Earshot

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• The Mystery of the Marree Man 26.01.2025 28min

  The Australian outback is home to many mysteries, but the Marree Man has to be one of the biggest. In every sense of the word.
• Deaf heart 19.01.2025 26min

  Jodee Mundy is the only person in her family who can hear. Ever since she was little, she has moved between two worlds.
• Becoming a motherless mother 12.01.2025 28min

  Olivia Humphreys found herself pregnant and full of questions about what it's like to be a mother when you don't have a mother of your own.
• What does haka mean today? 05.01.2025 28min

  The All Blacks have taunted their opponents with haka for more than a century. But the world saw haka in a new light after the Christchurch terror attacks in 2019 triggered spontaneous haka performances in streets, parks and outside the Al Noor mosque.
• The Other Me | Becoming Boy Michael and The Animal Outside 29.12.2024 29min

  Tales of following your fantasy to find your true self. Performing as a drag king on-stage has helped Rae be her authentic non-binary self off-stage and by night Kusaki becomes something else…something animal, when he slips into a fur suit.
• The Other Me | Return of the songbird 22.12.2024 28min

  When her Parkinson's Disease medication stopped working musician and writer Linda Neil was in a very dark place. But a treatment called Deep Brain Stimulation has allowed her to return to playing the violin, singing, songwriting, living an independent life and riding her pink bicycle.
• The Other Me | The foster files 15.12.2024

  Earshot presents documentaries about people, places and ideas, in all their diversity.
• The Other Me | The other Martin 08.12.2024 29min

  Martin lives out of a shopping trolley and sleeps rough on the cold streets of Canberra. But his passion for running, gift for words and an unlikely friend help him to get by.
• The Other Me | Shadow dance 01.12.2024 28min

  Andrew was building a life and career in Singapore when his world was turned upside down by a routine visit to the doctor.
• The Other Me I An Interloper's Escape 24.11.2024 28min

  Come on a wild ride through the compelling life of Taku Mbudzi, who defied the constraints of a strict Zimbabwean church, embarked on a solo journey to Australia at 19, and held onto a life-altering secret that shattered her father's heart. Discover how she harnessed the healing power of comedy, to develop resilience, understanding and forgiveness.
• The Other Me | Mars Venus and Max 17.11.2024 28min

  It used to be said that Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus but Max has been to both planets. As a trans-man he has some fascinating observations about the world of men, having stood on the other side of the gender divide.
• The Other Me | Jim Everett's black sauce 10.11.2024 28min

  Jim Everett is a man of many selves  – philosopher, fisherman, scholar, activist, poet, soldier, filmmaker, sauce maker. And at sixteen he discovered a hidden part of himself.
• The Other Me | Half-Caste legends 03.11.2024 29min

  Paulina always knew she had half- siblings around the world. They all shared the same Tongan father. Finding them was the best thing she ever did.
• Mapu Anyul Yandi Gindarr - people come together as one 28.07.2024 28min

  Indigenous and African migrant communities collide in the Northern Territory, as Sydney-born Brian Obiri-Asare explores what it means to be black in Australia
• Bev Francis - strongest woman in the world 21.07.2024 28min

  Bev Francis found out by accident she was the strongest woman in the world. It was the late 1970s, and the sport of women’s weightlifting was still new. When international records were compared, no one was as strong as Bev: she could defy gravity, lifting more than three times her bodyweight. Meet this forgotten champion of women’s muscle sports, who’s a firm believer that rules are meant to be broken.
• Escaping The Taliban 14.07.2024 29min

  When Kabul fell to the Taliban Samira and Fahim were in grave danger, they went into hiding and could see no way out of Afghanistan. Then a text from a stranger in Australia asking for their help changed everything.  Vanessa sent them on a dangerous mission and in exchange she guided them across a perilous border to safety.
• Follow the music | The Incurable romantics 07.07.2024 28min

  Meet The Incurable Romantics, older fans of The Cure - one of the most influential post-punk bands of the 1980s. These women talk about the music, being on tour with the band and their fan artwork.
• Follow me to the death | Love, blood and deathmatch wrestling 30.06.2024 28min

  Erin follows her partner and Deathmatch wrestler Callen Butcher to ringside. While he battles his opponents in choreographed displays of gory competition, she is fighting to feel alive, as a disabled person living with chronic illness. Can they find harmony in their minds and bodies, together?
• Follow me out of oblivion | Clare's story 23.06.2024 29min

  The only thing that would quell Clare’s anxiety about her disintegrating marriage was a drink. It started with just one or two a night, it took the edge off. And so she kept following that feeling, the numbness, until she was drinking herself into oblivion.
• Follow me down the rabbit hole | A mother's story 16.06.2024

  Sarah and Miles took a strict approach to internet use with their 13 year old daughter Ruby. And when Miles suspected she was being groomed on Pinterest, they cracked down harder. But Ruby pushed back – she hacked the controls, secretly spent nights and class time on socials. Their relationship with Ruby took a hit and she shut down. When Sarah realised she was losing her daughter she decided to find a new way to keep Ruby safe, sane and connected.