Conversations draws you deeper into the life story of someone you may have heard about, but never met. Journey into their world, joining them on epic adventures to unfamiliar places, back in time to wild moments of history, and into their deepest memories, to be moved by personal stories of resilience and redemption. Hosted by Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski, Conversations is the ABC's most popular long-form interview program. Every day we explore the vast tapestry of human experience, wea ...
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Anna and Erin live with anxiety, which is probably 50% as fun as it sounds. The Anxiety Shut-In Hour explores mental health in society, culture, media and the pantry. Listener questions can be tweeted to @AnxietyAunts.
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Laughing at Daily Lives Struggles
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Join Yana and her aunts, Inna and Olya as they chat about the life experience as someone who is kinda fresh off the boat. We discuss our experience in America when it comes to business, dating, cultural topics, and more!
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A lighthearted appreciation of good and useful therapy and a discussion of what therapy is and why it is good for you with the aim of demystifying the process and destigmatising mental illness and psychological distress. Each week we focus on a different topic, such as types of therapy or issues such as anxiety or body image. Contact us with your low-stakes problems for our anti-agony aunt corner which we will read at the end of the show on thankstherapy@gmail.com
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Here we talk about relationship anxiety and upgrading love partnerships-- how to go from DOUBTING your relationship to LOVING it and gushing about your partner.
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His version: Married and Unfiltered, is a Podcast/Vlog. Think married with single people tendencies. We'll tackle a range of topics that people deal with every day, but instead of sounding like your Mom, Dad, or Pastor, we'll bring it to you like your Crazy Uncle and Cool Aunt. Her version: Providing a safe space for couples or partners to live their truth. With so much judgment around what a relationship looks like, anxiety and stress pressure individuals to fit that mold. We want to show p ...
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A seasonal podcast discussing the modern female experience. Along with the help of activists, experts and special guests, your hosts Natalia Komis and Ash Moon openly explore subjects from pants to periods, politics to pay gaps, women's health, gender stereotypes and everything in between. The aim? To normalise those subjects that don’t often get spoken about. Because over sharing is healthy!
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Separation anxiety & agony aunt .By My Crazy Life Caroline
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Suzie Miller — the trailblazing papergirl, lawyer and playwright
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Suzie Miller's frugal and free range St Kilda childhood taught her to question almost everything. She grew up to become a trailblazing writer and lawyer (R) Suzie Miller grew up in St Kilda, and from early in life she had a number of part-time jobs. She became a trailblazing paper girl in her local area, when the role was usually only offered to bo…
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My aunt was smuggled to Tashkent by Stalin
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Helen Vatsikopoulos' family never spoke about what happened to her aunt, Aspasia after the Greek Civil War. She uncovered a story of secret evacuation, exile and unknown family members. Helen Vatsikopoulos was born in a little mountain village on the northern border of Greece. She came to Adelaide as a young girl and grew up to become a TV journali…
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Heavenly beings: the icon paintings of Michael Galovic
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Artist Michael Galovic had been painting mysterious and mystical icons for decades before he truly understood the theology behind what he was doing — expertly and purposefully distorting reality to create a window into a heavenly and otherworldly realmBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Dave Gleeson is known for his blistering performances in The Screaming Jets and The Angels, but he grew up singing at Mass in Cardiff, with a mum who opened their home to hundreds of foster children (R)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Received an email from a lady that is struggling with cost of livingBy My Crazy Life Caroline
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The sprawling history of the human soul — part one
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In this two-part series, historian Paul Ham traces how our definition and understanding of the human soul has transformed over thousands of years. Humans have been probing their own invisible inner voice since the Stone Age. But where did the concept of the soul even come from? And is it really what separates the living from the dead?…
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After a few-months long hiatus, I’m happy to share what I’ve been up to: settling down and starting a new life. In this episode, I share some of my own humbling realities and observations of trying to conceive. Do with them what you want. I hope you find them both reassuring and illuminating. Work with me Podcast, Instagram, Tiktok, email. Subscrib…
