If you’re quiet enough, quiet as a tree, people will camp beneath your branches and tell you stories you would never otherwise hear. Martin Flanagan shares how listening has been an essential part of his life from when he started hitch-hiking at 14 through to writing a book about Aboriginal footballer and activist Michael Long.

<p>If you&rsquo;re quiet enough, quiet as a tree, people will camp beneath your branches and tell you stories you would never otherwise hear. Martin Flanagan shares how listening has been an essential part of his life from when he started hitch-hiking at 14 through to writing a book about Aboriginal footballer and activist Michael Long.</p>

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