Earshot
Earshot
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Eavesdrop on life as it's lived. Earshot brings you intimate stories exploring the human experience.
The Other Me | Climbing Mt Bowen
It was supposed to be a hiking adventure, but it ended in an unforeseeable accident that would change Warren and Geert's futures forever.
Jan 14
28 min
The Other Me | Me, my half-sister and her biological mum
The unlikely story of two half-sisters who connected late in life, a birth mother turned adoptive mother, and what can happen when biological relatives turn up out of the blue.
Jan 7
28 min
The Other Me | Return of the songbird
When her Parkinson's Disease medication stopped working musician and writer Linda Neil was in a very dark place. But a treatment called Deep Brain Stimulation has allowed her to return to playing the violin, singing, songwriting, living an independent life and riding her pink bicycle.
Dec 31, 2023
28 min
The Other Me | The foster files
Earshot presents documentaries about people, places and ideas, in all their diversity.
Dec 24, 2023
The Other Me | Becoming Boy Michael and The Animal Outside
Tales of following your fantasy to find your true self. Performing as a drag king on-stage has helped Rae be her authentic non-binary self off-stage and by night Kusaki becomes something else…something animal, when he slips into a fur suit.
Dec 17, 2023
29 min
The Other Me | The other Martin
Martin lives out of a shopping trolley and sleeps rough on the cold streets of Canberra. But his passion for running, gift for words and an unlikely friend help him to get by.
Dec 10, 2023
29 min
The Other Me | Shadow dance
Andrew was building a life and career in Singapore when his world was turned upside down by a routine visit to the doctor.
Dec 5, 2023
28 min
The Other Me I An Interloper's Escape
Come on a wild ride through the compelling life of Taku Mbudzi, who defied the constraints of a strict Zimbabwean church, embarked on a solo journey to Australia at 19, and held onto a life-altering secret that shattered her father's heart. Discover how she harnessed the healing power of comedy, to develop resilience, understanding and forgiveness.
Nov 26, 2023
28 min
The Other Me | Mars Venus and Max
It used to be said that Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus but Max has been to both planets. As a trans-man he has some fascinating observations about the world of men, having stood on the other side of the gender divide.
Nov 19, 2023
28 min
The Other Me | Jim Everett's black sauce
Jim Everett is a man of many selves  – philosopher, fisherman, scholar, activist, poet, soldier, filmmaker, sauce maker. And at sixteen he discovered a hidden part of himself.
Nov 12, 2023
28 min
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