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What is your money worth? Australia's notes and coins have a fascinating history. We also have a thriving community of collectors who deal in rare and valuable coins. For this Talking Point, Rod Quinn is joined my numismatist and social media money educator Joel Kandiah.
An annual tradition, Rod Quinn takes listeners on an audio journey through the most memorable moments from the year that was.
Gordon Lynch joins Tim Webster with his tips on eliminating exercise excuses this new year.
There have been protests about race, gender, money and nationality in sport over decades. Is it possible to take politics away from sport?
What information is coded into DNA? How does it work with solving crimes or determining family ancestry?
The Spanish Inquisition was established by Catholic Monarchs, King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile in 1478.
How can "activity snacks' help fight sedentary lifestyle? Professor Gordon Lynch has more.
How can "activity snacks' help fight sedentary lifestyle? Professor Gordon Lynch has more.
Jack Thorne tells Rod Quinn about his stage shows and remarkable showbiz career in this exclusive interview.
Diana Reid's debut novel, Love & Virtue, was an Australian bestseller and her follow up is equally impressive, Seeing Other People.
Health & Fitness with Dr. Gordon Lynch, Professor of Physiology at the University of Melbourne. Is 30 minutes of exercise enough?
.Talking Point with Rod Quinn looked at what is considered the internet's lurid underbelly, the Dark Web with guest, Dr Jeffery Foster, Associate Professor in Cyber Security Studies at Macquarie University
Patterns of activity (and not just exercise) are important for promoting healthy ageing
Patterns of activity (and not just exercise) are important for promoting healthy ageing
Patterns of activity (and not just exercise) are important for promoting healthy ageing
How does the Reserve Bank finance government spending? What is its role in controlling inflation and interest rates?
How does the Reserve Bank finance government spending? What is its role in controlling inflation and interest rates?
How does the Reserve Bank finance government spending? What is its role in controlling inflation and interest rates?
According to the 2021 census data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 38.9 per cent of Australian's claimed they have ‘no religion’. Compared to 43.9 per cent identifying as Christian, 3.2 per cent as Islamic, and 2.7 per cent as Hindu.
According to the 2021 census data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 38.9 per cent of Australian's claimed they have ‘no religion’. Compared to 43.9 per cent identifying as Christian, 3.2 per cent as Islamic, and 2.7 per cent as Hindu.
Judith's Seekers bandmate and close friend Keith Potger reflects on her life, from the first time he heard her sing, to the final conversation they had together.
After decades of research, Derek Abbott believes the man was a Melbourne-born electrical engineer.
She graced Hollywood with her beauty and talent, and became one of the world's most recognisable faces. Yet, her life and untimely death remains clouded in enourmous mystery.
China has commenced military drills, involving firing missiles near Taiwan, following a visit by senior US Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
For the better part of 15 years, he has been Australia’s most famous journalist on the world’s stage.
Mass shootings are occurring at a rate that seems unfathomable to anyone living outside of the US. So far in 2022 alone, as of July 14th, there have been 338 mass shootings. Not one week has gone by where one hasn’t taken place.
Billions of dollars in debt, food and medicine shortages, and inflation sitting at around 80%. These are just some of the reasons why Sri Lanka has seen massive protests and the collapse of its economy.
Last month, some of the country’s biggest retail stores admitted that they have been collecting their customer’s biometric data, without gaining their consent.
The county’s longest-serving Prime Minister was gunned down while giving a campaign speech on a street in central Japan. He was 67.
After months of negative headlines, a vote of no confidence, and a string of ministerial resignations, the controversial leader has finally stepped down.
In recent years, the industry has lost some 60,000 jobs in Australia – almost half of them during the pandemic.
They say there are two certainty's in life; death and taxes. But, why do we pay tax? When did the idea of taxation come about? And what does the future hold for the world of taxes?
People from around the world were banned from Russia this week - so what is life like for a foreign correspondent reporting from the Russian capital. We hear from one of UK's most prominent reporters.
To most, Syria would symbolise a country riddled with complete civil unrest, and for more than a decade, that may be true. But for others, it is a country shrouded in history and culture. History and culture that is slowly and horrifically being destroyed.
