiatrist Dr Harry Freeman on the memorable patients, LSD, and medical epiphanies from his 50 years in psychiatry

The sculptor's son Aug 09, 2023

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Hung Le and his family made a terrifying escape from Saigon in 1975, carrying one suitcase, a box of biscuits and some seasick pills. Decades after they fled, Hung returned to Vietnam to honour his late father's wishes (R)

How Brendan Watkins claimed his birthright Aug 08, 2023

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Brendan Watkins on his search to find the truth about his birth parents and the failings of the Catholic church his discoveries unveiled

Mark Brandi on compassion, chance and reinvention Aug 07, 2023

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Author Mark Brandi is a keen observer of people, a skill he honed growing up in a pub in country Victoria, where the family’s Italian heritage was the source of scrutiny

Danny Estrin's Eurovision glory Aug 04, 2023

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Voyager frontman Danny Estrin on his unconventional path from heavy metal to law and the Eurovision grand final

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