Conversations with Richard Fidler Podcast
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Get to know great Australians and international guests as they enjoy a cuppa and a yarn with Richard Fidler and guest interviewers.
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Bernadette O'Shea and Ash Abdollahi
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Nov 25, 2009
Ash Abdollahi is studying veterinary science and is also a competitive body builder. Bernadette O'Shea believes champagne makes the soul sing.
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Tony Cochrane
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Nov 24, 2009
Tony Cochrane is the man who has reinvented motor sport in Australia, as the Chairman of V8 Supercars.
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John Eales
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Nov 23, 2009
Former Wallabies captain John Eales is one of the most respected figures in the game of rugby.
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Alex MIller
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Nov 20, 2009
Alex Miller is one of Australia's finest writers, and one of the longest in the making.
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Bob McTavish
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Nov 19, 2009
Bob McTavish changed the face of surfing by introducing the surfboard revolution in the 60s.
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Robert Forster
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Nov 18, 2009
Musician and writer Robert Forster has put together a list of ten essential rock and roll rules, plus the ten bands he wishes he'd been in.
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Angus Emmott
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Nov 19, 2009
Grazier, naturalist, photographer Angus Emmott has lived his whole life on Noonbah station in far south-western Queensland.
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Alison
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Nov 16, 2009
Alison still prefers to be known only by her first name after surviving a vicious attack some years ago.
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Bernie Hobbs
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Nov 13, 2009
Bernie Hobbs is well-known for her regular science reports on ABC Radio and as a regular judge on the 'New Inventors'.
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Dr David Ward
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Nov 12, 2009
Dr David Ward works as an emergency services consultant in a public hospital, and is also a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve.
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Peter Grose
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Nov 11, 2009
Peter Grose has been completely absorbed in what happened on that day in Darwin for several years.
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Sebastien and Sayo Lipman
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Nov 11, 2009
Sabastien and Sayo Lipman were raised on different continents, and in very different families.
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Gerard Ryle
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Nov 13, 2009
Gerard Ryle is one of Australia's most brilliant investigative journalists.
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Gary McKay
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Nov 06, 2009
Vietnam veteran Gary McKay is one of Australian's foremost oral historians.
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Dr Estelle Lazer
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Nov 06, 2009
Sydney University Archeologist Dr Estelle Lazer has spent much of her time knee-deep in the bones of the citizens of Pompeii.
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Jim Frazier
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Nov 05, 2009
Jim Frazier OAM is a pioneer of wildlife cinematography.
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Professor Mac Christie and Annabel Crabb
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Nov 03, 2009
Professor Mac Christie is one of the leading scientists working on the science of drug addiction and chronic pain. Annabel Crabb has a good ear for the absurdities and bluster in federal parliament.
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Ray Martin
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Nov 03, 2009
Ray Martin has been appearing in Australian living rooms for four decades now.
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Debby Cox
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Oct 30, 2009
Debby Cox was a zoo keeper at Taronga Zoo, and is now one of the world's foremost experts on the handling, care and conservation of chimpanzees.
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Michael Bobka
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Oct 29, 2009
Michael Bobka grew up in East Germany, with only a vague idea of what life was like in the west.
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Dr Glen Chilton and Mark Tully
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Oct 28, 2009
Bird biologist Dr Glen Chilton has travelled all over the world looking for specimens of the extinct Labrador Duck. Mark Tully is on a different mission - to save all endangered domestic livestock in Australia.
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Tamara Davis
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Oct 28, 2009
Tamara Davis is something of a science superhero, and she's in the search of dark energy.
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Professor Graham Martin OAM
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Oct 26, 2009
Professor Graham Martin OAM is director of the Centre for Suicide Prevention Studies at the University of Queensland.
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George Friedman
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Oct 23, 2009
George Friedman is a political scientist, strategic thinker and futurist.
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Barry Humphries
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Oct 22, 2009
Barry Humphries and Dame Edna have been part of our lives for five decades.
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Deacon Gary Stone
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Oct 21, 2009
Deacon Gary Stone served as a senior officer in the Australian Army, and is now a military chaplain on call to travel to scenes of devastation anywhere in the world.
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Richard Glover
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Oct 20, 2009
Richard Glover and his friend Phillip Clarke spent ten years building a house out of mud bricks.
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Lynne Tietzel
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Oct 19, 2009
Lynne Tietzel knows her cheeses, particularly those made by small producers dotted around Australia.
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Stephanie Alexander
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Oct 16, 2009
Chef and food writer Stephanie Alexander believes good food is so much more than something nice on a plate.
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Barry Tuckwell
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Oct 16, 2009
Barry Tuckwell is one of the world's great french horn players and conductors, and Director of the Melba Foundation, which showcases Australian artists to the world.
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Iola Mathews
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Oct 15, 2009
Writer Iola Mathews thought she was "all washed up" in her fifties but now she's discovered a whole new lease of life.
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Grant Page
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Oct 14, 2009
Grant Page is known in the movie industry as one of the most fearless stuntmen in the world.
