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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.

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Richard E. Grant and his pocketful of happiness Feb 07, 2024

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The actor on the late love of his life, his wife Joan Washington, and the final message she left him (R)

Kira and the real King Kong Feb 06, 2024

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Dr Kira Westaway has been on a ten-year mission to solve the mystery of how, why and when a giant ape called Gigantopithecus Blacki became extinct, and why nothing remains of this beast but thousands and thousands of teeth

The making of Nazeem Hussain Feb 05, 2024

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Nazeem Hussain honed his comedy in Melbourne's suburbs in the 1990s. After his father left the family, his fearless mother taught Nazeem how to use humour to get bullies off his back

The toilet warrior Feb 02, 2024

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Mark Balla was on a business trip to India when he met two young men on a train. They invited him back to see their home, one of the world's biggest slums. This meeting changed the course of Mark's life

She farms, she flies, she castrates bulls Feb 01, 2024

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Dr Ameliah Scott pilots herself around remote NSW to take care of animals and have a cuppa with their owners.

Trichotillomania and me Jan 31, 2024

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For years, Adele Dumont had been secretly pulling out her hair from the root so obsessively she created a bald spot at the crown of her head. Eventually, she learnt her compulsion had a name

Jackie goes to Space Camp Jan 30, 2024

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After feeling burnt out, Jackie Carpenter spontaneously applied for NASA's Space Camp. She was the first Australian accepted, and it was the most transformative experience of her life

Julia Baird's search for grace Jan 29, 2024

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Julia Baird has been sustained through hard times by acts of "moral beauty". In a world marked by division, these gestures have the power to restore our shared humanity

Robert Waldinger's good life Jan 26, 2024

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Dr Robert Waldinger on what it takes to live a happy life

Aunty Ruth Hegarty’s life of defiance Jan 25, 2024

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The hardship, cruelty and loneliness of the mission system during the Great Depression didn't crush Aunty Ruth Hegarty's spirit. She found her voice, God and her family

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