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44 Episodes 2017 - 2017
Episode 1
28 mins
Margaret Court is the world's most decorated tennis player with 64 major titles to her name. Court is now a Christian pastor who treasures her sporting victories, but says they are no match for her faith.
Episode 2
28 mins
Clarke grew up in suburban Sydney and was singled out from an early age over the colour of her skin. Her award-winning work is inspired both by personal experience, and the desire to start difficult conversations about race.
Episode 3
28 mins
Amanda Palmer is an American musician and crowdfunding pioneer whose life is a series of artistic collaborations and risque performances. Fearlessly outspoken, she has frequently found herself at the centre of controversy.
Episode 4
28 mins
Reg Mombassa has been a leading light in Australian pop culture for more than 40 years, both as a rock musician and artist. While thankful for the success he's enjoyed in life, Mombassa admits he has been haunted by fear.
Episode 5
28 mins
Rory O'Neill is known as an entertainer and gay rights activist whose flamboyant alter-ego - a 7ft drag queen called Panti Bliss - became the face of Ireland's successful marriage equality campaign.
Episode 6
28 mins
Patricia Dennis spent three years of her childhood in a Japanese-run internment camp in the Philippines during World War II. After escaping to Australia, she became a successful model, actress and businesswoman.
Episode 7
27 mins
Felicity Ward is a stand-up comic whose personal experience of mental illness is at the core of her comedy work.
Episode 8
28 mins
Champion jockey Jim Cassidy is among the most colourful characters of Australian racing, with two Melbourne Cup victories - and more than a few controversies - to his name.
Episode 9
28 mins
From factory worker to Australia's leading 70s pop star, John Paul Young's career is the stuff of legend. Young admits he owes much of his success to luck.
Episode 10
28 mins
Fay Jackson is a deputy commissioner with the NSW Mental Health Commission. Diagnosed with bipolar schizoaffective disorder at the age of 37, she's faced challenges and stigma for as long as she can remember.
Episode 11
28 mins
Jack Thompson is an iconic Australian actor, celebrated for his rugged charm and richly resonant voice. He opens up to Jane Hutcheon about a life filled with dramatic twists.
Episode 12
27 mins
Athlete Jana Pittman is a two-time world champion and four-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist, but her dream of Olympic victory eluded her. She swapped the pressures of elite sport for motherhood and a career in medicine.
Episode 13
28 mins
Isaiah Firebrace is a young indigenous singer whose voice helped him overcome childhood hardship. He shot to stardom after winning X Factor in 2016 and represented Australia at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest.
Episode 14
28 mins
Sam Bloom became a paraplegic after falling from a rickety balcony while on holiday. Now the book Penguin Bloom - about a visiting magpie that helped Sam's family to recover - has been made into a film.
Episode 15
28 mins
Vir Das is an Indian comedian and Bollywood actor who draws on provocative themes like religion, race and politics for his stand-up act. He's sold out stadiums and starred in 10 films, but Das refuses to embrace fame.
Episode 16
28 mins
Rupi Kaur is a young Canadian poet who harnesses her huge social media following to confront social taboos. With a bestselling book under her belt, she says she's outgrown the title of "instapoet".
Episode 17
28 mins
Jeff Duff is a flamboyant and controversial entertainer, whose career bloomed in London alongside some of rock music's greatest stars. Known for his successful David Bowie tribute act, Duff insists he's very much his own man.
Episode 18
28 mins
Michelle Guthrie was the ABC's managing director from 2015 to 2018. She joins Jane Hutcheon to discuss leadership, criticism and her reluctant embrace of the public spotlight.
Episode 19
28 mins
Gillian Triggs is an academic and international lawyer that was appointed in 2012 as President of the Australian Human Rights Commission. She reflects on her challenging career.
Episode 20
27 mins
Chido Govera grew up in poverty in rural Zimbabwe. Chido has helped hundreds of communities around the world transform their lives through mushroom farming.
Episode 21
27 mins
Nevo Zisin is a transgender activist who at seventeen began the physical and hormonal transition from female to male. He questions the meaning of gender in our society.
