Conversations with Richard Fidler
By ABC Local
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Podcast Description
Spend an hour in someone else's life each weekday. 'Conversations with Richard Fidler' draws you deeper into the life story of someone you may have heard about, but never met.
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Lucia de Bortoli | When she was 12 Lucia de Bortoli left her small home town in Italy for the tobacco fields of country Australia. | 5/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ross and Lisa Dunkerton | Australian rally champion Ross Dunkerton and his wife and co-driver Lisa put their lives in each other's hands on a regular basis. | 5/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ira Glass | Ira Glass is the creator and host of one of the USA's most-loved radio programs 'This American Life'. | 5/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naguib Kanawati | Naguib Kanawati is Professor of Egyptology at Macquarie University, and one of the world's most respected Egyptologists. | 5/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Barbara Holborow | The announcement yesterday of Barbara Holborow's death was followed by an immediate outpouring of grief, bound up in affection and admiration. | 5/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Joe McGinniss | When veteran US journalist Joe McGinniss started researching his book on Sarah Palin, he moved in right next door to her in Wasilla. | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stephen Dando Collins | Historian Stephen Dando Collins with one of the most unlikely and colourful stories in Australia's history. | 5/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jeffrey Eugenides | Jeffrey Eugenides' latest novel is very different from the one he was originally writing, until he was 'hijacked' by one of the characters. | 5/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lemon Andersen | Acclaimed poet, actor and spoken word artist Lemon Andersen grew up in a close-knit Puerto Rican community in Brooklyn in New York. | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Susan Swingler | Susan Swingler's story is one of lies, forged letters and a family secret that got out of control - a story too strange for fiction. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Barbara Arrowsmith Young | Barbara Arrowsmith Young was born with severe learning disabilities, but as an adult she managed to completely overcome them by changing her own brain. | 5/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jim Hightower | Former Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower is now a high-profile commentator, speaking out for the interests of rural communities across the US. | 5/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Glenn Carle | Glenn Carle worked for the CIA for 23 years, and in 2002 was offered a special assignment: to interrogate a 'high value target'. | 5/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kev Carmody | Great singer songwriter Kev Carmody grew up mustering cattle and cutting cane, and listening to old 78 records of country and classical music. | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chris Skelding | Mine safety inspector Chris Skelding began his career working underground in the Welsh coalfields. | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gideon Haigh | Gideon Haigh persuaded his wife to make their honeymoon a fact-finding trip, as he looked into the history of the office. | 5/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alison Oborn | After growing up in a haunted house, it's probably not surprising that Alison Oborn grew up to investigate ghosts and strange happenings. | 5/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clare Lindop | Champion jockey Clare Lindop was the first Australian woman to ride in the Melbourne Cup. | 5/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sandy McFarlane | Psychiatrist Sandy McFarlane specialises in treating people who have lived through trauma. | 5/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dean Clifford | Dean Clifford is a 'cotton wool' kid with a will of iron. | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lisa Anderson | Visual artist Dr Lisa Anderson likes to do big things - she was the first person allowed to project her work onto the sails of the Sydney Opera House. | 5/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Colm Toibin | Author, essayist and poet Colm Toibin is one of Ireland's greatest living writers. | 5/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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23 |
Liam Houlihan | Former crime reporter Liam Houlihan is Chief of Staff at the Sunday Herald Sun in Melbourne. | 5/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ronni Kahn | Ronni Kahn founded 'OzHarvest' - the charity that rescues vast amounts of food destined to be thrown out, and gives it to someone who needs it. | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Whatever Doesn't Kill Me... | A special collection of stories from different guests: 'Whatever Doesn't Kill Me....' | 4/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Keelen Mailman | Keelen Mailman manages an ancient indigenous cultural site called 'Lost City', a place that means so much to her, and allows her mind to time travel back thousands of years. | 4/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Monica Bradley | The full interview today with Monica Bradley - corporate strategist and problem solver. | 4/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Greg De Moore | Sydney psychiatrist Greg De Moore spent years researching the life of Tom