Opus Dei are a predatory catholic cult that started in Spain in the early 20th century and grew and grew over the years into a global organisation that set out with the singular vision to re-christianise the entire world. Gareth Gore stumbled into this story when researching and writing the collapse of one of Spains largest financial institutions, Banco Po ... Show More
Nov 6
Gideon Haigh | The Love Of Cricket, Archives & Eclectic Curiosities - Doyen Of Cricket History & Correspondence
<p>A probe into Gideon Haigh's worldview, someone I've anticipated interviewing ever since this podcast began. </p><p>Some highlights from the podcast.</p><ul><li><b>On cricket</b>: “Cricket marches backwards into the future — always haunted by its past.”</li><li><b>On ... Show More
1h 45m
Oct 21
Robyn Davidson | 'Memoir Is The Slipperiest Genre' - Unfinished Woman, Tracks & A Life Of Nomadism
<p>I've anticipated this interview for 6 years. </p><p>Robyn Davidson has lived one of the most mythologised lives in Australian memory.<br/><br/>She famously and unintentionally burst onto the scene with Tracks in 1988, which was a 2,700km camel trek across the Simpson dese ... Show More
2h 15m