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English, Personal stories, 1 season, 542 episodes, 3 days, 15 hours, 49 minutes
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Earshot presents documentaries about people, places, stories and ideas, in all their diversity.
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Mapu Anyul Yandi Gindarr - people come together as one

Indigenous and African migrant communities collide in the Northern Territory, as Sydney-born Brian Obiri-Asare explores what it means to be black in Australia
7/28/202428 minutes, 35 seconds
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Bev Francis - strongest woman in the world

Bev Francis found out by accident she was the strongest woman in the world. It was the late 1970s, and the sport of women’s weightlifting was still new. When international records were compared, no one was as strong as Bev: she could defy gravity, lifting more than three times her bodyweight. Meet this forgotten champion of women’s muscle sports, who’s a firm believer that rules are meant to be broken.
7/21/202428 minutes, 38 seconds
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Escaping The Taliban

When Kabul fell to the Taliban Samira and Fahim were in grave danger, they went into hiding and could see no way out of Afghanistan. Then a text from a stranger in Australia asking for their help changed everything.  Vanessa sent them on a dangerous mission and in exchange she guided them across a perilous border to safety.
7/14/202429 minutes, 41 seconds
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Follow the music | The Incurable romantics

Meet The Incurable Romantics, older fans of The Cure - one of the most influential post-punk bands of the 1980s. These women talk about the music, being on tour with the band and their fan artwork.
7/7/202428 minutes, 38 seconds
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Follow me to the death | Love, blood and deathmatch wrestling

Erin follows her partner and Deathmatch wrestler Callen Butcher to ringside. While he battles his opponents in choreographed displays of gory competition, she is fighting to feel alive, as a disabled person living with chronic illness. Can they find harmony in their minds and bodies, together?
6/30/202428 minutes, 49 seconds
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Follow me out of oblivion | Clare's story

The only thing that would quell Clare’s anxiety about her disintegrating marriage was a drink. It started with just one or two a night, it took the edge off. And so she kept following that feeling, the numbness, until she was drinking herself into oblivion.
6/23/202429 minutes, 37 seconds
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Follow me down the rabbit hole | A mother's story

Sarah and Miles took a strict approach to internet use with their 13 year old daughter Ruby. And when Miles suspected she was being groomed on Pinterest, they cracked down harder. But Ruby pushed back – she hacked the controls, secretly spent nights and class time on socials. Their relationship with Ruby took a hit and she shut down.When Sarah realised she was losing her daughter she decided to find a new way to keep Ruby safe, sane and connected.
6/16/20240
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Follow me up a mountain | Climbing Mt Bowen

It was supposed to be a hiking adventure, but it ended in an unforeseeable accident that would change Warren and Geert's futures forever.  When he was sitting around a campfire on a remote island in Far North Queensland, Warren Macdonald made a life-changing decision.He’d sparked up a conversation with a Dutch hiker named Geert van Keulen, and he decided to follow Geert up a mountain the following morning.It was supposed to be a hiking adventure, but it ended in an unforeseeable accident that would change both their futures forever.  
6/9/202429 minutes, 45 seconds
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A Final Promise | Meet me in the middle of the air

If a friend sent you a farewell text, saying she was planning to end her life, what would you do? Jennie’s response was to go and sing with Nia and promise to tell her story.Nia has scleroderma, her skin and lungs have hardened over the last 20 years, the pain and discomfort has now become unbearable. But thanks to the Voluntary Assisted Dying laws that Nia helped establish she will have the death she hopes for.  
6/2/202430 minutes
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A Promise Renegotiated | For the love of God

Charlotte was a deeply religious teenager -  she prayed, served, and saved herself for marriage. Marriage, she was promised, would bring fireworks, fulfilment. After 5 years of dating, Charlotte married Casey. But as she got older, Charlotte began to question those promises made to her about marriage and happy-ever-after.
5/26/202430 minutes
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An Unattainable Promise | Beauty queens who want to save the world

Full of hope, botox and impossible dreams, beauty queens are judged on their beauty, sincerity and smarts. They promise world peace in exchange for fame, fortune and adoration. That’s the pact contestants make with the faceless owners of glittering pageants.
5/19/20240
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A Promise Frayed | When Oscar was promised the world

Oscar Berry is 24 and has a rare genetic disorder, speech disability, epilepsy and cerebral palsy. He might have a “dodgy chromosome” as his mum Kim says, but he’s gregarious, lives for the gym and his weekend activities, and is dying to move in with his mates. But when Oscar got his new NDIS plan in April, those dreams blew apart. 
5/12/202430 minutes
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A Silent Promise | The keeper of forgotten souls

Imagine facing death with no next of kin and no funds to pay for your funeral.  In Victoria you’ll end up in the care of Alan Barr at the Old Ballan Cemetery. He’s made a promise to people like this, who often become State Trustees, to provide a dignified end to their lives.When Miyuki Jokiranta finally finds her friend, Monika, a State Trustee who died during the pandemic, she meets Alan, the keeper of the forgotten souls
5/5/202430 minutes
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A Promise Stretched | Marry me marry my ADHD

Promise me you won’t walk out of our restaurant, quit on our kids, run from our poverty, ignore our autism, ADHD or alopecia, or be defeated by our pandemic-induced loss of home and income.If author Naomi Hart had known the marriage vows that had tripped off her tongue so easily 14 years ago would come to mean all this, would she ever have said them in the first place?You will laugh, cringe and cry as Naomi and her husband Gregory share the story of their marriage. 
4/28/202430 minutes
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A Promise Lost | Lost Birds of Tasmania

Susan Lester inadvertently entered a world of political and corporate corruption when she was made the promise of a lifetime by one of Tasmania’s most powerful businessmen. When she signed a contract with Edmund Rouse to paint 200 watercolours of birds she had no idea it would be a decision that would overwhelm her and her artistic career.
4/21/202430 minutes
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A Promise Fulfilled | Love is not enough

Jess made a promise to a woman she would never meet, the mother of her daughter Noelle.Baby Noelle was found in the arms of her dead birth mother on the streets of Kinshasa in The Congo, she lived in an orphanage until she was four. Now, she’s 16 and living in Melbourne with Jess and her sisters, but she’s never known another Congolese person.Will a trip to Shepparton to meet the Congolese community take away that emptiness that she feels inside? Will it fulfil the promise that Jess made all those years ago? 
4/14/20240
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The Other Me | Climbing Mt Bowen

It was supposed to be a hiking adventure, but it ended in an unforeseeable accident that would change Warren and Geert's futures forever.  
1/15/202428 minutes, 27 seconds
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The Other Me | Me, my half-sister and her biological mum

The unlikely story of two half-sisters who connected late in life, a birth mother turned adoptive mother, and what can happen when biological relatives turn up out of the blue.
1/8/202428 minutes, 26 seconds
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The Other Me | Return of the songbird

When her Parkinson's Disease medication stopped working musician and writer Linda Neil was in a very dark place. But a treatment called Deep Brain Stimulation has allowed her to return to playing the violin, singing, songwriting, living an independent life and riding her pink bicycle.
1/1/202428 minutes, 39 seconds
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The Other Me | The foster files

Earshot presents documentaries about people, places and ideas, in all their diversity.
12/25/20230
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The Other Me | Becoming Boy Michael and The Animal Outside

Tales of following your fantasy to find your true self. Performing as a drag king on-stage has helped Rae be her authentic non-binary self off-stage and by night Kusaki becomes something else…something animal, when he slips into a fur suit.
12/18/202329 minutes, 59 seconds
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The Other Me | The other Martin

Martin lives out of a shopping trolley and sleeps rough on the cold streets of Canberra. But his passion for running, gift for words and an unlikely friend help him to get by.
12/11/202329 minutes, 58 seconds
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The Other Me | Shadow dance

Andrew was building a life and career in Singapore when his world was turned upside down by a routine visit to the doctor.
12/5/202328 minutes, 36 seconds
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The Other Me I An Interloper's Escape

Come on a wild ride through the compelling life of Taku Mbudzi, who defied the constraints of a strict Zimbabwean church, embarked on a solo journey to Australia at 19, and held onto a life-altering secret that shattered her father's heart. Discover how she harnessed the healing power of comedy, to develop resilience, understanding and forgiveness.
11/27/202328 minutes, 36 seconds
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The Other Me | Mars Venus and Max

It used to be said that Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus but Max has been to both planets. As a trans-man he has some fascinating observations about the world of men, having stood on the other side of the gender divide.
11/20/202328 minutes, 36 seconds
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The Other Me | Jim Everett's black sauce

Jim Everett is a man of many selves  – philosopher, fisherman, scholar, activist, poet, soldier, filmmaker, sauce maker. And at sixteen he discovered a hidden part of himself.
11/13/202328 minutes, 36 seconds
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The Other Me | My voice is my passport

What does your voice say about you? Not your choice of words, but all the extra information the voice carries, like our emotions, accents, even apparently our identity. Details that big tech and governments are more and more interested in each day.
11/6/202328 minutes, 34 seconds
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The Other Me | Half-Caste legends

Paulina always knew she had half- siblings around the world. They all shared the same Tongan father. Finding them was the best thing she ever did.
10/30/202329 minutes, 55 seconds
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INTRODUCING - The Other Me

Secrets are everywhere, we hide all sorts of truths about ourselves. Taku Mbudzi brings you stories of double identities, recently discovered inner-selves and journeys of transformation.
10/23/20232 minutes, 6 seconds
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Remember Balgo | NDIS

All those statistics you hear about the gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people? In Balgo it’s a gaping chasm. Especially for Aboriginal people with a disability.
8/23/202321 minutes, 27 seconds
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Remember Balgo

The remote Aboriginal community of Balgo is famous for footy, art and fighting. But it’s a community in crisis, where “the gap” reveals its deepest scars. Dulcie and George are fighting to save it.
8/21/202337 minutes, 20 seconds
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Remember Me | Ghost in the Machine

For as long as she can remember, Zoe’s dad Greg was addicted to alcohol. By the time she was 26, his drinking had taken its final toll. And this led to a reckoning.  “What are my memories of dad? Am I actually remembering something real, or just creating a memory from an old photo? Was that really me? Or one of my sisters who wore that dress and sat on his knee?” Ghost in the Machine documents Zoe’s search for answers: who was the man she called Dad before he lost his battle with the bottle? And what does she carry of him, good and bad?  If this story raised any concerns for you, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14 and the 24/7 National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline 1800 250 015.
8/14/202329 minutes, 30 seconds
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Remember Me | The Sceptic

Sunil's mother loved telling him stories of his colourful uncle, India's best-known sceptic, who devoted his life to disproving fraudulent gurus' "miracles" by eating fire, bending forks and floating mid-air. But at the heart of the Sceptic's magic was a disappearing act.
8/7/202330 minutes, 34 seconds
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Remember Me | The Sceptic

Sunil's mother loved telling him stories of his colourful uncle, India's best-known sceptic, who devoted his life to disproving fraudulent gurus' "miracles" by eating fire, bending forks and floating mid-air. But at the heart of the Sceptic's magic was a disappearing act.
8/7/202330 minutes, 34 seconds
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Remember Me | Laurie's Ashes

Julie found herself collecting the ashes of her dead friend Laurie, even though they hadn’t spoken for ten years and she had no idea he was dying. In this intriguing trip into the realm of death and memory Julie finds out what happened to Laurie and works out a unique way to honour him and his ashes.
7/31/202328 minutes, 36 seconds
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Remember Me | Laurie's Ashes

Julie found herself collecting the ashes of her dead friend Laurie, even though they hadn’t spoken for ten years and she had no idea he was dying. In this intriguing trip into the realm of death and memory Julie finds out what happened to Laurie and works out a unique way to honour him and his ashes.
7/31/202328 minutes, 36 seconds
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Remember my words

A comment at a funeral pushes Toby Hemmings to discover what his grandfather, Bill Hoddinott, recorded on reel-to-reel tapes back in the 1960s. What he finds are fragments of Aboriginal languages from long ago – can you revive a language from such little material?
7/24/202329 minutes, 2 seconds
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Remember my words

A comment at a funeral pushes Toby Hemmings to discover what his grandfather, Bill Hoddinott, recorded on reel-to-reel tapes back in the 1960s. What he finds are fragments of Aboriginal languages from long ago – can you revive a language from such little material?
7/24/202329 minutes, 2 seconds
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Remember Me, good spooks bad spooks

Earshot presents documentaries about people, places and ideas, in all their diversity.
7/17/202331 minutes, 8 seconds
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Remember Me | Good spooks bad spooks

Earshot presents documentaries about people, places and ideas, in all their diversity.
7/17/202331 minutes, 8 seconds
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Remember me when the *** is over

What is ordinary life like for Russians as their lives are shaped by a *** they had no say in?
7/10/202329 minutes, 55 seconds
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Remember me when the *** is over

What is ordinary life like for Russians as their lives are shaped by a *** they had no say in?
7/10/202329 minutes, 55 seconds
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Remember Me, Roman

In the early noughties the Australian band Rocket Science was being touted as the ‘next big thing’. But that all changed when the band's lead singer Roman Tucker had a serious accident, and lost his memory. This is Roman's music-fuelled journey to try and remember himself.
7/3/202328 minutes, 50 seconds
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Remember Me | Roman

In the early noughties the Australian band Rocket Science was being touted as the ‘next big thing’. But that all changed when the band's lead singer Roman Tucker had a serious accident, and lost his memory. This is Roman's music-fuelled journey to try and remember himself.
7/3/202328 minutes, 50 seconds
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INTRODUCING - Remember Me

Memory can be a trickster, a balm, or sharp claws scratching at your heart. In this next season of Earshot we're telling tales of remembering and forgetting.
6/27/20230
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INTRODUCING - Remember Me

Memory can be a trickster, a balm, or sharp claws scratching at your heart. In this next season of Earshot we're telling tales of remembering and forgetting.
6/27/20230
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Follow me and my mobile phone | Escaping The Taliban

When Kabul fell to the Taliban Samira and Fahim were in grave danger, they went into hiding and could see no way out of Afghanistan.  Then a text from a stranger in Australia asking for their help changed everything.  Vanessa sent them on a dangerous mission and in exchange she guided them across a perilous border to safety.
5/1/202329 minutes, 41 seconds
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Follow me and my mobile phone | Escaping The Taliban

When Kabul fell to the Taliban Samira and Fahim were in grave danger, they went into hiding and could see no way out of Afghanistan.  Then a text from a stranger in Australia asking for their help changed everything.  Vanessa sent them on a dangerous mission and in exchange she guided them across a perilous border to safety.
5/1/202329 minutes, 41 seconds
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Escaping The Taliban

When Kabul fell to the Taliban Samira and Fahim were in grave danger, they went into hiding and could see no way out of Afghanistan. Then a text from a stranger in Australia asking for their help changed everything.  Vanessa sent them on a dangerous mission and in exchange she guided them across a perilous border to safety.
5/1/202329 minutes, 41 seconds
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Follow the music: The Incurable romantics

Meet The Incurable Romantics, older fans of The Cure - one of the most influential post-punk bands of the 1980s. These women talk about the music, being on tour with the band and their fan artwork.
4/24/202328 minutes, 35 seconds
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Follow the music | The Incurable romantics

Meet The Incurable Romantics, older fans of The Cure - one of the most influential post-punk bands of the 1980s. These women talk about the music, being on tour with the band and their fan artwork.
4/24/202328 minutes, 38 seconds
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Follow me and the Virgin Mary| Preparing for the apocalypse

When Claire Ashman followed her husband into a gated community on the NSW South Coast, she never imagined she would spend the next decade hoarding food and covering her windows to prepare for the apocalypse.
4/17/202330 minutes, 23 seconds
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Follow me and the Virgin Mary| Preparing for the apocalypse

When Claire Ashman followed her husband into a gated community on the NSW South Coast, she never imagined she would spend the next decade hoarding food and covering her windows to prepare for the apocalypse.
4/17/202330 minutes, 23 seconds
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Follow me to the death | Love, blood and deathmatch wrestling

Erin follows her partner and Deathmatch wrestler Callen Butcher to ringside. While he battles his opponents in choreographed displays of gory competition, she is fighting to feel alive, as a disabled person living with chronic illness. Can they find harmony in their minds and bodies, together?
4/10/202328 minutes, 49 seconds
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Follow me to the death | Love, blood and deathmatch wrestling

Erin follows her partner and Deathmatch wrestler Callen Butcher to ringside. While he battles his opponents in choreographed displays of gory competition, she is fighting to feel alive, as a disabled person living with chronic illness. Can they find harmony in their minds and bodies, together?
4/10/202328 minutes, 49 seconds
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Follow me out of oblivion | Clare's story

The only thing that would quell Clare’s anxiety about her disintegrating marriage was a drink. It started with just one or two a night, it took the edge off. And so she kept following that feeling, the numbness, until she was drinking herself into oblivion.
4/3/202329 minutes, 37 seconds
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Follow me out of oblivion | Clare's story

The only thing that would quell Clare’s anxiety about her disintegrating marriage was a drink. It started with just one or two a night, it took the edge off. And so she kept following that feeling, the numbness, until she was drinking herself into oblivion.
4/3/202329 minutes, 37 seconds
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Follow me down the rabbit hole | A mother's story

