The Drawing Room

How composer and musician Tim Munro is translating sunset on the beach into music. 

American author John Koenig has written his own dictionary The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, creating and compiling new words for those moments you can't quite find the right word for.

A flash of flesh dashing across the screen during a game of footy used to be the norm but streaking seems to have gone somewhat out of fashion. We speak to Michael Waters about the history of streaking and where its gone.

The outgoing President of The Australian Human Rights Commission Rosalind Croucher AM, reflects on her seven year tenure in the top job. 

Ukrainian born, Finnish Conductor Dalia Stasevska, is making sure that the music of both her home countries is heard all around the world.

Russian actor Oleg Vidov’s story sounds like the plot of one of the Soviet-era films he starred in, and now his life has been documented by his widow Joan Borsten Vidov in the new film Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story

How the discovery of tiny slivers of bone has led researchers to pinpoint the time that clothes transitioned from purely functional, to fashionable. 

The fascinating history of US presidential debates. Spoiler: this last one was not the only car cash debate over the years. 

If you are a fan of natural history documentaries from David Attenborough to our own Harry Butler or even Steve Irwin, then you want to hear from the emeritus professor who has studied the ABC's own Natural History archived to inform the new book Making Animals Public

If you think about it, genetics are a little bit like music...