John Howard's toy poodle epiphany
The former Kings Cross street kid on his time in prison, recovering from an alcohol-induced brain injury, the puppy called Sunny who showed him what l...
Encore: The fearless Kate McClymont — weathering death threats and court cases for work
Kate McClymont is chief investigative reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald, she has won 10 Walkley Awards for her work on some of the biggest crime ...
Drought, depression and asking for help—how an Outback farmer found peace in the ocean
For years, Brendan Cullen was known around Broken Hill as the happy man who ran thousands of ewes across tens of thousands of hectares with a smile. W...
Where do we go when we die? Looking for answers in psychedelics
Filmmaker Lynette Wallworth on how nearly dying as a little girl set her on a lifelong path to interrogate out-of-body experiences, spirituality and w...
Encore: The spiked chair which began conductor Umberto Clerici's life in music
The chief conductor of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra on the chair of spikes which accompanied his early musical career, and why he doesn't tone do...
How I went from being a new mum on food stamps to an anonymous restaurant critic, worldwide
The act of care and service through food has been incredibly important to Besha Rodell throughout her life, from her first, euphoric experience of a f...
From child preacher to wicked defector — leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses
Naomi Mourra grew up as a door-knocking Jehovah's Witness but at 21, she realised Doomsday was not upon her, and left the religion for good. As a c...
A boy called Little Chilli — how flavour and migration led to unexpected love
Tony Tan’s parents pinned their hopes on him when they sent him from home in Malaysia to Melbourne to become a white collar professional in the 1970s....
A short history of the innovations that have shaped human progress
We rarely stop to wonder who invented the wheel, the alphabet or the printing press but so much of what feels fundamental to daily life was once a bol...
Encore: the Nyamal woman from the Pilbara transforming how we think about trauma
Psychologist Dr Tracey Westerman on her groundbreaking work transforming mental health outcomes for Aboriginal communities (R) Dr Tracy Westerman ...