Anthony LaPaglia on therapy, chasing zen – and realising 'there's nothing to be afraid of'
Anthony LaPaglia is best known to audiences for a host of big- and small-screen roles, including films such as Looking for Alibrandi , Lanta...
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Introducing Virginia
Virginia Giuffre was fearless in taking down some of the world's most powerful people. As Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent victim, she helpe...
Journalist Neil Mercer and the true stories of wrongful convictions in Australia
Nothing exposes the flaws of a justice system more than the wrongful conviction of an innocent person for murder. Adelaide man Henry Keogh l...
Comedian Arj Barker on Letterman, the Conchords, and 'babygate'
Arj Barker has been a fixture on the local comedy scene for decades, headlining our comedy festivals and turning up on shows including Thank...
‘I know enough to be dangerous’: Boost Juice founder Janine Allis on failure and success
Starting a business is one thing, running it successfully is another – but doing it with your spouse and four kids is a different kett...
‘I’ve mellowed a little bit’: Peter Singer on the limit of free speech and his guidance for giving
Peter Singer, often called the world's most influential philosopher, is turning 80, and he's returned home to Melbourne too, after almost 25...
'Accomplishment flows into courage': Rob de Castella on the Indigenous Marathon Project
Rob de Castella, otherwise known as "Deeks" - or, to his opponents, "Tree", due to his sturdy limbs and unshiftable calm - is a two-time Com...
Anna Funder on telling untold stories – and the blowback it sometimes brings
Australian author and intellectual Anna Funder specialises in telling the stories of people forgotten or ignored by official histories. She...
Pulitzer novelist Andrew Sean Greer on ‘charm novels’, the Italian life and travel wisdom
Picture this: a crumbling Italian mansion in the Tuscan hills, an eccentric aristocrat, sun-soaked lunches, too much wine and a house hummin...
John Safran on growing up Jewish, free speech, race - and Race Around the World
John Safran burst into the public consciousness in 1997 as a contestant in the ABC TV show Race Around the World , where young filmmakers tr...
What childless Gen Xer Katrina Strickland wants those stuck in today's baby-making vortex to know
There's a profound grief associated with not having kids if you really wanted them, one that's rarely acknowledged, even less understood. Bu...
From two-up to bingo halls and gaming apps – Shaun Micallef on our gambling obsession
Shaun Micallef has graced our TV screens since 1989 – from crime caper Mr and Mrs Murder to long-running game show Talkin' About Your...
'Angertainers' are dividing society: Author Ed Coper explains why we fall for 'rage bait'
Social media was once harnessed by Barack Obama to spread hope. Now "angertainers" are exploiting our human instinct to seek threat to divid...
300th episode: Bob Brown on finding optimism – live at the Melbourne Writers Festival
Bob Brown has spent the past 50 years trying to make people put the planet before profit. The environmental crusader, former senator and med...
‘Even today, the cost continues’: Christie Whelan Browne on speaking out
You might know her best from Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell , but over the past 20 years, Christie Whelan Browne has become one of the most in...
Fran Lebowitz on smoking, Trump and today's young people being another species
When Fran Lebowitz was growing up in suburban New Jersey in the 1950s, she won a school award for being "the Class Wit" – and in her 5...
Luke Bateman: Former NRL star and gambling addict, now lumberjack ‘bookfluencer’
Luke Bateman is perhaps Australia's most unlikely book critic – a former rugby league star and recovered gambling addict who works as...
The New Yorker's Patrick Radden Keefe on investigating 'an unnatural death'
Investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe has made a career out of chasing the kinds of stories that most people would be wise to leave...
Bourdain and Batali's 'right-hand' woman Laurie Woolever on her tell-all book
New York food writer, editor and podcaster Laurie Woolever spent the early years of her career assisting two very famous chefs: first Mario...
From finance to front row: Australian fashion boss Marianne Perkovic
Marianne Perkovic spent decades working in the finance sector. In 2006, she was the youngest chief executive of an ASX-listed company and in...