Ranked #1
Uptown Girl
Uptown Girl
Nora Ephron had it all: success, love, friendship, a brilliantly original voice, personal style. As the writer of Hear... Read more
10 Aug 2023
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54mins
Ranked #2
Bland Ambition
Bland Ambition
Award-winning investigative journalist and political biographer Margaret Simons was hesitant about undertaking a biograp... Read more
3 Aug 2023
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56mins
Ranked #3
She Called Him Daddy
She Called Him Daddy
In the second part of this conversation John Lahr talks about Arthur Miller’s disastrous marriage to Marilyn Monroe how ... Read more
27 Jul 2023
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32mins
Ranked #4
All My Sons
All My Sons
Theatre’s most respected critic, New Yorker critic and biographer John Lahr has compressed his deep understanding of Art... Read more
20 Jul 2023
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37mins
Ranked #5
A rescued life
A rescued life
While Shirley Hazzard has many devoted admirers and readers, particularly for her best known novel The Transit of Venus,... Read more
26 Jan 2023
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1hr 18mins
Ranked #6
The Woolf Man
The Woolf Man
In this episode, Sophie Cunningham talks about using biography as the thematic spine of her novel This Devastating Fever... Read more
19 Jan 2023
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48mins
Ranked #7
The Power of One Plus One
The Power of One Plus One
Bryce Courtenay remains one of the highest selling Australians writers of all times, with sales of more than 20 million ... Read more
12 Jan 2023
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58mins
Ranked #8
Don’t Put Your Daughter On The Stage
Don’t Put Your Daughter On The Stage
The family biography is a popular pastime, but few family biographies get published or are as colourful and bohemian as... Read more
6 Jan 2023
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43mins
Ranked #9
Favourite Son
Favourite Son
How has Lachlan Murdoch managed to live comparatively below the radar given his immense power and influence as a media ... Read more
29 Dec 2022
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47mins
Ranked #10
A Pox On You
A Pox On You
As a society figure in Georgian England, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was more than a hostess, gossip and subject of scanda... Read more
22 Dec 2022
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54mins