
Introducing Nest of Traitors
Three years ago, journalist Joey Watson was pulled into the ultimate spy mystery. During the Cold War, the Australian spy agency ASIO was infiltrated by a Soviet mole. For decades the mole's identity ...
18 Dec 20233min

Shame, Lies & Family - Bonus - Your Stories
Closed adoptions have affected many Australian families, and no one experience is the same. In this episode, you'll hear how forced adoptions have affected people from a new perspective - two adoptee...
22 Okt 202340min

Shame, Lies & Family - Bonus - Finding your family
If you or your family have been affected by forced adoption, it can be daunting to start your journey to find information about your history. However support is available, and host Amelia Oberhardt s...
9 Okt 202316min

Shame, Lies & Family - Repeat or repair
In the final episode of the season, Amelia Oberhardt reflects on what she's learnt in the series, and confronts one last stigma - her mother's alcohol dependency. Support services: National Alcohol a...
2 Okt 202322min

Shame, Lies & Family - The abortion raid
In researching the series, Amelia Oberhardt heard a shocking story about a Queensland abortion raid that showed another side of how women were treated in Australia’s not too distant past. Amelia fin...
25 Sep 202330min

Shame, Lies & Family - Coming home
Leonie Pope was taken from her mother as a baby in 1972, after her mother was coerced into signing forms that gave away her rights. Leonie and her siblings were all taken from their family, and are pa...
18 Sep 202327min

Shame, Lies & Family - Ghost Kingdom
We’ve been inundated with responses and questions from you, with your stories from the forced adoption era. Dr Susan Green is a psychologist and adopted person and speaks to Amelia Oberhardt to answ...
11 Sep 202311min

Shame, Lies & Family - Where do I come from?
It’s a decade this year since Julia Gillard’s apology to those affected by forced adoption, but there’s still unfinished business. Now, it’s the adoptees picking up the baton and carrying on the fight...
4 Sep 202334min



