Episode 22
27 mins
Lily Bailey is a model and writer who suffered with obsessive compulsive disorder. Initially secretive about her condition, she grew tired of misconceptions around OCD and chose to speak frankly about her struggles.
Episode 23
27 mins
Richard Fidler has enjoyed success as a musical comedy performer, author and as host of the radio interview show Conversations.
Episode 24
28 mins
Former US Vice President Al Gore reflects on the global climate crisis, his failed bid to become president, and the near-tragedy that almost cost the life of his son.
Episode 25
27 mins
Jane Goodall is a primatologist and environmental activist, whose trailblazing work with chimpanzees has helped reshape our understanding of animal and human behaviour.
Episode 26
28 mins
Rhiannon Giddens is a U.S. Grammy Award-winning singer and instrumentalist whose made race and history the basenotes of her repertoire.
Episode 27
27 mins
Dava Sobel is an American author whose books unravel great mysteries of space and time. She's revealed the little-known story of a group of women in the development of modern astronomy.
Episode 28
28 mins
Marcia Hines is one of Australia's most-loved singers, whose career took off at 16 with the musical Hair. Almost five decades later, she reflects on the professional triumphs and personal tragedies that have shaped her life.
Episode 29
28 mins
Julian Punch is a former Catholic priest whose tireless battle for social justice and gay rights saw him branded as a renegade. He quit the church after realising he couldn't be a priest and an outspoken gay man.
Episode 30
28 mins
Reg Livermore is a veteran performer who has entertained theatre and television audiences for more than six decades.
Episode 31
27 mins
This week Jane Hutcheon sits down with prominent barrister and human rights champion Julian Burnside, whose keen sense of justice was formed in childhood.
Episode 32
27 mins
Jane Hutcheon sits down with former actor Ailsa Piper, who swapped Ramsay Street and a career in the spotlight for a more reflective life as a writer and walker.
Episode 33
27 mins
As the son of Korean refugees growing up in the US, Daniel Lee strived for academic success, before finding his calling in social justice. He now heads the Levi Strauss Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the jeans company.
Episode 34
27 mins
She's been a shining light in the music industry since being discovered as a teenager writing songs about angst and heartbreak. Now singer-songwriter Missy Higgins says marriage and motherhood has ignited a political awareness.
Episode 35
27 mins
Debra Keenahan is an academic and artist whose dwarfism looms large in her work. She opens up to Jane Hutcheon about being different, dealing with insults and paving the way for a more accepting world.
Episode 36
27 mins
Ten years on from Kevin 07, Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd - who grew up on a dairy farm in rural Queensland - reflects on life, the enemies you make in politics, and his career as an international observer.
Episode 37
27 mins
Jimmy Barnes grew up in a poor, violent household before finding an escape in music and becoming a rock superstar. But, he tells Jane Hutcheon, a life of excess left him staring into the abyss.
Episode 38
27 mins
Jennifer Westacott is one of Australia's most respected business leaders. But as a gay woman from a disadvantaged background, she's endured isolation and exclusion for much of her life.
Episode 39
27 mins
He's a popular actor, singer, composer and TV host, but Eddie Perfect always felt he had more to give. Now he's landed the gig of a lifetime: writing the score for a Broadway musical.
Episode 40
27 mins
Rob Holt was homeless for much of his life and turned to alcohol, drugs and violent crime. Now housed and on the road to rehabilitation, he's educating corporations and individuals about life on the streets.
Episode 41
27 mins
Bruce Beresford is an acclaimed director with more than 30 feature films to his name. Yet his career almost ended before it began, when his early work enraged the critics.
Episode 42
27 mins
Journalist Peter Greste became the story when he was arrested on terrorism charges in Egypt in 2013. As he languished behind bars for 400 days, his parents fought tirelessly for his release - and stole Australia's heart.
Episode 43
27 mins
As the first woman to head an Aust police force, Christine Nixon knows what it's like to be a female leader under pressure. Now she's a leadership adviser and the fight for gender equality remains at the heart of her work.
Episode 44
27 mins
Michael Leunig's cartoons have been a presence in Australian culture for nearly five decades. His work is revered by some and has outraged others. In 2016 Michael suffered a concussion injury which he's still recovering from.