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Ukrainian born, Finnish Conductor Dalia Stasevska, is making sure that the music of both her home countries is heard all around the world.
Russian actor Oleg Vidov’s story sounds like the plot of one of the Soviet-era films he starred in, and now his life has been documented by his widow Joan Borsten Vidov in the new film Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
How the discovery of tiny slivers of bone has led researchers to pinpoint the time that clothes transitioned from purely functional, to fashionable. 
The fascinating history of US presidential debates. Spoiler: this last one was not the only car cash debate over the years. 
If you are a fan of natural history documentaries from David Attenborough to our own Harry Butler or even Steve Irwin, then you want to hear from the emeritus professor who has studied the ABC's own Natural History archived to inform the new b
If you think about it, genetics are a little bit like music... 
Which famous artist of the 20th century collaborated with Mae West, Buster Keaton, David Bowie, Alfred Hitchcock, Walt Disney and heavy metal rocker Alice Cooper? That would be Salvador Dalí.
Find out why in 1392, King Charles the Sixth was convinced his body was made of class and that he might shatter at any moment. 
Jeremy Hearder has been one of Australia's longest serving diplomats and public servants. He's retiring this week after 65 years, nine postings abroad and a wealth of stories.
Tiffany Murray's new autobiography 'My Family and Other Rock Stars' of her time growing up amongst musicians like Queen, David Bowie and Iggy Pop.
Many musicians can claim that they are a product of the Espy in St Kilda, but not like Alex Hamilton he grew up in the hotel his mum worked behind the bar and he lived out the back. 
Part two of our interview with global best-selling British author David Nicholls for the Big Weekend of Books.
The new theatre production “Hits”  is a theatrical love letter to the music that saved you and set your teenage soul on fire. It aims to capture the euphoria of finding your people and going to your first music festival.
P.R Begg was the South Australian dentist who pretty much single-handedly invented modern orthodontics and the braces we wear today.
Jim Arneman and Flora Smith of Small Town Romance bring an inherited tradition of love and music - from Australian music royalty. They play one of their songs and a cover of one of their all-time favourites.
Day after day, Magistrate Megan Greenwood presides over an increasing number of domestic violence matters.  She must pick her way carefully through entangled traumas, look at the facts and apply the law. 
A new documentary tells the story of an 11-year-old from Venice Beach, California, who survived his troubled upbringing to become one of the world’s best skateboarders.
Actors Christopher Samuel Carroll and PJ Williams discuss their roles in a new adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment and perform an excerpt. 
The way we taste - what comfort foods we love and what vegetables we can’t stand to eat - can tell us a lot about who we are and even who we love.
Meet a professional whistler - Australian Molly Lewis. She's created a niche for herself and is whistling with the big guns now. 
It’s written in your fate that today you are to learn more about the concept of fate - philosophically, morally and practically. A new book exploring fate promises to teach you just how universal it is.
It’s written in your fate that today you are to learn more about the concept of fate - philosophically, morally and practically. A new book exploring fate promises to teach you just how universal it is.
Should the voting age be lowered to battle the nihilism and the impending sense of doom in today’s younger generation coming of age? 
Sir John Monash's great-grandson shares some of his family's favourite stories of the Lieutenant General through some of his personal belongings. 
Elon Musk's company Neuralink is in a race with China to dominate the next frontier of artificial intelligence - a brain-computer interface or BCI. 
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