RD Talks
Reader's Digest Australia
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.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Mar 3, 2020 • 32min
Letting go
If we could choose one thing to outlast all others, what better choice would there be but love? First published in May 1999. Written by Mary Catherine Fish. Read by Zoe Meunier.
Feb 26, 2020 • 16min
The Haunted House Next Door
The Broaddus family had just bought their dream home and couldn’t wait to move in. Until ominous letters began arriving in the mail. First published March 2020. Written by Reeves Wiedeman for New York. Read by Zoe Meunier.
Feb 18, 2020 • 10min
The night I met Einstein
A lesson in life – and music – from the most brilliant mind in the world. First published in 1955. Written by Jerome Weidman. Read by Zoe Meunier.
Feb 11, 2020 • 15min
Deadly Dose – the Rose Petal Murder
Kristin Rossum’s husband committed suicide. Or did he? First published in April 2003. Written by Robert Howe. Read by Zoe Meunier.
Feb 5, 2020 • 12min
Surgery under the snow
With amateur helpers and homemade instruments, a Swedish medical student faced the test of a lifetime – to perform a complex eye operation on a fellow Antarctic explorer. First published in 1965. Written by Greg Keeton. Read by Zoe Meunier.
Jan 28, 2020 • 13min
My Coma Miracle
She spent three months in the hospital after a horrific bike accident. Almost dying is nothing close to what you’d imagine. First published in September 2019. Written by Colleen Kelly Alexander, from the book Gratitude in Motion. Narrated by Zoe Meunier.
Jan 21, 2020 • 8min
The right idea
Success starts with the right idea and the conviction to stick to that idea. It can also mean disrupting established thinking, something property developer Harry Triguboff understands well. Written By Helen Signy. Spoken by Zoe Meunier.
Jan 14, 2020 • 14min
Florence Nightingale
Often called ‘The Lady of the Lamp’, this indomitable woman pioneered modern nursing in the midst of war. First published in 1934. Written by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, condensed from A Lost Commander. Read by Zoe Meunier.
Dec 19, 2019 • 18min
The man who will not forget
Believing passionately that justice should know “no limits in time or distance”, Simon Wiesenthal has ferreted out more than 1000 Nazi war criminals. First published March 1973. Written by Joseph Blank. Read by Zoe Meunier.
Dec 19, 2019 • 7min
RD_Life Without Her
The poignant story of a man who came face to face with some shattering truths. First published in 1964. Written by Joseph N. Bell. Read by Zoe Meunier
