Em Rusciano on neurodiversity
Welcome to On Topic with the Weekend Briefing, a special series where Jamila Rizvi talks to some of her favourite guests - old and new - about a single fascinating subject. Over the next two months, y...
4 Aug 202327min
The truth about the 4 million guns in Australian homes
Do you know how many guns are in your community? There are more than 4.3 million guns scattered across Australia. With a population of almost 26 million, that's a gun for every six people. In this epi...
3 Aug 202322min
Is this a big deal? Trump stolen election charges explained
Former US President Donald Trump has been indicted for his role in trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election and the January 6 Capitol riots. It’s Donald’s third indictment in four months – bu...
2 Aug 202323min
Billionaire bust ups: Why mega rich marriages break down
Two of Australia’s biggest billionaire power couples are breaking up, the Forrests and the Cannon-Brookes. That follows the Gates, the Bezos, Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch. In today's episode of The Br...
1 Aug 202322min
Expanding access to abortion pills seems like a no-brainer, but is it?
It’s becoming much easier to access the abortion pill MS-2 Step (RU486 overseas.) All doctors and some senior nurses will be able to prescribe it, and from today, all pharmacies will be able to stock ...
31 Jul 202320min
It was teeth, now it’s hair: The boom in Turkey’s cosmetic industry
There’s a new tourism boom. It’s all about cosmetic surgery, dentistry – both remedial and cosmetic – and hair transplants. Aussies are flying to Turkey, to undergo procedures too costly here in Austr...
30 Jul 202318min
The Kates are teaching Americans how to swear
In the early days of their careers, Kate McClennan and Kate McCartney never got booked for the same TV shows. At the time, women were few and far between in comedy sketches - and executives never imag...
28 Jul 202328min
The US Government’s UFO hearings: Are we alone....?
The US Congress has held hearings this week to try to determine, once and for all, what the US Department of Defence knows about UFOs or UAPs, unidentified aerial phenomena. What’s called the House Ov...
27 Jul 202323min
