Radio star Robin Bailey discusses her toughest times including her husband's suicide and the death of her new love

For years, Robin Bailey has avoided some hard truths and difficult questions. In her honest and emotional memoir Flamingos Arent's Born Pink she reveals the most challenging moments of her private life.  In this episode of Frances Whiting's Humankind, Robin recounts her grief and guilt following her husband's suicide, and after finding love again, mourning the death of her new partner less than a year after their wedding. She reveals - with brutal honesty - the good, the bad and the ugly times and what her three brave sons mean to her.

 

This is a new limited series from The Courier-Mail and Sunday Mail.

Read more from Frances Whiting, including her Qweekend story on Robin Bailey.

Frances Whitng's novel, The Nocturnals, is out now. 

 

Content warning: this episode contains references to suicide. 

If you or someone you know is in crisis and needs help now call 000.  You can also reach out to Lifeline for 24/7 crisis support on 13 11 14.

For years, Robin Bailey has avoided some hard truths and difficult questions. In her honest and emotional memoir <a href="https://harpercollins.com.au/products/9781460768839">Flamingos Arent's Born Pink</a> she reveals the most challenging moments of her private life.&nbsp; In this episode of Frances Whiting's Humankind, Robin recounts her grief and guilt following her husband's suicide, and after finding love again, mourning the death of her new partner less than a year after their wedding. She reveals - with brutal honesty - the good, the bad and the ugly times and what her three brave sons mean to her.
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This is a new limited series from <a href="https://www.couriermail.com.au/">The Courier-Mail and Sunday Mail</a>.
<a href="https://www.couriermail.com.au/journalists/fran-whiting">Read more </a>from Frances Whiting, including her Qweekend story on Robin Bailey.
Frances Whitng's novel,&nbsp;<a href="https://harpercollins.com.au/pages/nocturnals">The Nocturnals</a>, is out now.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Content warning: this episode contains references to suicide.&nbsp;
If you or someone you know is in crisis and needs help now call 000.&nbsp; You can also reach out to Lifeline for 24/7 crisis support on 13 11 14.

Deep conversations. Extraordinary people. Human stories. A new limited podcast series hosted by award-winning journalist and best-selling author Frances Whiting, brought to you by The Courier-Mail and Sunday Mail.

Deep conversations. Extraordinary people. Human stories. Frances Whiting is an award-winning journalist, best-selling author, and Australia's longest-running Sunday newspaper columnist. For more than 30 years, she has shared stories of heartache, triumph, love, and loss. Now, her new podcast from The Courier-Mail and Sunday Mail takes you behind the scenes of her most candid interviews to reveal what it truly means to be human. In this limited series, Frances Whiting's Humankind, she shares her favourite conversations with politicians, celebrities, performers, and everyday people with vital stories to tell. Listen in as Frances sits down with wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin, journalist Cheng Lei, Pub Choir’s Astrid Jorgensen, radio personality Robin Bailey, and a prominent Queensland police officer facing an unfathomable family tragedy. This is a podcast that draws you in and makes you cry, laugh, and feel. These are deep conversations that will stay with you long after they end. Hit follow to never miss an episode of Frances Whiting's Humankind. Read Frances’s columns at couriermail.com.au/journalists/fran-whiting and features at qweekend.com.au. 

Deep conversations. Extraordinary people. Human stories. Frances Whiting is an award-winning journalist, best-selling author, and Australia's longest-running Sunday newspaper columnist.&nbsp;For more than 30 years, she has shared stories of heartache, triumph, love, and loss. Now, her new podcast from The Courier-Mail and Sunday Mail takes you behind the scenes of her most candid interviews to reveal what it truly means to be human. In this limited series, Frances Whiting's Humankind, she shares her favourite conversations with politicians, celebrities, performers, and everyday people with vital stories to tell. Listen in as Frances sits down with wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin, journalist Cheng Lei, Pub Choir&rsquo;s Astrid Jorgensen, radio personality Robin Bailey, and a prominent Queensland police officer facing an unfathomable family tragedy. This is a podcast that draws you in and makes you cry, laugh, and feel. These are deep conversations that will stay with you long after they end. Hit follow to never miss an episode of Frances Whiting's Humankind. Read Frances&rsquo;s columns at&nbsp;<a href="couriermail.com.au/journalists/fran-whiting">couriermail.com.au/journalists/fran-whiting</a> and features at <a href="qweekend.com.au">qweekend.com.au.</a>&nbsp;

Frances Whiting’s Humankind

Deep conversations. Extraordinary people. Human stories. 

Frances Whiting is an award-winning journalist, best-selling author, and Australia's longest-running Sunday newspaper columnist. For more than 30 years, she has shared stories of heartache, triumph, love, and loss. Now, her new podcast from The Courier-Mail and Sunday Mail takes you behind the scenes of her most candid interviews to reveal what it truly means to be human. 

In this limited series, Frances Whiting's Humankind, she shares her favourite conversations with politicians, celebrities, performers, and everyday people with vital stories to tell. Listen in as Frances sits down with wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin, journalist Cheng Lei, Pub Choir’s Astrid Jorgensen, radio personality Robin Bailey, and a prominent Queensland police officer facing an unfathomable family tragedy. 

This is a podcast that draws you in and makes you cry, laugh, and feel. These are deep conversations that will stay with you long after they end. 

Hit follow to never miss an episode of Frances Whiting's Humankind.

Read Frances’s columns at couriermail.com.au/journalists/fran-whiting and features at qweekend.com.au.

Deep conversations. Extraordinary people. Human stories.&nbsp;
Frances Whiting is an award-winning journalist, best-selling author, and Australia's longest-running Sunday newspaper columnist. For more than 30 years, she has shared stories of heartache, triumph, love, and loss. Now, her new podcast from The Courier-Mail and Sunday Mail takes you behind the scenes of her most candid interviews to reveal what it truly means to be human.&nbsp;
In this limited series, Frances Whiting's Humankind, she shares her favourite conversations with politicians, celebrities, performers, and everyday people with vital stories to tell. Listen in as Frances sits down with wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin, journalist Cheng Lei, Pub Choir&rsquo;s Astrid Jorgensen, radio personality Robin Bailey, and a prominent Queensland police officer facing an unfathomable family tragedy.&nbsp;
This is a podcast that draws you in and makes you cry, laugh, and feel. These are deep conversations that will stay with you long after they end.&nbsp;
Hit follow to never miss an episode of Frances Whiting's Humankind.
Read Frances&rsquo;s columns at&nbsp;<a href="http://couriermail.com.au/journalists/fran-whiting" data-renderer-mark="true" data-is-router-link="false" data-testid="link-with-safety">couriermail.com.au/journalists/fran-whiting</a> and features at <a href="http://qweekend.com.au/" data-renderer-mark="true" data-is-router-link="false" data-testid="link-with-safety">qweekend.com.au</a>.

Radio star Robin Bailey on the hardest truths she's had to face

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