The rise and fall of F45
Founded by two Aussies, F45 was launched on the New York Stock Exchange back in 2021 and was immediately valued at $2 billion with endorsees among the biggest names in sport and entertainment. Less th...
13 Mar 202321min
Why are schoolgirls being poisoned in Iran?
Thousands of schoolgirls have been poisoned across Iran. The attacks have been described by some observers as part of an extremist response – perhaps with tacit state endorsement – to the protests led...
12 Mar 202319min
Linda Marigliano knows tough love
Linda Marigliano is an Australian radio announcer and musician, turned podcaster and storyteller. She’ll likely have kept you company during the afternoon on Triple J back in the 2010s or in lockdown ...
10 Mar 202326min
“Disbelief and shock”: arrested for protesting interest rates
As interest rates rise for a tenth consecutive time, we have a cautionary tale about Cherish Kuehlmann. One night last month the student was woken up by officers who ‘barged into the house’ and took h...
9 Mar 202317min
Are you part of Generation F’d?
In Gen F'd? economist Alison Pennington writes about how the most educated generation in Australian history looks set to be the first generation worse off than their parents. Millions of young people ...
8 Mar 202320min
South Korea: why is the country shrinking?
South Korea has the lowest fertility rate in the world and last month it broke its own record. The average number of expected babies per South Korean woman fell to 0.78 in 2022 down from 0.81 a year e...
7 Mar 202320min
The epic fail of our soft plastics recycling system
Australia's largest soft plastics recycling scheme REDcycle collapsed last November and last week the scheme was declared insolvent by the Supreme court. Soft plastics collected from supermarkets were...
6 Mar 202322min
Special International Women's Day ep with your fave LiSTNR hosts
March 8 is International Women's Day. We asked the women (and a couple of men) behind your favourite LiSTNR podcasts and radio shows to share about a time they’ve #EmbracedEquity and challenged gende...
6 Mar 202347min
