Peter's Korean birth mother spent years searching for her son in America. Then she discovered an AFL star living in Perth (R)

Peter Bell and the singular quest of Kyung Ae

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From muscle paralysis and sleepwalking, to the power of our subconscious, Dr Sutapa Mukherjee takes you into the secret world of sleep

Dr Sutapa Mukherjee on how to sleep well

When Ray Kelly Snr's grandfather was asked to translate "telephone" into Gumbayngirr, he responded with “muuya barrigi”, or flying breath (CW: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners please be advised this program contains discussion of people who have died. Please take care when listening)

Ray and the great language recovery

Pádraig Ó Tuama survived conversion therapy and exorcism as a young gay man in a church in Ireland, then became a leading peace negotiator and a poet (R)

Theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama on making peace and living in poetry

Carly-Jay Metcalfe lives with cystic fibrosis, and has faced a double lung transplant, a rare cancer and other huge medical challenges. But through it all humour and hope have fuelled her survival (CW: this story discusses organ transplant and donation, drug use and self harm)

Carly-Jay on dying, living, and learning to breathe

Writer Lech Blaine on Peter Dutton, the former policeman who became the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia

Peter Bell and the singular quest of Kyung Ae

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