Love Stories

Author Heather Morris shares the extraordinary stories of love that have shaped her life, from the great-grandfather who taught her to listen to the chance meeting that inspired The Tattooist of Auschwitz. She opens up about her marriage, grief, becoming a writer later in life and the real-life story behind her latest novel, The Piano Teacher of Montparnasse.

Tegan Higginbotham and Paul Verhoeven have been making each other laugh since they first got together in 2013. Now married, the comedy creators join Tiffany Dunk to talk about their very unusual first date, the Paris wedding they almost couldn't afford, and what happens when the person you love the most becomes your creative collaborator.

When they were teenagers, Adam Eckersley yelled "I'm gonna marry you one day" at Brooke McClymont. She called him a mullet head. Ten years, a van at Merewether Beach, a case of scabies and a near-lost farm later, country music's most uncensored couple tell Tiffany Dunk how they're still each other's biggest fans.

Jim Rogers lost his wife Lorna to melanoma when their three children were still young. Eighteen months later, on a holiday he didn't even want to take, he met a man named Tyler and fell in love again. Now, at 55, living with young-onset Alzheimer's, Jim joins his eldest daughter and ghostwriter Millie to talk about the memoir they've written together, and the many ways that love has shaped his life.

Content Warning : Suicide. In 2000, Louise "Gidget" Cotton died by suicide after experiencing peri and postnatal depression that wasn't recognised in time. In this episode, Tiffany Dunk speaks with Louise's mum Sue, her sisters Jacqui and Simone, who co-founded the Gidget Foundation, and her daughter Jasmine about the woman they lost, the legacy she left behind, and how their grief inspired one of Australia's leading perinatal mental health organisations.

Olympic swimming legends Cate and Bronte Campbell join Tiffany Dunk to talk about the sibling love story behind their seven Olympic gold medals. They also reveal how they grew up as each other's greatest rivals and fiercest champions, navigating heartbreak and triumph on the world stage, and what life looks like now that they've both retired from competition.

Sports broadcaster Georgie Tunny and actor Rob "Millsy" Mills join Tiffany Dunk to share the love story that began with an Instagram DM, a three-day wait and a Harry Potter spoof play. They talk about long distance, big careers, winning The Amazing Race Australia together, and why their fairytale ending now looks a lot like Rob as a dad.

When Amanda Ferrari left Sydney for the tiny town of Trangie, she was warned there were two eligible bachelors she should stay away from. But when she walked into the local pub and locked eyes with farmer Ross, everything changed. More than 30 years later, Amanda and Ross join Tiffany Dunk to talk about love, farm life, drought, raising twins, building community, buying the pub where their story began, and what it really takes to make a new place feel like home.