Conversations

My year with the real Rudolf Nureyev — a volatile but vulnerable genius

My year with the real Rudolf Nureyev — a volatile but vulnerable genius

Encore: How I came to work with the lions who live in trees

My best friend was killed by her ex-husband — this is the message I want men to hear

The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

Encore: What I learnt about Australia as an Outback GP

Why my father was abandoned and the empathy I now have for his mother

Encore: The hidden corners of Emma's Hong Kong — fishing villages, beaches and ancestral graveyards

'The century of foundlings'—what Cynthia found when she went looking maternal family secrets

Spotting the psychopaths, sadists and narcissists in our lives and how to get rid of them

Encore: How his ex-wife's hidden letter changed everything for Teddy Tahu Rhodes

The GP clinic for patients often overlooked by society

Encore: Bo Seo on good arguments and the power of disagreement

Exploring loss, love and meaning with psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz

When the magical worlds of Alice Springs and Prague collided

Encore: Remembering cultural leader and storyteller Rhoda Roberts

Burnout and the 'Bureaucrapper' — how Nick went from the edge of homelessness to helping others

Encore: The real life story behind 'Looking for Alibrandi'

The giant spacecraft on its way to Jupiter's icy moon

The secret life of a matchmaker—love, listening and telling the truth

Encore: falling in love with a charming fake farmer

Encore: The barber who helps boys become good men

Encore: After triple zero — a paramedic's tale

Anna the anxiety coach on surviving a roller coaster accident and healing her nervous system

Iran's position of power in the Strait of Hormuz

Encore: How Jenny upended the Australian way of death

Deciding on a big, bold life

Encore: Tony Birch — op shop fever and old Fitzroy

The ordinary and extraordinary lives of women, artists and mothers

Is America sliding into autocratic rule under Trump?

Encore: Colin Hay's wild ride to fame with Men at Work, and the heartbreak in the aftermath

What happens to kids when they can't go to school?

Encore: Is there a cheating gene?

How I use touch to tell stories — my work as an intimacy director

The decline of modern Britain — where did it all go so wrong?

Encore: climbing back into life after a schizophrenia diagnosis

John Howard's toy poodle epiphany

Encore: The fearless Kate McClymont — weathering death threats and court cases for work

Drought, depression and asking for help—how an Outback farmer found peace in the ocean

Where do we go when we die? Looking for answers in psychedelics

Encore: The spiked chair which began conductor Umberto Clerici's life in music

How I went from being a new mum on food stamps to an anonymous restaurant critic, worldwide

From child preacher to wicked defector — leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses

A boy called Little Chilli — how flavour and migration led to unexpected love

A short history of the innovations that have shaped human progress

Encore: the Nyamal woman from the Pilbara transforming how we think about trauma

Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, an indestructible Nashville studio and the DNA of folk music

Encore: the life and legacy of author John Marsden

There is magic to be found when the world goes dark

Losing three mothers in one lifetime — Layne Beachley's drive to win

A 'hopeless romantic' on divorce, dating apps, and curing a broken heart