Wills - uncovering medical records, letters and even school books that had been thought lost or destroyed. | 4/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sally Sara | ABC correspondent Sally Sara says what fascinates her most about the people in her stories is their resilience. | 4/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jane Bennett | Jane Bennett grew up hating dairy food, but became a world-renowned cheesemaker. | 4/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Robert Forrester | Robert Forrester has given away hundreds of millions of dollars to charities, from the Foundation he set up with his close friend Paul Newman. | 4/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pete Murray | Singer songwriter Pete Murray took a complete break from music for a while, but is he's back with new songs and a different sound. | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fraud: Brian Hay and Joan Harrington | Detective Superintendent Brian Hay is head of the Queensland Police Fraud Squad. Retired prison officer Joan Harrington was taken in by a nasty type of romance fraud. | 4/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ian Parkes | As a young man in the early 1950s, Ian Parkes was a jackeroo and a stockman in remote parts of Australia, working in red dirt and scrub under a vast sky. | 4/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ross McMullin | Historian Ross McMullin has uncovered previously untold stories of ten extraordinary Australian soldiers lost in WW1. | 4/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jo O'Leary | Jo O'Leary and her husband knew there was something different about their third child. | 4/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Keating | Paul Keating was once named by author Samuel P. Huntington as the man responsible for initiating the decline and fall of western civilization. | 4/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Monica Bradley | Monica Bradley is a high flying corporate strategist and problem solver. | 4/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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39 |
Richard Fitzpatrick | Richard Fitzpatrick is a marine biologist and cameraman who has an unusually 'hands-on' relationship with sharks. | 4/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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True and Tall Tales | Storytelling nights are springing up around Australia - true stories told by everyday people and famous people alike. | 4/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lyn Beazley | WA Chief Scientist Lyn Beazley has a strong passion for science and is able to explain very complicated physics in a way everyone can understand. | 4/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nick McKenzie | Award-winning investigative journalist Nick McKenzie tells the story of arguably the most ambitious drug investigation in the world. | 4/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Peter Hain | From teenage political protestor in South Africa to Northern Ireland Secretary in the British government, Peter Hain has had a long and rich life in successful political change. | 4/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chris Kourakis | SA Supreme Court Justice Chris Kourakis is the son of Greek migrants from the island of Ikaria. | 4/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Julie Elliott | Former policewoman turned celebrant Julie Elliott is especially qualified to offer kind and wise words, drawing from her own extraordinary experiences. | 3/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Robert Crotty | Robert Crotty joined a monastic order when he was 17, but left the priesthood after a stint in Jerusalem changed his mind about the Bible. | 3/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cyndi O'Meara | Nutritionist Cyndi O'Meara belongs to a very unusual family - the biggest haemophiliac family in the world. | 3/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Anna Krien | Anna Krien travelled to Indonesia to investigate the live cattle trade, and has also examined animal testing in science labs around the country. | 3/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael Westaway | Michael Westaway is an archaeologist and forensic anthropologist, or as he sometimes calls himself: a 'time detective'. | 3/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lincoln Hall | Richard's interview with the late Lincoln Hall, who saw much more than the tiny summit when he conquered Mount Everest. | 3/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 50 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
"Conversations" gets me in every time!
This is one of my favorite podcasts because Richard Fidler is such a great interviewer, and he finds such interesting people to have on the show. He treats them respectfully but not too formally, and asks questions that really challenge them to explain themselves. Non-Aussies will also enjoy this thoroughly, because the stories are so human and accessible.
Brain food!
Great guests, brilliantly interviewed! You can tell the host loves his job, and the show is a delight.
Exceptional nourishment for the heart and mind!
This is a fantastic podcast. Richard is an exceptional interviewer and as someone who often must interview people as part of my career as a filmmaker, I find myself taking many lessons from his example. I also appreciate the variety of subjects in this podcast and am learning a tremendous amount of social, historical, and cultural information. It's been a source of inspiration to me as well; An absolute gem!
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