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Paula Constant
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Oct 12, 2009
Paula Constant is back on 'Conversations' to talk about her epic walk across the Sahara.
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Wayson Choy
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Oct 09, 2009
Wayson Choy is a man with a deeply moving story, who in his sixties came to realise that family are the people who love you.
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Jake Smith
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Oct 13, 2009
Jake Smith is a political strategist whose passion is collecting special menus.
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Tim Soutphommasane and Professor Elizabeth Blackburn
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Oct 07, 2009
Tim Soutphommasane is a first-generation Australian based at the Department of Politics and International Relations at Oxford University. Elizabeth Blackburn has just become the first Australian woman to win a Nobel Prize.
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Kirsty DeVallance
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Oct 05, 2009
Kirsty DeVallance runs a successful casting agency.
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Rachael Harris
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Oct 02, 2009
Rachael Harris has Asperger's syndrome and is a qualfied Asperger's counsellor.
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Stephen Page
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Oct 22, 2009
Stephen Page is Artistic Director and Choreographer of Sydney-based Bangarra Dance Theatre - this year celebrating their 20th anniversary.
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Greg Bearup and Lisa Upton
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Sep 30, 2009
Greg Bearup and Lisa Upton have lived and worked in places like Afghanistan and Pakistan, but their greatest challenge was taking their toddler Joe around Australia in a caravan.
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Tracy Chevalier and Gregg Hurwitz
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Sep 29, 2009
Two best-selling international authors today: Tracy Chevalier's new novel tells the story of Mary Anning, one of the world's first palaeontologists. Gregg Hurwitz goes to extraordinary lengths when researching his best-selling thrillers.
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Kim Traill
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Sep 28, 2009
Kim Traill has been travelling to and reporting on Russia for nearly two decades.
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Li Cunxin and Mary McKendry and Peter Greenaway
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Sep 25, 2009
Li Cunxin and his wife Mary were two of the world's top ballet dancers when they fell in love and got married. British film director Peter Greenaway says the age of cinema is well and truly over.
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Tom Keneally
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Sep 25, 2009
Tom Keneally is one of Australia's greatest and most prolific writers. His latest work of history breathes life into our colonial past.
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Brian O'Sullivan
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Sep 22, 2009
Brian O'Sullivan is President of the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation of Australia (MDF Austarlia).
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Paul Kelly
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Sep 21, 2009
Richard Fidler is back, and his guest is the Editor at Large of 'The Australian' - Paul Kelly.
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Maggie Tabberer
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Guest presenter Layne Beachley talks to fashion icon Maggie Tabberer.
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Peter Meakin
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Sep 17, 2009
Julian Morrow is sitting in for Richard today, and his guest is Channel Seven's Director of News and Current Affairs, Peter Meakin.
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Anita Jacoby
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Sep 16, 2009
Today guest presenter Leigh Sales talks to top Australian TV producer Anita Jacoby.
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Josephine Emery and Christian Lander
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Sep 16, 2009
Guest presenter Gretel Killeen talks to Josephine Emery, who lived for nearly 60 years as John Emery, and Christian Lander - who started off a blog that's become a worldwide phenomenon.
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Bettina Arndt and Linda Jaivin
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Sep 11, 2009
Bettina Arndt and Linda Jaivin discuss the female libido with Richard in 'Not Tonight Honey' at the Brisbane Writers' Festival
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Hugh Mackay
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Sep 09, 2009
Psychologist and social researcher Hugh Mackay reckons he's spent most of his life in the lounge rooms of Australia.
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Pixie Rourke and Chelsea Haywood
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Sep 08, 2009
Pixie Rourke lives on an island paradise with a perfect climate and pristine beaches. Chelsea Haywood loved her stint working as a hostess in Tokyo, but she wouldn't want to repeat
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Barry Heard
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Sep 08, 2009
Barry Heard makes a return visit to 'Conversations' to discuss the story behind his first novel, which has just been published.
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Mia Freedman
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Sep 04, 2009
Mia Freedman was the youngest-ever editor of 'Cosmopolitan' magazine.
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Jack Marx
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Sep 03, 2009
Jack Marx is a freelance journalist with a fine eye for macabre and weird true stories.
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Kat Armstrong
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Sep 02, 2009
Kat Armstrong is a founder of the 'Women in Prison Advocacy Network' (WIPAN).
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Ross Fitzgerald and Cressida Campbell
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Sep 01, 2009
Ross Fitzgerald is a historian who knows all too well the danger of one-too-many drinks. Cressida Campbell is a well known Visual artist.
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Dr. John Long and Taryn Simon
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Sep 01, 2009
John Long is a palaeontologist and winner of the Eureka Prize for Science. Taryn Simon is an American photographer who prefers unusual subjects.
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Dr David Kilcullen
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Aug 28, 2009
Dr David Kilcullen is a former Australian army officer and a world expert on guerrilla warfare.
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Larry Gray
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Aug 28, 2009
Larry Gray is a kayaker, explorer, and documentary film maker.
