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Oct 2021
43m 19s

Faith

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Join us for Season 2 of Brains Trust, as journalist and producer and tricky question asker Chris Walker has thought-provoking and funny conversations with notable Australians…all in the same episode!

 

Episode 3: Faith

In today’s episode:

 

Jamila Rizvi’s brain tumour has changed her feelings about death.

Tommy Little believes that political correctness isn’t stopping him from saying what he thinks.

Why Tony Armstrong believes his AFL career was a failure and how it made him stronger.

Charlie Pickering’s lifelong struggle with a multitude of religions.

Where is Sam Armytage going when she dies?

Rob Reid confirms what we already knew – there’s no mention of vaccines in the Bible!

Abbie Chatfield unpacks a huge family fight from last Christmas!

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