Insightful

By SBS

Insightful is a podcast series from SBS, hosted by Kumi Taguchi. From sex and relationships to health, wealth, and grief Insightful offers deeper dives into the lives and first person stories of forme... more

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Number 1: Colleen Gwynne: When Cops Get It Wrong
Colleen Gwynne was the chief investigator of one of Australia's most-publicised murders - that of Peter Falconio, who was killed by Bradley John Murdoch in 2001. Falconio’s girlfriend Joanne Lees managed to escape, and Colleen saw how wrong the cops got it, when it came to how Joanne’s story was told to the world. Colleen shares why she wanted to join the police, how her mother instilled values of respect and fairness and empathy in her and her siblings, and the darkest days of her life when she was wrongly accused of a crime. Colleen now lives in rural Victoria. She finds it hard to wind down, even though she’s no longer working in the social justice space. Her desire to make life better for kids who haven’t had the best start in life, still drives her today.
April 14, 202528min
Number 2: Mianne Bagger: Trans - We’re Not A Voice for Women
Mianne Bagger transitioned in the 1990s. In 2004, she became the first openly transitioned woman to play in a professional golf tournament. She describes herself as “transexual”, not “transgender” - and thinks too many people are now being lumped under the trans label and that gender activism is too loud. She’s all about doing life her own way. She tells the story of when she decided to hand over the keys to her house, realising that the conventional way of living was not for her. Now, home is a van, where she cooks and sleeps and travels where she wants, visiting friends along the way.
April 14, 202524min
Number 3: Di Sheehan: The Church Stole my Baby
Di Sheehan was a young, unwed mother in the 1970s, and was told her baby died at birth. She signed discharge papers when she left the hospital and tried to move on with her life. Four decades later, she received an email from a man who said he thought Di might be his mother. The discharge papers she signed were in fact adoption papers - a common practice in that time, to force women to give up their babies. Di now has a relationship with her son and has reconciled the lost decades with her first-born.
April 14, 202524min
Number 4: The Dad Whose Sons Survived
His suicide attempt was interrupted at the last minute – then his sons survived a school shooting. Meet Darren Wagner, the man who holds hope for others.
April 22, 202424min
Number 5: The Age Positivity Champion
Imagine carrying a photo with you as a kid, hoping to meet your family one day. That was Faith Agugu’s childhood. Now, she stands up for grey hair and the privilege of getting older.
April 15, 202421min