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Days Like These

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Farz Edraki

Days Like These is about the days that go spectacularly wrong or go brilliantly right… It's about the risks we take, the decisions we make.

Chance encounters, secrets revealed, lies told – from a little girl told she'll never walk, to a guy on a skateboard, chancing death. From a woman doing everything

The best days, the worst days — one person, one story, about the day when everything changed.

Presented by writer, editor, and broadcaster Farz Edraki.

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New episodes – All you need is love

I’m just a girl, standing in front of your media player, asking you to join us for our new season of Days Like These on Feb 14 — where we’re celebrating love. We’ve got a story about a fourth date that ends in a trip to the hospital.

Published: TueTue 6 Feb 2024 at 2:00pmwith Farz Edraki

Days Like These

Duration: 3 minutes

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DJ Kool Herc brings the Bronx to Hau Latukefu’s house party

Raised in Queanbeyan, Country NSW, Hau Latukefu is a world removed from hip hop’s ground zero in New York City. But like his Tongan heritage, he’s fully immersed in the culture and works hard to find his own hip hop voice.

Days Like These

Duration: 25 minutes 32 seconds

Published: 31 Oct 2023Tue 31 Oct 2023 at 2:00pmwith Farz Edraki

Tiana Penitani picks up the ball and runs with it

Tiana Penitani played every sport she could when she was a kid. Her family were sport obsessed. But when the family suffers an unbearable loss, she gives it all up. That is, until footy comes calling. This is a story about family, grief and healing.

Days Like These

Duration: 20 minutes 46 seconds

Published: 23 Oct 2023Mon 23 Oct 2023 at 3:00amwith Farz Edraki

When holidays attack

Kelly Eng hasn’t gone on a big family holiday since she was a kid. She’s excited to go to Malaysia for a wedding with the whole gang: her mum, dad, brother, and sister-in-law.

Days Like These

Duration: 20 minutes 21 seconds

Published: 17 Oct 2023Tue 17 Oct 2023 at 2:00pmwith Farz Edraki

Melissa swipes right

Melissa Mason is 35, single, and her biological clock is ticking. But before she dips her toes in the dating pool again, she decides to have one last hurrah and sets out to snag the sexy Irish actor, Paul Mescal.

Days Like These

Duration: 24 minutes 33 seconds

Published: 10 Oct 2023Tue 10 Oct 2023 at 2:00pmwith Farz Edraki

Feature articles

Kelly thought her father was getting old. Then she saw him fight off machete-wielding thieves

A family trip to Malaysia becomes a crisis when Kelly Eng and her ageing parents are thrown into physical combat against men in balaclavas carrying machetes.

A selfie taken by a woman with black hair and earrings next to an older man in glasses and both of them are smiling.

Published: 29 Jan 2024Mon 29 Jan 2024 at 11:29pm

It's roadtrip season: Let these podcasts be the soundtrack for your next journey

You're heading on a road trip, and you've got your snacks and car charger ready, but what are you going to listen to? We bring you five podcasts, and a sneaky audiobook, to keep you occupied when you hit the road.

A film still of Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon and Brad Pitt driving in a blue convertible, Sarandon at wheel.

Published: 30 Dec 2023Sat 30 Dec 2023 at 8:49pmby Katherine Smyrk

Melissa took another swipe at dating apps to try to date Paul Mescal. Instead, she met her boyfriend Tom

Melissa wanted to date Irish actor Paul Mescal, but snagged her younger boyfriend after she lowered her age range on the dating apps. Her story and others are proof that it's worth expanding your romantic horizons.

A dog, a young man and a young woman sitting in the Australian desert

Published: 24 Nov 2023Fri 24 Nov 2023 at 5:08amby Hannah Reich

The podcast about ordinary people and an extraordinary, life-changing day

The ABC's Days Like These podcast was conceived as a short-term audio offering when COVID-19 up-ended the world, but its stories about life-changing events continue to resonate.

Woman looking to camera with hands out in the style of a shrug.

Published: 24 Oct 2023Tue 24 Oct 2023 at 8:37pmby Sophie Townsend

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