Compass

Geraldine Doogue meets media man extraordinaire Marc Fennell. Geraldine discovers another side to Marc as he reveals his sacred space is the kitchen, where life, food and family connect past to present.

A graphic novelist, death metal musician and Islamic Studies academic, Safdar's artistic work is driven by social advocacy and the Refugee Art Project. He uses art as a form of therapy to help himself and others.

The federal government's contentious Religious Discrimination Bill is now suspended indefinitely, but the problem of competing freedoms remains. Compass reveals the personal stories of those still affected.

In Sydney's west a new mosque has just opened after more than twenty years in the making. Its Greek Orthodox architect claims his religious background has helped shape its unusual appearance.

Explores the life of three people living with disabilities, their back stories, and the barriers they have faced in their employment journeys, as well as issues of intersectionality - cultural and LGBTIQ+ identity.

At 87 activist nun Sister Brigid Arthur works closely with refugees and is acting as litigation guardian for eight teenagers seeking to block a coal mine expansion. We unpack Sister Brigid's long activism and her motivation.

Artist Wendy Sharpe has finished a 40-metre mural in the Sydney Jewish Museum. Soon after the mural's completion, major building works commenced and the exhibition space was painted over, smashed and the mural destroyed.

Youth advocate and influencer Yasmin Poole, presents this election episode with a focus on the rise of female independents and a return to ethics and community values in politics.

Beneath the skies of a remote mining town, a composer and an architect created a musical chamber for marvelling at the universe.

A group of passionate volunteers support terminally ill patients by collaborating with them to write their life stories, with surprising benefits to both patient and volunteer.

Bekti Andari is the 'rice winner' for her family in Indonesia, she is involved in an experimental dengue reduction programme. Her job is to be a communicator between the scientist and the community.

Geraldine Doogue meets Ngemba man Prof Jack Beetson - one of the first Aboriginal Australians to complete a university degree in adult education. Jack has served as a vanguard for education initiatives throughout Australia.

A raw, emotional and intimate journey as an Orthodox Jewish couple go through IVF fertility treatment, with all the added richness and complexity their faith brings to the process.

Explores patient experiences following major heart surgery, how to understand them and how to live with them. A story of existential crisis, told by ex-patients including the filmmaker himself.

Annette and Stuart Baker lost their teenage daughter to suicide. Finding little to no support for survivors of suicide, they became founders of a unique healing event, the Winter Solstice.

Author and parenting guru Maggie Dent introduces her sacred place, an ocean pool on the south coast of NSW.

Kamilaroi elder Bob Weatherall has spent a lifetime working tirelessly to bring home sacred Indigenous ancestral remains that are stored in museums and universities all over the world.

Julie Peters is a legend in the trans community in Australia and was the first person to transition at the ABC. Over the years she's collected one of the most comprehensive trans archives in the country.

Charismatic comedian and community activist Mandy Nolan ran a hugely popular campaign as Greens candidate in the Federal seat of Richmond. She may not have won the seat, but she won over many hearts and minds.

Aboriginal and settler descendants come together to confront legacies of violence from Australia's pastoral frontier. Can the scars of past atrocities be reconciled and healed through the act of truth telling?

Filmmaker Peter Hegedus embarks on the challenging journey to make Sorella's Story, based on a photo taken in Latvia in 1941, where thousands of Jewish Women and children perished at the hands of Nazi collaborators.

When broadcaster Indira Naidoo's sister suicided, Indira sought solace in her daily walks. Through nature's cycle of renewal - and with the help of some key people, she found her own ways to keep living.

Imagine being born profoundly deaf into an Italian migrant family without any means to communicate with them. Barry Priori takes us on a journey into the Deaf world from the 1950s to the present day.

Born in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, as a teen Kabir was inspired by the movie 'Rocky'. He risked everything to come to Australia and is now an internet sensation in the bodybuilding world and hero to his own people.

Pentecostalism is one of the fastest growing religions in the world. What's the appeal and why are young people drawn to it? Compass visits the Life House Church in Murray Bridge, South Australia to find answers.