Do Curfews Work?
A number of countries have used curfews as part of their pandemic lockdown measures including France, Italy, Cyrus, parts of the US, Malaysia, Thailand, South Africa and now our very own city of Melbo...
5 Elo 202020min
The Aussie locked in the world's worst women's prison
Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert is a 33 year old Australian academic convicted of spying, and sentenced to ten years in an Iranian prison. Kylie has always maintained her innocence. After serving two years, sh...
4 Elo 202018min
Coronavirus Q&A: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly facts about Coronavirus you need to know. When the coronavirus pandemic first took hold in March one of the most prominent voices explaining what was happening was the A...
3 Elo 202018min
Why more of us are going child-free
Has the pandemic pushed more people not to have kids? By 2030, the number of couples without children will overtake the number of couples with children. Despite initial talk of lockdown love and the ‘...
2 Elo 202020min
We need to talk about ‘Karen’… What does this label really mean?
The label ‘Karen’ has become a new archetype of middle-class white privilege. ‘Karen’ has mostly been used in the U.S as a way of calling out entitled white women who are used to getting their way and...
30 Heinä 202020min
How to stop the next wave: Our mental health crisis
The mental health consequences of COVID-19 are being described as the next wave of the pandemic. The pain of this pandemic could last for years, even if the medical emergency ends soon. Calls to Lif...
29 Heinä 202022min
‘House of horror’: Inside Melbourne’s worst-hit aged care home
One of the biggest threats of the pandemic is unfolding right now. The number of old people getting covid-19 in Victoria’s aged care facilities is frightening. On today’s episode we look at the Cov...
28 Heinä 202019min
Mack Horton: Olympic Swimming Champion and enemy of drug cheats
The Tokyo Olympics were scheduled to open last week before the pandemic pushed them back to next year. Australian Olympic Swimming champion Mack Horton would’ve been racing this week, defending his 40...
27 Heinä 202017min
