Earshot - Abc Radio National

Crusading journalist Jill Jolliffe has spent her time giving a voice to others. But since being diagnosis with Alzheimer's, telling her own story has become more urgent than ever.

Writer Stephanie Coombes, not satisfied with her F-list media lifestyle, goes in search of lucrative Instagram fame.

After a 21st birthday party a car accident left a teenager dead, another in jail and a third with a permanent brain injury.  This is a story about grief, forgiveness and the healing power of music.

The unlikely story of two half-sisters who connected late in life, a birth mother turned adoptive mother, and what can happen when biological relatives turn up out of the blue.

A split second was all it took to shatter Judi Green’s life. It took decades, a lot of forgiveness and a little luck to piece it back together.

What can the last flamingo who lived in Australia tell us about zookeeping, taxidermy and loneliness?

Contemporary Australian poets respond to the centenary of the Armistice.

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.

How should transgender athletes prove that they are woman enough to play with other women on the sporting field?

Public thinker Robert Manne's voice changed after he had surgery for throat cancer. In this candid documentary he reflects on questions of voice and identity, enduring love and friendship.

Once considered nerdy, Japanese pop culture like manga and anime is now big in Australia. What’s the appeal?

Three bad-ass women wrestlers talk about the power, performance and passion in Australia's world-class pro-wrestling scene.

Come to a Gypsy wedding but don't be shocked that the bride is 14. Perty had no choice, but months later she is learning to walk a fine line between being a feminist and honouring her Roma tribal traditions.

Two Australian musicians travelled overseas for work but they didn't make it past immigration at the airport; tales of holding cells and humiliation.

The fascinating life story of Homer Rieth — a composer, poet and founder of the Minyip Philosophical Society.

The women of a remote Aboriginal community are thrilled to finally be playing the sport that's always been in their hearts and it's helped heal their grief.

A story of heartbreak, a journey across Australia to take an Aboriginal child, a bitter court case and, in the middle of it all, two people who loved their child.

We travel to Aurukun, an Indigenous community in far north Queensland, to hear the story of a Wik woman, a white engineer turned anthropologist, and their son Bruce.

Our insatiable appetite for fish is growing, the way we hunt them is changing, yet fish farming for many still has a salty pong about it. Come visit the community of Port Stephens who are treading the choppy waters of aquaculture.

Life in Afghanistan is dangerous, but if you've worked as an interpreter, you're even more of a target.