Defamation is a mirky aspect of the law, and it has been very prominent in recent headlines. We break it down for you.
How better breathing patterns can improve posture, attenuate pain, enhance performance and relieve stress
Richard Nixon remains the first and only US President to have resigned from the top job - but he is also referred to one of the most important leaders the country has ever had.
"Elvis Costello was one of the main champions petitioning the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – 'I don't want to be in (there ) unless Wanda Jackson's in there.'"
Last year, China enforced an "indefinite suspension" on economic dialogue with Australia. The relationship haven't really improved since then.
As the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth, and countries across the world are celebrationing Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, have a look back at her life and reign.
Anatomically modern humans appeared in Africa approximately 300,000 years ago. But has much changed since then?
What are some of the claims made about the benefits of compression garments? And are they true?
After this year's election result, many believe the party has not only lost the support of swinging voters, but it's base too.
“Patsy was the first solo female to cross over from country music to pop. She was being groomed to be a big pop star.”
"Publishers were generally from Britain at the time. They tended to turn up their noses and and go for the strategy of just grabbing an already exiting dictionary and shoving a few Australian words in, calling it Australian, and selling it to school kids."
Leonardo da Vinci was more than just an artist. But how much do we actually know about the man that died half a millennia ago?
Finnish study finds reducing sedentary time can reduce risk for lifestyle diseases in only 3 months.
In previous elections, about seven in ten voters voted the same ways as they had voted throughout their lives. Now, that figure has declined to just four in ten.
What does it mean to be physically fit? How can fitness help us live a better quality of life?
Gone are the days of sitting in front of the TV and having the option of only the ABC, SBS and three commercial channels. Now, we practically have the world at our fingertips.
Sarah Greenhalgh is Seven News' Europe Correspondent, and she was in Ukraine weeks prior to Russia's invasion. She explains how the country has changed since then.
A report recently released claims that the NSW Coroner's Court does not have adequate resources to keep up with its workload and that it should be restructured.
President Joe Biden has asked Congress for $33 billion to fund aid to Ukraine through September of this year. But what exactly will Ukraine to with these funds?
Sir Max Hastings was the first journalist on the ground when the war began in 1982. He recalls what he witnessed.
Despite billions of dollars of research investment, it’s a condition that remains incurable. Some medical experts, however, believe that could be about to change.
Dubbed as the first "Mum" foreign correspondent for the Nine Network, Amelia Adams speaks about her career highlights, and lowlights.
Since its invention, plane design and technology have evolved immensely. So, why are tragedies such as that of the China Eastern Flight 5735 still able to happen?
On the 24th October 1945 it came into existence following the ratification of the UN Charter. More than 2/3 of a century later, what impact has it made on the world?
Dolly Parton once joked, "I just make out with my husband and pretend it's Keith Urban."
Following the high profile deaths of Shane Warne and Kimberly Kitching, heart health has become a prominent conversation among Australians.
One month into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, what exactly has happened, and what impact has it had?
There is a high-profile war currently occurring in Europe - but, how has war evolved over time to get to this point?
Air raid sirens and explosions: we get the latest on what's happening in the war torn European country.
Indigenous astronomers knew about the movements of the sun, eclipses, solstices, and the seasons, in enormous detail through daily observations.
The word "sanctions" has been very prominent in the news lately, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But what are they, and what do they achieve?
If you only have access to a single pair of light dumbbells, can you still have an effective workout?
Two years into the pandemic, has the way in which we connect with others changed forever?
This week marked two years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2005, it was initially introduced by Steve Jobs as a “TiVo for radio”. But, today, you can find a podcast covering almost any and every topic there is.
Amy Campbell has the role of both director and choreographer, and she is beyond excited to finally have an audience watch the show.
Now, we know that COVID19 had a huge effect on these numbers, but some experts believe we can achieve realistically achieve a zero-death toll in Australia.
Jim Jones. Charles Manson. Shoko Asahara. These are three names that have been etched into the history books, for all the wrong reasons.
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t need to know.
It is one of the rarest syndromes, but it was recently brought to our attention. We take a deeper look at the medical condition.
