Eight thrilling encounters in and on the water, as told by previous Conversations guests (R)

Danielle Clode with the story of the adventurous Jeanne Barrett, a French peasant from Burgundy who became the first woman to sail around the world

Political reporter Jonathan Swan with the inside story of Donald Trump’s last few months in office

Stuart Kells' life as a bibliophile began with one ancient, leather-bound, blue book (R)

Cosmologist Tamara Davis on the complicated scientific quest to explore and colonise the Red Planet

After Kim Scott became a teacher and a father, he started looking for his Aboriginal family *CW: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners please use discretion when listening as the following program references people who have died.

Gavin Pretor-Pinney loved gazing at clouds as a child. As an adult, his fascination with clouds drew him from England to Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria to see the Morning Glory, the world's most spectacular cloud formation

The late Mary Wilson rose up from Detroit's housing projects to find worldwide fame with The Supremes (R)

Avi Loeb was Harvard's top astronomer when he became intrigued by reports of a pancake-shaped object the size of a football field hurtling through our solar system

Sue Ellen Kusher’s father was an ASIO agent, and she and her siblings were taught to memorise number plates, spot unusual behaviour, and keep the family business secret at all costs