Sarah and Miles took a strict approach to internet use with their 13 year old daughter Ruby. And when Miles suspected she was being groomed on Pinterest, they cracked down harder. But Ruby pushed back – she hacked the controls, secretly spent nights and class time on socials. Their relationship with Ruby took a hit and she shut down. When Sarah realised she was losing her daughter she decided to find a new way to keep Ruby safe, sane and connected.
3/27/20230
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Follow me down the rabbit hole | A mother's story

Sarah and Miles took a strict approach to internet use with their 13 year old daughter Ruby. And when Miles suspected she was being groomed on Pinterest, they cracked down harder. But Ruby pushed back – she hacked the controls, secretly spent nights and class time on socials. Their relationship with Ruby took a hit and she shut down. When Sarah realised she was losing her daughter she decided to find a new way to keep Ruby safe, sane and connected.
3/27/20230
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Follow me up a mountain | Climbing Mt Bowen

It was supposed to be a hiking adventure, but it ended in an unforeseeable accident that would change Warren and Geert's futures forever.   When he was sitting around a campfire on a remote island in Far North Queensland, Warren Macdonald made a life-changing decision. He’d sparked up a conversation with a Dutch hiker named Geert van Keulen, and he decided to follow Geert up a mountain the following morning. It was supposed to be a hiking adventure, but it ended in an unforeseeable accident that would change both their futures forever.  
3/19/202329 minutes, 45 seconds
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Follow me up a mountain | Climbing Mt Bowen

It was supposed to be a hiking adventure, but it ended in an unforeseeable accident that would change Warren and Geert's futures forever.   When he was sitting around a campfire on a remote island in Far North Queensland, Warren Macdonald made a life-changing decision. He’d sparked up a conversation with a Dutch hiker named Geert van Keulen, and he decided to follow Geert up a mountain the following morning. It was supposed to be a hiking adventure, but it ended in an unforeseeable accident that would change both their futures forever.  
3/19/202329 minutes, 45 seconds
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INTRODUCING - Follow Me

Introducing our next season, Follow Me. Seven confessional stories of following.
3/13/20232 minutes, 1 second
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INTRODUCING - Follow Me

Introducing our next season, Follow Me. Seven confessional stories of following.
3/13/20232 minutes, 1 second
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Our audio favourites: Me, my English and all the languages of my life

An exploration into language, accents, love and life, featuring the Eurythmics.
2/20/202317 minutes, 23 seconds
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Our audio favourites: Me, my English and all the languages of my life

An exploration into language, accents, love and life, featuring the Eurythmics.
2/20/202317 minutes, 23 seconds
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Our audio favourites: The Isle of Denial

William Cuffay, transported from London in 1848 for allegedly planning an uprising, became the unlikely face of Australia's trade unionists.
2/13/202353 minutes, 51 seconds
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Our audio favourites: The Isle of Denial

William Cuffay, transported from London in 1848 for allegedly planning an uprising, became the unlikely face of Australia's trade unionists.
2/13/202353 minutes, 51 seconds
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Our audio favourites: Shadow of a Doubt

Eight years ago, residents of the Sydney beach-side suburb of Coogee were spellbound by a vision of the Virgin Mary that appeared in a shadow cast by the sun upon a fence post. But what was it really?
2/6/202318 minutes, 15 seconds
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Our audio favourites: Shadow of a Doubt

Eight years ago, residents of the Sydney beach-side suburb of Coogee were spellbound by a vision of the Virgin Mary that appeared in a shadow cast by the sun upon a fence post. But what was it really?
2/6/202318 minutes, 15 seconds
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Our audio favourites: A portrait of a foster family

Meet the Greenocks. They fostered their first child seven years ago oblivious to the joy, the grief, the chaos, the worry and the love it would bring to their home.
1/30/202330 minutes
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Our audio favourites: A portrait of a foster family

Meet the Greenocks. They fostered their first child seven years ago oblivious to the joy, the grief, the chaos, the worry and the love it would bring to their home.
1/30/202330 minutes
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Our audio favourites: Lady of the swamp

Margaret Clement was a wealthy Victorian heiress whose life fell into ruin. She finished her days living alone in a swamp in Gippsland in her decaying mansion Tullaree surrounded by waist-deep water. Margaret Clement became known to locals as "the lady of the swamp", then in 1952 she disappeared without trace
1/23/202337 minutes
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Our audio favourites: Lady of the swamp

Margaret Clement was a wealthy Victorian heiress whose life fell into ruin. She finished her days living alone in a swamp in Gippsland in her decaying mansion Tullaree surrounded by waist-deep water. Margaret Clement became known to locals as "the lady of the swamp", then in 1952 she disappeared without trace
1/23/202337 minutes
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Our audio favourites: Meat factory ear worms

A young man is trapped in a dead end job in a meat factory and the monotony of process line slaughter is unbearable. Music keeps him going, specifically those songs that get stuck in your head, which he calls ear worms. This program was originally broadcast on RTE in Ireland.
1/16/202330 minutes
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Our audio favourites: Meat factory ear worms

A young man is trapped in a dead end job in a meat factory and the monotony of process line slaughter is unbearable. Music keeps him going, specifically those songs that get stuck in your head, which he calls ear worms. This program was originally broadcast on RTE in Ireland.
1/16/202330 minutes
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A Final Promise | Meet me in the middle of the air

If a friend sent you a farewell text, saying she was planning to end her life, what would you do? Jennie’s response was to go and sing with Nia and promise to tell her story. Nia has scleroderma, her skin and lungs have hardened over the last 20 years, the pain and discomfort has now become unbearable. But thanks to the Voluntary Assisted Dying laws that Nia helped establish she will have the death she hopes for.  
11/28/202230 minutes
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A Final Promise | Meet me in the middle of the air

If a friend sent you a farewell text, saying she was planning to end her life, what would you do? Jennie’s response was to go and sing with Nia and promise to tell her story. Nia has scleroderma, her skin and lungs have hardened over the last 20 years, the pain and discomfort has now become unbearable. But thanks to the Voluntary Assisted Dying laws that Nia helped establish she will have the death she hopes for.  
11/28/202230 minutes
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A Promise Renegotiated | For the love of God

Charlotte was a deeply religious teenager -  she prayed, served, and saved herself for marriage. Marriage, she was promised, would bring fireworks, fulfilment. After 5 years of dating, Charlotte married Casey. But as she got older, Charlotte began to question those promises made to her about marriage and happy-ever-after.
11/21/202230 minutes
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A Promise Renegotiated | For the love of God

Charlotte was a deeply religious teenager -  she prayed, served, and saved herself for marriage. Marriage, she was promised, would bring fireworks, fulfilment. After 5 years of dating, Charlotte married Casey. But as she got older, Charlotte began to question those promises made to her about marriage and happy-ever-after.
11/21/202230 minutes
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An Unattainable Promise | Beauty queens who want to save the world

Full of hope, botox and impossible dreams, beauty queens are judged on their beauty, sincerity and smarts. They promise world peace in exchange for fame, fortune and adoration. That’s the pact contestants make with the faceless owners of glittering pageants.
11/14/20220
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An Unattainable Promise | Beauty queens who want to save the world

Full of hope, botox and impossible dreams, beauty queens are judged on their beauty, sincerity and smarts. They promise world peace in exchange for fame, fortune and adoration. That’s the pact contestants make with the faceless owners of glittering pageants.
11/14/20220
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A Promise Frayed | When Oscar was promised the world

Oscar Berry is 24 and has a rare genetic disorder, speech disability, epilepsy and cerebral palsy. He might have a “dodgy chromosome” as his mum Kim says, but he’s gregarious, lives for the gym and his weekend activities, and is dying to move in with his mates. But when Oscar got his new NDIS plan in April, those dreams blew apart. 
11/7/202230 minutes
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A Promise Frayed | When Oscar was promised the world

Oscar Berry is 24 and has a rare genetic disorder, speech disability, epilepsy and cerebral palsy. He might have a “dodgy chromosome” as his mum Kim says, but he’s gregarious, lives for the gym and his weekend activities, and is dying to move in with his mates. But when Oscar got his new NDIS plan in April, those dreams blew apart. 
11/7/202230 minutes
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A Silent Promise | The keeper of forgotten souls

Imagine facing death with no next of kin and no funds to pay for your funeral.  In Victoria you’ll end up in the care of Alan Barr at the Old Ballan Cemetery. He’s made a promise to people like this, who often become State Trustees, to provide a dignified end to their lives. When Miyuki Jokiranta finally finds her friend, Monika, a State Trustee who died during the pandemic, she meets Alan, the keeper of the forgotten souls  
10/31/202230 minutes
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A Silent Promise | The keeper of forgotten souls

Imagine facing death with no next of kin and no funds to pay for your funeral.  In Victoria you’ll end up in the care of Alan Barr at the Old Ballan Cemetery. He’s made a promise to people like this, who often become State Trustees, to provide a dignified end to their lives. When Miyuki Jokiranta finally finds her friend, Monika, a State Trustee who died during the pandemic, she meets Alan, the keeper of the forgotten souls  
10/31/202230 minutes
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A Promise Stretched | Marry me marry my ADHD

Promise me you won’t walk out of our restaurant, quit on our kids, run from our poverty, ignore our autism, ADHD or alopecia, or be defeated by our pandemic-induced loss of home and income. If author Naomi Hart had known the marriage vows that had tripped off her tongue so easily 14 years ago would come to mean all this, would she ever have said them in the first place? You will laugh, cringe and cry as Naomi and her husband Gregory share the story of their marriage. 
10/24/202230 minutes
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A Promise Stretched | Marry me marry my ADHD

Promise me you won’t walk out of our restaurant, quit on our kids, run from our poverty, ignore our autism, ADHD or alopecia, or be defeated by our pandemic-induced loss of home and income. If author Naomi Hart had known the marriage vows that had tripped off her tongue so easily 14 years ago would come to mean all this, would she ever have said them in the first place? You will laugh, cringe and cry as Naomi and her husband Gregory share the story of their marriage. 
10/24/202230 minutes
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A Promise Lost | Lost Birds of Tasmania

Susan Lester inadvertently entered a world of political and corporate corruption when she was made the promise of a lifetime by one of Tasmania’s most powerful businessmen. When she signed a contract with Edmund Rouse to paint 200 watercolours of birds she had no idea it would be a decision that would overwhelm her and her artistic career.
10/17/202230 minutes
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A Promise Lost | Lost Birds of Tasmania

Susan Lester inadvertently entered a world of political and corporate corruption when she was made the promise of a lifetime by one of Tasmania’s most powerful businessmen. When she signed a contract with Edmund Rouse to paint 200 watercolours of birds she had no idea it would be a decision that would overwhelm her and her artistic career.
10/17/202230 minutes
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A Promise Fulfilled | Love is not enough

Jess made a promise to a woman she would never meet, the mother of her daughter Noelle. Baby Noelle was found in the arms of her dead birth mother on the streets of Kinshasa in The Congo, she lived in an orphanage until she was four. Now, she’s 16 and living in Melbourne with Jess and her sisters, but she’s never known another Congolese person. Will a trip to Shepparton to meet the Congolese community take away that emptiness that she feels inside? Will it fulfil the promise that Jess made all those years ago? 
10/10/20220
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A Promise Fulfilled | Love is not enough

Jess made a promise to a woman she would never meet, the mother of her daughter Noelle. Baby Noelle was found in the arms of her dead birth mother on the streets of Kinshasa in The Congo, she lived in an orphanage until she was four. Now, she’s 16 and living in Melbourne with Jess and her sisters, but she’s never known another Congolese person. Will a trip to Shepparton to meet the Congolese community take away that emptiness that she feels inside? Will it fulfil the promise that Jess made all those years ago? 
10/10/20220
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INTRODUCING — Promise Me

Earshot is back doing what we do best – telling intimate, personal stories…and we're going seasonal. Our first season is called Promise Me. How easy is it to make a promise? What happens when you don't deliver? In Earshot's new eight-part series, promises are made, broken, kept and stretched. From a vow to love, honour and obey to a pledge to save the world, from the intimate to the highly public, from funny to devastating. Join us for a rollercoaster of trust, hope, betrayal, love and loss. Promise me? Podcast drop: Wednesday 5 October 2022
10/2/20223 minutes
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INTRODUCING — Promise Me

Earshot is back doing what we do best – telling intimate, personal stories…and we're going seasonal. Our first season is called Promise Me. How easy is it to make a promise? What happens when you don't deliver? In Earshot's new eight-part series, promises are made, broken, kept and stretched. From a vow to love, honour and obey to a pledge to save the world, from the intimate to the highly public, from funny to devastating. Join us for a rollercoaster of trust, hope, betrayal, love and loss. Promise me? Podcast drop: Wednesday 5 October 2022
10/2/20223 minutes
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Greetings from Hobart

Take a stroll up Elizabeth Street from the colonial era docks, past the Empire Hotel with its notorious bullet holes to beyond “the flannelette curtain”.  Local artist Kate Kelly is our guide to the hidden histories of Hobart and tales of the original Palawa custodians, gentrification and the art that ate Hobart.
8/29/202230 minutes
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Greetings from Hobart

Take a stroll up Elizabeth Street from the colonial era docks, past the Empire Hotel with its notorious bullet holes to beyond “the flannelette curtain”.  Local artist Kate Kelly is our guide to the hidden histories of Hobart and tales of the original Palawa custodians, gentrification and the art that ate Hobart.
8/29/202230 minutes
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Greetings from Yirrkala

Our guide to Yirrkala is Siena Stubbs who grew up between the two worlds of her mother’s Yolngu culture and her father’s Balander or white world.  Siena explains how every person, creature or place belongs to one of two balancing moieties - Yirritja or Dhuwa.  She also explores the town’s history of missionaries and Yolngu resistance, along with her own connection to family and country.
8/22/20220
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Greetings from Yirrkala

Our guide to Yirrkala is Siena Stubbs who grew up between the two worlds of her mother’s Yolngu culture and her father’s Balander or white world.  Siena explains how every person, creature or place belongs to one of two balancing moieties - Yirritja or Dhuwa.  She also explores the town’s history of missionaries and Yolngu resistance, along with her own connection to family and country.
8/22/20220
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Greetings from Nambour

Aunty Doreen has a soft satirical spot for her home town of Nambour. Join her on a tour back in time when sugar cane ash used to rain down on the town, Miss Sugartown reigned supreme and Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan were in short pants at Nambour High, dreaming of going to Canberra.
8/18/202229 minutes, 43 seconds
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Greetings from Nambour

Aunty Doreen has a soft satirical spot for her home town of Nambour. Join her on a tour back in time when sugar cane ash used to rain down on the town, Miss Sugartown reigned supreme and Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan were in short pants at Nambour High, dreaming of going to Canberra.
8/18/202229 minutes, 43 seconds
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Greetings from Elizabeth

Out on the arid edge of Adelaide, ghosts of Holden cars and electric guitars haunt streets with names like Bogan Road.  Join Glenn Shorrock and other locals as they tell a tale of migrants who powered Australian manufacturing success and our music industry.
8/15/202228 minutes, 35 seconds
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Greetings from Elizabeth

Out on the arid edge of Adelaide, ghosts of Holden cars and electric guitars haunt streets with names like Bogan Road.  Join Glenn Shorrock and other locals as they tell a tale of migrants who powered Australian manufacturing success and our music industry.
8/15/202228 minutes, 35 seconds
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We'll be back

Earshot is working on something new! We're busy putting together a special season of shows: see you in your podcast feed again soon.
7/4/202223 seconds
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We'll be back

Earshot is working on something new! We're busy putting together a special season of shows: see you in your podcast feed again soon.
7/4/202223 seconds
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder | Part 2

Ahmed spent six years in immigration detention before winning a landmark legal case, he was finally free. But when the government appealed that decision in the High Court Ahmed and his partner Danice faced a difficult choice.
6/27/202228 minutes, 44 seconds
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder | Part 2

Ahmed spent six years in immigration detention before winning a landmark legal case, he was finally free. But when the government appealed that decision in the High Court Ahmed and his partner Danice faced a difficult choice.
6/27/202228 minutes, 44 seconds
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder | Part 1

Danice and Ahmed fell hard for each other, even though he was behind bars and she had four children. When he was released they started building a life together until Ahmed's visa was cancelled, he was thrown into immigration detention and Danice was left fighting for his release.
6/20/202228 minutes, 38 seconds
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder | Part 1

Danice and Ahmed fell hard for each other, even though he was behind bars and she had four children. When he was released they started building a life together until Ahmed's visa was cancelled, he was thrown into immigration detention and Danice was left fighting for his release.
6/20/202228 minutes, 38 seconds
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The CWA and the F-word

When the daughter of a trailblazing feminist moves to small town NSW, the only women’s organisation she can join is the Country Women’s Association. How will she fit in?
6/13/202228 minutes, 33 seconds
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The CWA and the F-word

When the daughter of a trailblazing feminist moves to small town NSW, the only women’s organisation she can join is the Country Women’s Association. How will she fit in?
6/13/202228 minutes, 33 seconds
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Hear me out

Stand up comedian David Rose is deaf in one ear. His own experience of living with hearing loss gets him curious about the rise and rise of headphone wearing, and what this may be doing to one of our key senses: hearing.
6/6/202228 minutes, 36 seconds
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Hear me out

Stand up comedian David Rose is deaf in one ear. His own experience of living with hearing loss gets him curious about the rise and rise of headphone wearing, and what this may be doing to one of our key senses: hearing.
6/6/202228 minutes, 36 seconds
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Who is Tootie? A journalist investigates her cat

