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Miyuki Jokiranta

Miyuki Jokiranta

Eavesdrop on life as it's lived. Earshot brings you intimate stories exploring the human experience.

Airs Sunday 2pm. Repeated: Monday 11am, Tuesday 2am.

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A Promise Lost | Lost Birds of Tasmania

Susan Lester inadvertently entered a world of political and corporate corruption when she was made the promise of a lifetime by one of Tasmania’s most powerful businessmen.

Published: SunSun 21 Apr 2024 at 1:00am

watercolour of small yellow and black bird on gum tree branch

Duration: 30 minutes

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A Promise Fulfilled | Love is not enough

Jess made a promise to a woman she would never meet, the mother of her daughter Noelle. Baby Noelle was found in the arms of her dead birth mother on the streets of Kinshasa in The Congo, she lived in an orphanage until she was four.

An African girl with a big smile holds her hands to her chest in joy

Published: 14 Apr 2024Sun 14 Apr 2024 at 1:00amwith Miyuki Jokiranta

The Other Me | Climbing Mt Bowen

It was supposed to be a hiking adventure, but it ended in an unforeseeable accident that would change Warren and Geert's futures forever.

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Duration: 28 minutes 27 seconds

Published: 15 Jan 2024Mon 15 Jan 2024 at 12:00amwith Taku Mbudzi

The Other Me | Me, my half-sister and her biological mum

The unlikely story of two half-sisters who connected late in life, a birth mother turned adoptive mother, and what can happen when biological relatives turn up out of the blue.

Duration: 28 minutes 26 seconds

Published: 8 Jan 2024Mon 8 Jan 2024 at 12:00amwith Taku Mbudzi

The Other Me | Return of the songbird

When her Parkinson's Disease medication stopped working musician and writer Linda Neil was in a very dark place.

Linda smiling wearing a red jacket, bright pink scarf, big sunglasses and short hair after her surgery.

Duration: 28 minutes 39 seconds

Published: 1 Jan 2024Mon 1 Jan 2024 at 12:00amwith Taku Mbudzi

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A family sitting on a couch reading kids books

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A man looked startrled as he is being grabbed by the hair by a policeman, other policemen surround him.

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Deep brain electrodes, adjusted by wi-fi, are bringing 'miraculous' results to Parkinson's patients

When Linda Neil was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, she feared her creative days were over. Then a revolutionary treatment changed her life.

Woman with short red hair sits on a couch leaning on her hand

Published: 19 Mar 2024Tue 19 Mar 2024 at 12:12am

Why Kim never asked why his friend was sleeping rough

Martin and Kim are running buddies with very different backgrounds, but that difference doesn't get in their way.

An older man with a silver beard and long grey hair sits in a garden next to a middle-aged man of Vietnamese background.

Published: 19 Dec 2023Tue 19 Dec 2023 at 4:44amby Sophie Kesteven

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An "out-of-body experience" set Max Simensen on a course to changing his life and living authentically. He shares what he has learnt along the way.

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Published: 4 Dec 2023Mon 4 Dec 2023 at 3:41am

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Silhouette of two Russian women standing close with a Russian flag and a Ukrainian flag

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