Tombstones were once doors to the afterlife, where spirits could pass through. Today they're smaller, but they still mark a place where we can leave offerings, tell stories and think alternative thoughts.

We make it easy for New Zealanders to work in Australia but not so easy for them to survive in times of personal crisis. Four Kiwis tell their stories of falling between the cracks.

If your government failed to provide running water, electricity, roads, safety from gender violence, or other staples of everyday life, what would you do? In the Solomon Islands people are taking matters into their own hands, even schoolgirls. If their government can’t provide, they’ll try.

The fascinating life story of Homer Rieth — a composer, poet and founder of the Minyip Philosophical Society.

The story of one man's slide into the white supremacist movement in Canada in the late 1980s, and which asks the question; whose voices should be heard in the aftermath of violence, as a community attempts to move towards life after hate?

The story of one man's slide into the white supremacist movement in Canada, and the aftermath. How do we deal with those who've engaged in the politics of hate when they decide to walk away from it?

In 2019, the famous flying great white sharks of South Africa’s False Bay completely disappeared, leaving locals, scientists and a booming tourism industry desperate for answers. Are shark-eating orcas or climate change to blame? Or could the answer lie across the Southern Ocean in Australia?

Stolen hand sanitizer, an iso wedding, losing all three of your jobs in one week – life at home in lockdown in Australia, as told through the intimate audio diaries of three women.

The coronavirus has overshadowed an unprecedented political and legal crisis that has left Israel without a government and with an un-elected prime minister who is now ruling by decree.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced the ABC's Jakarta correspondent to evacuate.

Clark Whelton survived the global flu pandemic in 1957 and is now in his 80s living through the coronavirus pandemic

Student paramedics are being called up to serve, physiotherapists are being up-skilled to work in hospitals and the private sector is ready to share the load. 

Cutting off essential services - like schools and support groups - because of the Coronavirus pandemic leaves 'at risk kids' increasingly isolated and vulnerable. 

Dr Geoff Thompson was recently recognised as the 2020 NT Australian of the year for his work coordinating the evacuation of injured people following the devastation of Darwin by Cyclone Tracy in 1974.  

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Radiolab reporter Latif Nasser has explored the plight of his namesake, Abdul Latif Nasser, who has been held in the Guantanamo Bay prison since 2002.

At one Sydney medical centre the staff are trying to set up for the COVID-19 crisis, and to stay in business

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced museums and other public institutions to shut their doors and go digital.

Audio recordings from people, events & curiosities on this day in history.

The 22 choirs run by “With One Voice” have moved their rehearsals and performances online.

AA meetings around Australia are moving from the traditional in-person meetings to online, filling the need for people with alcoholism to find help from others.

In 2007 Oliver Percovich followed his then-girlfriend to Kabul Afghanistan. To keep himself entertained he rode his skateboard around the city, attracting the attention of curious local kids. 

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How will television productions and theatres survive the C-19 lockdown? 

There won't be an Easter parade down Fifth Avenue in New York this year, as the Big Apple suffers through the COVID 19 pandemic, with 8,000 deaths and counting.

Emmah Money lives with the lung disease Cystic Fibrosis so she has to be especially careful to avoid coronavirus

Stories about pandemics and the way humans respond to them have a long history in Western literature.

Parts of drought affected eastern Australia have seen good rainfall and farmers are optimistic they'll be able to plant crops and re-stock sheep and cattle for the first time in several seasons.

Despite the advances of medicine, today's societies are vulnerable to sudden outbreaks of infectious diseases.

Animal shelters across Australia have to keep going although the volunteers they rely on have been ordered to stay home. How do they cope now? What can the wider community do to help? And do you have a care plan for your pet in case you get sick?

The principal violinist for the Australian Chamber Orchestra spent her childhood in Japan and Finland as part of a Finnish Lutheran missionary family.

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How Easter is being celebrated during the coronavirus shutdown and how ethnic communities are adapting their traditions to the new restrictions.

Early testing and ongoing population screening is helping Iceland lead the way in understanding Covid 19.

American band the Mountain Goats have released a new album recorded at home during isolation measures.

How a little-known polio epidemic in Denmark led to the birth of the intensive care unit and the remarkable feat of heath care ingenuity that saved hundreds of lives.

The COVID 19 epidemic has been accompanied by an infodemic of misinformation.

From a whisper to a bang! is a six-part podcast series about war, remembrance and Australian prisoners of war in Germany during the Second World War

Inspiring individuals talk about a pivotal moment in their personal histories. This week, veteran journalist and commentator Mike Carlton reflects on the formative experience of reporting on the US invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam war. 

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Exploring the sensation of loss - of personal freedom and what could have been.

A charity in the Blue Mountains is feeding 18,000 people a week during the COVID 19 crisis.

With protesters unable to assemble in the streets in Hong Kong due to coronavirus restrictions, some are taking their protests into the virtual world of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, a Nintendo Switch game.

Is the Australian government's proposal for WHO virus 'inspectors' with unfettered global access realistic?

Scientists have used a growth marker caused by radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons tests to determine the age of whale sharks.