Listless in the Melbourne lockdowns two through six, Lisa Divissi became obsessed with the mystery of her adopted cat’s past life - and what it means to live with the unknown
5/30/202229 minutes, 11 seconds
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Who is Tootie? A journalist investigates her cat

Listless in the Melbourne lockdowns two through six, Lisa Divissi became obsessed with the mystery of her adopted cat’s past life - and what it means to live with the unknown
5/30/202229 minutes, 11 seconds
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In the shadow of The Taliban

We follow two people in Afghanistan whose lives have been transformed since the Taliban takeover. Surveillance and poverty have become part of everyday life for Ahmad, whose home has been searched by The Taliban. When Bayan lost her job as a manager in the media simply because she was a woman she had no reason to stay.
5/23/202228 minutes, 34 seconds
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In the shadow of The Taliban

We follow two people in Afghanistan whose lives have been transformed since the Taliban takeover. Surveillance and poverty have become part of everyday life for Ahmad, whose home has been searched by The Taliban. When Bayan lost her job as a manager in the media simply because she was a woman she had no reason to stay.
5/23/202228 minutes, 34 seconds
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The Mathoura bra fence

Two stories from the beating heart of small town country Australia: how a fence is helping to hold one community together and the tale of local legend Charlie Woollett
5/16/202228 minutes, 35 seconds
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The Mathoura bra fence

Two stories from the beating heart of small town country Australia: how a fence is helping to hold one community together and the tale of local legend Charlie Woollett
5/16/202228 minutes, 35 seconds
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Mum's saris

As he helped his mother Sushila pack up her home to move into residential aged care, writer Sunil Badami uncovered something even more valuable than his grandmother’s century-old wedding sari: the stories of some of the most important saris — and moments — in Sushila’s long and trailblazing life. And in sorting out what to hold onto and what to let go of, Sunil discovered what might have always been the most precious thing of all. And another portrait of a special family member, producer Catherine Merchant's Uncle, Bruce. He loves music, fairs, and keeping things tidy. His generosity and zest for life made him the best babysitter and friend a child could possibly have.
5/9/202228 minutes, 37 seconds
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Mum's saris

As he helped his mother Sushila pack up her home to move into residential aged care, writer Sunil Badami uncovered something even more valuable than his grandmother’s century-old wedding sari: the stories of some of the most important saris — and moments — in Sushila’s long and trailblazing life. And in sorting out what to hold onto and what to let go of, Sunil discovered what might have always been the most precious thing of all. And another portrait of a special family member, producer Catherine Merchant's Uncle, Bruce. He loves music, fairs, and keeping things tidy. His generosity and zest for life made him the best babysitter and friend a child could possibly have.
5/9/202228 minutes, 37 seconds
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04 Shifting Cultures | From paddock to plate

Four sisters plan to take on their family’s huge beef cattle property in southwest Queensland. Despite the spectre of drought, the Penfold daughters are determined to keep feeding Australia well into the 21st century.
5/2/202228 minutes, 36 seconds
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04 Shifting Cultures | From paddock to plate

Four sisters plan to take on their family’s huge beef cattle property in southwest Queensland. Despite the spectre of drought, the Penfold daughters are determined to keep feeding Australia well into the 21st century.
5/2/202228 minutes, 36 seconds
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03 Shifting Cultures | Saving our species

Australia is famous for its unique wildlife and landscapes but we also have the highest mammal extinction rate in the world, and there are big declines in frogs, reptiles, and birds caused by introduced predators and land clearing. Could paying farmers and indigenous landowners to return parts of their properties to nature help solve our biodiversity crisis?
4/25/202228 minutes, 34 seconds
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03 Shifting Cultures | Saving our species

Australia is famous for its unique wildlife and landscapes but we also have the highest mammal extinction rate in the world, and there are big declines in frogs, reptiles, and birds caused by introduced predators and land clearing. Could paying farmers and indigenous landowners to return parts of their properties to nature help solve our biodiversity crisis?
4/25/202228 minutes, 34 seconds
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02 Shifting Cultures | Healing with fire on koala country

In regions worst-hit by Australia’s Black Summer bushfires, a rebirth is happening. Not just the green shoots bursting from the blackened trees, but the reawakening of ancient knowledge. On sacred land of the Yuin people, cultural fire is being reintroduced to protect endangered koalas, and bring the land back to life.
4/18/202228 minutes, 39 seconds
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02 Shifting Cultures | Healing with fire on koala country

In regions worst-hit by Australia’s Black Summer bushfires, a rebirth is happening. Not just the green shoots bursting from the blackened trees, but the reawakening of ancient knowledge. On sacred land of the Yuin people, cultural fire is being reintroduced to protect endangered koalas, and bring the land back to life.
4/18/202228 minutes, 39 seconds
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01 Shifting Cultures | A town in fear of the sea

The ocean is central to the Esperance community’s lifestyle and identity. But three fatal shark attacks in three years have had a profound impact on this remote Western Australian coastal town. As this community grieves the loss of life, they are also navigating their relationship to the ocean and the apex predator that swims within it.
4/11/202228 minutes, 34 seconds
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01 Shifting Cultures | A town in fear of the sea

The ocean is central to the Esperance community’s lifestyle and identity. But three fatal shark attacks in three years have had a profound impact on this remote Western Australian coastal town. As this community grieves the loss of life, they are also navigating their relationship to the ocean and the apex predator that swims within it.
4/11/202228 minutes, 34 seconds
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Changing faces: how cosmetic injectables are reshaping our idea of beauty

As more people use anti-wrinkle injections and dermal fillers to alter their appearance, the way we see ourselves and what we think we should look like is changing. What does that mean for the future of our faces?
4/4/202228 minutes, 28 seconds
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Changing faces: how cosmetic injectables are reshaping our idea of beauty

As more people use anti-wrinkle injections and dermal fillers to alter their appearance, the way we see ourselves and what we think we should look like is changing. What does that mean for the future of our faces?
4/4/202228 minutes, 28 seconds
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The last chance lands: Werribee South's market gardens

Welcome to Werribee South. A wedge of verdant farming land 30km south-west of Melbourne that's under threat from the ever-growing city.
3/28/202228 minutes, 36 seconds
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The last chance lands: Werribee South's market gardens

Welcome to Werribee South. A wedge of verdant farming land 30km south-west of Melbourne that's under threat from the ever-growing city.
3/28/202228 minutes, 36 seconds
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501 Deportees

For most of us the experience of deportation is unimaginable. In this story we meet 3 people who've been deported under Australia's controversial 501 clause in the Migration Act, who've failed the character test or are considered to pose a threat to safety
3/21/202227 minutes, 38 seconds
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501 Deportees

For most of us the experience of deportation is unimaginable. In this story we meet 3 people who've been deported under Australia's controversial 501 clause in the Migration Act, who've failed the character test or are considered to pose a threat to safety
3/21/202227 minutes, 38 seconds
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Everyone wants to be Fuhrer | Part 2

Between 2015 and 2019, Michael* was a leader in the Australian alt-right movement. He was instrumental in building the presence of extreme rightwing groups, online and in the real world, before a series of shattering events forced him to pull away.  For the first time, he tells his story in full. In part 2 of 2, Michael travels the country helping to steer warring facist groups towards a united project, before an unexpected visit, and a traumatic family event, forces a personal reckoning. *Name changed to protect his identity
3/14/202228 minutes, 36 seconds
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Everyone wants to be Fuhrer | Part 2

Between 2015 and 2019, Michael* was a leader in the Australian alt-right movement. He was instrumental in building the presence of extreme rightwing groups, online and in the real world, before a series of shattering events forced him to pull away.  For the first time, he tells his story in full. In part 2 of 2, Michael travels the country helping to steer warring facist groups towards a united project, before an unexpected visit, and a traumatic family event, forces a personal reckoning. *Name changed to protect his identity
3/14/202228 minutes, 36 seconds
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Everyone wants to be Fuhrer | Part 1

Between 2015 and 2019, Michael* was a leader in the Australian alt-right movement. He was instrumental in building the presence of extreme rightwing groups, online and in the real world, before a series of shattering events forced him to pull away.  For the first time, he tells his story in full. In part 1 of 2, islamophobia in politics and the media inspires Michael to look for answers online. In his late teens, he is groomed into a fast-growing fascist movement, with tentacles reaching right into the heart of Australian politics. *Name changed to protect his identity
3/7/202228 minutes, 37 seconds
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Everyone wants to be Fuhrer | Part 1

Between 2015 and 2019, Michael* was a leader in the Australian alt-right movement. He was instrumental in building the presence of extreme rightwing groups, online and in the real world, before a series of shattering events forced him to pull away.  For the first time, he tells his story in full. In part 1 of 2, islamophobia in politics and the media inspires Michael to look for answers online. In his late teens, he is groomed into a fast-growing fascist movement, with tentacles reaching right into the heart of Australian politics. *Name changed to protect his identity
3/7/202228 minutes, 37 seconds
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The seed savers

How important is diversity in seeds and what kinds of diversity will we eat in the future?
2/28/202228 minutes, 33 seconds
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The seed savers

How important is diversity in seeds and what kinds of diversity will we eat in the future?
2/28/202228 minutes, 33 seconds
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Myanmar - a year in the life of a coup

What’s it like to live under a military coup? Across the past year, after the military seized power in Myanmar on February 1st, 2021, young Burmese journalist, Mi Zar has been keeping a diary of daily life in her country under the junta.
2/21/202227 minutes, 53 seconds
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Myanmar - a year in the life of a coup

What’s it like to live under a military coup? Across the past year, after the military seized power in Myanmar on February 1st, 2021, young Burmese journalist, Mi Zar has been keeping a diary of daily life in her country under the junta.
2/21/202227 minutes, 53 seconds
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Danny's inferno part 2 — The Whiskey monster

Danny Stuart was a teenager when he witnessed what he says was a stitch-up by corrupt Queensland Police of his Uncle John Stuart for the firebombing of the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub.  Veteran journalist Frank Robson tells the tale of Danny’s obsession with clearing his Uncle’s name, an obsession that took him to the brink of madness. But it’s also a story of a brother and sister whose love and support for each other helped them survive an unspeakable childhood.
2/14/202237 minutes, 44 seconds
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Danny's inferno part 2 — The Whiskey monster

Danny Stuart was a teenager when he witnessed what he says was a stitch-up by corrupt Queensland Police of his Uncle John Stuart for the firebombing of the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub.  Veteran journalist Frank Robson tells the tale of Danny’s obsession with clearing his Uncle’s name, an obsession that took him to the brink of madness. But it’s also a story of a brother and sister whose love and support for each other helped them survive an unspeakable childhood.
2/14/202237 minutes, 44 seconds
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Danny's inferno | Part 1 Family demons

Behind the tragic firebombing of the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub in Brisbane 1973, where 15 people lost their lives, lies another tale of two young children surviving the violence of their abusive father. Queensland journalist Frank Robson tells the story of Danny and Maggie Stuart and their Uncle John Stuart, one of the few people ever to show them respect and kindness, before he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the firebombing. A crime he said he never committed and a conviction aided and abetted by the false testimony of his own brother – Danny’s father.
2/7/202234 minutes, 40 seconds
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Danny's inferno | Part 1 Family demons

Behind the tragic firebombing of the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub in Brisbane 1973, where 15 people lost their lives, lies another tale of two young children surviving the violence of their abusive father. Queensland journalist Frank Robson tells the story of Danny and Maggie Stuart and their Uncle John Stuart, one of the few people ever to show them respect and kindness, before he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the firebombing. A crime he said he never committed and a conviction aided and abetted by the false testimony of his own brother – Danny’s father.
2/7/202234 minutes, 40 seconds
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A Succulent Chinese Meal

How an imprisoned playwright helped create Australia’s most iconic internet meme. This...is democracy manifest.
1/31/202213 seconds
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A Succulent Chinese Meal

How an imprisoned playwright helped create Australia’s most iconic internet meme. This...is democracy manifest.
1/31/202213 seconds
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Secrets and sexuality: the cost of coming out

Every family has its secrets, but for people from the LGBTQIA+ community the 'secret' can be their true selves. We meet three young queer Australians at different stages of coming out.
1/24/202228 minutes, 35 seconds
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Secrets and sexuality: the cost of coming out

Every family has its secrets, but for people from the LGBTQIA+ community the 'secret' can be their true selves. We meet three young queer Australians at different stages of coming out.
1/24/202228 minutes, 35 seconds
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Walking eel country

As you enter the town of Lake Bolac in southwest Victoria, you pass a sign that says 'home of aquatic sports', but historically Lake Bolac is famous for its fine quality and abundance of kuyang or short-finned eels. Eels were the most important food source for indigenous communities in this area, but the records that are left are patchworked and few. Walk eel country, following the path of the eel migration and in the footsteps of human history.
1/17/202228 minutes, 32 seconds
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Walking eel country

As you enter the town of Lake Bolac in southwest Victoria, you pass a sign that says 'home of aquatic sports', but historically Lake Bolac is famous for its fine quality and abundance of kuyang or short-finned eels. Eels were the most important food source for indigenous communities in this area, but the records that are left are patchworked and few. Walk eel country, following the path of the eel migration and in the footsteps of human history.
1/17/202228 minutes, 32 seconds
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A newspaper is born

Locals were devastated when their newspaper was axed, so they set up their own. Dynamo editor cum journalist Susanna Freymark tells the stories that really matter to The Richmond River community.
1/10/202228 minutes, 36 seconds
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A newspaper is born

Locals were devastated when their newspaper was axed, so they set up their own. Dynamo editor cum journalist Susanna Freymark tells the stories that really matter to The Richmond River community.
1/10/202228 minutes, 36 seconds
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Mapu Anyul Yandi Gindarr - people come together as one

Indigenous and African migrant communities collide in the Northern Territory, as Sydney-born Brian Obiri-Asare explores what it means to be black in Australia
1/3/202228 minutes, 36 seconds
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Mapu Anyul Yandi Gindarr - people come together as one

Indigenous and African migrant communities collide in the Northern Territory, as Sydney-born Brian Obiri-Asare explores what it means to be black in Australia
1/3/202228 minutes, 36 seconds
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Cath and Jack and the firestorm in Dale Place

When the Black Summer firestorm hits her street, Cath runs for her life—leaving her partner Jack, who’s hellbent on staying to defend their home. Later, among the shock and the chaos, it hits her: Oh my god, where is Jack?
12/27/202135 minutes, 3 seconds
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Cath and Jack and the firestorm in Dale Place

When the Black Summer firestorm hits her street, Cath runs for her life—leaving her partner Jack, who’s hellbent on staying to defend their home. Later, among the shock and the chaos, it hits her: Oh my god, where is Jack?
12/27/202135 minutes, 3 seconds
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Songs of Love and Suicide - Landays poetry of Afghanistan

Landays is a powerful and subversive form of poetry in Afghanistan, performed by women. Part of traditional folk culture, the poems are oral and improvised. And for the women who give voice to them, there's a price to pay.
12/20/202128 minutes, 36 seconds
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Songs of Love and Suicide - Landays poetry of Afghanistan

Landays is a powerful and subversive form of poetry in Afghanistan, performed by women. Part of traditional folk culture, the poems are oral and improvised. And for the women who give voice to them, there's a price to pay.
12/20/202128 minutes, 36 seconds
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Who's going to make the gravy?

It might be the most famous recipe in Australia: flour, salt, a little red wine, and don’t forget a dollop of tomato sauce. Paul Kelly’s ‘How to Make Gravy’ — written as a letter from prison at Christmas time — has grown in popularity since it was first recorded 25 years ago. Using the song as a starting point, Earshot speaks with five previously incarcerated people about their experience in prison on Christmas day.
12/13/202128 minutes, 33 seconds
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Who's going to make the gravy?