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Camilla Connolly
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Aug 26, 2009
Artist Camilla Connolly says her art helps her make sense of the world she finds herself in.
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Antony Beevor
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Aug 27, 2009
Antony Beevor is one of the world's most popular historians.
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Clyde Thomson
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Aug 24, 2009
Clyde Thomson is the South Eastern Section Executive Director of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS)
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Brian Sherman
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Aug 21, 2009
Success as a businessman is just one of the lives Brian Sherman has lived.
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Ian David and Ian Bersten
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Aug 24, 2009
Screenwriter Ian David has written some our finest TV series, like 'Blue Murder' and '3 Acts of Murder'. Ian Bersten is a coffee and tea historian, who says many tea traditions need to be thrown out!
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Dare Jennings
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Aug 19, 2009
Entrepreneur Dare Jennings has had the most improbable business career - or at least it seems that way to him.
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Elinor Wrobel
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Aug 17, 2009
Elinor Wrobel OAM has fought all her life for the preservation of beautiful old things, often fighting a fierce battle to do so.
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Joe Esposito
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Sun, Aug 16, 2009
Joe Esposito met Elvis Presley when they were serving in the US Army.
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Stephen Dando Collins
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Sun, Aug 16, 2009
Historian Stephen Dando Collins was surprised and thrilled when he stumbled across a highly unlikely tale that happens to be true.
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Professor Carlo Ratti and Jeannie Madden
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Aug 25, 2009
Italian architect Professor Carlo Ratti is visiting Australia as Brisbane's inaugural 'Innovator in Residence.' Jeannie Madden is the designer of the Street Swag.
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Peter Thompson
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Aug 11, 2009
Peter Thompson has co-written the real story behind the rise of the biggest mining company in the world.
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Paul Daley
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Aug 10, 2009
Journalist and writer Paul Daley had been fascinated for years with the story of the charge at Beersheba
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Sean Dooley
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Aug 07, 2009
Comedy writer and author Sean Dooley was for years too ashamed to admit to his hobby.
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Margie Greenway
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Aug 06, 2009
Margie Greenway has worn many hats in the bush - from nurse, mother and educator to sheep-shearer and cook.
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Nicholas Jose
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Aug 05, 2009
Australian writer Nicholas Jose has spent the last six years working on the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature.
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Peter Allison
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Aug 03, 2009
Peter Allison is a Sydney boy with such a love of animals he moved to Africa and trained as a safari guide.
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Hughie Williams
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Hughie Williams is one of the longest-serving and most respected trade union leaders.
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David Lane
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Jul 30, 2009
David Lane's family set off for Paraguay in the 1890s to form the 'New Australia'.
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Father John Reilly
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Jul 29, 2009
Jesuit priest Father John Reilly took his vows of poverty, celibacy and obedience more than 60 years ago.
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Sarah Blasko and Lyndal Barker
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Jul 28, 2009
Sarah Blasko's music is original, intriguing and very personal. Lyndal Barker's job of reuniting estranged family members means she is part private detective and part agony aunt.
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Maggie Hamilton
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Jul 24, 2009
Maggie Hamilton spent two years researching the lives of young girls, and she's come to some alarming conclusions.
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Geoff Cousins
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Jul 23, 2009
Geoff Cousins is a man with many skills
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John Brewster Jones
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Jul 23, 2009
John Brewster Jones was a founding member of one of Australia's most popular rock bands.
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Peter Hackworth
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Jul 21, 2009
Entrepreneur and restaurateur Peter Hackworth transformed the sleepy town of Brisbane in the 1950s and 60s
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Richard Guilliatt and Peter Hohnen
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Jul 24, 2009
'The Wolf ' is one of the great untold stories of the First World War.
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Mark McGinness and Mark O'Brien
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Mark McGinness is an international lawyer and an obituarist; Mark O'Brien is the mayor of Murweh Shire in Queensland.
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Deborah Conway
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Jul 15, 2009
Deborah Conway has taken up a new gig - as Artistic Director of the 2009 Queensland Music Festival.
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Gretel Killeen
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Jul 13, 2009
Gretel Killeen has written what she calls "a gleefully exagerated memoir"
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James Castrission and Justin Jones
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Jul 13, 2009
James Castrission and Justin Jones were the first people to kayak across the Tasman.
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Sally Henderson
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Jul 09, 2009
Sally Henderson and her husband ran an isolated safari camp in the Namib desert, near the Skeleton coast.
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Maggie and Katie Noonan
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Jul 10, 2009
This musical mother and daughter bring together two different genres of singing.
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Captain Desmond Ross
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Jul 07, 2009
Captain Desmond Ross is the new General Manager of Archerfield Airport in Queensland.
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Gregor Salmon
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Jul 06, 2009
Sydney writer Gregor Salmon spent eight months in Afghanistan, where 93% of the world's opium is produced.
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Alison
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Jul 03, 2009
Alison still prefers to be known only by her first name after surviving a vicious attack some years ago.
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John Jackson
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Jul 02, 2009
John Jackson is a geologist who's never lost his childhood fascination with rocks.
