Tap, scratch, tingle - why we're so obsessed with ASMR
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is a social media phenomenon. From videos of people tapping on objects, to whispering bedtime stories, or even eating within millimetres of a microphone, ma...
27 Loka 202311min
What have we learned from the model boycott of Melbourne Fashion Week?
Melbourne Fashion Week is coming to close, after a week marked with controversy following a dozen Black Australian models boycotting the event to highlight the fashion industry’s mistreatment of peopl...
26 Loka 202319min
Men rank mental health as #1 - what are we doing about it?
In Australia men are three times more likely to die by suicide than women, a statistic that has lead to countless mental health campaigns aimed at blokes across the country - but how much of an impact...
26 Loka 202310min
Are you the one in four investing in crypto? It's about to get regulated
Cryptocurrencies are set to be be regulated – with the government announcing plans to bring crypto exchanges under the control of the financial regulator ASIC. Exchanges holding more the $5m worth of ...
25 Loka 202318min
Is this the end of the big Aussie festival?
Have we seen the end of an era of large-scale festivals in Australia? For a long time music festivals have been a key part of an Australian summer - but following the Covid pandemic they are facing a ...
25 Loka 202310min
After the silence, Thomas Mayo has a new voice
On Sunday Indigenous leaders sent an open letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after a week of silence was observed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples following the defeat of the Vo...
24 Loka 202318min
Gimme, gimme more: what we know about Britney Spears' tell-all memoir
Britney Spears has been in the headlines since she was 16; from global pop princess, to very public breakdown, to a battle in court to free her from a conservatorship she says she never needed or want...
24 Loka 202310min
Who’s policing war crimes in the Israel-Hamas conflict?
With the recent escalation in the Israel-Hamas conflict, both sides of the war have been calling out the other for enacting war crimes. In this episode of The Briefing we look at what both sides alleg...
23 Loka 202320min