It might be the most famous recipe in Australia: flour, salt, a little red wine, and don’t forget a dollop of tomato sauce. Paul Kelly’s ‘How to Make Gravy’ — written as a letter from prison at Christmas time — has grown in popularity since it was first recorded 25 years ago. Using the song as a starting point, Earshot speaks with five previously incarcerated people about their experience in prison on Christmas day.
12/13/202128 minutes, 33 seconds
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The Kabul diaries part 2

Ghezal is a journalist trapped in a safehouse in Kabul as The Taliban take over the city. Through the intimacy of voice messages she tells her story of searching for a way out of Afghanistan for her young family and the realities of becoming a refugee.
12/6/202129 minutes, 9 seconds
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The Kabul diaries part 2

Ghezal is a journalist trapped in a safehouse in Kabul as The Taliban take over the city. Through the intimacy of voice messages she tells her story of searching for a way out of Afghanistan for her young family and the realities of becoming a refugee.
12/6/202129 minutes, 9 seconds
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The Kabul diaries Part 1

Ghezal is a journalist in Afghanistan and when her city Mazar i Sharif falls to The Taliban they come looking for her. She escapes to Kabul, joining the desperate crowds at the airport but unable to board a plane she returns to the city, her young family in tow, with nowhere to stay. She tells her story of fear and defiance through intimate voice messages recorded on her phone.
11/29/202129 minutes, 43 seconds
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The Kabul diaries Part 1

Ghezal is a journalist in Afghanistan and when her city Mazar i Sharif falls to The Taliban they come looking for her. She escapes to Kabul, joining the desperate crowds at the airport but unable to board a plane she returns to the city, her young family in tow, with nowhere to stay. She tells her story of fear and defiance through intimate voice messages recorded on her phone.
11/29/202129 minutes, 43 seconds
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Rise of The Cat Empire

The Cat Empire’s style is impossible to pin-down. The most accurate description might be 'uniquely Melbourne'. The six-piece have earned fans worldwide through 20 years of raucous live shows and dogged touring. Before the original line-up play their final shows together the band reflect their incredible story.
11/22/202130 minutes, 47 seconds
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Rise of The Cat Empire

The Cat Empire’s style is impossible to pin-down. The most accurate description might be 'uniquely Melbourne'. The six-piece have earned fans worldwide through 20 years of raucous live shows and dogged touring. Before the original line-up play their final shows together the band reflect their incredible story.
11/22/202130 minutes, 47 seconds
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Songs from a walled village

Chinese-Australia singer, Rainbow Chan, returns to her mother’s village in Hong Kong. She meets some charismatic grannies who sing surprisingly subversive and feminist protest songs, known as bridal laments.
11/15/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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Songs from a walled village

Chinese-Australia singer, Rainbow Chan, returns to her mother’s village in Hong Kong. She meets some charismatic grannies who sing surprisingly subversive and feminist protest songs, known as bridal laments.
11/15/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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Brief Encounters

Three stories which explore brief encounters, chance meetings and the fleeting nature of life
11/8/202128 minutes, 22 seconds
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Brief Encounters

Three stories which explore brief encounters, chance meetings and the fleeting nature of life
11/8/202128 minutes, 22 seconds
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The dignity business

It’s the perennial question: what's for dinner tonight? But for a rising number of Australians experiencing food insecurity during the pandemic, the question has taken on new meaning. As NSW emerges from lockdown, Earshot shares a portrait of the community group, Addi Road and discovers what we can learn from their hyperlocal response to the crisis.
11/1/202128 minutes, 37 seconds
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The dignity business

It’s the perennial question: what's for dinner tonight? But for a rising number of Australians experiencing food insecurity during the pandemic, the question has taken on new meaning. As NSW emerges from lockdown, Earshot shares a portrait of the community group, Addi Road and discovers what we can learn from their hyperlocal response to the crisis.
11/1/202128 minutes, 37 seconds
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Following The Star of Taroom

It was a simple act, done in a less-than-simple way. When Johnny Danalis decided to return the “Star of Taroom”, an ancient Indigenous groove stone his father had souvenired in the 1970s, it was simply to give back what was taken. But when he decided to wheel the 160 kilogram stone 500 kilometres from Brisbane to Taroom he had no idea it had the power to teach its people’s history, draw Iman people back to country and heal old wounds.
10/25/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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Following The Star of Taroom

It was a simple act, done in a less-than-simple way. When Johnny Danalis decided to return the “Star of Taroom”, an ancient Indigenous groove stone his father had souvenired in the 1970s, it was simply to give back what was taken. But when he decided to wheel the 160 kilogram stone 500 kilometres from Brisbane to Taroom he had no idea it had the power to teach its people’s history, draw Iman people back to country and heal old wounds.
10/25/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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My voice is my passport

What does your voice say about you? Not your choice of words, but all the extra information the voice carries, like our emotions, accents, even apparently our identity. Details that big tech and governments are more and more interested in each day.
10/18/202128 minutes, 36 seconds
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My voice is my passport

What does your voice say about you? Not your choice of words, but all the extra information the voice carries, like our emotions, accents, even apparently our identity. Details that big tech and governments are more and more interested in each day.
10/18/202128 minutes, 36 seconds
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You are not alone - Turkey

Under the rule of President Erdogan Turkey has become the world’s biggest jailer of journalists.
10/11/202136 minutes, 57 seconds
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You are not alone - Turkey

Under the rule of President Erdogan Turkey has become the world’s biggest jailer of journalists.
10/11/202136 minutes, 57 seconds
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You are not alone - Stella Nyanzi Uganda's rudest writer

Stella Nyanzi’s words are searing, she plans to topple a dictator with them.  She was imprisoned for her poem on facebook that called the President of Uganda, Museveni, a diseased foetus that should not have been born.  Her 18 months in prison have made her bolder, angrier and more determined to create change in Uganda.
10/4/202130 minutes, 25 seconds
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You are not alone - Stella Nyanzi Uganda's rudest writer

Stella Nyanzi’s words are searing, she plans to topple a dictator with them.  She was imprisoned for her poem on facebook that called the President of Uganda, Museveni, a diseased foetus that should not have been born.  Her 18 months in prison have made her bolder, angrier and more determined to create change in Uganda.
10/4/202130 minutes, 25 seconds
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You are not alone - Ma Thida prisoner of conscience

Ma Thida is a major figure in the struggle for democracy in Myanmar.  A surgeon and writer she was initially happy to go to prison to gain experience to write a prison memoir.  However after years in solitary confinement it was only mindfulness meditation and books she had smuggled into jail that got her through.  She speaks to Earshot for this special series marking the anniverary of PEN International from an undisclosed location she has fled to after the February coup in Myanmar.
9/27/202132 minutes, 57 seconds
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You are not alone - Ma Thida prisoner of conscience

Ma Thida is a major figure in the struggle for democracy in Myanmar.  A surgeon and writer she was initially happy to go to prison to gain experience to write a prison memoir.  However after years in solitary confinement it was only mindfulness meditation and books she had smuggled into jail that got her through.  She speaks to Earshot for this special series marking the anniverary of PEN International from an undisclosed location she has fled to after the February coup in Myanmar.
9/27/202132 minutes, 57 seconds
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You are not alone - Uyghur poets

In this first program in a series marking 100 years of Pen International, the organisation that advocates for prisoners of conscience around the world, we investigate the disappearance of Uyghur poets into the detention camps of Xinjiang.
9/20/202143 minutes, 25 seconds
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You are not alone - Uyghur poets

In this first program in a series marking 100 years of Pen International, the organisation that advocates for prisoners of conscience around the world, we investigate the disappearance of Uyghur poets into the detention camps of Xinjiang.
9/20/202143 minutes, 25 seconds
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Let's talk about race: Is it ok to be white?

Are white people being silenced by being labelled as racists? Controversial comedian Isaac Butterfield thinks so.  And what about people who publicly call out racism? Are they also silenced? Sami Shah feels frustrated with all this shouting and looks for answers to cancel culture by confronting his own racism.
9/13/202129 minutes, 3 seconds
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Let's talk about race: Is it ok to be white?

Are white people being silenced by being labelled as racists? Controversial comedian Isaac Butterfield thinks so.  And what about people who publicly call out racism? Are they also silenced? Sami Shah feels frustrated with all this shouting and looks for answers to cancel culture by confronting his own racism.
9/13/202129 minutes, 3 seconds
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Let's talk about race: Race and class

The idea that immigrants are taking work away from working class white people has created a perfect racist storm.  Where does the idea come from and how do we counter it?
9/6/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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Let's talk about race: Race and class

The idea that immigrants are taking work away from working class white people has created a perfect racist storm.  Where does the idea come from and how do we counter it?
9/6/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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Let's talk about race: The new racists

Why do people who’ve experienced racism dish it out to other racial groups?  Sami Shah investigates a taboo subject that’s like a crack in the mirrorball of multicultural Australia.
8/23/202128 minutes, 30 seconds
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Let's talk about race: The new racists

Why do people who’ve experienced racism dish it out to other racial groups?  Sami Shah investigates a taboo subject that’s like a crack in the mirrorball of multicultural Australia.
8/23/202128 minutes, 30 seconds
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Let's talk about race: An uncomfortable truth

Comedian and journalist Craig Quartermaine describes to Sami Shah white Australia’s reaction to Indigenous people and their place in our national narrative as “an uncomfortable truth”.  So how do young Indigenous people get around that reality?  Craig talks to two young people who are facing up to racism with bravery and creativity.
8/16/202128 minutes, 36 seconds
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Let's talk about race: An uncomfortable truth

Comedian and journalist Craig Quartermaine describes to Sami Shah white Australia’s reaction to Indigenous people and their place in our national narrative as “an uncomfortable truth”.  So how do young Indigenous people get around that reality?  Craig talks to two young people who are facing up to racism with bravery and creativity.
8/16/202128 minutes, 36 seconds
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Let's talk about race: Is Australia racist?

Comedian and journalist Sami Shah had never experienced racism until he moved to Australia from Pakistan. It makes him the best person to prise open the lid on this difficult conversation about what racism means, who experiences it and the impact it’s having on the whole country.
8/9/202128 minutes, 34 seconds
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Let's talk about race: Is Australia racist?

Comedian and journalist Sami Shah had never experienced racism until he moved to Australia from Pakistan. It makes him the best person to prise open the lid on this difficult conversation about what racism means, who experiences it and the impact it’s having on the whole country.
8/9/202128 minutes, 34 seconds
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Walking eel country

As you enter the town of Lake Bolac in southwest Victoria, you pass a sign that says 'home of aquatic sports', but historically Lake Bolac is famous for its fine quality and abundance of kuyang or short-finned eels. Eels were the most important food source for indigenous communities in this area, but the records that are left are patchworked and few. Walk eel country, following the path of the eel migration and in the footsteps of human history.
8/2/202129 minutes, 45 seconds
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Walking eel country

As you enter the town of Lake Bolac in southwest Victoria, you pass a sign that says 'home of aquatic sports', but historically Lake Bolac is famous for its fine quality and abundance of kuyang or short-finned eels. Eels were the most important food source for indigenous communities in this area, but the records that are left are patchworked and few. Walk eel country, following the path of the eel migration and in the footsteps of human history.
8/2/202129 minutes, 45 seconds
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Bev Francis - strongest woman in the world

Bev Francis found out by accident she was the strongest woman in the world. It was the late 1970s, and the sport of women’s weightlifting was still new. When international records were compared, no one was as strong as Bev: she could defy gravity, lifting more than three times her bodyweight. Meet this forgotten champion of women’s muscle sports, who’s a firm believer that rules are meant to be broken.
7/26/202128 minutes, 38 seconds
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Bev Francis - strongest woman in the world

Bev Francis found out by accident she was the strongest woman in the world. It was the late 1970s, and the sport of women’s weightlifting was still new. When international records were compared, no one was as strong as Bev: she could defy gravity, lifting more than three times her bodyweight. Meet this forgotten champion of women’s muscle sports, who’s a firm believer that rules are meant to be broken.
7/26/202128 minutes, 38 seconds
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The Melbourne Towers' hard lockdown - one year on

In July last year, after a surge in Covid outbreaks, 3000 residents in nine public housing towers in Melbourne were forced into hard lockdown. Police surrounded the buildings and no one was allowed in or out. The controversial lockdown drew a lot of criticism. Residents struggled to get hold of essential supplies and the heavy police presence made people feel like prisoners in their homes. One year on, we speak with some of those people who were locked down and locked in.
7/19/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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The Melbourne Towers' hard lockdown - one year on

In July last year, after a surge in Covid outbreaks, 3000 residents in nine public housing towers in Melbourne were forced into hard lockdown. Police surrounded the buildings and no one was allowed in or out. The controversial lockdown drew a lot of criticism. Residents struggled to get hold of essential supplies and the heavy police presence made people feel like prisoners in their homes. One year on, we speak with some of those people who were locked down and locked in.
7/19/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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Martuwarra Fitzroy River: Then they came for the water

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that the following program contains the voice of a person who has died. The Martuwarra Fitzroy River is one of Australia’s most pristine and unregulated river systems. But now the pressure is on to take its water for irrigation. Pastoralists watch the water flowing through their stations and see wasted opportunity. Traditional owners see life and say not one drop is wasted.
7/12/202142 minutes, 39 seconds
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Martuwarra Fitzroy River: Then they came for the water

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that the following program contains the voice of a person who has died. The Martuwarra Fitzroy River is one of Australia’s most pristine and unregulated river systems. But now the pressure is on to take its water for irrigation. Pastoralists watch the water flowing through their stations and see wasted opportunity. Traditional owners see life and say not one drop is wasted.
7/12/202142 minutes, 39 seconds
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Martuwarra Fitzroy River: First they came for the land

The Martuwarra Fitzroy River is one of our most pristine river systems. But it’s fast becoming one of Australia’s most contested spaces; for the oil, gas and land around it, and for the water in it.
7/5/202134 minutes, 30 seconds
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Martuwarra Fitzroy River: First they came for the land

The Martuwarra Fitzroy River is one of our most pristine river systems. But it’s fast becoming one of Australia’s most contested spaces; for the oil, gas and land around it, and for the water in it.
7/5/202134 minutes, 30 seconds
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Refugees chase the Olympic dream

How can you represent your country at the Olympics if you don’t have one? This was the challenge facing refugee athletes until 2016 when an Olympic team made up of asylum seekers was brought together to represent 80 million displaced people. In the run up to the 2021 Tokyo games, Earshot follows two Australian-based refugee athletes hoping to be selected for the highly competitive Refugee Olympic team.
6/28/202128 minutes, 32 seconds
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Refugees chase the Olympic dream

How can you represent your country at the Olympics if you don’t have one? This was the challenge facing refugee athletes until 2016 when an Olympic team made up of asylum seekers was brought together to represent 80 million displaced people. In the run up to the 2021 Tokyo games, Earshot follows two Australian-based refugee athletes hoping to be selected for the highly competitive Refugee Olympic team.
6/28/202128 minutes, 32 seconds
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Greetings from Port Kembla

From the Aboriginal mission to the steelworks to the sex workers, there’s many a tale etched into the bitumen of Wentworth Street.  Local artist Anne-Louise Rentell takes us on a tour of a suburb with a colourful past, in search of a new identity.  
6/21/202128 minutes, 34 seconds
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Greetings from Port Kembla

From the Aboriginal mission to the steelworks to the sex workers, there’s many a tale etched into the bitumen of Wentworth Street.  Local artist Anne-Louise Rentell takes us on a tour of a suburb with a colourful past, in search of a new identity.  
6/21/202128 minutes, 34 seconds
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Greetings from Footscray

Migrants, artists, drug users and The Western Bulldogs have brought fame and infamy to Footscray.  Writer and local Alice Pung introduces us to the people that make this Melbourne suburb feisty and full of heart.
6/14/202129 minutes, 35 seconds
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Greetings from Footscray

Migrants, artists, drug users and The Western Bulldogs have brought fame and infamy to Footscray.  Writer and local Alice Pung introduces us to the people that make this Melbourne suburb feisty and full of heart.
6/14/202129 minutes, 35 seconds
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Greetings from Mallacoota

The firestorm of 2019 has left a lingering shadow over this town.  Local radio DJ Don Ashby shows us the other side of Mallacoota – the abalone divers, the museum in a war bunker and the traditional owners who had to hide their Aboriginality to survive.
6/7/202130 minutes, 53 seconds
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Greetings from Mallacoota

The firestorm of 2019 has left a lingering shadow over this town.  Local radio DJ Don Ashby shows us the other side of Mallacoota – the abalone divers, the museum in a war bunker and the traditional owners who had to hide their Aboriginality to survive.
6/7/202130 minutes, 53 seconds
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Greetings from Broken Hill

There’s so much more to this town than Priscilla and Mad Max. Writer Jack Marx takes us to the hidden corners of Broken Hill and its history; from the cross that used to light up the main street every time someone died to staring down the six o’clock swill.
5/31/202130 minutes, 15 seconds
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Greetings from Broken Hill

There’s so much more to this town than Priscilla and Mad Max. Writer Jack Marx takes us to the hidden corners of Broken Hill and its history; from the cross that used to light up the main street every time someone died to staring down the six o’clock swill.
5/31/202130 minutes, 15 seconds
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The Iceman of Nederland

The town of Nederland in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains has an unusual mascot: an old, dead Norwegian man, whose body is preserved in a backyard cryogenics chamber. Behind it all - his grandson keeps the dream of his return alive.
5/24/202128 minutes, 34 seconds
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The Iceman of Nederland

The town of Nederland in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains has an unusual mascot: an old, dead Norwegian man, whose body is preserved in a backyard cryogenics chamber. Behind it all - his grandson keeps the dream of his return alive.
5/24/202128 minutes, 34 seconds
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Boy on the Bike - the mystery of a wartime photograph

In 2003, journalist Andrew Gray was embedded with a US tank battalion during the Iraq invasion. In this documentary he returns to an event from that time which has haunted him for nearly 20 years.
5/17/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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Boy on the Bike - the mystery of a wartime photograph

In 2003, journalist Andrew Gray was embedded with a US tank battalion during the Iraq invasion. In this documentary he returns to an event from that time which has haunted him for nearly 20 years.
5/17/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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Searching for Trough Man

He emerged of Sydney's gay party scene of 1980s, a time of creative and sexual freedom. But where is he today?
5/10/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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Searching for Trough Man

He emerged of Sydney's gay party scene of 1980s, a time of creative and sexual freedom. But where is he today?
5/10/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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Me, my half-sister and her biological mum

The unlikely story of two half-sisters who connected late in life, a birth mother turned adoptive mother, and what can happen when biological relatives turn up out of the blue.
5/3/202128 minutes, 34 seconds
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Me, my half-sister and her biological mum

The unlikely story of two half-sisters who connected late in life, a birth mother turned adoptive mother, and what can happen when biological relatives turn up out of the blue.
5/3/202128 minutes, 34 seconds
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Broken by battle

Australian forces took part in the conflicts in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Three soldiers share their experiences of those wars and returning home to face a battle of a different kind.
4/26/202150 minutes, 13 seconds
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Broken by battle

