Conversations draws you deeper into the life story of someone you may, or may not, have heard about - someone who has seen and done amazing things.

This audiobook features a selection of the very best from 2021 and 2022 and includes:

1. Dr Andrew Browning could have made a very comfortable life in Australia for himself after he finished studying medicine however, he chose to pursue a life of service to others in Ethiopia, helping thousands of women have a future through his work as the world’s most experienced surgeon in fistula repair.

2. Maggie Dent grew up in the country and she always felt she ‘spoke bloke’. As a high school teacher and a family counsellor she talks here about how to understand and communicate with teenage boys.

3. Mandy McCracken was living in country Victoria with her husband and three kids when she fell seriously ill and developed sepsis. Mandy became a quadruple amputee and now uses prosthetic limbs. She is now ready to return to her favourite pastime: rock climbing.

4. Wendy Harmer is a trailblazer who has enjoyed huge success over four decades as a comedian, TV host, radio presenter and the author of many books for children and adults. However, it wasn’t an easy start - she was born with a double cleft lip and palate, and she tells her story in her inimitable way.

5. Sue-Ellen Kusher’s parents were ASIO agents living secretly in the Brisbane suburbs at the height of the Cold War, and she has told her amazing story in a recently published book ‘With My Little Eye’.

6. Peter Garrett has had many chapters in his life story as a musician, an environmental lobbyist and a politician, to name a few. In 2022, after more than four decades performing all over the world, Midnight Oil are about to embark on their final tour.