Jane Harper is an international best selling author, who despite being British born, we love claiming her as our own (naturally). Her books have been turned into box office record smashing films starring none other than Eric Bana. Jane Harper is able to bring to life stories that incorporate the Australian landscape, characters and storytelling, that help shape our national identity and put us on the literary map.

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Bonnie Garmus is the author of Lessons in Chemistry. The book is about an intelligent mid-century scientist who unwittingly rises to fame by becoming a feminist TV cooking host. It's our book of the year.

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Yvonne Sampson is the type of chick you want as your best mate and every guy wants to date, a well known TV sports journo having covered the NRL across several major networks, and most recently as a leading Fox Sports host. Sampson can now add mum to her long list of accomplishments, with the arrival of son Henry, just a few months ago....but like a true dedicated athlete, she’s already back on the field and she wouldn’t have it any other way.

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Colin Fassnidge will star in the upcoming series Kitchen Nightmares Australia, where he’s sure to dish out some tough love with some even fruitier language. Mr F is also an author, TV host, an award winning chef and also as it's a day for it...a father.

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Lisa Curry is quintessential Aussie golden girl whose amazing swimming career spanned from 1977 to 1992. But her greatest achievements by far have come from outside of the pool, her role as a mum, a domestic violence survivor and displaying great courage and resilience through unimaginable grief and loss.

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John Howard was elected to the House of Representatives for Bennelong in 1974 and what followed has read like a political fairytale. He became Australia’s 25th Prime Minister after leading the Coalition to a resounding victory in 1996 and became our second longest serving PM.

The former Prime Minister led the nation through some truly testing times - the economic recession of the 1980s, the Port Arthur massacre but also through major historical moments like 9/11 and the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

This episode of Something To Talk About was recorded in Sydney on August 3rd 2022.

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Indira Naidoo has hosted and reported for the ABC and SBS across nightly news, in the series Filthy Rich and Homeless and even showed us her green thumb, presenting on the iconic Gardening Australia. Can you believe Indira has even found time to work for the UN in Geneva and as an ambassador for Sydney's homeless crisis centre the Wayside Chapel, plus publish several books?

Next up Indira Naidoo alongside former Prime Minister Julia Gillard, will host Not Now, Not Ever, a special curated evening to mark a decade since Gillard’s ground-breaking ‘Misogyny Speech’.

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Larry Emdur is genuinely one of the nicest people on TV. Larry has managed to morph and evolve, survive and thrive, in the crazy show biz world. He might just be the most genuine, nicest guy on TV and indeed the planet and his family and his life beyond the cameras, is testament to that. 

Larry's book called Happy As, is out now!

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A fan favourite from series one of Masterchef, Justine Schofield was cool as a cucumber while under the bright lights and immense pressure of the reality TV show. Since then Schofield has gone on to carve out an amazing career sharing with Aussie audiences everyday, her passion for food and her bubbly, no nonsense approach to cooking....and she's the yummiest mummy to be!

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Emma Freedman is an accomplished TV and radio personality, a dedicated mum and happens to be part of Australian horse racing royalty. Emma has managed to carve out a career that not only incorporates her love of broadcast but also her passion for horses, which literally runs through her veins, and she's set to cover the upcoming Commonwealth Games which kicks off on July 28.

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