Australian forces took part in the conflicts in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Three soldiers share their experiences of those wars and returning home to face a battle of a different kind.
4/26/202150 minutes, 13 seconds
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Antarctica, the Big Dead Place

When a young American took up a position with the US Antarctic Program in the late '90s he imagined incredible adventures within a pristine landscape, but he found something completely different.
4/17/202128 minutes, 40 seconds
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Antarctica, the Big Dead Place

When a young American took up a position with the US Antarctic Program in the late '90s he imagined incredible adventures within a pristine landscape, but he found something completely different.
4/17/202128 minutes, 40 seconds
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Secrets and sexuality: the cost of coming out

Every family has its secrets, but for people from the LGBTQIA+ community the 'secret' can be their true selves. We meet three young queer Australians at different stages of coming out.
4/10/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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Secrets and sexuality: the cost of coming out

Every family has its secrets, but for people from the LGBTQIA+ community the 'secret' can be their true selves. We meet three young queer Australians at different stages of coming out.
4/10/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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After faith

What happens when you no longer believe in God, but still experience a God-shaped hole in your life?
4/3/202128 minutes, 36 seconds
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After faith

What happens when you no longer believe in God, but still experience a God-shaped hole in your life?
4/3/202128 minutes, 36 seconds
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A newspaper is born

Locals were devastated when their newspaper was axed, so they set up their own. Dynamo editor cum journalist Susanna Freymark tells the stories that really matter to The Richmond River community.
3/27/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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A newspaper is born

Locals were devastated when their newspaper was axed, so they set up their own. Dynamo editor cum journalist Susanna Freymark tells the stories that really matter to The Richmond River community.
3/27/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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My fake naked body: one woman's story of image-based abuse

Noelle Martin was an 18-year-old law student when she found hundreds of explicit images online with her face photoshopped onto the naked bodies of porn actresses.
3/20/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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My fake naked body: one woman's story of image-based abuse

Noelle Martin was an 18-year-old law student when she found hundreds of explicit images online with her face photoshopped onto the naked bodies of porn actresses.
3/20/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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Boobs Behaving Badly: the dark side of breast implants

In 2018 more than 20,000 Australians decided to ‘upsize their cup size', and if the numbers are anything to go by, the desire for bigger breasts isn’t decreasing. Breast augmentation is currently the most popular cosmetic procedure worldwide.
3/13/202133 minutes, 2 seconds
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Boobs Behaving Badly: the dark side of breast implants

In 2018 more than 20,000 Australians decided to ‘upsize their cup size', and if the numbers are anything to go by, the desire for bigger breasts isn’t decreasing. Breast augmentation is currently the most popular cosmetic procedure worldwide.
3/13/202133 minutes, 2 seconds
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Cath and Jack and the firestorm in Dale Place

When the Black Summer firestorm hits her street, Cath runs for her life—leaving her partner Jack, who’s hellbent on staying to defend their home. Later, among the shock and the chaos, it hits her: Oh my god, where is Jack?
3/6/202135 minutes
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Cath and Jack and the firestorm in Dale Place

When the Black Summer firestorm hits her street, Cath runs for her life—leaving her partner Jack, who’s hellbent on staying to defend their home. Later, among the shock and the chaos, it hits her: Oh my god, where is Jack?
3/6/202135 minutes
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Overlooking the grasslands

Natural temperate grasslands once spread from the Melbourne to the South Australian border, but only 1% remain. So how can we learn to see the landscape anew and protect the remaining grasslands?
2/27/202128 minutes, 38 seconds
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Overlooking the grasslands

Natural temperate grasslands once spread from the Melbourne to the South Australian border, but only 1% remain. So how can we learn to see the landscape anew and protect the remaining grasslands?
2/27/202128 minutes, 38 seconds
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Mapu Anyul Yandi Gindarr - people come together as one

Indigenous and African migrant communities collide in the Northern Territory, as Sydney-born Brian Obiri-Asare explores what it means to be black in Australia
2/20/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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Mapu Anyul Yandi Gindarr - people come together as one

Indigenous and African migrant communities collide in the Northern Territory, as Sydney-born Brian Obiri-Asare explores what it means to be black in Australia
2/20/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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The Gift: life on the organ donor waiting list

What's it like to be waiting for an organ transplant waiting for the gift that could save your life, knowing that you're waiting for someone to die, but that you could also die waiting? This is 30 year old Matt's story
2/13/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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The Gift: life on the organ donor waiting list

What's it like to be waiting for an organ transplant waiting for the gift that could save your life, knowing that you're waiting for someone to die, but that you could also die waiting? This is 30 year old Matt's story
2/13/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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Australia's caste divide

The caste system has impacted the lives of many South Asians for thousands of years, but how does it affect communities here in Australia? 
2/6/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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Australia's caste divide

The caste system has impacted the lives of many South Asians for thousands of years, but how does it affect communities here in Australia? 
2/6/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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One Single Moment

What's it like when an ordinary day suddenly spins out of control? Three people tell their stories of a near-death experience
1/30/202128 minutes, 33 seconds
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One Single Moment

What's it like when an ordinary day suddenly spins out of control? Three people tell their stories of a near-death experience
1/30/202128 minutes, 33 seconds
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Lucky Dube: how a South African musician changed the sound of desert music

In the remote Aboriginal communities of Central Australia, a musician most of us have never heard of, was “bigger than The Beatles”.
1/23/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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Lucky Dube: how a South African musician changed the sound of desert music

In the remote Aboriginal communities of Central Australia, a musician most of us have never heard of, was “bigger than The Beatles”.
1/23/202128 minutes, 35 seconds
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Kangaroo cuddles - life inside a premmie baby unit

Come inside a neo-natal intensive care unit, where the lives of premature babies hang in the balance. Four mothers remember the excitement and the agony of their babies' first few months of life.
1/16/202128 minutes, 36 seconds
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Kangaroo cuddles - life inside a premmie baby unit

Come inside a neo-natal intensive care unit, where the lives of premature babies hang in the balance. Four mothers remember the excitement and the agony of their babies' first few months of life.
1/16/202128 minutes, 36 seconds
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Small town syndrome

A documentary maker can’t forget the hopes and dreams of a 14-year-old boy he interviewed and returns to the same rural town nine years later to track him down.
1/9/202128 minutes, 34 seconds
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Small town syndrome

A documentary maker can’t forget the hopes and dreams of a 14-year-old boy he interviewed and returns to the same rural town nine years later to track him down.
1/9/202128 minutes, 34 seconds
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My beautiful lungs - living with cystic fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis affects nearly 4000 Australians but how much do you know about what it's like to live with?
12/26/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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My beautiful lungs - living with cystic fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis affects nearly 4000 Australians but how much do you know about what it's like to live with?
12/26/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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The cop and the crim

30 years ago Bill was a Policeman and Brett was a teenager heading towards a life of crime. But then Bill said something to Brett that turned his life around. This is a rare encounter between two men whose lives have been scarred by violence and anger, who want to reach out and help each other to heal.
12/19/202028 minutes, 34 seconds
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The cop and the crim

30 years ago Bill was a Policeman and Brett was a teenager heading towards a life of crime. But then Bill said something to Brett that turned his life around. This is a rare encounter between two men whose lives have been scarred by violence and anger, who want to reach out and help each other to heal.
12/19/202028 minutes, 34 seconds
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The New Normal, ep 3

2020 will forever be remembered as the year which was turned upside down in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. Using intimate audio diary recordings, this series follows 11 people from around the country and across several generations through this rollercoaster year. In the final episode, we hear from a group of people in their 40s.
12/12/202031 minutes, 34 seconds
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The New Normal, ep 3

2020 will forever be remembered as the year which was turned upside down in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. Using intimate audio diary recordings, this series follows 11 people from around the country and across several generations through this rollercoaster year. In the final episode, we hear from a group of people in their 40s.
12/12/202031 minutes, 34 seconds
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The New Normal, ep 2

Covid-19 has turned everyone’s lives upside down and as the year has dragged on, we are all learning to live with a new post-pandemic economic and social reality. Using intimate audio diary recordings, this episode captures the lives of four people in their 30s, who've all experienced the precarious nature of existence this year.
12/5/202028 minutes, 37 seconds
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The New Normal, ep 2

Covid-19 has turned everyone’s lives upside down and as the year has dragged on, we are all learning to live with a new post-pandemic economic and social reality. Using intimate audio diary recordings, this episode captures the lives of four people in their 30s, who've all experienced the precarious nature of existence this year.
12/5/202028 minutes, 37 seconds
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The New Normal, ep 1

Covid-19 has created a new economic and social reality. Using intimate audio diary recordings, this series follows the lives of 11 people, spread around the country and spanning several generations, through the rollercoaster of 2020
11/28/202028 minutes, 37 seconds
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The New Normal, ep 1

Covid-19 has created a new economic and social reality. Using intimate audio diary recordings, this series follows the lives of 11 people, spread around the country and spanning several generations, through the rollercoaster of 2020
11/28/202028 minutes, 37 seconds
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Four parents two gaybies: part 2

A gay family story with a twist. Gay couples John and Charlie, and Ruth and Betty hit some very modern day family dilemmas.
11/21/202032 minutes, 49 seconds
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Four parents two gaybies: part 2

A gay family story with a twist. Gay couples John and Charlie, and Ruth and Betty hit some very modern day family dilemmas.
11/21/202032 minutes, 49 seconds
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Four parents two gaybies: part 1

About twenty years ago two gay couples met by chance in Sydney. Betty and Ruth wanted to have children, so did Charlie and John. But the boys didn't just want to be sperm donors, they wanted a family. Four parents two gaybies tracks the foursome over the next two decades, as their unconventional family plan hatches
11/14/202028 minutes, 33 seconds
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Four parents two gaybies: part 1

About twenty years ago two gay couples met by chance in Sydney. Betty and Ruth wanted to have children, so did Charlie and John. But the boys didn't just want to be sperm donors, they wanted a family. Four parents two gaybies tracks the foursome over the next two decades, as their unconventional family plan hatches
11/14/202028 minutes, 33 seconds
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Living on the ice edge

What if instead of looking at the world through complex systems like politics, economics, community health, we observed the world through the lens of ice?
11/7/202031 minutes, 56 seconds
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Living on the ice edge

What if instead of looking at the world through complex systems like politics, economics, community health, we observed the world through the lens of ice?
11/7/202031 minutes, 56 seconds
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What does haka mean today?

The All Blacks have taunted their opponents with haka for more than a century. But the world saw haka in a new light after the Christchurch terror attacks in 2019 triggered spontaneous haka performances in streets, parks and outside the Al Noor mosque.
10/31/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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What does haka mean today?

The All Blacks have taunted their opponents with haka for more than a century. But the world saw haka in a new light after the Christchurch terror attacks in 2019 triggered spontaneous haka performances in streets, parks and outside the Al Noor mosque.
10/31/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Worm Holes and Dinosaur Trails

What can dinosaurs and giant worms tell us about the meaning of time?
10/24/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Worm Holes and Dinosaur Trails

What can dinosaurs and giant worms tell us about the meaning of time?
10/24/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Songs from a walled village

Chinese-Australia singer, Rainbow Chan, returns to her mother’s village in Hong Kong. She meets some charismatic grannies who sing surprisingly subversive and feminist protest songs, known as bridal laments.
10/17/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Songs from a walled village

Chinese-Australia singer, Rainbow Chan, returns to her mother’s village in Hong Kong. She meets some charismatic grannies who sing surprisingly subversive and feminist protest songs, known as bridal laments.
10/17/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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The genetic lottery

The Ashkenazi Jewish population have a much higher risk of cancer than other people. In this story three families talk about receiving the news that could drastically change their lives.  
10/10/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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The genetic lottery

The Ashkenazi Jewish population have a much higher risk of cancer than other people. In this story three families talk about receiving the news that could drastically change their lives.  
10/10/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Songs of Love and Suicide - Landays poetry of Afghanistan

Landays is a powerful and subversive form of poetry in Afghanistan, performed by women. Part of traditional folk culture, the poems are oral and improvised. And for the women who give voice to them, there's a price to pay.
10/3/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Songs of Love and Suicide - Landays poetry of Afghanistan

Landays is a powerful and subversive form of poetry in Afghanistan, performed by women. Part of traditional folk culture, the poems are oral and improvised. And for the women who give voice to them, there's a price to pay.
10/3/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Facing down the beauty myth

On the 30th birthday of Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth we do a deep dive into the multi-billion dollar world of the beauty vlogger and the young feminists who love it.
9/26/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Facing down the beauty myth

On the 30th birthday of Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth we do a deep dive into the multi-billion dollar world of the beauty vlogger and the young feminists who love it.
9/26/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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No ordinary beauty queen

Anyier Yuol has been a soccer star, beauty queen and a refugee. She's on a mission to change the face of Australian fashion and the lives of young African-Australian women.
9/19/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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No ordinary beauty queen

Anyier Yuol has been a soccer star, beauty queen and a refugee. She's on a mission to change the face of Australian fashion and the lives of young African-Australian women.
9/19/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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The forbidden city - Melbourne's covid curfew

Take a near empty tram through Melbourne in curfew and meet the people behind the masks who are keeping the city alive.
9/12/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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The forbidden city - Melbourne's covid curfew

Take a near empty tram through Melbourne in curfew and meet the people behind the masks who are keeping the city alive.
9/12/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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A Bucket List of Sounds

Before the tumours on her auditory nerve turn Kylie Webb’s world silent, she has a few sounds she’d like to hear one more time.
9/5/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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A Bucket List of Sounds

Before the tumours on her auditory nerve turn Kylie Webb’s world silent, she has a few sounds she’d like to hear one more time.
9/5/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Small town syndrome

A documentary maker can’t forget the hopes and dreams of a 14-year-old boy he interviewed and returns to the same rural town nine years later to track him down.
8/29/202029 minutes, 31 seconds
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Small town syndrome

A documentary maker can’t forget the hopes and dreams of a 14-year-old boy he interviewed and returns to the same rural town nine years later to track him down.
8/29/202029 minutes, 31 seconds
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Still in the shearing game

Australia is facing a shortage in shearers — long hours, injury, poor working conditions, and extended trips away from home are making the job a difficult proposition for the next generation.
8/22/202031 minutes, 13 seconds
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Still in the shearing game

Australia is facing a shortage in shearers — long hours, injury, poor working conditions, and extended trips away from home are making the job a difficult proposition for the next generation.
8/22/202031 minutes, 13 seconds
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Quarantine dreams

Have you been having more vivid dreams lately? You’re not alone. We delve into the collective unconscious to find out what’s behind these ‘quarantine dreams’.
8/15/202029 minutes, 31 seconds
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Quarantine dreams

Have you been having more vivid dreams lately? You’re not alone. We delve into the collective unconscious to find out what’s behind these ‘quarantine dreams’.
8/15/202029 minutes, 31 seconds
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My voice is my passport

What does your voice say about you? Not your choice of words, but all the extra information the voice carries, like our emotions, accents, even apparently our identity. Details that big tech and governments are more and more interested in each day.
8/8/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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My voice is my passport

What does your voice say about you? Not your choice of words, but all the extra information the voice carries, like our emotions, accents, even apparently our identity. Details that big tech and governments are more and more interested in each day.
8/8/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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The Lone Soldier

Every month many young Australians pack their bags and travel to Israel to join the Israeli Defence Force. And when they do, the army calls them lone soldiers.
8/1/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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The Lone Soldier

Every month many young Australians pack their bags and travel to Israel to join the Israeli Defence Force. And when they do, the army calls them lone soldiers.
8/1/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Beyond the cure

A family receives devastating news that changes their lives and propels them into a future they never imagined.
7/25/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Beyond the cure

A family receives devastating news that changes their lives and propels them into a future they never imagined.
7/25/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Cann River Emergency Warning

As New Year's Eve approached, the crossroads town of Cann River in the heart of East Gippsland was facing the flames of an unprecedented bushfire season. Three residents describe their response to the threat.
7/18/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Cann River Emergency Warning

As New Year's Eve approached, the crossroads town of Cann River in the heart of East Gippsland was facing the flames of an unprecedented bushfire season. Three residents describe their response to the threat.
7/18/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Arncliffe's rear window

During the pandemic lockdown a documentary maker grows increasingly obsessed with his neighbours and sets out to meet them all.
7/11/202028 minutes, 37 seconds
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Arncliffe's rear window

During the pandemic lockdown a documentary maker grows increasingly obsessed with his neighbours and sets out to meet them all.
7/11/202028 minutes, 37 seconds
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A stroke of love

A split second was all it took to shatter Judi Green’s life. It took decades, a lot of forgiveness and a little luck to piece it back together.
7/4/202028 minutes, 37 seconds
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A stroke of love

A split second was all it took to shatter Judi Green’s life. It took decades, a lot of forgiveness and a little luck to piece it back together.
7/4/202028 minutes, 37 seconds
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04 | Housing the Australian Nation: Brisbane

In the final episode Peter Mares is in Brisbane to see if the not-for-profit community housing model offers some solutions to the crisis in affordable housing.
6/27/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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04 | Housing the Australian Nation: Brisbane

In the final episode Peter Mares is in Brisbane to see if the not-for-profit community housing model offers some solutions to the crisis in affordable housing.
6/27/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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The artist and the algorithm: how YouTube is changing our relationship with music

