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Conversations with Richard Fidler (Magazine)

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  • Host: Richard Fidler
  • On The Conversation Hour, you'll get to know great Australians and international guests as they enjoy a cuppa and a yarn. The Conversation Hour is your opportunity to enjoy a good conversation.
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Dr Len Fisher

Mon, Nov 30 Listen
Physicist and writer Dr Len Fisher is a visiting fellow in physics at the University of Bristol in the UK.

Bettina Arndt and Linda Jaivin

Fri, Nov 27 Listen
Bettina Arndt and Linda Jaivin discussed the female libido with Richard in 'Not Tonight Honey' at this year's Brisbane Writers' Festival

John Rendall and 'Ace' Bourke

Thu, Nov 26 Listen
John and Ace fell in love with a lion cub - in Harrods department store in London.

Bernadette O'Shea and Ash Abdollahi

Wed, Nov 25 Listen
Ash Abdollahi is studying veterinary science and is also a competitive body builder. Bernadette O'Shea believes champagne makes the soul sing.

Tony Cochrane

Tue, Nov 24 Listen
Tony Cochrane is the man who has reinvented motor sport in Australia, as the Chairman of V8 Supercars.

John Eales

Mon, Nov 23 Listen
Former Wallabies captain John Eales is one of the most respected figures in the game of rugby.

Alex MIller

Fri, Nov 20 Listen
Alex Miller is one of Australia's finest writers, and one of the longest in the making.

Angus Emmott

Thu, Nov 19 Listen
Grazier, naturalist, photographer Angus Emmott has lived his whole life on Noonbah station in far south-western Queensland.

Robert Forster

Wed, Nov 18 Listen
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.

Alison

Mon, Nov 16 Listen
Alison still prefers to be known only by her first name after surviving a vicious attack some years ago.

Bernie Hobbs

Fri, Nov 13 Listen
Bernie Hobbs is well-known for her regular science reports on ABC Radio and as a regular judge on the 'New Inventors'.

Gerard Ryle

Fri, Nov 13 Listen
Gerard Ryle is one of Australia's most brilliant investigative journalists.

Dr David Ward

Thu, Nov 12 Listen
Dr David Ward works as an emergency services consultant in a public hospital, and is also a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve.

Peter Grose

Wed, Nov 11 Listen
Peter Grose has been completely absorbed in what happened on that day in Darwin for several years.

Sebastien and Sayo Lipman

Tue, Nov 10 Listen
Sabastien and Sayo Lipman were raised on different continents, and in very different families.

Gary McKay

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
Vietnam veteran Gary McKay is one of Australian's foremost oral historians.

Actor Noeline Brown

Thu, Nov 5 Listen
Noeline Brown is a celebrated Australian actor, renowned for her roles in the Mavis Bramston Show, The Naked Vicar and Blankety Blanks. Noeline describes herself as an "accidental actor", one without any formal training for the job, but clearly one with plenty of talent for it's given her a career spanning five decades. Noeline grew up in inner city Sydney and she told Richard Fidler her childhood days were filled with trips to the Art Gallery, the Mitchell Library, the Museum of Applied...

Professor Mac Christie and Annabel Crabb

Tue, Nov 3 Listen
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.

Ray Martin

Mon, Nov 2 Listen
Ray Martin has been appearing in Australian living rooms for four decades now.

Dr Norman Doidge

Mon, Nov 2 Listen
It used to be thought that the brain was like a mechanism, and if one part broke, then that bit simply wouldn't work any more.

Debby Cox

Fri, Oct 30 Listen
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.

Tamara Davis

Wed, Oct 28 Listen
Tamara Davis is something of a science superhero, and she's in the search of dark energy.

Professor Graham Martin OAM

Mon, Oct 26 Listen
Professor Graham Martin OAM is director of the Centre for Suicide Prevention Studies at the University of Queensland.

George Friedman

Fri, Oct 23 Listen
George Friedman is a political scientist, strategic thinker and futurist.

Stephen Page in conversation

Thu, Oct 22 Listen
Stephen Page is Artistic Director and Choreographer of Sydney-based Bangarra Dance Theatre - this year celebrating their 20th anniversary.

Barry Humphries

Thu, Oct 22 Listen
Barry Humphries and Dame Edna have been part of our lives for five decades.

Gary Stone

Wed, Oct 21 Listen
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.

Richard Glover

Tue, Oct 20 Listen
Richard Glover and his friend Phillip Clarke spent ten years building a house out of mud bricks.

Lynne Tietzel

Mon, Oct 19 Listen
Lynne Tietzel knows her cheeses, particularly those made by small producers dotted around Australia.

Stephanie Alexander

Fri, Oct 16 Listen
Chef and food writer Stephanie Alexander believes good food is so much more than something nice on a plate.

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