Around a quarter of a million Australians live with epilepsy, and one of the biggest challenges is the unpredictable nature of their seizures.

In this weekly segment, we talk to radio makers about their favourite podcasts from around the world.

Fred Smith is both a musician and a career diplomat and both those backgrounds stood him in good stead when in 2009 he went to work on behalf of the Australian Government in the Afghan province of Uruzgan.

Grog has always been a part of Australian culture whether we like or not. From the days of rum as currency to shanties and then the local pub.

Two Australian professors will help you prepare to be part of the first colony on Mars, which they say may be established in the next decade.

ABC Science Journalist Bernie Hobbs takes us 19000 light years from earth for new discoveries in the Milky Way, and then to Cable beach in WA where newly discovered dinosaurs footprints have been buried under sand and tourism.

Attractive people are treated better than everyone else, according to new Australian research. It's a phenomenon known as the "halo effect".

Which video games are quintessentially Australian?

The truth is our ability to create games that are authentically about us hasn't got a long pedigree.

We clean other parts of our life, so why not our computers? In IT Helpdesk how to remove unwanted files, apps, dust and junk so all runs smoothly and efficiently

The Moth are true stories told live, and produced by PRX and today's story teller, Ashok Ramasubramanian was given a Kit Kat bar and planned to share it with his roommate but ate most of it himself.