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Heath Ducker
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Jul 02, 2009
Heath Ducker grew up in poverty but is now an outstanding youth leader and lawyer.
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Leigh Sales
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Jul 01, 2009
Journalist Leigh Sales presents ABC TV's 'Lateline'.
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Phil Ruthven
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Jun 29, 2009
Phil Ruthven is one of Australia's foremost futurists and business analysts.
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Lynne Hinton
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Jun 26, 2009
Lynne Hinton is the principal of Buranda State School in inner-city Brisbane.
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First time parents revisited
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Jun 25, 2009
Kate and Michael Petersen, Lyndal van Eede and Ben Connell talk about their first year as new parents.
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Fiona Patten
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Jun 24, 2009
Fiona Patten is founder of the Eros Foundation and the Australian Sex Party.
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Emmanuel Jal
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Jun 23, 2009
Emmanuel Jal is an African hip hop artist whose music is borne out of his experiences as a child soldier in Sudan.
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Trevor King
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Jun 22, 2009
Trevor King is a former featherweight boxing champion who now runs the Westside Mission in Sydney.
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Brian Sherman
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Jun 19, 2009
Success as a businessman is just one of the lives Brian Sherman has lived.
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Neil Armfield
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Jun 18, 2009
The name Neil Armfield is almost synonymous with Australian theatre.
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Rory Flynn and Anh Do
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Jun 18, 2009
Rory Flynn talks of growing up as a Hollywood legend's daughter. Anh Do describes the journey from refugee camp to comedy stage.
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Sarah Key
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Jun 18, 2009
Sarah Key has treated royalty for their pain troubles, but her own pain of losing her ten-week old son is what has led to her changed outlook on life.
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Stephen Hough
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Jun 15, 2009
English-born Stephen Hough is an internationally-renowned pianist with 40 albums to his name.
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Jeff Johnson
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Jun 15, 2009
Jeff Johnson is a self-taught, fiercely independent man with a 'can-do- attitude to life who can fix just about anything electronic!
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Sam Cutler
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Jun 12, 2009
Sam Cutler worked with the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead and lived to tell the tale.
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Julie Leitch and Dr Rocco Crino
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Jun 11, 2009
Julie Leitch is a former obsessive compulsive, and Dr Rocco Crino is head of the Anxiety Disorders Unit at the University of Western Sydney.
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Adam Gilchrist
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Jun 10, 2009
Many would say Adam Gilchrist is the greatest wicket-keeper batsman to ever grace the sport of cricket.
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Josh Deckard and Judith Lucy
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Jun 10, 2009
Josh Deckard was the longest-serving member of President George W Bush's Press Office staff . Judith Lucy is one of our greatest comedians.
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Professor Chris O'Brien
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Jun 05, 2009
As a tribute to Professor Chris O'Brien, today Richard replayed his interview from October last year.
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Tony Maniaty
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Jun 04, 2009
Tony Maniaty is the journalist who reported the death of the 'Balibo 5' to the world.
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Saul Eslake
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Jun 03, 2009
Saul Eslake is Chief Economist with the ANZ Bank.
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Dom Knight and Dr Daniel Brown
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Jun 03, 2009
Dom Knight is one of the founders of the 'Chaser' team. Dr Daniel Brown is working on the causes and a cure for Meniere's disease.
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Syd Kirkby
backyard@your.abc.net.au (ABC Local radio)
Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Jul 10, 2009
Syd Kirkby has done something which no human being will ever do again - at least not on this planet.
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Janet Meagher
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Jun 03, 2009
Janet Meagher OA is a mental health consumer activist and advocate.
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George Friedman
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, May 28, 2009
George Friedman is a political scientist, strategic thinker and futurist.
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Dr. Jane Goodall
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, May 28, 2009
Dr Jane Goodall is a world-renowned primatologist.
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Damian Scattini and Marcus Westbury
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, May 26, 2009
Plaintiff lawyer Damien Scattini has represented people in some of the highest-profile cases in recent years. Marcus Westbury is one of the key people behind the project Renew Newcastle.
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Bill Leak
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, May 26, 2009
Bill Leak is a political cartoonist for the Australian and one of our finest portrait artists.
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Mohammed Hanif and Mark Rowlands
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, May 22, 2009
Mohammed Hanif is a journalist and writer from Pakistan. Mark Rowlands is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Miama in the US.
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David Ebershoff and Marcus Chown
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, May 20, 2009
David Ebershoff is editor-at-large for Random House, and author of The 19th Wife. Marcus Chown is a science writer and Cosmology Consultant for New Scientist.
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Dr Neil James; Katarina Stube and Jan Utzon
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, May 20, 2009
Dr Neil James is the Executive Director of the Plain English Foundation. Katarina Stube and Jan Utzon both have a strong personal connection to the Sydney Opera House.
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Bill Simon
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, May 20, 2009
Bill Simon is an Aboriginal Pastor who lives and works on the block in Redfern in Sydney.
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Christine Huxley
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, May 15, 2009
In November 2005 Christine's daughter Lauren was assaulted so severely she was given very little chance of survival.
