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Born without arms and with truncated legs due to a congenital condition phocomelia, the first 19 years of Alison Lapper's life were spent in residential institutions for people with impairments - she… Audio

Dahr Jamail is a journalist and blogger who has worked in Iraq. Audio

Discusses software patents and why aircraft aren't getting any faster. Audio

Miranda is a Wellington-based actor and child-acting coach. Audio

Volcanologist and planetary geologist - she's just released a tourist guide to the world's volcanoes. Audio

Nurse who advises miners and other blokey workers on how to look after their health. She has written the book 'The Real Man's Tool Box' A DIY health manual for men. Audio

He's possibly the most popular politician in Britain. Liberal Democrat MP Vince Cable has something of a cult following. Audio

Sunny Abberton, the infamous Bra Boys talk about Maroubra Sydney surf beach culture, surf tribalism, and family as four Abberton brothers born to a heroin addict mother - featured in the book 'My… Audio

South African conservationist and author of The Elephant Whisperer. He talks about the 2003 rescue of animals from the Baghdad zoo and other marvels. Audio

Cylin Busby is author of the book 'The year we disappeared' life on the run in America. Cylin was 9 years old when her father a cop, was shot and had a price on his head, family had to leave… Audio

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg was the first scientist to verify the link between global warming and coral bleaching. His work now focuses on the Coral Triangle. The mass of coral reefs north of Australia… Audio

James Levine is Professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota who was inspired to write a novel"The Blue Notebook"after seeing the plight of child prostitutes in India. Audio

Paraplegic John MacLean on becoming a successful athlete, and coming face-to-face with the truck driver who knocked him down two decades ago. Audio

British author and journalist, who wrote a book about her son's descent into skunk addiction, very potent form of marijuana, The Lost Child. Julie Myerson sparked a backlash in Britain when she kicked… Audio

In 2000, Catherine von Bredow's 42 year old husband, Hasso, had a massive stroke - leaving him paralyzed, mute but alert. Eventually he regained a tiny amount of movement in his thumb, enabling him to… Audio

Tom Scott, the satirical cartoonist and author who's turned his pen to the complications of love and relationships in the film Separation City which screens at cinemas around the country from this… Audio

John Milkins and his aunt Ann Cunningham about their ongoing efforts for accountability over the deaths of Balibo Five in East Timor. Audio

Author of 'The End of Overeating' which seeks to explain why certain foods and the ingredients in them, compel people to overeat by altering the brain's chemistry. David Kessler is a Harvard-trained… Audio

We meet the somewhat smaller woman behind the larger-than-life Sharon Strezlecki: Australian actress Magda Szubanski. Audio

Her love for life and expression has seen her become a legendary dancer, director and choreographer over a 6 decade career. Audio

Montana book award finalist Christopher Johnstone on how our gardening history interacted with our cultural development as a nation. Audio

Three women talk about their lives inside New Zealand gangs. Audio

Dr John Long is a renowned Australian Paleontologist. Audio

Julie Metz speaks of the sudden death of her husband and then learning six months later that he'd had a string of affairs. Audio

Sean Dooley is the author of 'Cooking with Baz'. It's about a son and father relationship. Audio