An obscure Japanese musician has found millions of fans thanks to YouTube.  Hiroshi Yoshimura's ambient synth music is perfect for long background listening and keeps you on the YouTube platform for hours, caught in the attention economy.
6/22/202028 minutes, 35 seconds
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The artist and the algorithm: how YouTube is changing our relationship with music

An obscure Japanese musician has found millions of fans thanks to YouTube.  Hiroshi Yoshimura's ambient synth music is perfect for long background listening and keeps you on the YouTube platform for hours, caught in the attention economy.
6/22/202028 minutes, 35 seconds
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03 | Housing the Australian Nation: Adelaide

Peter Mares travels to Adelaide, home to the South Australian Housing Trust, which once set the gold standard for state housing authorities worldwide, but now struggles to house even the most vulnerable and needy citizens. With the public sector failing to meet the need, Peter goes onsite with an enterprising developer who claims he can build and sell houses at price that even pensioners can afford.
6/13/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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03 | Housing the Australian Nation: Adelaide

Peter Mares travels to Adelaide, home to the South Australian Housing Trust, which once set the gold standard for state housing authorities worldwide, but now struggles to house even the most vulnerable and needy citizens. With the public sector failing to meet the need, Peter goes onsite with an enterprising developer who claims he can build and sell houses at price that even pensioners can afford.
6/13/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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02 | Housing the Australian Nation: Hobart

Peter travels to Hobart which in late 2019 was named Australia’s least affordable capital city for renters. More than one in four Australian households rent from a private landlord. There are growing numbers of long-term renters, older renters, and families renting with young children.
6/6/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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02 | Housing the Australian Nation: Hobart

Peter travels to Hobart which in late 2019 was named Australia’s least affordable capital city for renters. More than one in four Australian households rent from a private landlord. There are growing numbers of long-term renters, older renters, and families renting with young children.
6/6/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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01 | Housing the Australian Nation: Melbourne

The COVID-19 virus has exposed the failings of Australia’s housing system like never before: rough sleeping and homelessness, the insecurity of renting, and a real estate boom-bust cycle. Our housing mess can be measured in lost productivity, poor health, high debt and growing inequality. Peter Mares visits four capital cities, to investigate what’s gone wrong with housing in Australia, and what we might do about it, beginning in his home town of Melbourne
5/30/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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01 | Housing the Australian Nation: Melbourne

The COVID-19 virus has exposed the failings of Australia’s housing system like never before: rough sleeping and homelessness, the insecurity of renting, and a real estate boom-bust cycle. Our housing mess can be measured in lost productivity, poor health, high debt and growing inequality. Peter Mares visits four capital cities, to investigate what’s gone wrong with housing in Australia, and what we might do about it, beginning in his home town of Melbourne
5/30/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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The COVID Diaries — Episode 3: Work

A paramedic, an Indigenous educator in the remote Kimberley, and an international student turned bike courier take us to the frontline of working through COVID-19.
5/23/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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The COVID Diaries — Episode 3: Work

A paramedic, an Indigenous educator in the remote Kimberley, and an international student turned bike courier take us to the frontline of working through COVID-19.
5/23/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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The COVID Diaries — Episode 2: School

From the trenches of the home schooling front a teacher, a student and a parent tell the story of the education revolution brought on by COVID-19.
5/16/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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The COVID Diaries — Episode 2: School

From the trenches of the home schooling front a teacher, a student and a parent tell the story of the education revolution brought on by COVID-19.
5/16/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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The COVID Diaries — Episode 1: Home

Stolen hand sanitizer, an iso wedding, losing all three of your jobs in one week—life at home in lockdown in Australia, as told through the intimate audio diaries of three women.
5/9/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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The COVID Diaries — Episode 1: Home

Stolen hand sanitizer, an iso wedding, losing all three of your jobs in one week—life at home in lockdown in Australia, as told through the intimate audio diaries of three women.
5/9/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Where have all the sharks gone?

In 2019, the famous flying great white sharks of South Africa’s False Bay completely disappeared, leaving locals, scientists and a booming tourism industry desperate for answers. Are shark-eating orcas or climate change to blame? Or could the answer lie across the Southern Ocean in Australia?
5/2/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Where have all the sharks gone?

In 2019, the famous flying great white sharks of South Africa’s False Bay completely disappeared, leaving locals, scientists and a booming tourism industry desperate for answers. Are shark-eating orcas or climate change to blame? Or could the answer lie across the Southern Ocean in Australia?
5/2/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Lives After Hate, part 2

The story of one man's slide into the white supremacist movement in Canada, and the aftermath. How do we deal with those who've engaged in the politics of hate when they decide to walk away from it?
4/25/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Lives After Hate, part 2

The story of one man's slide into the white supremacist movement in Canada, and the aftermath. How do we deal with those who've engaged in the politics of hate when they decide to walk away from it?
4/25/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Lives After Hate, part 1

The story of one man's slide into the white supremacist movement in Canada in the late 1980s, and which asks the question; whose voices should be heard in the aftermath of violence, as a community attempts to move towards life after hate?
4/18/202028 minutes, 34 seconds
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Lives After Hate, part 1

The story of one man's slide into the white supremacist movement in Canada in the late 1980s, and which asks the question; whose voices should be heard in the aftermath of violence, as a community attempts to move towards life after hate?
4/18/202028 minutes, 34 seconds
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Homer of the Wimmera

The fascinating life story of Homer Rieth — a composer, poet and founder of the Minyip Philosophical Society.
4/11/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Homer of the Wimmera

The fascinating life story of Homer Rieth — a composer, poet and founder of the Minyip Philosophical Society.
4/11/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Solomon Islands: encounters in paradise

If your government failed to provide running water, electricity, roads, safety from gender violence, or other staples of everyday life, what would you do? In the Solomon Islands people are taking matters into their own hands, even schoolgirls. If their government can’t provide, they’ll try.
4/4/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Solomon Islands: encounters in paradise

If your government failed to provide running water, electricity, roads, safety from gender violence, or other staples of everyday life, what would you do? In the Solomon Islands people are taking matters into their own hands, even schoolgirls. If their government can’t provide, they’ll try.
4/4/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Survival across the ditch: Kiwis in Australia

We make it easy for New Zealanders to work in Australia but not so easy for them to survive in times of personal crisis. Four Kiwis tell their stories of falling between the cracks.
3/28/202028 minutes, 35 seconds
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Survival across the ditch: Kiwis in Australia

We make it easy for New Zealanders to work in Australia but not so easy for them to survive in times of personal crisis. Four Kiwis tell their stories of falling between the cracks.
3/28/202028 minutes, 35 seconds
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Tombstones

Tombstones were once doors to the afterlife, where spirits could pass through. Today they're smaller, but they still mark a place where we can leave offerings, tell stories and think alternative thoughts.
3/21/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Tombstones

Tombstones were once doors to the afterlife, where spirits could pass through. Today they're smaller, but they still mark a place where we can leave offerings, tell stories and think alternative thoughts.
3/21/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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My beautiful lungs - living with cystic fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis affects nearly 4000 Australians but how much do you know about what it's like to live with?
3/14/202031 minutes, 32 seconds
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My beautiful lungs - living with cystic fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis affects nearly 4000 Australians but how much do you know about what it's like to live with?
3/14/202031 minutes, 32 seconds
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#I'llridewithyou, West Papua

How do you make people care when they risk going to jail for it? Three women helped start a movement in Jakarta bringing attention to West Papua, and today it’s seen thousands protesting across the country. But the personal toll has been huge.
3/7/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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#I'llridewithyou, West Papua

How do you make people care when they risk going to jail for it? Three women helped start a movement in Jakarta bringing attention to West Papua, and today it’s seen thousands protesting across the country. But the personal toll has been huge.
3/7/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Inside the birth suite: why women are left traumatised by birth

After her own traumatic birth Elly Bradfield started asking other mothers about their births, it was like swapping war stories. Why are so many Australian women leaving the birth suite traumatised?
2/29/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Inside the birth suite: why women are left traumatised by birth

After her own traumatic birth Elly Bradfield started asking other mothers about their births, it was like swapping war stories. Why are so many Australian women leaving the birth suite traumatised?
2/29/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Vanuatu's stolen generation

150 years ago thousands of young men were taken from the Pacific Islands. Today the scars are still being felt.
2/22/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Vanuatu's stolen generation

150 years ago thousands of young men were taken from the Pacific Islands. Today the scars are still being felt.
2/22/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Polygamous marriage in modern Malaysia

Muslim Malaysians often have complex and tangled views about polygamy. Their feelings and beliefs aren’t always mirrored by their actions.  What role does pragmatism play? What role does faith play?
2/15/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Polygamous marriage in modern Malaysia

Muslim Malaysians often have complex and tangled views about polygamy. Their feelings and beliefs aren’t always mirrored by their actions.  What role does pragmatism play? What role does faith play?
2/15/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Survival and revival in the Torres Strait

The island of Poruma is a shrinking tropical paradise – battered by king tides and eaten by coastal erosion. Meet the locals fighting for survival, in more ways than one.
2/8/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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Survival and revival in the Torres Strait

The island of Poruma is a shrinking tropical paradise – battered by king tides and eaten by coastal erosion. Meet the locals fighting for survival, in more ways than one.
2/8/202028 minutes, 36 seconds
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South Korea's hope in hell

Expectation and competition are pushing young South Koreans to give up on marriage and kids.
2/1/202028 minutes, 35 seconds
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South Korea's hope in hell

Expectation and competition are pushing young South Koreans to give up on marriage and kids.
2/1/202028 minutes, 35 seconds
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Love, obsession and fanyuism in figure skating

To his cult-like following of fans Yuzuru Hanyu is the “god of figure skating”, and no price is too high or distance too great to watch him skate.
1/25/202028 minutes, 35 seconds
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Love, obsession and fanyuism in figure skating

To his cult-like following of fans Yuzuru Hanyu is the “god of figure skating”, and no price is too high or distance too great to watch him skate.
1/25/202028 minutes, 35 seconds
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Banaba: The island Australia ate

100 years ago the Banaban people had no idea they were living on the richest natural resource in the Pacific- one the world was desperate to get its hands on. The first they heard of it was when a mysterious visitor arrived, wanting signatures. That was the beginning of the end of their time on their island home, and the start of a superbly rich period in Australia’s history.
1/18/202028 minutes, 35 seconds
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Banaba: The island Australia ate

100 years ago the Banaban people had no idea they were living on the richest natural resource in the Pacific- one the world was desperate to get its hands on. The first they heard of it was when a mysterious visitor arrived, wanting signatures. That was the beginning of the end of their time on their island home, and the start of a superbly rich period in Australia’s history.
1/18/202028 minutes, 35 seconds
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Burn

Indigenous Australians have been setting fire to the bush for tens of thousands of years, and today their "cool burns" are making a welcome comeback.
1/11/202028 minutes, 31 seconds
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Burn

Indigenous Australians have been setting fire to the bush for tens of thousands of years, and today their "cool burns" are making a welcome comeback.
1/11/202028 minutes, 31 seconds
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Singing the Stones: can industry and ancient rock art coexist on the Burrup Peninsula?

After fifty years of industrial development that’s destroyed thousands of sacred petroglyphs, the West Australian government is finally backing a push for World Heritage Listing. But it’s also considering two major new chemical plants.
1/4/202028 minutes, 35 seconds
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Singing the Stones: can industry and ancient rock art coexist on the Burrup Peninsula?

After fifty years of industrial development that’s destroyed thousands of sacred petroglyphs, the West Australian government is finally backing a push for World Heritage Listing. But it’s also considering two major new chemical plants.
1/4/202028 minutes, 35 seconds
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Ball by bloody ball

Two blokes buy the radio rights to an international test cricket series on a credit card.
12/28/201928 minutes, 35 seconds
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Ball by bloody ball

Two blokes buy the radio rights to an international test cricket series on a credit card.
12/28/201928 minutes, 35 seconds
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The peaceful rebels of Poso

How does a community learn to live together after years of fighting each other in the most violent way possible? The remote Indonesian province of Poso is recovering from a decade-long religious conflict and in the face of hatred a brave group of women are leading the charge for peace and sovereignty.
12/21/201928 minutes, 35 seconds
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The peaceful rebels of Poso

How does a community learn to live together after years of fighting each other in the most violent way possible? The remote Indonesian province of Poso is recovering from a decade-long religious conflict and in the face of hatred a brave group of women are leading the charge for peace and sovereignty.
12/21/201928 minutes, 35 seconds
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Five days in a balloon

Hot air ballooning is more popular in Australia than ever before. But how did it start? And where is it drifting to?
12/14/201928 minutes, 33 seconds
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Five days in a balloon

Hot air ballooning is more popular in Australia than ever before. But how did it start? And where is it drifting to?
12/14/201928 minutes, 33 seconds
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Back to the multilingual future

To imagine our multilingual future do we have to return to the past?
12/7/201928 minutes, 36 seconds
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Back to the multilingual future

To imagine our multilingual future do we have to return to the past?
12/7/201928 minutes, 36 seconds
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Talking through the generations

Migrant languages tend to disappear by the third generation. But is there a way to resist this trend towards being a 'graveyard of languages' and for us to hold onto language through the generations?
11/30/201928 minutes, 33 seconds
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Talking through the generations

Migrant languages tend to disappear by the third generation. But is there a way to resist this trend towards being a 'graveyard of languages' and for us to hold onto language through the generations?
11/30/201928 minutes, 33 seconds
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How language education is failing and flourishing

The Australian education system both values and devalues languages other than English. So schools play a crucial role in contributing to a multilingual Australia — or do they?
11/23/201928 minutes, 34 seconds
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How language education is failing and flourishing

The Australian education system both values and devalues languages other than English. So schools play a crucial role in contributing to a multilingual Australia — or do they?
11/23/201928 minutes, 34 seconds
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Bringing up bilingual baby

Australian families and communities who bring up their children in more than one language take on a huge challenge. Is it worth the effort?
11/16/201928 minutes, 34 seconds
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Bringing up bilingual baby

Australian families and communities who bring up their children in more than one language take on a huge challenge. Is it worth the effort?
11/16/201928 minutes, 34 seconds
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Is Australia ready for the multilingual mindset?

Australia has a monolingual mindset but a multilingual reality. What does this mean for how we go about our day-to-day lives? Masako Fukui and Sheila Ngoc Pham investigate.
11/9/201928 minutes, 35 seconds
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Is Australia ready for the multilingual mindset?

Australia has a monolingual mindset but a multilingual reality. What does this mean for how we go about our day-to-day lives? Masako Fukui and Sheila Ngoc Pham investigate.
11/9/201928 minutes, 35 seconds
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From St Kilda to Kings Cross

Jump on a bus 'From St Kilda to Kings Cross' and discover the significance of the song that sparked Paul Kelly's career.
11/2/201928 minutes, 32 seconds
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From St Kilda to Kings Cross

Jump on a bus 'From St Kilda to Kings Cross' and discover the significance of the song that sparked Paul Kelly's career.
11/2/201928 minutes, 32 seconds
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Kangaroo cuddles - life inside a premmie baby unit

Come inside a neo-natal intensive care unit, where the lives of premature babies hang in the balance. Four mothers remember the excitement and the agony of their babies' first few months of life.
10/26/201928 minutes, 31 seconds
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Kangaroo cuddles - life inside a premmie baby unit

Come inside a neo-natal intensive care unit, where the lives of premature babies hang in the balance. Four mothers remember the excitement and the agony of their babies' first few months of life.
10/26/201928 minutes, 31 seconds
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The cop and the crim

30 years ago Bill was a Policeman and Brett was a teenager heading towards a life of crime. But then Bill said something to Brett that turned his life around. This is a rare encounter between two men whose lives have been scarred by violence and anger, who want to reach out and help each other to heal.
10/19/201928 minutes, 37 seconds
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The cop and the crim

30 years ago Bill was a Policeman and Brett was a teenager heading towards a life of crime. But then Bill said something to Brett that turned his life around. This is a rare encounter between two men whose lives have been scarred by violence and anger, who want to reach out and help each other to heal.
10/19/201928 minutes, 37 seconds
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Lucky Dube: how a South African musician changed the sound of desert music

In the remote Aboriginal communities of Central Australia, a musician most of us have never heard of, was “bigger than The Beatles”.
10/12/201932 minutes
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Lucky Dube: how a South African musician changed the sound of desert music

In the remote Aboriginal communities of Central Australia, a musician most of us have never heard of, was “bigger than The Beatles”.
10/12/201932 minutes
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The Call: inside the Christian Brothers

For almost a century the Christian Brothers was a formidable presence in education in Australia. In recent decades the order's reputation has been deeply marred by revelations of widespread sexual abuse. Two former Christian Brothers, who entered the order as young teens, recall their lives inside their notoriously cloistered world
10/5/201929 minutes, 24 seconds
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The Call: inside the Christian Brothers

For almost a century the Christian Brothers was a formidable presence in education in Australia. In recent decades the order's reputation has been deeply marred by revelations of widespread sexual abuse. Two former Christian Brothers, who entered the order as young teens, recall their lives inside their notoriously cloistered world
10/5/201929 minutes, 24 seconds
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Aziz: A Stranger in Geneva

Manus Island detainee Abdul Aziz Muhamat has been allowed to spend three weeks in Geneva in order to accept a human rights award. But he has a big decision to make. Should he stay and seek asylum or return to Manus? There's no middle ground.
9/28/201928 minutes, 47 seconds
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Aziz: A Stranger in Geneva