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Simon Winchester
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, May 14, 2009
British journalist and author Simon Winchester has a knack for finding extraordinary people to write about.
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Professor Roger Boyle and Dr Pete Hatemi
backyard@your.abc.net.au (ABC Local radio)
Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, May 13, 2009
Professor Roger Boyle is the UK's National Director for Heart Disease and Stroke. Dr Pete Hatemi is a political scientist who divides his time between the University of Iowa in the US and the Queensland Insitute of Medical Research.
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Bookey Peek
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, May 13, 2009
Bookey Peek and her husband Richard live in a paradise they can't bear to leave, even though one day they might be forced to.
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Colin McLaren
backyard@your.abc.net.au (ABC Local radio)
Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, May 11, 2009
Colin McLaren was one of Australia's most experienced taskforce detectives.
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Sally Neighbour
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, May 08, 2009
Sally Neighbour is one of Australia's finest investigative journalists.
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Oren Siedler
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, May 07, 2009
Oren Siedler had a harder time than most trying to make sense of her childhood, because it was so utterly bizarre.
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Chantelle Day
backyard@your.abc.net.au (ABC Local radio)
Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, May 07, 2009
Chantelle Day is only 19 but for the last seven years she's been caring for her mother, who has chronic kidney disease.
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John Mattick
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, May 05, 2009
John Mattick is one of the world's leading molecular biologists and an expert on the function of so-called junk DNA.
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Lloyd Bond
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, May 04, 2009
Lloyd Bond has been recognised around the world as a creative genius.
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Dr Steve Van Dyck.
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, May 01, 2009
Dr Steve Van Dyck is the Senior Curator of Vertebrates at Queensland Museum.
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Diane Kirkby and Pat Geraghty
backyard@your.abc.net.au (ABC Local radio)
Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Apr 30, 2009
Diane Kirkby and Pat Geraghty talk about one of the most important unions in the history of the Australian workplace - the Seaman's Union of Australia.
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Emily Rodda
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Apr 29, 2009
Emily Rodda is a true superstar in children's book publishing in Australia.
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Jonathon Welch
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Apr 28, 2009
Jonathon Welch is known to millions as the man who formed the legendary Choir of Hard Knocks.
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Fiona and Stuart Higgins
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Apr 27, 2009
Fiona and Stuart are two people who both took a huge risk on each other
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John Rendall and Anthony 'Ace' Bourke
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Apr 24, 2009
John and Ace fell in love with a lion cub - in Harrods department store in London.
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Sean Dorney
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Apr 23, 2009
Sean Dorney has been the ABC's Pacific Correspondent on and off for decades.
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Maggie Dent
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Apr 24, 2009
Maggie Dent is a parenting author, counsellor, marriage and funeral celebrant.
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James Murray and Cate Kennedy
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Apr 22, 2009
James Murray loves nothing more than going bushwalking for days, totally alone and free of city life. Cate Kennedy is one of Australia's finest short story writers.
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Dr Megan Axelsen
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Apr 21, 2009
Dr Megan Axelsen suffered from anorexia for 11 years, and now describes herself as "semi-recovered."
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Dr Phil Vardy
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Apr 17, 2009
Phil Vardy is often called the 'father' of disabled sailing in Australia.
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Krissy Kneen
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Sat, Apr 18, 2009
Krissy Kneen has been shortlisted three times for the Queensland Premier's Literary Award.
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Sergey Dvortsevoy and Rick Stein
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Apr 15, 2009
Sergey Dvortsevoy has made a beautiful comic film set in the wide open steppes of Kazakhstan. Rick Stein is one of the original TV celebrity chefs and is still one of the most popular.
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Jane Stork
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Apr 14, 2009
Jane Stork gave up half her life to the cult of the Indian guru Baghwan Shree Rajneesh
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Selma Masson and Michelle McDonald
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Apr 09, 2009
After Selma Masson became friends with writer Michelle McDonald she asked her to write down the extraordinary story of Selma and her husband Mohammad.
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Geoff Ostling
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Apr 09, 2009
Retired history teacher Geoff Ostling is the proud owner of a very beautiful suit.
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C W Stoneking and John Butler
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Apr 07, 2009
C W Stoneking is a living embodiment of raw old blues and hillbilly music. John Butler's image is seriously laid-back, but listen to his music and you'll hear another story.
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Professor Graeme Clark
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Apr 06, 2009
Professor Graeme Clark implanted the first bionic ear in Rod Saunders in 1978.
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David and Kristin Williamson
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Apr 06, 2009
David Williamson is one of our most successful playwrights. Kristin is a journalist and author, and for her latest project took on a subject close to her heart - David himself.
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Adam Elliot and Declan O'Rourke
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Apr 02, 2009
Filmmaker Adam Elliot's claymation characters are usually outsiders - people with flaws and the odd phobia. Irish singer-songwriter Declan O'Rourke picked up his first guitar when he was living in Australia as a child.
