{"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":"'Propeller vs forearm, croc vs leg': The incredible job of a remote bush doctor","slug":"propeller-vs-forearm-croc-vs-leg-the-incredible-job-of-a-remote-bush-doctor","published_at":"2026-05-04T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-320217/propeller-vs-forearm-croc-vs-leg-the-incredible-job-of-a-remote-bush-doctor","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-320217","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/conversations/damien-brown-bush-doctor-indigenous-medecins-sans-frontieres/106625080","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/k6/Z/3o.mp3","summary":"Specialist rural doctor, Damien Brown on dramatic rescues, slow interventions and the cases that moved him, including attending to two badly burnt men after a fuel tank exploded on a remote Queensland cattle station. As a young boy in South Africa, Damien Brown was always interested in science and medicine. His neighbour, the local veterinarian, would let him observe surgery in the workshop, so it was predictable that Damien would end up as a medical doctor. After his parents moved the family to Australia, the call to help others drew Damien back to the very things his parents had tried to shield him from — civil war, crime, absolute poverty and inequity. Damien joined Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) as soon as they would take him as a junior doctor. He worked in Angola, Mozambique and South Sudan. When he returned to Australia, working for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in remote communities in Central Australia and Far North Queensland, he found challenges that were more similar to his previous experience in Africa than he expected. Further information Bush Doctor: A memoir from the beautiful, rugged heart of outback Australia is published by Allen & Unwin. This episode was produced by Rebecca McLaren. The Executive Producer is Eliza Kirsch. This episode touches on remote Indigenous communities, rural doctor, Royal Flying Doctor Service, South Africa, Angola, South Sudan, civil war, gunfight, safe room, grab bag, remote work. 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 celebriti…","meta_description":"Specialist rural doctor, Damien Brown on dramatic rescues, slow interventions and the cases that moved him, including attending to two badly burnt men aft…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3199,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/conversations-320217/episodes/propeller-vs-forearm-croc-vs-leg-the-incredible-job-of-a-remote-bush-doctor/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-320217/propeller-vs-forearm-croc-vs-leg-the-incredible-job-of-a-remote-bush-doctor.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}