{"podcast":{"title":"Conversations","slug":"conversations-320217","podcast_index_feed_id":320217,"rss_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/7711104/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/conversations/","image_url":"https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/9419a7d446ad3f4620983df5d8d048f1.jpg?src","author":"ABC Australia","episode_count":2000,"summary":"Conversations draws you deeper into the life story of someone you may have heard about, but never met. Journey into their world, joining them on epic adventures to unfamiliar places, back in time to wild moments of history, and into their deepest memories, to be moved by personal stories of resilience and redemption. Hosted by Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski, Conversations is the ABC's most popular long-form interview program. Every day we explore the vast tapestry of human experience, weaving together narratives from history, science, art, and personal storytelling. Conversations Live is coming to the stage! Join Sarah Kanowski and Richard Fidler for an unmissable night of unforgettable stories, behind-the-scenes secrets, and surprise guests. Australia’s most-loved podcast — live, up close, and in the moment. Find out more at the Conversations website.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T12:19:56.982931+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-320217"},"episode":{"title":"Encore: David Malouf on growing up in Brisbane and his life of letters","slug":"encore-david-malouf-on-growing-up-in-brisbane-and-his-life-of-letters","published_at":"2026-04-30T01:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-320217/encore-david-malouf-on-growing-up-in-brisbane-and-his-life-of-letters","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-320217","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/conversations/award-winning-australian-author-david-malouf/106609322","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/k2/Z/k3.mp3","summary":"Award-winning Australian author, poet and essayist David Malouf died last week at the age of 92, he spoke with Richard in 2014. The first son of a Lebanese family, David spent his early years in South Brisbane, his vivid memories of life as it was then are captured in his classics, Johnno and 12 Edmondstone Street. Although his father played representative rugby league and was a champion boxer, David pursued a life of letters and during his career he published numerous highly-awarded novels and collections of essays. This episode was first broadcast in March 2014 To binge even more great episodes of the Conversations podcast with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you’ll find hundreds of the best thought-provoking interviews with authors, writers, artists, politicians, psychologists, musicians, and celebrities.","meta_description":"Award-winning Australian author, poet and essayist David Malouf died last week at the age of 92, he spoke with Richard in 2014. The first son of a Lebanes…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2940,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/conversations-320217/episodes/encore-david-malouf-on-growing-up-in-brisbane-and-his-life-of-letters/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-320217/encore-david-malouf-on-growing-up-in-brisbane-and-his-life-of-letters.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}