Episodes 250
Avg. Duration 28m
Activity Dormant
Since Mar 2019
Latest Episode Jan 2025

Publishing Details

Schedule
Weekly
Hosting
www.abc.net.au

About This Podcast

Eavesdrop on life as it's lived. Earshot brings you intimate stories exploring the human experience.

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Recent Episodes

The Mystery of the Marree Man

Jan 25, 2025 28m

The Australian outback is home to many mysteries, but the Marree Man has to be one of the biggest. In every sense of the word.

Deaf heart

Jan 19, 2025 26m

Jodee Mundy is the only person in her family who can hear. Ever since she was little, she has moved between two worlds.

Becoming a motherless mother

Jan 12, 2025 28m

Olivia Humphreys found herself pregnant and full of questions about what it's like to be a mother when you don't have a mother of your own.

What does haka mean today?

Jan 05, 2025 28m

The All Blacks have taunted their opponents with haka for more than a century. But the world saw haka in a new light after the Christchurch terror attacks in 2019 triggered spontaneous haka…

The Other Me | Becoming Boy Michael and The Animal Outside

Dec 29, 2024 29m

Tales of following your fantasy to find your true self. Performing as a drag king on-stage has helped Rae be her authentic non-binary self off-stage and by night Kusaki becomes something…

The Other Me | Return of the songbird

Dec 22, 2024 28m

When her Parkinson's Disease medication stopped working musician and writer Linda Neil was in a very dark place. But a treatment called Deep Brain Stimulation has allowed her to return to playing the…

The Other Me | The foster files

Dec 15, 2024

Earshot presents documentaries about people, places and ideas, in all their diversity.

The Other Me | The other Martin

Dec 08, 2024 29m

Martin lives out of a shopping trolley and sleeps rough on the cold streets of Canberra. But his passion for running, gift for words and an unlikely friend help him to get by.

The Other Me | Shadow dance

Dec 01, 2024 28m

Andrew was building a life and career in Singapore when his world was turned upside down by a routine visit to the doctor.

The Other Me I An Interloper's Escape

Nov 24, 2024 28m

Come on a wild ride through the compelling life of Taku Mbudzi, who defied the constraints of a strict Zimbabwean church, embarked on a solo journey to Australia at 19, and held onto a life-altering…

The Other Me | Mars Venus and Max

Nov 17, 2024 28m

It used to be said that Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus but Max has been to both planets. As a trans-man he has some fascinating observations about the world of men, having stood on the…

The Other Me | Jim Everett's black sauce

Nov 10, 2024 28m

Jim Everett is a man of many selves  – philosopher, fisherman, scholar, activist, poet, soldier, filmmaker, sauce maker. And at sixteen he discovered a hidden part of himself.

The Other Me | Half-Caste legends

Nov 03, 2024 29m

Paulina always knew she had half- siblings around the world. They all shared the same Tongan father. Finding them was the best thing she ever did.

Mapu Anyul Yandi Gindarr - people come together as one

Jul 28, 2024 28m

Indigenous and African migrant communities collide in the Northern Territory, as Sydney-born Brian Obiri-Asare explores what it means to be black in Australia

Bev Francis - strongest woman in the world

Jul 21, 2024 28m

Bev Francis found out by accident she was the strongest woman in the world. It was the late 1970s, and the sport of women’s weightlifting was still new. When international records were compared, no…

Escaping The Taliban

Jul 14, 2024 29m

When Kabul fell to the Taliban Samira and Fahim were in grave danger, they went into hiding and could see no way out of Afghanistan. Then a text from a stranger in Australia asking for their help…

Follow the music | The Incurable romantics

Jul 07, 2024 28m

Meet The Incurable Romantics, older fans of The Cure - one of the most influential post-punk bands of the 1980s. These women talk about the music, being on tour with the band and their fan artwork.

Follow me to the death | Love, blood and deathmatch wrestling

Jun 30, 2024 28m

Erin follows her partner and Deathmatch wrestler Callen Butcher to ringside. While he battles his opponents in choreographed displays of gory competition, she is fighting to feel alive, as a disabled…

Follow me out of oblivion | Clare's story

Jun 23, 2024 29m

The only thing that would quell Clare’s anxiety about her disintegrating marriage was a drink. It started with just one or two a night, it took the edge off. And so she kept following that feeling,…

Follow me down the rabbit hole | A mother's story

Jun 16, 2024

Sarah and Miles took a strict approach to internet use with their 13 year old daughter Ruby. And when Miles suspected she was being groomed on Pinterest, they cracked down harder. But Ruby pushed…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Earshot have?

Earshot has published 250 episodes since March 2019, covering topics in Documentary, Society & Culture.

Is Earshot still active?

Earshot is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 28m.

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