Richard Fidler presents Conversations, an in-depth, up close and personal interview program broadcast across Australia on ABC Radio.
He's interviewed prime ministers, astronauts, writers and scientists, but the program often features remarkable people who are unknown to the wider world. The program attracts a large listening audience around the nation and is the ABC’s most popular podcast.
Richard is the author of several prize-winning, best-selling books, including Ghost Empire, a history of the lost civilisation of Byzantium; and The Golden Maze: A Biography of Prague.
His most recent book is The Book of Roads & Kingdoms, a compendium of stories from travellers who travelled from medieval Baghdad to the furthest reaches of the known world.
Sarah Kanowski joined Conversations as co-presenter in 2018.
She grew up in Queensland, the youngest of seven children.
Sarah won a Commonwealth Scholarship to the University of Oxford, where she completed a Masters in English Literature and danced badly at many parties.
She then spent a year travelling and working in South America.
Sarah began at the ABC making feature documentaries in the religion department, went on to produce Phillip Adams, and became the presenter of Books and Arts on Radio National.
She lives in Brisbane with her husband and their three children.