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Monday 9 Nov 2009 · Faith · Open House Interviews

Profile Interview: From Mafia Mobster to Jesus Freak

When Michael Franzese was initiated into the New York Mafia, he went through a ceremony that involved shedding blood, and swearing to never betray the ‘Omerta’– the code of silence. As Mafia bosses placed a picture of a saint in his hands and set it alight, they told him that his soul would burn in […]
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Sunday 1 Nov 2009 · Inspirational Stories · Open House Interviews

Catherine Hamlin – 50 Years in Ethiopia: “The fistula patients will break your heart”

Catherine Hamlin, famous for her work with the Addis Ababa Fistula hospital, reflects on an incredible 50 years working to help suffering women in Ethiopia.
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Monday 21 Sep 2009 · Inspirational Stories · Open House Interviews

How Mother Teresa Changed My Life

Mary Poplin is an academic – a Professor of Education at a Californian university (Claremont Graduate University). But in the academic circles she moves in, she’s a bit of an anomaly – because of her deep Christian faith. For much of her life Mary was a cynic, until she made two life-changing decisions. The first, […]
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Monday 3 Aug 2009 · Inspirational Stories · Open House Interviews

Meet Ken Cooper: Loving Husband & Bank Robber

Ken Cooper was a respected community leader, a loving husband and father, and a role model for underprivileged kids. But for years he hid a very dark side – as a notorious bank robber.  He was an enigma to the police, brandishing a gun, yet treating his hostages with kindness. What you’re about to hear […]
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Tuesday 26 May 2009 · Inspirational Stories · Open House Interviews

Kasey Edwards – A Quest For Purpose In Life.

What happens when you wake up, and don’t want to go to work ever again? It’s a scenario many people have faced. Kasey Edwards is one of them. She was a 30-something, highly successful change-management consultant who realised she couldn’t care less about change management. She’d reached a point in her career where she’d lost […]
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Monday 25 May 2009 · Inspirational Stories

Overcoming Adversity – Sam Cawthorn

Sam Cawthorn has lived a life that may make you see life’s obstacles in a different light.  He was the Tasmanian Young Australian of the Year for 2009. Only 3 years ago Sam was leading a busy life as a dad and a performing arts teacher, when he was involved in a near-fatal car accident. His […]
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Monday 4 May 2009 · Inspirational Stories

The Making of Modern Australia

Do you have a story that you’ve always thought the world should know? A life experience that could make great reading, or even great TV? Well now’s your chance to share it – in The Making of Modern Australia.  This is a peoples’ history project, that involves both a website and a TV series. And […]
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Monday 27 Apr 2009 · Inspirational Stories

Speeches That Reshaped The World

The great orators of history, who have educated, inspired and persuaded, have left this world a little different for good or ill. How have they changed history and why were their speeches so effective? That’s what Alan Whiticker, author of Speeches That Reshaped the World, is here to answer.
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Monday 20 Apr 2009 · Inspirational Stories · Open House Interviews

Culture Making: Andy Crouch’s tips on how you can change the world

If you’re involved in art or photography or writing or story-telling; if you plant gardens or design houses or plan towns or build buildings; if you like to cook up dishes and sew up clothes; if you’re interested in sport or business, media or law, languages or technology, wood working or sign writing, or if […]
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Monday 6 Apr 2009 · Inspirational Stories · Daily Nudge

The Heartbreaking Dawn Rowan Saga

We’re about to talk to a woman who’s suffered more injustice than most people experience in a lifetime. Her name is Dawn Rowan. In the 1980s, Dawn ran a women’s refuge in Christie’s Beach near Adelaide. In 1987, the refuge was investigated, and a government report was published accusing Dawn of sexual misconduct, and financial […]
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Monday 30 Mar 2009 · Faith · Open House Interviews

Murder by Family – How a Father forgave his son

Six years ago, the life of Texas man Kent Whittaker was plunged into unimaginable horror, when an unknown gunman murdered his wife and son in cold blood. Kent was also shot at, but escaped with only a bullet wound to his arm. In the months that followed, police investigators began piecing together chilling evidence, that […]
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Monday 16 Mar 2009 · Inspirational Stories · Open House Interviews

What Makes Brilliant People, Brilliant?

Editor of Fortune Magazine, Geoff Colvin, set out to examine what made brilliant people so brilliant. What he found is surprising – The research showed that it’s about hard work, not talent. Audio – Geoff Colvin discusses the research between natural talent and hard work Download Audio Media Player Error Update your browser or Flash plugin […]
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