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Shane Webcke
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Apr 01, 2009
Rugby league great Shane Webcke is one of the most admired figures in the game.
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Camilla Connolly
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Mar 31, 2009
Artist Camilla Connolly says her art helps her make sense of the world she finds herself in.
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Geoffrey Robertson
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Mar 30, 2009
Geoffrey Robertson is one of the most esteemed figures in the world of law and human rights.
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Guy Pearse and Gladys Busch
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Mar 30, 2009
Guy Pearse is asking: why dig deeper just as the world is looking for alternatives to coal? Gladys Busch creates miniature human beings in porcelain, cloth and wire.
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Sam Cawthorn
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Mar 26, 2009
Sam is the Tasmanian Young Australian of the Year.
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Tony Mowbray
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Author: ABC LocalAuthor: Radio
Wed, Mar 25, 2009
Tony Mowbray sailed solo around the world in 2001 - going down in the record books.
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Scott Trevelyan and Dr Margaret Gibson
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Mar 27, 2009
Scott Trevelyan is an artist and printmaker. Dr Margaret Gibson put together a book of stories from people about the things their loved ones had left behind.
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Writer Basia Bonkowski and Performance Artist Christine Johnston
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Mar 24, 2009
Basia Bonkowski's book reflects on the life and final illness of her mother. Christine Johnston is a celebrated performance artist and musician.
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Kirsty DeVallance
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Mar 20, 2009
Kirsty DeVallance runs a successful casting agency.
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Christine and James Lovatt
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Mar 19, 2009
Christine and James Lovatt are the brains behind Australia's biggest crossword company.
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Dr Mohamad and Peta Abdalla
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Mar 18, 2009
Mohammad and Peta are two people from very different backgrounds who fell in love.
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Col Dillon
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Mar 17, 2009
Col Dillon was the very first Indigenous police officer in Australia.
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Jeff Halper
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Mar 16, 2009
Jeff Halper is a professor of anthopology, an author, and the founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions.
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Conversations: Felix Riebl and Eric Bana
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Mar 13, 2009
Felix Riebl is the singer and percussionist for The Cat Empire. Eric Bana has made a documentary about the first love of his life: The Beast.
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Conversations: Lynne Hinton
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Mar 12, 2009
Lynne Hinton is the principal of Buranda State School in inner-city Brisbane.
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Novelist Nadeem Aslam
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Mar 11, 2009
Nadeem Aslam's novels are highly-praised and have won many prizes.
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Conversations: Vince O'Rourke
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Mar 10, 2009
Vince O'Rourke's wife Margaret was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's.
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Conversations: Lifeline Counsellors Luke, Debbie, Margot
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Mar 09, 2009
Every minute of every day someone in the country calls 13 11 14.
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Journalist Phil Dickie
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Mar 06, 2009
Phil Dickie is one of the few people who can genuinely say that they've brought down a government.
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Country singer Tania Kernighan
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Mar 05, 2009
Tania Kernighan is one of Australia's most popular singer songwriters.
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Senator Nick Xenophon
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Mar 04, 2009
Nick Xenophon is one of the balance of power senators in the Australian Senate.
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Conversations: Tim Finn
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Mar 03, 2009
Tim Finn has created so many memorable songs over the past 30 years.
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Joe Esposito
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Mar 02, 2009
Joe Esposito met Elvis Presley when they were serving in the US Army.
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Artist Merv Moriarty
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Feb 27, 2009
Australian artist Merv Moriarty is the founder of the Australian Flying Art School.
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Noeline Brown
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Feb 26, 2009
Noeline Brown has always been in demand because she's funny and generous and very Australian.
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Alan Clements
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Feb 25, 2009
Alan Clements was born and raised in the US, but found himself very attracted to Buddhist teachings.
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Everett True
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Feb 24, 2009
Everett True began writing about music in the UK in the 80s.
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Peter Grose
backyard@your.abc.net.au (ABC Local radio)
Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Feb 23, 2009
Peter Grose has been completely absorbed in what happened on that day in Darwin for several years.
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Conversations: Archaeologist Dr Stephen Bourke
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Feb 20, 2009
Dr Stephen Bourke chose to study archaeology because it came first alphabetically.
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Young Australian of the year Jonty Bush
backyard@your.abc.net.au (ABC Local radio)
Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Feb 19, 2009
Jonty Bush became an activist for the victims of homicide after her sister and father were killed in separate incidents.
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Conversations: Stephen Faris
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Feb 18, 2009
Stephan Faris went to Darfur to report on tribal unrest but he discovered that climate change was the root cause.
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Cheese connoisseur Lynne Tietzel
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Feb 18, 2009
Lynne Tietzel knows her cheeses, particularly those made by small producers dotted around Australia.
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Kat Armstrong
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Feb 18, 2009
Kat Armstrong is a founding member of the Women in Prison Advocacy Network.
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'Ridiculusmus' and Dr Kathryn North
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Feb 12, 2009
David Woods and Jon Haynes are the two individuals who make up the theatre company Ridiculusmus. Dr Kathryn North is getting closer and closer to a cure for muscular dystrophy.
