

Tim Winton on staying alive, in extremis
Australian writer Tim Winton on the stories which inspired his latest novel, 'Juice', a story of determination, survival, and the limits of the human spirit. 'Juice' is an astonishing feat of imagination. It takes us to a far-off future on a superheated planet, where people must live like desert frogs in Northwest…
We score an episode from what we can actually measure — its reach and engagement, what listeners say about it, and what it covers. We don't have those signals for this one yet, so it doesn't get a number.
Buzzmeter says it's buzzing across platforms — the Hive Vote says whether the people who actually listened liked it.
Rate this episode
Add your vote to the Hive — listeners rate every episode after they finish.
- No reviews yet — be the first.
More from Conversations
See all episodes →
Stories from our elders: how Jane Fonda changed her life in her third act

Remembering Angry Anderson: rock n' roll animal and incurable romantic

Stories from our Elders: My passionate friendship with a rebel poet
Similar episodes from other shows
More like Conversations →
A sci-fi story of climate optimism | Vandana Singh

Sophie Elmhirst on the True Story of a Shipwrecked Couple

Kim Stanley Robinson on Pre Traumatic Imagination and the stories that change us

Cal Flyn - The Savage Landscape
One great episode in your inbox, daily — free.
One email a day, unsubscribe anytime. No spam, ever.