Secrets We Keep

By: LiSTNR
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  • Summary

  • Each season, Secrets We Keep investigates a different Australian secret.

    Shame Lies & Family: A mystery photo of Amelia Oberhardt’s mum exposes the practice of shotgun marriages, forced adoption, and quiet abortions carried out in Australia until the 1980s

    Nest of Traitors: Joey Watson is pulled into the world of espionage, attempting to track down an Australian spy who turned to work for the enemy during the Cold War

    Baghdad Nights: Richard Baker takes you inside Australia's biggest corruption scandal, finding out how Australia funded a dictator in the lead up to the Iraq War.

    2024 LiSTNR - Text, image, music and sound comprising this podcast are owned by or licensed to SCA. By accessing, communicating or using this podcast, you agree to be bound by the terms available at https://podcastoneaustralia.com.au/terms
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Episodes
  • Shame, Lies & Family - The wake

    Shame, Lies & Family - The wake
    Aug 7 2023

    Standing at her mother’s wake, journalist Amelia Oberhardt is confronted with a photo she’s never seen before - her mum Cecelia as a teenager wearing a wedding ring, accompanied by an unknown husband and cradling an unfamiliar baby.

    Immediately, Amelia begins to ask questions. Who is this man? Who is this baby? And does this photo explain Ceceila’s untimely death?

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    31 mins
  • Shame, Lies & Family - Finding Michael

    Shame, Lies & Family - Finding Michael
    Aug 7 2023

    In the aftermath of seeing the photo at the wake, Amelia Oberhardt is on a search to find the man in the photo. Her pursuit leads her down a rabbit hole, into the world of 1960s and 1970s Australia, and the realities of how women were treated in this era.

    And then, a new avenue provides new clues in the search for Michael.

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    24 mins
  • Shame, Lies & Family - Welcome to Cairns

    Shame, Lies & Family - Welcome to Cairns
    Aug 14 2023

    Amelia Oberhardt flies to Cairns to meet the man in the photo, hoping to finally get the answer to a question that has haunted her for over a decade. Who is the baby in the photo?

    Knowing what happened to her mum, Amelia feels more resolve than ever to tell the stories of other women from her mother’s generation.

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    25 mins

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