ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Sit back and listen to some of the most engaging stories to have appeared in Reader’s Digest magazine.
RD Talks brings you the real-life unforgettable crime investigations, dramas in real life, and inspirational and heart-warming moments you’ve come to expect from the magazine. Each one will amaze, stir your emotions and have you celebrating the courage of everyday heroes.
From sinister brutal husband/wife murder mystery, The Case of the Missing Keys, to the tear-jerking story of a sweet natured baby boy in Family for Freddie, who finally finds the perfect loving home just in time for Christmas.
There’s also a terrifying tale of survival in Crocodile Attack, a freak hot air balloon accident in Ascent to Terror, and The Man Who Wouldn’t Die, that sees a hard-working family man start a normal day at work only to face the horror of being encased with bitumen. Will he survive?
But it doesn’t end there. Dozens of real life tales will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Carefully selected and recorded by the team at Reader’s Digest (Australia) magazine, episodes range from 10-30 minutes.
RD Talks brings you the real-life unforgettable crime investigations, dramas in real life, and inspirational and heart-warming moments you’ve come to expect from the magazine. Each one will amaze, stir your emotions and have you celebrating the courage of everyday heroes.
From sinister brutal husband/wife murder mystery, The Case of the Missing Keys, to the tear-jerking story of a sweet natured baby boy in Family for Freddie, who finally finds the perfect loving home just in time for Christmas.
There’s also a terrifying tale of survival in Crocodile Attack, a freak hot air balloon accident in Ascent to Terror, and The Man Who Wouldn’t Die, that sees a hard-working family man start a normal day at work only to face the horror of being encased with bitumen. Will he survive?
But it doesn’t end there. Dozens of real life tales will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Carefully selected and recorded by the team at Reader’s Digest (Australia) magazine, episodes range from 10-30 minutes.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 49 days
Average audio length:
13 minutes
English
Australia
224 episodes
since Oct. 4, 2018
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
The young hiker was wedged upside down between two boulders. How could rescuers pull her free? Written by Helen Signy. Read by Louise Waterson
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Understanding the science behind why some people constantly interrupt others can help you to be heard better. Written by Kristina Berndt. Read by Louise Waterson.
Pinned by a giant boulder, a hiker had two choices: panic or gut it out. He did both. Written by Nick Hune-Brown. Read by Louise Waterson
Sometimes the simplest presents are the most meaningful. Here, RD readers reflect on the gifts they have never forgotten.
The Darvaza crater in Turkmenistan is known as the Gates of Hell. I stood on its edge—and lived to tell the tale. Written by Tim Johnson. Read by Louise Waterson
A couple were astonished to see who had taken up residence in their letterbox. Written by Cathy Free, from Washington Post. Read by Louise Waterson.
We wanted to do a once-in-a-lifetime trek in northern Laos. Just getting there became the adventure. By Bonnie Munday. Read by Louise Waterson
The former 'starchitect' who designed gleaming towers for Pakistan's corporate elite now rebuilds villages devastated by natural disasters. Written by Lisa Murphy. Read by Louise Waterson.
It's a spectacular sight when countless ruminants cross the Serengeti in search of greener pastures. Written by Vincent Noyoux, from Le Figaro Magazine. Read by Louise Waterson.
Far from home, a couple decides on an unusual wedding venue in the marriage capital of the world. By Christine Tan. Read by Louise Waterson.
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