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What lessons are there still to learn from the Holocaust?

5/10/2024 • 33 min

In this episode we meet Rachelle Unreich, Melbourne-based author of the book, A Brilliant Life: my mother's inspiring story of surviving the Holocaust. Recently shortlisted for The Age’s non-fiction book of the year, this mother-daughter memoir weaves the remarkable story of Rachelle's mother Mira, who survived four concentration camps from the age of 17, toget… Play episode

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Moving from anger towards love: a Miles Franklin winner's writing process
Surviving 650 days in Myanmar’s notorious Insein Prison
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How Neil Perry became the unofficial mayor of Double Bay
Sydney's gay hate crimes and the lawyer representing victims
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Former army lawyer David McBride on the cost of being a whistleblower
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How Hunter Johnson helps young men navigate the 'manosphere'
Brian Ritchie on the Violent Femmes, MONA, and his meditative flute
How Eric Bana and Robert Connolly survived filming in 'Leech Gully'
How we can harness intuition to make better decisions
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Konrad Marshall's commandments for good magazine writing
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Former Olympian Kieren Perkins on the thorny challenges facing sport
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The former Geelong Cats skipper Joel Selwood on footy, fame and family
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Nick McKenzie on war crimes, defamation and Ben Roberts-Smith
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Bringing Indigenous stories and objects into the light

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