Tiegan Denina is currently starring in the lead role of Veronica in the Sydney production of Heathers - The Musical.
Did you watch the Winter Olympics opening ceremony earlier this month? How many of the flags did you recognise or identify?
Nine years since the resignation of Benedict XVI, how has the papacy evolved in recent years?
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t need to know.
One of Australia's former Ambassadors, Louise Hand, shares her story and lists the characteristics of a good candidate.
The ‘Know My Name’ exhibition is set to recognise and highlight the work of women across diverse creative practices.
The world of 1965 was a very different one to the one of 2022. Colin Dillon shares his life story.
It's widely believed that cockroaches will be one of the last things to survive a nuclear war. Is this true?
Eagle-eyed tennis fans would have noticed plenty of pickle juice at the 2022 Australian Open Men’s Final – but what exactly is its purpose?
It’s a production that has been revived a countless number of times. What’s the secret to its survival, and keeps audiences coming back?
It is often described as one of the hardest things to do in the world, but how difficult is it?
Here are tips and tricks to make sure those New Year's resolutions are maintained past January.
For the past three years, Rod Quinn has been following the journeys of three students attending the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA). He checks in on their progress for the final time.
With the prospect of going overseas once again on the minds of Australians, this is essential listening.
The most recent book to be read by Vanessa is 'Beautiful World, Where Are You', Sally Rooney's latest and much publicised book. Vanessa Dennis joins Rod Quinn for another page turning book review.
Lindstrom's performances have been described as "truly world class", and she currently appearing in Turandot at the Sydney Opera House.
Support in the PM has plummeted since revelations came to light about a party held at his residence, 10 Downing St.
From The Crown to Spencer, we look at the history of performances based on the life of Diana, Princess of Wales.
We're joined by one of the most experienced voices in the gold market to explain exactly what determines the value of gold.
The importance of including traditional owners was highlighted during the Black Summer bushfire inquiry. One of the recommendations that gained a lot of interest was cultural burning. This week, on 'On Country', we discuss the ways in which Indigenous Australians can better prepare and prevent bushfires.
From new COVID-19 strains, to scandals within the royal family, 2021 was a year that will be hard to forget. We take a look back at the triumphs and tribulations that made the last 12 months.
In 2020, when the High Court made the decision to release palace letters relating to the dismissal of Gough Whitlam, it caused ramifications more significant than first thought.
How much do you really know about the family that have been dubbed the unofficial royal family of the United States?
How have the traditions of Christmas evolved? From the ways we celebrate, to the foods we feast on, we look back at the evolution of Christmas.
There are many different reasons that determine a masterpiece's value - but what exactly are they, and who is determining it?
Current estimates show that there are 7,500 satellites currently orbiting earth. But what exactly are they doing?
"In Victoria, women who owned property had accidentally been given the right to vote in 1863."
Aswath Damodaran, Professor of Finance at NYU, says Elon Musk has done more to fight climate change than everyone who gathered recently for COP26
Mayor Jim Brainard of Carmel, Indiana is taking on Canberra as the roundabout capital of the world
Ahmed Kelly earned the nickname ‘Nails’ for his tough-as-nails style of playing AFL, and it was Nails-turned-Liquid Nails when he discovered Para-swimming.
WA's local hero and founder of the charity, is no longer just giving free haircut to the homeless but it has grown beyond his wildest dreams into a nation wide movement offering help to the most vulnerable in society.
"When I was at university I decided that I wanted to be the best in the world at something …. I tried a few sports and then a swam a marathon…. At 19 I knew I know I had to go to the English Channel because that’s where you want to go when you want to be the best marathon swimmer in the world."
A consulting neurologist told Trevor Chappell the key ingredients to living a long, healthy life, and how to look after the brain as we age.
Lee Gambin tells us about pets in films meeting the costume maker who turns dogs into giant rats.
"I tend to think of it rather like a circus family where, if you are born into the family or you marry into the family, that’s it, you’ve part of it …(Esme) would sit in the bassinet side stage while the show was going on. She knew no other life from earliest childhood."
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t need to know.