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Ken Faulkner has become so respected for how he can transform horses and their riders, people travel from all over the world to learn from him. But after a life-threatening riding accident on his favourite horse, Smoke, Ken had to learn to walk and ride again, rediscovering himself in the processBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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In 2014, her husband's unexpected death cast her adrift in a sea of grief, but bit by bit life called her backBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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On Carol Perry’s communal farm there’s ‘no loneliness, and no mortgages’. It’s a long way from the life her parents expected her to lead, and she got there after an overseas motorbike tour and teaching in a war zoneBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Kim McKay is the Director and CEO of The Australian Museum, responsible for 22 million objects that tell the history of the world (Content warning: this episode discusses human remains held in museums and the repatriation process. Indigenous, Torres Strait Islander and Pacific Islander peoples, please listen with care.)…
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'More than cheesecake' — humanity's shared musical history
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Like tracing the cultural history of breathing or love, it's difficult to pinpoint exactly when, how or why humans started making music. But composer and broadcaster Andrew Ford has uncovered the story of music, from pre-historic times to nowBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Conversations Gold: The silver medal that changed Laurie Lawrence
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As a child, the superstar swim coach lived with a chronic lung condition, and had part of a lung removed. In 1956, a huge event held in his family's backyard changed the course of his life (R)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Conversations Gold: Jana Pittman's turning point
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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 (R)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Speaking about my crazy week. Imposter syndrome. Cullen talks about how much he misses me. also talk about manifesting.By My Crazy Life Caroline
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Conversations Gold: Paralympian Christie Dawes is super/normal
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The Tokyo Paralympics were Christie's seventh as a wheelchair racing competitor, but Christie almost gave up marathons after the 2013 Boston Marathon, and the most frightening experience of her life (CW: mention of suicide) (R)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Conversations Gold: The life of Anna Meares
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Anna's stellar cycling career saw her smash Australian Olympic records and become the World Champion 11 times. Then to the surprise of many, she walked away from cycling for good, returning to the world stage as Australia's Chef de Mission for Paris 2024 (R)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Conversations Gold: Lisa Curry on winning gold and losing Jaimi
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Swimmer and entrepreneur Lisa Curry's life has been full of highs and lows both in and out of the pool. But it was the death of her daughter, Jaimi, that completely changed her. This is how Lisa fought to get her old self back after her unimaginable loss (R)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Agony Aunt - chats - kids- school holidays
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Received an agony aunt email. school holidays chats, kids.By My Crazy Life Caroline
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Conversations Gold: Patrick Johnson's golden run
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How a boy who grew up on a fishing trawler became the first man in Australia to run 100 metres in under 10 seconds (R)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Bruce McAvaney — what a legend, what a champion
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Bruce McAvaney is the voice of Australian sport, with a commentating style built on his relentless work ethic and genuine passion. But if he hadn't chucked a sickie one day while working as a public servant, the past 50 years of Australian sport might have sounded very differentBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Louise Kennedy on Belfast, bombs and a disastrous pav
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Writer Louise Kennedy grew up at the height of The Troubles, just outside of Belfast, where violence was ever-present. When her family's pub was bombed, they decided to move south, where Louise trained as a chef. But after decades of working in the kitchen, a chance invitation to a writer's group lead to an unexpected new career (R)…
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Tony Armstrong felt like a failure when his AFL career ended. But he found his feet again, falling upwards into a different life, calling footy matches, hosting live television, and now writing a children's book. This is why Tony isn't scared of failing anymoreBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Forced to flee West Papua, Lele's family wandered for years before coming to Australia. When they eventually received Australian citizenship and passports, the family was finally able to travel to West Papua. But Lele's homecoming journey was bittersweet, after tragedy struckBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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craziest podcast yet. 3 dogs, 2 kids. one getting sickBy My Crazy Life Caroline
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When writer Lily Brett went to visit Auschwitz, the death camp both her parents had survived, she couldn't help but start tidying up the place where so many of her family had been murdered, and touching the ashes of what was leftBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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PRESENTS — I Was Actually There | The Boxing Day tsunami 2004
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I Was Actually There is a new ABC podcast featuring gripping stories told by people who witnessed history first-hand. Hear what it was like to be a police sniper tasked with handling the gunman at the Port Arthur massacre; how it felt to be a teenager seeing The Beatles during their record-breaking 1964 Adelaide visit; and how one man survived bein…
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