Sarah Kanowski

1 day ago | abc.net.au | Carmel Rooney |Nicola Harrison |Sarah Kanowski

Claude Robinson is the manager of Rainbow Lodge, a home in inner Sydney for men just out of prison. Claude knows the place well because nearly 20 years ago he was sent there himself. At the time, Claude was a heroin addict who did crime to pay for his habit and wound up in a minimum security jail. Then after he assaulted a prison guard, he ended up in one of Australia's toughest prisons - Goulburn Correctional Centre.

2 days ago | abc.net.au | Nicola Harrison |Meggie Morris |Sarah Kanowski

When Jemma Sbeg started recording a podcast in the back of her Subaru about her quarter life crisis, she had no idea just how many people she would reach. But other people her age were desperate for guidance through their 20s - a decade a lot of us romanticise before we get there, and after we leave. It's a decade of massive growth for humans, when we make big decisions about relationships, careers and our own identities, but Jemma felt like she had no idea HOW to make the right choices.

6 days ago | abc.net.au | Carmel Rooney |Alice Moldovan |Sarah Kanowski

Winnie Dunn was born into a big Tongan family in Western Sydney but she felt conflicted about her heritage growing up. While at high school the Chris Lilley character, 'Jonah from Tonga’, became a national joke and her first trip to Tonga as a teenager was a disaster. But over time Winnie’s understanding of what it means to be Tongan evolved, and at the age of 28, she became the first Tongan Australian to have a novel published.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Nicola Harrison |Alice Moldovan |Sarah Kanowski

Whale and dolphin researcher, Barry McGovern’s love of sea creatures started in Cork, Ireland, when as a child he met the county’s solitary, friendly dolphin, named for the singer Dusty Springfield. Barry grew up on Ireland’s West coast, in a tiny surfing village where he knew all the bird calls off by heart. His interest in animal science led him to Edinburgh Zoo, where he fed cassowaries and regularly, accidentally spooked a flock of Chilean flamingos.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Carmel Rooney |Nicola Harrison |Sarah Kanowski

Briana Blackett began her career in TV News in Wagga Wagga, in country NSW with the story of a rogue sheep gone wild in a ‘ram raid’ at the local shops. Within a few years she was working in television in London. Then she got a call asking her if she’d like to join a new TV network in Qatar. With her then-husband, she started working at Al Jazeera as a journalist when it began in 2005.  Briana's first son, Max, was born in Doha. He was a toddler when Briana realised he wasn't responding to his name.