"I don't think any of the names currently being touted are going to be the next Bond", says James Bond expert
A cognitive psychologist explains to Trevor Chappell why some people may be more "hypnotisable" than others and how clinicians use hypnosis today.
Writer Tracy Sorensen explores the misunderstood meanings behind Donald Horne's book, which inspired her own novel The Lucky Galah.
Historian Leonard Janiszewski chronicles the rise and fall of the local milk bar, deli and corner store.
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t need to know.
Regulations are making it difficult for some Indigenous Australians to carry out cultural hunting and fishing practices, according to ANU academics
Expert says UN Climate Change Conference participants in Glasgow may be sceptical of Australia's net zero plan
"The stories of giants, regardless of what country we are talking about, are always the oldest stories... they usually happen before humans enter the picture."
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t need to know.
Politicians don’t lead average lives, so why do they portray themselves as average people?
We hear a lot of conversations around weight loss and healthy eating — but what don't we know?
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t need to know.
Sleep Physician Dr David Cunnington talks with Pav about ways to still your racing mind.
From Perth to the world's best-known catwalks, Rebecca Rickard’s Deadly Denim fashion label has been on a meteoric rise.
Study shows we can lose around 1.4 per cent of our total body fat just through strength training.
Australian journalist Jason Dasey was there when the longest winning streak in sporting history came to an end
Rehabilitating orphan orangutans can take over decade, according to the President of Orangutan Foundation International Australia.
"A woman of deep faith" and "the greatest decoloniser in history": Royal biographer and consultant to Netflix's The Crown, Robert Lacey, profiles The Queen.
Toxicologist Jamie Seymour has been on the receiving end of an Irukandji jellyfish sting more times than he'd like to remember: "Eleven times, that's 11 mistakes, something I'm not proud of."
"Wallace and Darwin are co-authors — yet Darwin gets most of the credit and not a lot people have heard of poor old Alfred Russel Wallace."
The discovery of the letter of one one nurse serving during the first world war sheds a unique light on her experiences and reminds us of the sacrifices made by some of these extraordinary women.
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t need to know.
Maria Rost Rublee argues Australia should opt for the cheaper and quicker option of purchasing off-the-shelf submarines
Why film fellow Tom Cushing thinks this P.J. Hogan classic could be Australia's greatest comedy. Hint: it's not about the music.
"He was really our first celebrity sportsman, (yet) so much if his life is still a mystery."
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t need to know.
"In Sydney a lot of people should have been thinking the war is coming for us, but I don't think they were."
Home to over 1700 islands and the largest Muslim population in the world, how much do you know about our neighbour to the north?
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t need to know.
Rickie Lee Jones on her extraordinary family story and how she wrote The Horses, famously covered by Daryl Braithwaite
Some rideshare and delivery drivers love their work, but as 'contractors' they lack basic workplace rights afforded to employees.
Drones are finding more applications than ever before. But is your privacy protected if you have a drone-obsessed neighbour?
"She published the first fashion journal in Australia, Madame Weigel's Journal of Fashion, ...(which) ran from 1880 continuously to 1950."
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t need to know.
Study of 30,000 heart patients shows that becoming active later in life can be nearly as beneficial to survival as lifelong exercise. What are you waiting for?
The Vietnam War epic has had four separate releases, as Francis Ford Coppola kept trying to perfect it
The film director's credits include Gulpilil - One Red Blood, The Redfern Story and Stolen Generations
Australia is said to be home to the world's most dangerous animals - like great white sharks and redback spiders - but what's the science behind this claim?
Bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky has spent the last twenty years studying September 11
"It isn't just the look of his films that is so good. He wrote the stuff and he put the ideas in the films."
"People come a very long way to have that connection to country, connection to animals, to people, to culture."
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t need to know.
However, expert says many discoveries attributed to the Ancient Greeks actually came from surrounding civilizations
Expert in Antarctic literature talks about her multiple visits to the mysterious continent
"She created a presence, after her husband died, that was like nothing else on the planet at the time as a woman leader… no one had the power that Eleanor Roosevelt had after WWII in the field of diplomacy and human rights."
“The older style of bird watching was very much in the mould of what we today call ‘citizen science’… ordinary people contributing to scientific knowledge.”