Manus Island detainee Abdul Aziz Muhamat has been allowed to spend three weeks in Geneva in order to accept a human rights award. But he has a big decision to make. Should he stay and seek asylum or return to Manus? There's no middle ground.
9/28/201928 minutes, 47 seconds
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Aziz: Flight from Manus

After six years in detention on Manus island, Abdul Aziz Muhamat is allowed to visit Geneva for two weeks. It's a strange blip in his internment which is happening because he's on the short-list for a human rights award.
9/21/201928 minutes, 33 seconds
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Aziz: Flight from Manus

After six years in detention on Manus island, Abdul Aziz Muhamat is allowed to visit Geneva for two weeks. It's a strange blip in his internment which is happening because he's on the short-list for a human rights award.
9/21/201928 minutes, 33 seconds
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The last golden age of the bee people

Australia is the last inhabited continent on earth without a little mite that could unravel our food system. Meet the city and regional beekeepers who are preparing for its inevitable arrival that will change everything for them and their bees.
9/14/201929 minutes, 27 seconds
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The last golden age of the bee people

Australia is the last inhabited continent on earth without a little mite that could unravel our food system. Meet the city and regional beekeepers who are preparing for its inevitable arrival that will change everything for them and their bees.
9/14/201929 minutes, 27 seconds
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Borderland: Ireland in the shadow of Brexit

Come on a road trip along the border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland as the departure of Britain from the European Union creeps closer. Hear what locals from both sides of the line have to say about Brexit, and its' impact on their lives. Will a no-deal UK departure signal the end of 20 years of peace along this once troubled border?
9/7/201928 minutes, 37 seconds
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Borderland: Ireland in the shadow of Brexit

Come on a road trip along the border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland as the departure of Britain from the European Union creeps closer. Hear what locals from both sides of the line have to say about Brexit, and its' impact on their lives. Will a no-deal UK departure signal the end of 20 years of peace along this once troubled border?
9/7/201928 minutes, 37 seconds
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My fake naked body: one woman's story of image-based abuse

Noelle Martin was an 18-year-old law student when she found hundreds of explicit images online with her face photoshopped onto the naked bodies of porn actresses.
8/31/201928 minutes, 36 seconds
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My fake naked body: one woman's story of image-based abuse

Noelle Martin was an 18-year-old law student when she found hundreds of explicit images online with her face photoshopped onto the naked bodies of porn actresses.
8/31/201928 minutes, 36 seconds
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The Mystery of the Marree Man

The Australian outback is home to many mysteries, but the Marree Man has to be one of the biggest. In every sense of the word.
8/24/201928 minutes, 35 seconds
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The Mystery of the Marree Man

The Australian outback is home to many mysteries, but the Marree Man has to be one of the biggest. In every sense of the word.
8/24/201928 minutes, 35 seconds
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The Iceman of Nederland

The town of Nederland in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains has an unusual mascot: an old, dead Norwegian man, whose body is preserved in a backyard cryogenics chamber. Behind it all - his grandson keeps the dream of his return alive.
8/17/201928 minutes, 36 seconds
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The Iceman of Nederland

The town of Nederland in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains has an unusual mascot: an old, dead Norwegian man, whose body is preserved in a backyard cryogenics chamber. Behind it all - his grandson keeps the dream of his return alive.
8/17/201928 minutes, 36 seconds
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Naponi's story: Loving a man with schizophrenia

The man Naponi married turned out to be violent and for decades her life was simply about survival. But her husband's been in a psychiatric facility for over 14 years now and some in her Sudanese community blame her for keeping him there.
8/10/201928 minutes, 35 seconds
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Naponi's story: Loving a man with schizophrenia

The man Naponi married turned out to be violent and for decades her life was simply about survival. But her husband's been in a psychiatric facility for over 14 years now and some in her Sudanese community blame her for keeping him there.
8/10/201928 minutes, 35 seconds
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The artist and the algorithm: how YouTube is changing our relationship with music

An obscure Japanese musician has found millions of fans thanks to YouTube.  Hiroshi Yoshimura's ambient synth music is perfect for long background listening and keeps you on the YouTube platform for hours, caught in the attention economy.
8/3/201928 minutes, 35 seconds
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The artist and the algorithm: how YouTube is changing our relationship with music

An obscure Japanese musician has found millions of fans thanks to YouTube.  Hiroshi Yoshimura's ambient synth music is perfect for long background listening and keeps you on the YouTube platform for hours, caught in the attention economy.
8/3/201928 minutes, 35 seconds
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Ball by bloody ball

Two blokes buy the radio rights to an international test cricket series on a credit card.
7/27/201928 minutes, 37 seconds
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Ball by bloody ball

Two blokes buy the radio rights to an international test cricket series on a credit card.
7/27/201928 minutes, 37 seconds
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You should feel uncomfortable: One family's time in Outreach International

Robert, Laura and Lee Sullivan were all once members of Outreach International, an organisation that they now believe is a cult because they felt controlled and were only allowed to have relationships with other members of the organisation. And find out why they left.
7/20/201928 minutes, 36 seconds
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You should feel uncomfortable: One family's time in Outreach International

Robert, Laura and Lee Sullivan were all once members of Outreach International, an organisation that they now believe is a cult because they felt controlled and were only allowed to have relationships with other members of the organisation. And find out why they left.
7/20/201928 minutes, 36 seconds
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A Mother's Mind

For most women becoming a new mother is an exhilarating, if physically exhausting experience; infused with love and joy. But what if it's the opposite of this? The stories of three women who have suffered from postpartum psychosis.
7/13/201929 minutes, 17 seconds
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A Mother's Mind

For most women becoming a new mother is an exhilarating, if physically exhausting experience; infused with love and joy. But what if it's the opposite of this? The stories of three women who have suffered from postpartum psychosis.
7/13/201929 minutes, 17 seconds
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Singing the Stones: can industry and ancient rock art coexist on the Burrup Peninsula?

After fifty years of industrial development that’s destroyed thousands of sacred petroglyphs, the West Australian government is finally backing a push for World Heritage Listing. But it’s also considering two major new chemical plants.
7/6/201928 minutes, 36 seconds
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Singing the Stones: can industry and ancient rock art coexist on the Burrup Peninsula?

After fifty years of industrial development that’s destroyed thousands of sacred petroglyphs, the West Australian government is finally backing a push for World Heritage Listing. But it’s also considering two major new chemical plants.
7/6/201928 minutes, 36 seconds
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Wentworth Street Port Kembla

It's deceptively quiet but the main street of Port Kembla has a thousand tales to tell and a cast of captivating characters to tell them.
6/29/201928 minutes, 35 seconds
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Wentworth Street Port Kembla

It's deceptively quiet but the main street of Port Kembla has a thousand tales to tell and a cast of captivating characters to tell them.
6/29/201928 minutes, 35 seconds
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A revolution in the paddocks - regenerative farming

A young farming couple find out they can rehabilitate the environment by the way they farm, but the stakes are high, they could go broke by doing it.
6/22/201928 minutes, 22 seconds
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A revolution in the paddocks - regenerative farming

A young farming couple find out they can rehabilitate the environment by the way they farm, but the stakes are high, they could go broke by doing it.
6/22/201928 minutes, 22 seconds
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Coal country

A coal mine, an anonymous billboard, and a community split in two.
6/15/201928 minutes, 22 seconds
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Coal country

A coal mine, an anonymous billboard, and a community split in two.
6/15/201928 minutes, 22 seconds
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Banaba: The island Australia ate

100 years ago the Banaban people had no idea they were living on the richest natural resource in the Pacific- one the world was desperate to get its hands on. The first they heard of it was when a mysterious visitor arrived, wanting signatures. That was the beginning of the end of their time on their island home, and the start of a superbly rich period in Australia’s history.
6/1/201928 minutes, 25 seconds
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Banaba: The island Australia ate

100 years ago the Banaban people had no idea they were living on the richest natural resource in the Pacific- one the world was desperate to get its hands on. The first they heard of it was when a mysterious visitor arrived, wanting signatures. That was the beginning of the end of their time on their island home, and the start of a superbly rich period in Australia’s history.
6/1/201928 minutes, 25 seconds
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A Sense of Quietness

This story reveals a line of connection through four Irish women across two referendums, to explore the unexpected consequences of talking about abortion.
5/25/201929 minutes, 2 seconds
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A Sense of Quietness

This story reveals a line of connection through four Irish women across two referendums, to explore the unexpected consequences of talking about abortion.
5/25/201929 minutes, 2 seconds
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A tourist in Modi's Varanasi

The ancient city of Varanasi, Prime Minister Modi’s chosen electorate, offers Hindus a direct path to the heavens but it’s one of the worst polluted places in the world and a demolition site.
5/18/201928 minutes, 37 seconds
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A tourist in Modi's Varanasi

The ancient city of Varanasi, Prime Minister Modi’s chosen electorate, offers Hindus a direct path to the heavens but it’s one of the worst polluted places in the world and a demolition site.
5/18/201928 minutes, 37 seconds
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Shutup bonus — Andrew Bolt talks to Sami Shah

Sami Shah talks candidly with this controversial columnist and commentator about the challenges of being so open with his opinions.
4/25/201947 minutes, 38 seconds
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Shutup bonus — Andrew Bolt talks to Sami Shah

Sami Shah talks candidly with this controversial columnist and commentator about the challenges of being so open with his opinions.
4/25/201947 minutes, 38 seconds
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Shutup Bonus — Nyadol Nyuon talks to Sami Shah

Lawyer and anti-racism advocate is searing and reflective with Sami Shah about the divisions in Australian media and society and her role in public debate.
4/25/201946 minutes, 13 seconds
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Shutup Bonus — Nyadol Nyuon talks to Sami Shah

Lawyer and anti-racism advocate is searing and reflective with Sami Shah about the divisions in Australian media and society and her role in public debate.
4/25/201946 minutes, 13 seconds
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Shutup 01 — Talking about speaking

What is freedom of speech and how much of it do we have? Sami Shah goes in search of the origins and limits of our free and frank speech.
4/13/201929 minutes, 9 seconds
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Shutup 01 — Talking about speaking

What is freedom of speech and how much of it do we have? Sami Shah goes in search of the origins and limits of our free and frank speech.
4/13/201929 minutes, 9 seconds
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Shutup 02 — Going mad

Sami Shah finds out what political correctness is and why it’s so darn mad.
4/13/201929 minutes, 9 seconds
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Shutup 02 — Going mad

Sami Shah finds out what political correctness is and why it’s so darn mad.
4/13/201929 minutes, 9 seconds
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Shutup 03 — Getting Yassmined

A young woman posted on Facebook on Anzac Day and Australia went mad. Sami Shah investigates why every comedian of colour is afraid of being 'Yassmined'.
4/13/201933 minutes, 9 seconds
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Shutup 03 — Getting Yassmined

A young woman posted on Facebook on Anzac Day and Australia went mad. Sami Shah investigates why every comedian of colour is afraid of being 'Yassmined'.
4/13/201933 minutes, 9 seconds
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Shutup 04 — Frontlines and punchlines

Sami Shah looks at where the free speech lines are being drawn in our newsrooms and comedy clubs.
4/13/201931 minutes, 52 seconds
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Shutup 04 — Frontlines and punchlines

Sami Shah looks at where the free speech lines are being drawn in our newsrooms and comedy clubs.
4/13/201931 minutes, 52 seconds
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Shutup 05 — Not shutting up

Online, on campus, everywhere we’re losing free and frank speech. Sami Shah discovers the consequences of this loss but also finds some solutions.
4/13/201930 minutes, 11 seconds
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Shutup 05 — Not shutting up

Online, on campus, everywhere we’re losing free and frank speech. Sami Shah discovers the consequences of this loss but also finds some solutions.
4/13/201930 minutes, 11 seconds
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Life on the border: Tijuana migrant stories

As the 'migrant caravans' continue to roll into Tijuana, on the US-Mexico border, journalist Janak Rogers spent a week on the ground in the city, speaking with recent arrivals and local residents.
4/6/201930 minutes, 11 seconds
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Life on the border: Tijuana migrant stories

As the 'migrant caravans' continue to roll into Tijuana, on the US-Mexico border, journalist Janak Rogers spent a week on the ground in the city, speaking with recent arrivals and local residents.
4/6/201930 minutes, 11 seconds
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Boy on the Bike

In 2003, journalist Andrew Gray was embedded in a US tank battalion during the Iraq invasion. In this documentary he returns to an event from that time which has haunted him for over 15 years.
3/23/201928 minutes, 47 seconds
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Boy on the Bike

In 2003, journalist Andrew Gray was embedded in a US tank battalion during the Iraq invasion. In this documentary he returns to an event from that time which has haunted him for over 15 years.
3/23/201928 minutes, 47 seconds
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The peaceful rebels of Poso

How does a community learn to live together after years of fighting each other in the most violent way possible? The remote Indonesian province of Poso is recovering from a decade-long religious conflict and in the face of hatred a brave group of women are leading the charge for peace and sovereignty.
3/16/201928 minutes, 36 seconds
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The peaceful rebels of Poso

How does a community learn to live together after years of fighting each other in the most violent way possible? The remote Indonesian province of Poso is recovering from a decade-long religious conflict and in the face of hatred a brave group of women are leading the charge for peace and sovereignty.
3/16/201928 minutes, 36 seconds
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Stainforth Court: closing the door

In 2011, a murder prompted a transformation of Stainforth Court, a troubled public housing estate in Hobart. Who’s living there now? And what we can learn from this story when it comes to improving Australia’s public housing?
3/9/201928 minutes, 49 seconds
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Stainforth Court: closing the door

In 2011, a murder prompted a transformation of Stainforth Court, a troubled public housing estate in Hobart. Who’s living there now? And what we can learn from this story when it comes to improving Australia’s public housing?
3/9/201928 minutes, 49 seconds
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Stainforth Court: the trauma centre

Stainforth Court was a troubled public housing estate in Hobart. But what was it really like to live there?
3/2/201928 minutes, 35 seconds
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Stainforth Court: the trauma centre

Stainforth Court was a troubled public housing estate in Hobart. But what was it really like to live there?
3/2/201928 minutes, 35 seconds
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Ben Buckley: voting is a crime

Ben Buckley is a pilot, politician and a maverick - a councillor who won't vote for himself.
2/23/201928 minutes, 29 seconds
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Ben Buckley: voting is a crime

Ben Buckley is a pilot, politician and a maverick - a councillor who won't vote for himself.
2/23/201928 minutes, 29 seconds
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The life and death of Turbo Brown

From homelessness on the riverbank, to having a million people come view his paintings, this is the story of an immensely creative man who lived hard, painted every day as though he was on a mission, and died too soon.
2/16/201928 minutes, 36 seconds
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The life and death of Turbo Brown

From homelessness on the riverbank, to having a million people come view his paintings, this is the story of an immensely creative man who lived hard, painted every day as though he was on a mission, and died too soon.
2/16/201928 minutes, 36 seconds
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The ghosts of Wittenoom: the lethal asbestos still putting Aboriginal lives at risk

Giant, slate-blue glaciers of asbestos tailings still contaminate Western Australia’s Wittenoom Gorge more than fifty years after the blue asbestos mine closed, putting new generations at risk of mesothelioma.
2/9/201933 minutes, 39 seconds
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The ghosts of Wittenoom: the lethal asbestos still putting Aboriginal lives at risk

Giant, slate-blue glaciers of asbestos tailings still contaminate Western Australia’s Wittenoom Gorge more than fifty years after the blue asbestos mine closed, putting new generations at risk of mesothelioma.
2/9/201933 minutes, 39 seconds
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The ghosts of Wittenoom: how asbestos changed the lives of the Pilbara's Aboriginal people

The Aboriginal people of Western Australia’s Pilbara region have one of the highest mortality rates from mesothelioma of any group, anywhere in the world. Thrust into working at the blue asbestos mine, it’s had a devastating and disproportionate impact.
2/2/201928 minutes, 36 seconds
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The ghosts of Wittenoom: how asbestos changed the lives of the Pilbara's Aboriginal people

The Aboriginal people of Western Australia’s Pilbara region have one of the highest mortality rates from mesothelioma of any group, anywhere in the world. Thrust into working at the blue asbestos mine, it’s had a devastating and disproportionate impact.
2/2/201928 minutes, 36 seconds
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Argentina's stolen generation

Maximiliano's world was turned upside down when he got a phone call from a stranger that said "You're not who you think you are." At 40 he found out he was one of Argentina's lost grandchildren.
1/26/201928 minutes, 33 seconds
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Argentina's stolen generation

Maximiliano's world was turned upside down when he got a phone call from a stranger that said "You're not who you think you are." At 40 he found out he was one of Argentina's lost grandchildren.
1/26/201928 minutes, 33 seconds
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My favourite Martian

Dianne McGrath is a Mars One astronaut candidate. She is on the short list for a one-way ticket to live and die on the red planet.
1/14/201928 minutes, 44 seconds
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My favourite Martian

Dianne McGrath is a Mars One astronaut candidate. She is on the short list for a one-way ticket to live and die on the red planet.
1/14/201928 minutes, 44 seconds
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Swings and roustabouts: the life and times of a shearer and his daughter

Shearers and roustabouts are our modern-day swag-people. They straddle two worlds; travelling from shed to shed, doing one of the toughest physical jobs around.
1/7/201928 minutes, 22 seconds
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Swings and roustabouts: the life and times of a shearer and his daughter

