CONVERSATIONS WITH CORNESY

SPORTING LEGEND. SEASONED BROADCASTER. SA ICON. THAT’S CORNESY.

FIVEaa presents a special series called ‘Conversations with Cornesy’ with Graham Cornes. Discover the stories behind the biggest sporting identities, musicians and politicians. FIVEaa’s Conversations with Cornesy are unguarded, authentic and utterly captivating.

AUSTRALIAN SINGER-SONGWRITER AND GUITARIST, PETE MURRAY, ON HIS FIRST EVER SOLD-OUT SHOW.

“I don’t know where these guys have come from (the crowd), and whether they know my music, so I thought I’ll play 10 Ft Tall, the last song on my album…so I played that, and three quarters of the crowd sang back at me, and I couldn’t believe it.”

AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIAN JANA PITTMAN, ON BEING THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN FEMALE TO ACHIEVE APPEARANCES AT BOTH THE SUMMER AND WINTER OLYMPICS.

“To be the first female to do it, was definitely one of the drivers to picking a winter sport…to be able to cross such diverse, different sports was just wonderful.”

WORLD-RENOWNED GUITARIST, TOMMY EMMANUEL, ON JOHN FARNHAM BEING THE GREATEST AUSTRALIAN MUSICIAN TO WORK WITH.

“John Farnham is the greatest singer I’ve ever heard in my life…you talk about dedication and hard work, holy smokes, he set a great example for everybody.”

ANDREW BOGUT, ARGUABLY AUSTRALIA’S GREATEST BASKETBALLER EVER, ON HIS RAPID GROWTH AFTER COMPETING AGAINST NBA LEGENDS AT THE 2004 OLYMPICS IN ATHENS.

“I went to the Athens 2004 Olympics as a 19-year-old and was playing against grown men and competed well…I was holding my own against Tim Duncan and the USA team.”

CHRISSIE FOSTER, AUTHOR OF STILL STANDING AND AN ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE IMPACTED BY CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, ON FINDING PEACE AND HAPPINESS AFTER DEVASTATING FAMILY TRAGEDIES.

“The peace and happiness have been all these changes and justice, that’s what was missing, justice. I always believed that once society understood this issue, there would be a huge backlash.” fiveaa.com.au

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