Life Sentences Podcast
By Caroline Baum
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Episodes: 90
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What is the secret to writing a really juicy biography? Author Caroline Baum interviews seasoned players and persistent newcomers who share their experience of navigating sensitive territory in the search for the real story behind a person’s life. Whether they are writing about the famous or the forgotten, whether their version of events is authorised or
unauthorised, biography is a high-stakes quest full of twists and turns.
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The Swashbuckler
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Walks on the Wild Side
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Shooting the Shots
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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In Disguise
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Mr Wollongong
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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The Very Model of a Modern Governor General
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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The Power of Two
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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A Second Chance
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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My Sexy Sister
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Big Fish
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Fearless
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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French Wave
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Samurai Soldier Spy
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Austen-tation
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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The Fictional Biographer
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Best Biographies
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Pillow Talk Part 2
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May 08, 2025 |
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Pillow Talk Part 1
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May 01, 2025 |
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The Good Wife
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Love Is Blind
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Literary Legends
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Pole Position
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Bitter Lemons
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Flash Madam
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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The Huffy Hagiographer
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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The Queen of Celebrity
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Lucky
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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The Impresario
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Superboy
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Brief Lives
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Two Bob's Worth
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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After The Dream
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Biography Backwards
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May 30, 2024 |
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Talking About A Revolution
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Acing It
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Healing Hands
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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By George
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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To Bee or not to Bee
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Playing By The Rules
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Love In Code
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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The Case Of The Incredible Vanishing Woman
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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The Petitioner
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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A Fraction Too Much Friction
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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The Mischief Maker
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Uptown Girl
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Bland Ambition
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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She Called Him Daddy
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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All My Sons
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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A rescued life
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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The Woolf Man
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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The Power of One Plus One
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Don’t Put Your Daughter On The Stage
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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Favourite Son
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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A Pox On You
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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This Was Love
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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The Mod Quad
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Between the Lines
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Paint It Black
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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The Queen of Brit Bio
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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The Red in the Bed
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Suburban Bohemia
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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The Invisible Biographer
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Stranger Than Fiction
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Rose de Freycinet
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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MAKING IT UP: Colm Toibin on Thomas Mann
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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COUNTESS ANONYMOUS: Joyce Morgan on Elizabeth Von Arnim
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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MORE CAT THAN DOG: David Marr on Patrick White
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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BROTHER AND SISTER: Justine Picardie on Catherine Dior
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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THE FORGOTTEN KENNEDY: Paula Byrne on Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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A WILD HEART: Bernadette Brennan on Gillian Mears
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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DESERT DAMES: Eleanor Hogan on Daisy Bates and Ernestine Hill.
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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THE LORD AND THE DUKE: Andrew Lownie on the Mountbattens and the Windsors
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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MAID IN FRANCE: Helen Castor on Joan of Arc
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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LUCKY MAN: Hermione Lee on Tom Stoppard
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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THE GO-GETTER: Della Rowley & Drusilla Modjeska on Hazel Rowley
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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THE LONG GAME: Christopher Clarey on Roger Federer
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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A TALL STORY: Heather Martin on Lee Child.
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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NEVER SAY DIE: Heather Clark on Sylvia Plath
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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BETRAYAL: Anne Sebba on Ethel Rosenberg
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Life Sentences Season Two Goes International
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Float: Judith Hoare on Dr Claire Weekes
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May 16, 2021 |
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That contemptible little squirt: Patrick Mullins on Billy McMahon
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May 09, 2021 |
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The Galloping Garbo: Patrick Skene on Olsen Filipaina
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May 02, 2021 |
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Light and Shadow: Helen Ennis on Olive Cotton
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Apr 25, 2021 |
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High Society: Robert Wainwright on Enid and Sheila
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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That's not what I said: Jacqueline Kent on Vida Goldstein
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Apr 11, 2021 |
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Breakdown: Mark Mordue on Nick Cave
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Apr 04, 2021 |
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Atonement: Cassandra Pybus on Truganini
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Mar 28, 2021 |
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Life Sentences - Coming soon
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Mar 20, 2021 |