In this wide ranging conversation Anthony Albanese reveals, amongst other things, his mistakes, genuine passion for music, admiration for the Queen and the similarities between the mafia and politics.

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Professor Peter Greste spent 400 harrowing days in an Egyptian jail on fabricated terrorism charges. An experience that is the subject of a major new motion picture - The Correspondent - starring Richard Roxborough. Peter is an award winning foreign correspondent with over 25 years experience working for the BBC, Al Jazeera and Reuters.

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Lucy Wark is the founder of Normal, a sexual wellness brand giving everyone the tools, information and confidence to explore sexuality without stress or shame.

Amongst many other accolades she has a first class honours degree from Cambridge in Social Sciences, a career at McKinsey and runs career skills platform Fuzzy.

Quite the CV - but how did she respond to the Five Of My Life challenge?

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James Weir is a national treasure.

One of the country’s finest comedic writers his newspaper columns have been delighting fans, and setting readership records, for over a decade.

His sharp observation and irreverent humour is ever present in his other roles , including that as a high profile radio host and successful novelist.

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Jacinta Tynan has spent over 30 years in the media industry in her varied roles as a TV presenter, journalist, reporter and columnist. Also a successful multi book author Jacinta has recently launched both a coaching business and the world’s #1 Spiritual Book Club.

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I always politely decline when people ask me what my Five choices would be if I were the guest, not the host, of the show.

However when asked by Vinyl Maelstrom to nominate my top ten of other people’s 5ML song choices I couldn’t resist…

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Paul Sinton-Hewitt’s parkrun is truly a global phenomenon.

From humble beginnings in 2004 it has grown to be one of the world’s biggest - and most important - sporting events; with millions taking part every week.

In this episode meet the man behind the movement that’s making the world healthier and happier one run at a time.

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Pip Courtney is an Australian icon.

Her work on ABC’s Landline TV programme for over 30 years has made her a national treasure -  her compelling and empathetic weekly storytelling of agricultural issues being enjoyed by city dwellers and country folk alike.

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For Jacqui Lambie - Senator for Tasmania - no topic was off limits when she took The Five Of My Life challenge.

Nominated by Jan Fran, Jacqui tells Nigel about her suicide attempt, regrets over her education, bonk-buster novels, overcoming the odds and more, all in her trademark forthright style.

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Leaving the Jehovah Witness church is always difficult, but even more so when you're a Lebanese Lesbian. Stand-up Naomi Mourra has taken her challenging life experiences and turned them into comedy, as revealed in her thoughtful Five Of My Life Choices.

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