Conversations

Richard Fidler, Sarah Kanowski

abcpodcasts@abc.net.au

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Booking Overview

Conversations is ABC’s long-form storytelling platform that brings well-known people and life stories into an intimate, human spotlight—often spanning history, science, art, and personal resilience. For PR teams, it’s a strong venue to place authors, creators, experts, and public figures who can share compelling, accessibly personal perspectives.

Metrics

Episodes: 2000

Frequency: Daily

Rating: 4.4/5.0

Estimated listeners: >100k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: Australia

YouTube: 344.0k subscribers

Instagram: 57.0k followers

Contact Information

abcpodcasts@abc.net.au

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Host

Richard Fidler - Co-host of ABC’s long-form interview program Conversations, described as the ABC’s most popular long-form interview program.

Sarah Kanowski - Co-host of ABC’s long-form interview program Conversations and noted to join Richard Fidler for Conversations Live events.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
High-profile authors, artists/creators, public intellectuals, scientists/academics, politicians, and other notable figures with credible lived experience or recognized expertise, often tied to a book or major public body of work.
Required Achievements:  
Published book or major publication, Recognition in major media (e.g., prominent reality program), Established expertise (e.g., scientific leadership or field prominence), Public visibility through notable work or campaigns

Recent Guest Discussions

Gina Chick - Motherhood, Survival And Wilderness Experience, Neurodiversity, Queer Club Scene, Adoption, And Personal Resilience; Also Touches On Her Writing.

Tim Flannery - Geo-engineering And Historical/ongoing Attempts To Control Weather And Address Climate Change; Includes Discussion Of Climate Folly And Related Scientific/political Issues.

Recent Topics

History, Science, Art, Climate, Psychology

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Conversations
:

NAIDOC 2026: From an iron lung to the page — Gayle’s life in comics and words

July 10, 2026

Wongaibon woman, Gayle Kennedy tells the story of her childhood, punctuated by years of treatment for polio. A bright child, she blitzed school and was drawn to comic book writing, which led to an award-winning career as an author.Gayle was two when she contracted polio. The family was living in a camp outside Condobolin when little Gayle collapsed at her aunt’s house.Gayle’s mother was in hospital at the time, where she had given birth to Gayle’s younger brother. She ran from the hospital to...

NAIDOC 2026: Troy Cassar-Daley: the boy from Halfway Creek

July 09, 2026

Troy grew up travelling between two very different worlds with his Indigenous mum and his Maltese Dad. At just 17 he started on his path to becoming one of Australia's biggest country music stars (R) CW: Mentions suicide, please take care when listeningTroy Cassar-Daley is a proud Gumbaynggirr and Bundjalung man, and one of Australia's most beloved country music stars.As a 17-year-old musician just starting out, Troy joined a band called Little Eagle. Soon afterwards, he won the Tamworth Star...

NAIDOC 2026: Anita Heiss with stories of love and war from the Wiradjuri people

July 08, 2026

Writer Anita Heiss has based her novel  Dirrayawadha on stories from the 1800s during the frontier wars in Bathurst, when martial law was declared.

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