Australian Story · SEASON 19
Talk of the Town
Episode 23 · 2014-07-07
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
Popular singer songwriter Megan Washington performs on stage for huge audiences. But as Australian Story reveals this week, she's been terrified of public speaking all her life. When she was asked to be a presenter at the annual ARIA Awards the very thought made her 'feel sick'. From the age of five, she's suffered a debilitating stutter. Years of speech therapy helped her to overcome and disguise the condition. Then last year, she says, she wrote a song so personal it wound up changing her whole outlook on life. As a result she decided to stare down her personal demons and deliver a speech to a capacity crowd at Sydney Opera House...
30 minutes
Season 19 episodes
1. The Other Side2014-02-03
2. The Back of His Mind2014-02-10
3. No Half Measures2014-02-17
4. Call Me Cate2014-02-24
5. His Driving Force2014-03-03
6. An Unnatural History2014-03-10
7. The House of Tara2014-03-17
8. Out of the Box2014-03-24
9. Set in Stone2014-03-31
10. A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 12014-04-07
11. A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 22014-04-14
12. A Man Called Boy2014-04-21
13. A Very Good Rascal2014-04-28
14. The Edge of the Mountain2014-05-05
15. In Tracy's Corner2014-05-12
16. All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 12014-05-19
17. All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 22014-05-26
18. Out of the Kitchen2014-06-02
19. The Last Commando , Part 12014-06-09
20. The Last Commando , Part 22014-06-16
21. Driving Miss Davis2014-06-23
22. Forget Me Not2014-06-30
23. Talk of the Town2014-07-07
24. The Game Changer2014-07-14
25. Leaps and Bounds2014-07-21
26. Divide and Conquer2014-07-28
27. Lock Me Away2014-08-04
28. Searching for C112014-08-11
29. Searching for C11 (2)2014-08-18
30. Before the Storm2014-08-25
31. Out of the Shoebox2014-09-01
32. Getting the Hang of It2014-09-08
33. The Past Is a Foreign Country2014-09-15
34. The Past Is a Foreign Country (2)2014-09-22
35. The Pursuit of Happiness2014-09-29
36. I Am Jack2014-10-06
37. Vanishing Act2014-10-13
38. The Innocent2014-10-20
39. The Innocent (2)2014-10-27
40. How I Met Your Father2014-11-03
41. Just Call Me Bob2014-11-10
42. Just Call Me Bob (2)2014-11-17
43. Letter from Wooleen2014-11-24
