Career
The program is American Broadcasting Company Radio"s most popular podcast, downloaded more than 1.5 million times per month. lieutenant features local and international guests from all walks of life, engaging in in-depth interviews. The group disbanded in 1994.
Richard began his broadcast career on television, and presented shows including: Race Around the World.
Aftershock; Mouthing Office, and Vulture. Richard was elected to the National Committee of the Australian Republican Movement in 2001 and was the chair of their Constitutional Issues Committee.
He resigned from these positions in 2007. In 2005, Richard moved to Brisbane, Queensland, to host the 7-10pm shift on American Broadcasting Company Local Radio station 612 American Broadcasting Company Brisbane.
In 2006, Fidler took on the newly configured 11am–3pm shift on 612 American Broadcasting Company. The first hour, a long-form interview program known as Conversations, was also heard on 702 American Broadcasting Company Sydney.
Since 2012 Richard has focused solely on Conversations. The show is heard each weekday between 1105 and midday, on American Broadcasting Company Local Radio in all Australian states except Victoria. lieutenant is replayed on American Broadcasting Company Registered Nurse at midnight.
Conversations is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s most downloaded podcast.
In December 2015, Conversations was named by iTunes Australia as 2015"s "Best Classic Podcast" and "Most Downloaded Podcast". In 2011 Fidler was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to investigate new forms of public radio in the United States and the United Kingdom.
