The vintage pulp paperback morgue - Horror and Dark Fantasy
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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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Writer Lech Blaine on Peter Dutton, the former policeman who became the leader of the Liberal Party of AustraliaBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Scientist Tanya Latty on how a single-cell organism, slime mould, can solve complex problems in some remarkable ways (R)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Bettany Hughes takes you to the hottest sightseeing spots of the ancient world
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What was on the "must-see" lists for tourists in 200 BCE? From the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to the Great Pyramids at Giza, historian Bettany Hughes is your tour guide through the seven wonders of the ancient worldBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Journalist Marina Kamenev on the changing story of our families in the 21st century (CW: discusses donor conception)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Louise Milligan on justice, family and Ireland
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The investigative reporter reflects on her beloved Ringsend relatives and what drives her work holding powerful organisations to account (CW: discussion of suicide and confronting material)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Tom Gleeson: the hard man of Australian comedy
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Tom Gleeson discovered and honed his distinctively caustic, laconic style of humour in some unlikely places (R)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Jellyfish, sharks, grease and goggles: the life of a marathon swimmer
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Dean Summers became a long-distance swimmer in midlife. Now he swims with sharks, jellyfish and bioluminescence in wild oceans around the worldBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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The strange origins of our immense oceans
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For writer James Bradley, the ocean is the connective tissue that holds all of life on Earth together. But how did it get here in the first place?By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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From the rodeo to the dining room table, this is a collection of strange, funny and sombre stories from real familiesBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Glennon was the world's most famous Christian mummy blogger when she fell wildly in love with U.S Women's Soccer star Abby Wambach (R)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Ayesha Jehangir left her rural village to get a better education; she left Pakistan to explore Afghanistan; and she left an abusive marriage to find her place in Australia. But she remains deeply proud of her Pashtun rootsBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Bri Lee on the brutal series of events which began her life as a writer tackling injustice in our courts, the beauty industry, and in our schools (CW: description of legal processes relating to sexual assault)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Family folklore: spies, secrets and suffering
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Phil Kafcaloudes grew up hearing stories about his legendary grandmother Olga, who became a spy for the British in WWII. When he grew up, he went in search of her story (R)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Jane Fonda's big life has included Barbarella, activism, three husbands, workout videos and hair epiphanies. Now in her 80s, she's devoting her energy to raising awareness about climate change (R)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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The oud virtuoso reflects on his path to the instrument, via a stamp collection and an Egyptian movie starBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Crime scenes, lost wallabies, and coal-covered possums
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Best-selling crime writer Candice Fox has written 17 books. But she also has a second life hurtling around Sydney rescuing stranded wallabies, cockatoos, possums, lizards and frogsBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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David Goodwin spent years working the graveyard shift at his local service station in the outer suburbs of Melbourne. The grungy work quickly took over his lifeBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Australia's first Pasifika university Professor, Jioji Ravulo was just a boy with the flu when a trip to his father's homeland turned him into a chiefBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Anton Clifford-Motopi on finding his full name
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Anton Clifford-Motopi didn't see a face that looked like his until he became a father. And it would take several more years before he learned who he truly wasBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Ecologist David Lindenmayer first went into the Mountain Ash forests of Victoria in search of the tiny Leadbeater Possum, and he discovered an amazing world of songbirds, rare gliders, and fierce leechesBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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The death on the pitch which changed Andy's life
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Football tragic Andy Paschalidis was in his 50s when a dear friend and fellow player died during an over-35s soccer game. The tragedy altered the course of his lifeBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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The former frontman uncovered boxes from his adolescence in his attic, and he was amazed at his early, detailed plans to take over the music industry (R)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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What would a human settlement on Mars look like? How would humans procreate in space? And what on earth is a 'snuggle tube'? These are all questions Dr Kelly Weinersmith is trying to answerBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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From Yale to psychiatric prison: the undoing of a brilliant friend
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When Jonathan Rosen was a child he had a neighbourhood friend called Michael Laudor. Their very similar pathways in life dramatically, and darkly, diverged after they graduated from Yale UniversityBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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When Zoya Patel became besotted with horses as a child, she could never have imagined how they would help shape her life and relationshipsBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Shaun Christie-David's parents came to Australia fleeing civil war in Sri Lanka. By age 13, he knew he wanted to be a banker. But life inside the world of money and Maseratis was nothing like he'd imaginedBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Marcus Fillinger has taken his military experience and wildlife rescue charity to Ukraine, where, as a civilian, he evacuates abandoned lions, wolves and caracals from active war zonesBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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After a dispiriting stint as a Chartered Accountant, Ross found his perfect job: explaining the Australian economy, in plain English, to millions of peopleBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Jodi Rodgers on loving our neurodiversity
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As a teenager, Jodi Rodgers got a job as a disability support worker and met a 6-year-old girl who would change her lifeBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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When Pauline McGrath's husband David was diagnosed with a brain tumour, she supported him as he chose a different path to death (CW: discussion of death and dying)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Some of the wildest stories about Roman emperors involve playing the violin while watching the city burn, and appointing a horse as consul. Classicist Mary Beard is fascinated by how much truth there could be to these talesBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Deeply ashamed of what he had done, Mic Whitty retreated into the Welsh wilderness for almost a year. Eventually an unexpected goal pulled him out of homelessness and back into the worldBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Satu Vanska grew up in Japan as the child of Lutheran Missionaries. When the family moved back to Finland, she felt isolated and alien. But Satu knew she had a ticket out - her violinBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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The podcaster and comedian on her early life in Queensland, where she yearned to wear a coat; lessons from improv comedy; and how eyebrows were the key to finding her biological family (R)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Trent Dalton on life before Boy Swallows Universe
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As a child Trent was a quiet observer of the drama of his family and his neighbourhood. He became an award-winning writer (R)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Brigitte Muir's dream to climb the seven highest mountains on each of the seven continents took much longer and cost her more than she expected, but she also discovered more about herself than she could have imaginedBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Jayashri Kulkarni: our hormones and our minds
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Dr Jayashri Kulkarni on her Indian-Australian upbringing and her groundbreaking research into women's hormones and mental healthBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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From ploughs to cash cows: a short history of economics
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Federal MP Andrew Leigh is a former professor of economics who is fascinated by how economics can create magicBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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How Jeanne Ryckmans fell for a dashing Irish Professor who was far from what he appeared to beBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Historian Alison Bashford with the story of the Huxley family, who founded one of the great dynasties of the worldBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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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)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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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)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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The calligraphy of the outback: the art and life of David Rankin
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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)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Crossing Australia with a camel named Delilah
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Sophie Matterson spent five years preparing to cross the Australian continent with five camels she caught and trained herself (R)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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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 eliteBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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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 radicalBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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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 needsBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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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)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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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 teethBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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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 backBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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