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Conversations: Andy Bichel
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Feb 11, 2009
Andy Bichel has been right at the centre of some of cricket's most glorious moments.
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Debby Cox
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Feb 10, 2009
Debby Cox is one of the world's leading experts in the care and conservation of chimpanzees.
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Former Police Commissioner Clive Small
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Feb 09, 2009
Clive Small is a former Assistant Commissioner of NSW Police.
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Geoff Cousins
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Feb 06, 2009
Geoff Cousins in the very antithesis of the bland corporate suit.
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Professor Justin Brooks and Cressida Campbell
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Feb 18, 2009
US Law Professor Justin Brooks is Executive Director of the California Innocence Project. Sydney artist Cressida Campbell exhibits her woodblock paintings all over the world.
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Jane Tewson
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Feb 04, 2009
Jane Tewson was co-founder of the UK's most successful charity, Comic Relief.
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Justice Michael Kirby
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Feb 03, 2009
Justice Michael Kirby this week stepped down from the highest court in the land.
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Dr Steve Van Dyck
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Feb 02, 2009
Steve Van Dyck is a man of insatiable curiosity for the secret world of animals.
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Explorer and surveyor Syd Kirkby
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Jan 30, 2009
Syd Kirkby has done something which no human being will ever do again - at least not on this planet.
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Maggie and Katie Noonan
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Wed, Jul 08, 2009
This musical mother and daughter bring together two different genres of singing.
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Mother and daughter Margaret Wilcox and Tanya Senussi
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Jan 28, 2009
Margaret Wilcox didn't see her daughter Tanya for fourteen long years.
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Parish priest Father Peter Kennedy
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Jan 27, 2009
Father Peter Kennedy is the priest of St Mary's Catholic church in South Brisbane.
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Social entrepreneur David Bussau
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Jan 27, 2009
David Bussau was Senior Australian of the year in 2009
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Drag racer Victor Bray
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Jan 20, 2009
Victor Bray is one of the most successful figures in international drag racing.
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Security expert Rob Redenbach and the late aviatrix Nancy Bird Walton
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Jan 19, 2009
Security expert Rob Redenbach and the late, great Nancy Bird Walton are today's guests.
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Lyndal Barker and John Hisco
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Sep 07, 2009
John Hisco spent five consecutive Christmases trekking throughout Australia photographing Christmas light displays. Lyndal Barker has dedicated the past several years to reuniting estranged family members.
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James Reston Jr
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Sep 07, 2009
US author James Reston Jr is a man who witnessed first-hand the final public demise of former US president Richard Nixon.
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Alan Close
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Jan 07, 2009
Writer Alan Close is a man who, after years of failed relationships, frustration and unhappiness, stopped and took time to look within and ask: why?
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Antoine Bloeman and Susan Bradley
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Dec 23, 2008
Antoine Bloeman was arguably the hardest-working magistrate in the Australian legal system. Susan Bradley is another Kimberley identity who made it her business to understand Aboriginal culture and customs.
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Gav Dear
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Dec 15, 2008
Geologist, wanderer, adventurer, musician, dreamer - all could equally be used to describe Gav Dear.
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Cricketer Adam Gilchrist
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Sep 07, 2009
Adam Gilchrist is one of the best wicket-keepers in the history of cricket. Adam Craig Gilchrist (born 14 November 1971), nicknamed Gilly or Church,[1] is a former Australian international cricketer.[2] He is an
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Cancer survivor Elizabeth Gould
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Dec 11, 2008
If there was anyone who knows about survival and fortitude, it's Elizabeth Gould
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The Conversation Hour: Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Dec 10, 2008
Paul Pisasale is a man who's celebrated each and every one of his 57 birthdays in the city where he's now Mayor - Ipswich.
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The Conversation Hour: Author Helen Garner
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Jan 08, 2009
Distinguished author Helen Garner career began in 1978 with the ground-breaking novel 'Monkey Grip'.
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The Conversation Hour: Joel Stratte-McClure
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Dec 08, 2008
Joel Stratte-McClure is an American journalist who's accomplished a fairly unique human feat
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Nigella Lawson
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Dec 05, 2008
Nigella says she's not a chef or a professional cook - she's simply someone who loves food.
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The Conversation Hour: Wayne Bennett
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Dec 15, 2008
After coaching the Broncos for 20 years, Wayne Bennett has now made the enormous life change to coach the St. George Illawarra Dragons.
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The Conversation Hour : Truckies, Mick Sheils and Vicki
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Dec 03, 2008
Between them, Mick Sheils and Vicki are two truckies with several decades of experience pulling tonnes of metal, machinery and freight, across the country-side.
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The Conversation Hour: Leith Harding
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Dec 02, 2008
Leith Harding and her husband, Rob, have raised a total of seven children.
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The Conversation Hour - Writer Richard Flanagan and opera singer Roy Best
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Nov 27, 2008
Great Australian writer Richard Flanagan made a return visit to the Conversation Hour and Rising opera star Roy Best was bullied out of singing by the boys at high school
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AFL Legend Kevin Sheedy
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Nov 26, 2008
Kevin Sheedy's career has in a way come full circle.
