Forget $500k... Pia Miranda Says Finding Janine Allis On Survivor Was The Ultimate Prize

Pia Miranda and Janine Allis went onto Australian Survivor with very different plans: Pia was determined to win, while Janine was looking for an adventure. Neither expected to find a lifelong best friend along the way.  After spending around 50 days together without phones, TV or the usual comfort…

Two Comedians Met At A Bar... Inside Tegan Higginbotham & Paul Verhoeven's Lasting Romance

Tegan Higginbotham and Paul Verhoeven's love story began with a very unusual first date: a lingerie football game, followed by a birthday party and their first kiss outside a drag bar.  Now married, the comedy creators join Tiffany Dunk to talk about their Paris wedding, the proposal almost derail…

Does Love Exist? Shaun Micallef & Son Gabe Have An Interesting Theory

Shaun Micallef admits he approached fatherhood much like an IKEA flatpack: without reading the instructions.  Now his middle son Gabe is 26, and the pair have become colleagues, co-hosting Network 10’s Shaun Micallef’s Parents Evening, a game show that tests just how well parents and their adult c…

Adam Eckersley Always Knew Brooke McClymont Was "The One". It Took Her Longer To Catch On.

Brooke McClymont rode her bike past Adam Eckersley 's house every morning on the way to school in Grafton. Most mornings he'd yell out that he was going to marry her one day. She'd yell back "in your dreams, mullet head."  Ten years later they ran into each other at the pub at Christmas. Adam was …

Mark & Cherelle Herewini On Life After the Uniform Comes Off | Acts of Service

Content warning: This episode discusses veteran mental health, alcohol use, and suicide. Support is available: Wounded Heroes Australia crisis line 1300 532 112 (24/7) | Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7).  On a 3am car ride home together, Mark and Cherelle Herewini discussed marriage – four weeks later the…

Before Jim Rogers Loses His Memories, His Daughter Millie Is Recording His Extraordinary Life

Jim Rogers met his wife Lorna in a small English town. The two connected over a shared obsession with VW Beetles. They married, had three children, and moved to Perth chasing sunshine. Life was good until Lorna was diagnosed with melanoma and tragically died within a few years, leaving Jim a single…

Ally Langdon & Maryanne Larkin: The Friendship Behind R U OK? Day

Content Warning: This episode discusses suicide, mental health issues, grief and the loss of a parent and child to illness. If you or someone you know has been affected by any of the issues raised, help is always available. Call Lifeline on 13 11 14.  Find more support services here: Need help? Su…

"Mate, If You Meet Her, You'll Marry Her": Tiffiny Hall & Ed Kavalee's Love Story

Ed Kavalee still remembers the exact moment he fell for his wife, and it happened on his TV screen, watching her compete as Angel on Gladiators.  In this episode, Tiff Hall and Ed Kavalee sit down with Tiffany Dunk (or podcast Tiff as Ed calls her) to talk about how a TV crush turned into an 18-ye…

"I Was Filled With Rage": How Jaclyn Moriarty's Success Spurred Big Sister Liane To Create A Hit

Before Big Little Lies became a global phenomenon, Liane and Jaclyn Moriarty were just two sisters filling exercise books for pocket money, dreaming of becoming writers.  In this episode, Liane and Jaclyn sit down with Tiffany Dunk to talk about the family that shaped them: a mother who fostered m…

Curtis McGrath Lost His Legs In Afghanistan. Rachel Never Left His Side | Acts of Service

Content warning: This episode discusses combat injury, traumatic limb loss and newborn emergency surgery. If it raises anything for you, support is available: Wounded Heroes Australia crisis line 1300 532 112 (24/7 for ADF members, veterans and their families); Open Arms – Veterans & Families Couns…