Shearers and roustabouts are our modern-day swag-people. They straddle two worlds; travelling from shed to shed, doing one of the toughest physical jobs around.
1/7/201928 minutes, 22 seconds
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Adopting a war

The story of a young Australian man killed fighting with the Kurds in Syria.
12/31/201828 minutes, 33 seconds
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Adopting a war

The story of a young Australian man killed fighting with the Kurds in Syria.
12/31/201828 minutes, 33 seconds
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A portrait of a foster family

Meet the Greenocks. They fostered their first child seven years ago oblivious to the joy, the grief, the chaos, the worry and the love it would bring to their home.
12/24/201828 minutes, 22 seconds
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A portrait of a foster family

Meet the Greenocks. They fostered their first child seven years ago oblivious to the joy, the grief, the chaos, the worry and the love it would bring to their home.
12/24/201828 minutes, 22 seconds
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Former foreign correspondent Jill Jolliffe's latest battle

Crusading journalist Jill Jolliffe has spent her time giving a voice to others. But since being diagnosis with Alzheimer's, telling her own story has become more urgent than ever.
12/17/201828 minutes, 36 seconds
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Former foreign correspondent Jill Jolliffe's latest battle

Crusading journalist Jill Jolliffe has spent her time giving a voice to others. But since being diagnosis with Alzheimer's, telling her own story has become more urgent than ever.
12/17/201828 minutes, 36 seconds
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How to win friends and become an Instagram influencer

Writer Stephanie Coombes, not satisfied with her F-list media lifestyle, goes in search of lucrative Instagram fame.
12/10/201828 minutes, 22 seconds
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How to win friends and become an Instagram influencer

Writer Stephanie Coombes, not satisfied with her F-list media lifestyle, goes in search of lucrative Instagram fame.
12/10/201828 minutes, 22 seconds
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A bad bend in the road-an accident at Bonny Hills

After a 21st birthday party a car accident left a teenager dead, another in jail and a third with a permanent brain injury.  This is a story about grief, forgiveness and the healing power of music.
12/3/201830 minutes, 12 seconds
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A bad bend in the road-an accident at Bonny Hills

After a 21st birthday party a car accident left a teenager dead, another in jail and a third with a permanent brain injury.  This is a story about grief, forgiveness and the healing power of music.
12/3/201830 minutes, 12 seconds
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Me, my half-sister and her biological mum

The unlikely story of two half-sisters who connected late in life, a birth mother turned adoptive mother, and what can happen when biological relatives turn up out of the blue.
11/26/201828 minutes, 42 seconds
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Me, my half-sister and her biological mum

The unlikely story of two half-sisters who connected late in life, a birth mother turned adoptive mother, and what can happen when biological relatives turn up out of the blue.
11/26/201828 minutes, 42 seconds
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A stroke of love

A split second was all it took to shatter Judi Green’s life. It took decades, a lot of forgiveness and a little luck to piece it back together.
11/19/201828 minutes, 27 seconds
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A stroke of love

A split second was all it took to shatter Judi Green’s life. It took decades, a lot of forgiveness and a little luck to piece it back together.
11/19/201828 minutes, 27 seconds
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The last flamingo

What can the last flamingo who lived in Australia tell us about zookeeping, taxidermy and loneliness?
11/12/201828 minutes, 22 seconds
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The last flamingo

What can the last flamingo who lived in Australia tell us about zookeeping, taxidermy and loneliness?
11/12/201828 minutes, 22 seconds
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To end all wars

Contemporary Australian poets respond to the centenary of the Armistice.
11/5/201839 minutes, 30 seconds
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To end all wars

Contemporary Australian poets respond to the centenary of the Armistice.
11/5/201839 minutes, 30 seconds
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Becoming a motherless mother

Olivia Humphreys found herself pregnant and full of questions about what it's like to be a mother when you don't have a mother of your own.
10/29/201828 minutes, 29 seconds
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Becoming a motherless mother

Olivia Humphreys found herself pregnant and full of questions about what it's like to be a mother when you don't have a mother of your own.
10/29/201828 minutes, 29 seconds
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Sex, gender and sport - are you woman enough?

How should transgender athletes prove that they are woman enough to play with other women on the sporting field?
10/22/201828 minutes, 29 seconds
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Sex, gender and sport - are you woman enough?

How should transgender athletes prove that they are woman enough to play with other women on the sporting field?
10/22/201828 minutes, 29 seconds
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Robert Manne's voice

Public thinker Robert Manne's voice changed after he had surgery for throat cancer. In this candid documentary he reflects on questions of voice and identity, enduring love and friendship.
10/15/201837 minutes, 45 seconds
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Robert Manne's voice

Public thinker Robert Manne's voice changed after he had surgery for throat cancer. In this candid documentary he reflects on questions of voice and identity, enduring love and friendship.
10/15/201837 minutes, 45 seconds
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Mad for manga

Once considered nerdy, Japanese pop culture like manga and anime is now big in Australia. What’s the appeal?
10/8/201828 minutes, 22 seconds
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Mad for manga

Once considered nerdy, Japanese pop culture like manga and anime is now big in Australia. What’s the appeal?
10/8/201828 minutes, 22 seconds
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I heart women's wrestling

Three bad-ass women wrestlers talk about the power, performance and passion in Australia's world-class pro-wrestling scene.
10/1/201828 minutes, 27 seconds
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I heart women's wrestling

Three bad-ass women wrestlers talk about the power, performance and passion in Australia's world-class pro-wrestling scene.
10/1/201828 minutes, 27 seconds
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Rebel Roma

Come to a Gypsy wedding but don't be shocked that the bride is 14. Perty had no choice, but months later she is learning to walk a fine line between being a feminist and honouring her Roma tribal traditions.
9/24/201828 minutes, 21 seconds
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Rebel Roma

Come to a Gypsy wedding but don't be shocked that the bride is 14. Perty had no choice, but months later she is learning to walk a fine line between being a feminist and honouring her Roma tribal traditions.
9/24/201828 minutes, 21 seconds
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Deported

Two Australian musicians travelled overseas for work but they didn't make it past immigration at the airport; tales of holding cells and humiliation.
9/17/201828 minutes, 25 seconds
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Deported

Two Australian musicians travelled overseas for work but they didn't make it past immigration at the airport; tales of holding cells and humiliation.
9/17/201828 minutes, 25 seconds
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Homer of the Wimmera

The fascinating life story of Homer Rieth — a composer, poet and founder of the Minyip Philosophical Society.
9/10/201830 minutes, 7 seconds
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Homer of the Wimmera

The fascinating life story of Homer Rieth — a composer, poet and founder of the Minyip Philosophical Society.
9/10/201830 minutes, 7 seconds
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Nervous, scared, proud-women's footy comes to Bidyadanga

The women of a remote Aboriginal community are thrilled to finally be playing the sport that's always been in their hearts and it's helped heal their grief.
9/3/201828 minutes, 21 seconds
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Nervous, scared, proud-women's footy comes to Bidyadanga

The women of a remote Aboriginal community are thrilled to finally be playing the sport that's always been in their hearts and it's helped heal their grief.
9/3/201828 minutes, 21 seconds
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Aurukun part 2: Black, white and shades of grey

A story of heartbreak, a journey across Australia to take an Aboriginal child, a bitter court case and, in the middle of it all, two people who loved their child.
8/27/201829 minutes, 3 seconds
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Aurukun part 2: Black, white and shades of grey

A story of heartbreak, a journey across Australia to take an Aboriginal child, a bitter court case and, in the middle of it all, two people who loved their child.
8/27/201829 minutes, 3 seconds
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Aurukun part 1: Two love birds in the bush

We travel to Aurukun, an Indigenous community in far north Queensland, to hear the story of a Wik woman, a white engineer turned anthropologist, and their son Bruce.
8/20/201828 minutes, 23 seconds
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Aurukun part 1: Two love birds in the bush

We travel to Aurukun, an Indigenous community in far north Queensland, to hear the story of a Wik woman, a white engineer turned anthropologist, and their son Bruce.
8/20/201828 minutes, 23 seconds
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Sinkers, stinkers and sharks

Our insatiable appetite for fish is growing, the way we hunt them is changing, yet fish farming for many still has a salty pong about it. Come visit the community of Port Stephens who are treading the choppy waters of aquaculture.
8/13/201828 minutes, 26 seconds
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Sinkers, stinkers and sharks

Our insatiable appetite for fish is growing, the way we hunt them is changing, yet fish farming for many still has a salty pong about it. Come visit the community of Port Stephens who are treading the choppy waters of aquaculture.
8/13/201828 minutes, 26 seconds
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The true cost of interpretation

Life in Afghanistan is dangerous, but if you've worked as an interpreter, you're even more of a target.
8/6/201825 minutes, 18 seconds
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The true cost of interpretation

Life in Afghanistan is dangerous, but if you've worked as an interpreter, you're even more of a target.
8/6/201825 minutes, 18 seconds
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Four parents two gaybies: part 2

A gay family story with a twist. Gay couples John and Charlie, and Ruth and Betty hit some very modern day family dilemmas.
7/30/201827 minutes, 54 seconds
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Four parents two gaybies: part 2

A gay family story with a twist. Gay couples John and Charlie, and Ruth and Betty hit some very modern day family dilemmas.
7/30/201827 minutes, 54 seconds
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Four parents two gaybies: part 1

Twenty years ago two gay couples met by chance in Sydney. Betty and Ruth wanted to have children, so did Charlie and John. But the boys didn't just want to be sperm donors, they wanted a family. Four parents two gaybies tracks the foursome over the next two decades, as their unconventional family plan hatches
7/23/201828 minutes, 22 seconds
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Four parents two gaybies: part 1

Twenty years ago two gay couples met by chance in Sydney. Betty and Ruth wanted to have children, so did Charlie and John. But the boys didn't just want to be sperm donors, they wanted a family. Four parents two gaybies tracks the foursome over the next two decades, as their unconventional family plan hatches
7/23/201828 minutes, 22 seconds
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Edgar, Edgar, where are you?

After a chance encounter with a ghost from her past, Elizabeth Mora is forced to confront a decade old question: did coming to Australia break or save her family? As she reconciles her parents’ complicated love story, Elizabeth’s capacity for forgiveness is put to the test.
7/16/201828 minutes, 26 seconds
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Edgar, Edgar, where are you?

After a chance encounter with a ghost from her past, Elizabeth Mora is forced to confront a decade old question: did coming to Australia break or save her family? As she reconciles her parents’ complicated love story, Elizabeth’s capacity for forgiveness is put to the test.
7/16/201828 minutes, 26 seconds
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Bedtime stories from prison

Approximately half of Australia's prisoners are also parents. So how do they maintain a relationship with their kids while they're inside?
7/9/201826 minutes, 33 seconds
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Bedtime stories from prison

Approximately half of Australia's prisoners are also parents. So how do they maintain a relationship with their kids while they're inside?
7/9/201826 minutes, 33 seconds
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Sink or swim: finding asylum in Australia

When Mina Abdolmaleki arrived in Australia as a spiritual exile from Iran, she thought the challenges would end there. But despite now having the freedom to think and act freely, her faith is still the greatest comfort as she waits for her future to be decided.
7/2/201827 minutes, 53 seconds
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Sink or swim: finding asylum in Australia

When Mina Abdolmaleki arrived in Australia as a spiritual exile from Iran, she thought the challenges would end there. But despite now having the freedom to think and act freely, her faith is still the greatest comfort as she waits for her future to be decided.
7/2/201827 minutes, 53 seconds
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We don't belong to anywhere

When Australia stopped the boats, what happened to the refugees? Mozhgan and Jafar are young asylum seekers now stranded in Indonesia, trying to build an awkward life in limbo.
6/25/201828 minutes, 28 seconds
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We don't belong to anywhere

When Australia stopped the boats, what happened to the refugees? Mozhgan and Jafar are young asylum seekers now stranded in Indonesia, trying to build an awkward life in limbo.
6/25/201828 minutes, 28 seconds
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Hugh, you're gay

15 year old Hugh knows he’s gay but he’s terrified of anyone at his Catholic boy’s school finding out.  Then he meets Peter who was in the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 40 years ago.  Will Hugh find the courage to come out?
6/18/201828 minutes, 22 seconds
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Hugh, you're gay

15 year old Hugh knows he’s gay but he’s terrified of anyone at his Catholic boy’s school finding out.  Then he meets Peter who was in the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 40 years ago.  Will Hugh find the courage to come out?
6/18/201828 minutes, 22 seconds
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Swings and roustabouts: the life and times of a shearer and his daughter

Shearers and roustabouts are our modern-day swag-people. They straddle two worlds; travelling from shed to shed, doing one of the toughest physical jobs around.
6/11/201828 minutes, 26 seconds
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Swings and roustabouts: the life and times of a shearer and his daughter

Shearers and roustabouts are our modern-day swag-people. They straddle two worlds; travelling from shed to shed, doing one of the toughest physical jobs around.
6/11/201828 minutes, 26 seconds
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The young Apprentice

Kudakwashe Pwiti always wanted to make dancehall music, but his sheltered childhood wouldn’t prepare him for the dark side of the music scene.
6/4/201829 minutes, 2 seconds
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The young Apprentice

Kudakwashe Pwiti always wanted to make dancehall music, but his sheltered childhood wouldn’t prepare him for the dark side of the music scene.
6/4/201829 minutes, 2 seconds
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The last Jew of Essaouira

Why did all the Jews suddenly leave a town in Morocco where they had lived in harmony with their Muslim neighbours for centuries?
5/28/201828 minutes, 22 seconds
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The last Jew of Essaouira

Why did all the Jews suddenly leave a town in Morocco where they had lived in harmony with their Muslim neighbours for centuries?
5/28/201828 minutes, 22 seconds
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Chasing meteors

An out-of-this-world quest to find the origins of life in the middle of the desert.
5/21/201828 minutes, 47 seconds
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Chasing meteors

An out-of-this-world quest to find the origins of life in the middle of the desert.
5/21/201828 minutes, 47 seconds
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The Conquistador, the Warlpiri and the dog whisperer

A remarkable tale of two women from opposite sides of the political divide in Chile who washed up in the desert in Central Australia. They've formed a strong bond and now work together with the artists of Yuendemu to bring the stunning art of the Warlpiri people to the world.
5/14/201828 minutes, 22 seconds
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The Conquistador, the Warlpiri and the dog whisperer

A remarkable tale of two women from opposite sides of the political divide in Chile who washed up in the desert in Central Australia. They've formed a strong bond and now work together with the artists of Yuendemu to bring the stunning art of the Warlpiri people to the world.
5/14/201828 minutes, 22 seconds
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The Unknown Man

In 1948, an unknown man was found dead on Somerton Beach in Adelaide. Nobody knew who he was or how he died. 70 years on the case reveals a startling new lead.
5/7/201828 minutes, 28 seconds
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The Unknown Man

In 1948, an unknown man was found dead on Somerton Beach in Adelaide. Nobody knew who he was or how he died. 70 years on the case reveals a startling new lead.
5/7/201828 minutes, 28 seconds
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Antarctica, the Big Dead Place

When a young American took up a position with the US Antarctic Program in the late '90s he imagined incredible adventures within a pristine landscape, but he found something completely different.
4/30/201828 minutes, 22 seconds
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Deaf heart

Jodee Mundy is the only person in her family who can hear. Ever since she was little, she has moved between two worlds.
4/23/201826 minutes, 51 seconds
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The Outcasts

What kind of sacrifices are you willing to make to pursue your life’s work? When anthropologist Laura Rival left Europe to live and work with a remote group in Amazonia, she took her young daughter with her.  But things didn't go to plan, and Laura faced a difficult decision  
4/16/201822 minutes, 5 seconds
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The C word

Today we're breaking taboos. It's all about the Class. Comedian Nelly Thomas gathers a group of her blue-collar classmates for a frank chat.
4/9/201828 minutes, 22 seconds
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Walking on eggshells

For Barry Jorgensen, an electrician and lifelong tinkerer, learning to live with Parkinson’s Disease is a bit like constantly rewiring a faulty circuit board. For his family, it's a fragile negotiation of a chronic illness, family dynamics, and memories of lives past.
4/2/201826 minutes, 55 seconds
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The legend of Larantuka

It's the world's most populous Muslim nation. So what brings thousands of Catholic pilgrims each Easter to the remote town of Larantuka in Flores, Indonesia?
3/26/201828 minutes, 22 seconds
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My favourite Martian

Dianne McGrath is a Mars One astronaut candidate. She is on the short list for a one-way ticket to live and die on the red planet.
3/19/201828 minutes, 22 seconds
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A wicked problem

More than half the children in out-of-home care in Western Australia are Indigenous; it's the highest rate of overrepresentation in Australia. So what is the government doing about it?
3/12/201831 minutes, 22 seconds
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A portrait of a foster family

Meet the Greenocks. They fostered their first child seven years ago oblivious to the joy, the grief, the chaos, the worry and the love it would bring to their home.
3/5/201828 minutes, 22 seconds
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Mal and Ari

The aftermath of child sexual abuse is an ordeal for all survivors - but for men, it can carry particular challenges. Mal and Ari tell their stories.
2/26/201828 minutes, 22 seconds
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Music Our Bodies Can't Hold

Poet Andy Jackson writes about people who live Marfan Syndrome, including some famous characters who are thought to have had it, such as Abraham Lincoln, Robert Johnson and Rachmaninov.
2/19/201831 minutes, 38 seconds