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Singer Tina Arena
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Nov 25, 2008
Tina Arena has recorded the follow up to last year's successful covers album Songs of Love and Loss.
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Businesswoman Deb Shugg
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Nov 24, 2008
Deb Shugg has survived domestic violence, sexual assault and post-traumatic stress to become a top businesswoman.
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Private Investigator Tiffany Bond
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Nov 19, 2008
Tiffany is a former debt collector and police officer and now runs her own detective agency.
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Former nun Colette Livermore
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Nov 18, 2008
Colette Livermore left her home, her family and plans to study medicine to join Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity.
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The Conversation Hour: Former Socceroo Paul Wade
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Nov 18, 2008
Paul Wade was Captain of the Socceroos for six years and became as famous for his media commentary and reporting.
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Author Candace Bushnell and rare poultry breeder Mark Tully
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Nov 14, 2008
Candace Bushnell is the original creator of Sex and the City. Mark Tully is the subject of the documentary Rare Chicken Rescue.
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ABC Managing Director Mark Scott
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Nov 14, 2008
Mark Scott worked at John Fairfax Publications for 12 years, first as the Sydney Morning Herald's Education Editor, ending up as Fairfax's Editorial Director.
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Julie Leitch & Dr Rocco Crino
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Nov 12, 2008
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Julie Leitch & Dr Rocco Crino
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WWII Chemical Armourers Frank Burkin and Kevin Garr
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Nov 11, 2008
Frank Burkin and Kevin Garr both joined the RAAF when they were young boys and after training as armourers they expected to join a squadron, working close to the military action. However, they both found themselves part of a top secret operation handling toxic chemicals, like mustard gas and phosgene.
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Pipe Organist and movie-lover Ron West
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Nov 11, 2008
Pipe Organist and movie-lover Ron West
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Adventurer Nathan Welch
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Nov 10, 2008
Nathan and two of his friends last year became only the fourth ever group to travel the complete length of the Amazon.
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Champion surfer Mark Occhilupo
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Nov 03, 2008
Mark Occhilupo has had not just one, but two spectacular surfing careers, with a ten year stretch between them.
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'King of Pop' John Paul Young
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Oct 31, 2008
John Paul Young was a shy lad from Glasgow with a knack for mimicry who went on to become Australia's King of Pop and an international pop star.
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Former educator and carer, Vince O'Rourke
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Oct 30, 2008
Vince O'Rourke's life changed forever when his wife Margaret was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimers.
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International peace negotiator Joy Balazo
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Oct 29, 2008
Former nun Joy Balazo grew up in the Philippines and moved to Australia to expand her human rights work. She founded the Young Ambassadors for Peace program in 2001.
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Former surgeon Professor Chris O'Brien
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Oct 29, 2008
Professor Chris O'Brien was one of Australia's top cancer surgeons before he was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour in 2006.
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Aboriginal academic and author Dr Jackie Huggins
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Oct 27, 2008
Dr Jackie Huggins is a nationally recognised and respected Aboriginal leader, former co-chair of Reconciliation Australia and Deputy Director of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit at the University of Queensland.
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Sports broadcaster Gerry Collins
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Oct 24, 2008
Sports broadcaster Gerry Collins
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Author and blogger Krissy Kneen
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Thu, Oct 23, 2008
Krissy Kneen has been shortlisted three times for the Queensland Premier's Literary Award, and last year published a book of her work called Swallow the Sound.
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The Conversation Hour - Homicide Victims' Families
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Oct 22, 2008
Mandi's son Chris Simmonds was killed in New South Wales 2001 and his murder is still regarded as a 'cold case'.
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Film director Bruce Beresford and Country vet Andrew Medenis
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Oct 22, 2008
Film director Bruce Beresford and Country vet Andrew Medenis
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Carer Tania Hayes
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Oct 20, 2008
Tania Hayes was only 22 years old when her fiance' Warren was diagnosed with a huge brain tumour.
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Surfing legend Layne Beachley
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Fri, Oct 17, 2008
Layne has been described by her peers as 'the greatest female surfer of all time (Kelly Slater 2008).
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Globe-trotters Iain Finlay and Trish Clark
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Oct 20, 2008
Trish and Iain made a return trip to the Conversation Hour for an update on their latest adventures.
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Former Rolling Stones' tour manager Sam Cutler
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Wed, Oct 15, 2008
Sam Cutler is unusual for many reasons, not least of which is the fact that he worked with Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead, and lived to tell the tale.
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Country doctor Dr Veruthaslam Padayachey
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Tue, Oct 14, 2008
Dr Veruthaslam Padayachey has lived and practised as a doctor in the Queensland town of Maryborough for thirty years.
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The Conversation Hour - Scientist Professor Graeme Clark
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Author: ABC Local Radio
Mon, Oct 13, 2008
Professor Graeme Clark is one of those very few people who has, as they say, managed to put a dent in the planet.
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