Why teachers are walking out of classrooms
Teachers are walking out of classrooms across the country. They’re protesting in the streets. The pandemic meant they had to completely re-think the way they interacted with their students. And the...
12 Joulu 202118min
Comedian Luke McGregor is serious about sex
Luke McGregor is refreshingly honest, totally uncomfortable and hilariously funny. You might known him as one half of the writing and acting team behind the ABC’s hit TV series Rosehaven, or from his ...
10 Joulu 202137min
Sacked for using legal medicinal cannabis - a landmark trial
Mitchell Rice was dismissed by his employer Queensland Rail on the basis of having used a legally prescribed cannabis product to treat his medical conditions of anxiety and insomnia. He’s suing. ...
9 Joulu 202122min
Did the Bitcoin trial solve the mystery of Satoshi Nakamoto?
In today’s Briefing, we go back to a story we did two weeks ago about the inventor of bitcoin. A Florida court has ruled that Craig Wright, the Aussie who says he invented the blockchain currency, w...
8 Joulu 202123min
Is infinite browsing limiting your ability to commit?
Do you find yourself infinitely browsing? Never able to make a commitment? To a movie? A partner? A job? Pete Davis is a writer and civic advocate from Falls Church, Virginia. His Harvard Law S...
7 Joulu 202123min
How global Covid trolls came to the Northern Territory
Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner broke down last month talking about death threats he and his family had received from online trolls protesting about the territory’s Covid vaccine mand...
6 Joulu 202122min
Anti-vax to Q-Anon: the paranoid fusion of online conspiracies
Everyone knows someone who’s been swayed by internet conspiracies…misinformation about the Covid vaccine, covid conspiracies? 5G, fluoride. Was it QAnon? Far right groups? Parts of YouTube, Reddit or ...
5 Joulu 202119min
Carly Findlay’s body isn’t up for public discussion
Carly Findlay is an author and appearance activist who lives with a rare skin condition called ichthyosis, which makes her skin scaly and red. What this means is that Carly has to put up with a lot o...
3 Joulu 202133min