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t need to know.
Award-winning youth worker Steve Bastian was once given the choice by a Wollongong magistrate - “go to rehab or go to prison”
"This is a really, really remarkable piece of writing and legal thinking and empathy which are not qualities I that would necessarily identify with Evatt."
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t need to know.
A vault apparatus set five centimetres too low threatened lives and possibly cost medals at the Sydney 2000 Olympics
A unique tour company is teaching tourists about Indigenous cultures via the Sunshine Coast's waterways
Learning a language could postpone dementia for up to four years for older Australians - and new technology is making it easier.
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t need to know.
"From the very beginning, everything that came off those (First Fleet) ships started to make a nuisance of themselves and before very long Sydney had a really serious feral dog problem and then they had really serious feral goat problem."
Would you believe 80% of souvenirs purporting to represent First Nations cultures are estimated to be fake?
Many of the world’s current problems - like the issue of vaccine passports and the trade-offs involved in lockdowns - are also moral conundrums.
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t need to know.
A new training centre will blend Indigenous approaches with western science to help Indigenous businesses heal their land.
Australia's first female Olympic gold medallist and the first woman to win Olympic gold in swimming.
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t need to know.
"Subsistence hunting, sport hunting, survival hunting, commercial hunting... there are these different types of hunting and they have all been in play Australia."
The first Australian swimmer to compete in four Olympic games overcame a number of demons to do so.
A handful of nations have grown so extraordinarily that they dominate the world, but sooner or later they decline.
Surely there are some things we can say will happen with a degree of certainty by 2030.
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t need to know.
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t need to know.
AS our national airline celebrates 100 years we go right back to 1921 where it all began.
It’s been over four years since Megan Davis read out the Uluru Statement from the Heart on the floor of the First Nations Convention.
Thousands of Cubans have joined one of the country's largest anti-government demonstrations ever. What are its origins?
The pandemic has caused a shortage of semiconductors in Australia and around the world, with wide-reaching impacts.
The world’s population is expected to reach 10 billion by 2050, a lot of mouths to feed.
From Liam Neeson's infamous phone call in Taken to the phone pranks of Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
"In his own, original way he’s the ultimate punk... in that everything was up for grabs. He took influence from everywhere and did everything his own way."
"It’s come such a long way. We thought (the technology in out day) was fabulous but today, as long as the satellite is working, kids have this wonderful connection."
The former Olympic Hurdler is now the Indigenous Liaison Officer with the Australian Olympic team in Tokyo.
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t need to know.
Study finds exercise superior to testosterone treatment for improving older men's fitness, strength and body composition.
Not only are they beautiful - as anyone who’s been to the Daintree would attest - but rainforests are also crucial to life as we know it.
Former Sydneysider Dr Adam Ritchie was part of the Oxford University team that developed the AstraZeneca vaccine.
COVID-19 didn't slow his Tokyo preparations. He built a training range on his family's farm.
"The nightmare of every command module pilot was that his two compatriots would die on the moon...and he'd have to come home alone."
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t need to know.
Borneo was a massively important centre of war for Australia...yet we hear nothing about it."
In the early 1300s, from a legendary place called Hawaiki, no more than a few hundred ancestors of the Māori people arrived at Aotearoa New Zealand by sea.
When you hear a song being played on the radio or in concert – who makes sure that the writer of that song gets paid properly for its use?
Mariah Williams was three years old when she first picked up a hockey stick. Now she's off to her second Olympics.
The father of China's president found himself on the wrong side of communist party politics more than once.
"We actually had litters of six (pigs) continuously throughout the film...this scene calls for a pig to be shy so out of the piglets there's always one whose a bit shy."
"When it was told to me as a child...it was in quite a simple form, almost as a kind of parable, with Fletcher Christian as the hero."
Can it be said that September the 10th, 2001 was the last great day of America’s moral authority and leadership in the world?
Clowning is as old as civilization itself, and exists in just about every known culture.
"The Archibald has always been popular with the public but not with the art people and the reason for this is it’s not really an art prize it’s a social history prize."
Raiders of the Lost Ark with Indiana Jones pit against the villainous Nazi treasure hunters had their ideological dispute writ large on our screens 40 years ago.
Hired muscle, the big blokes that get between a celebrity and their fans. What is life like working as a bodyguard.
What are the lifestyle changes you can make to lower your blood pressure and keep it down?
The National Party are they the junior partner of the Coalition or are they the tail that wags the dog.
If your son is no longer a happy go lucky boy, but rather a sullen teenager, is there a problem?
"He’s far from aloof .... he’ll often be crawling around on carpets sniffing things, licking things. He’s terribly unhygienic.
"One of the things I’ve observed over the years in medical history is how often history is used to help with planning for the future or even for the present."
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t really need to hear.
On September 11, 2001, Beverley Bass was piloting an American Airlines flight from Paris to Dallas when an unexpected message came over her radio.
"We were founded by the two (rum) drinking classes of England, the navy and the working class."
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t really need to hear.
A year ago, the High Court of Australia granted access to letters between John Kerr and Gough Whitlam.
The Victoria Cross is the most famous and most prestigious military medal in the world.
An illness took her sight and hearing before the age of two but Keller became a pioneer of the disability rights movement.
Celebrating the trivial, the meaningless and the irrelevant untold stories that you probably didn’t really need to know.
“When I got home that night I said to my wife, ‘the bastards will never get me that way’.”
“The first colonial census (was) 1828…. who needed food, who’d done a runner. It was literally that sort of thing.”
"Tim agreed to do the interview (with me) on one condition... (I) had to agree to take all the model trains from his office back down to the farm."
"There is an old saying 'if there is a hole in the ground you will find a Cornishman at the bottom of it.'”
The National Gallery of Australia's Elspeth Pitt guides us around the Know My Name exhibition.
Robyn Nevin is one of Australia’s greatest actresses – she has starred in some of our greatest films and TV shows, but has mostly made her name on stage.
Zinc is one of the most important essential trace metals in human health and nutrition, but claims it helps prevent or treat COVID-19 are unconvincing.
They were one of the most popular and influential British groups of the 1960s – and the 70s as well.
“Someone sits behind the scenes spends four years creating something looking at the rules and going 'we reckon we can do this within the rules’ and then the ruling bodies go, 'oh damn!'”
“If the bomb had gone off as planned, over a hundred people would have been killed . It would have been the worst terrorist atrocity of the 1970s.”
The works of the greatest European artists are now showing at the National Gallery of Australia.
Why has a foundation in the US built a '10,000 Year Clock', and what does it have to do with long term thinking?
From Peter Seller's final role as Chance the Gardener in Being There to Meryl Streep's orchid-obsessed writer in Adaptation, there is a long history of films celebrating gardens, plants, and horticultural passion.
Our film guy Tom Cushing joins Trev to discuss the cinema's green thumbs and green spaces.
He twice escaped Japanese imprisonment during WWII to play a key role in guerilla campaigns against them in the Pacific.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have fought in every war Australia has been involved in since Federation.
We're taught about Roman emperors and great military battles, but what was daily life like in Ancient Rome?
An exercise program should always be tailored to your specific goals. So how do we choose which exercises are best?
It’s probably not something you usually think about, unless you’ve had a loss in the family.
Decades of campaigning finally bore fruit in 2020 when Sheean became the first member of Royal Australian Navy to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
The first Australian children's book, A Mother's Offering to her Children, was published in the 1840's.
What are the issues arising when covering sports from an Indigenous Australian perspective?
A new study finds walking with your spouse or partner is good ... if speed isn't compromised!
Most of the roles that were written for him were demeaning in some way or another (so) ...he takes on these roles or takes on and these songs and transforms them into something bigger than they originally were.
“As an occasional seafarer it’s very reassuring to see a light. It’s a validation of your electronic instruments.”
"The equipment has all changed but the people haven't changed that much. They're a motley crew."
Indigenous Australians used astronomy to inform navigation, calendars, and predict weather. It also fed into their laws, social structures, music and stories.
Taryn Fiebig was one of the most delightful guests we’ve had on the program – a singer with a stellar career still ahead of her and yet now, so tragically cut short.