Dr Norman Swan on sudden fame and pandemic politics
Dr Norman Swan's COVID-19 analysis has made him one of the most recognisable media identities in the last two years. But where did this highly articulate, bespectacled doctor with a Scottish accent ...
4 Feb 202226min
Hillsong and the Seven Mountains Mandate
We learned this week Hillsong founder and global leader Brian Houston is stepping down to fight charges that he concealed his father’s alleged sexual assault. We discuss what this means for Hillson...
3 Feb 202222min
IVF backflip exposes crisis in elective surgery
When state governments pause elective surgeries - to free resources to handle covid cases - it’s a huge deal to people waiting for those surgeries. Elective surgeries include any procedure that doesn’...
2 Feb 202221min
Covid and the decline of mental health in aged care
The aged care sector is in crisis, with hundreds dying from Covid already this year….. 2022 is already shaping up as the worst year for nursing homes in terms of pandemic deaths. One of the hidden cr...
1 Feb 202220min
Why are there no new cars in Australia?
There’s a major crisis in the Australian automotive industry. There are basically no new cars. It’s partly to do with the global semiconductor shortage, and partly to do with people having extra cash...
31 Jan 202221min
Are we throwing teachers under the bus??
Students return to schools across the country this week (except for QLD) and they face a very challenging tension point for ‘living with covid’. We’re joined by Correna Haythorpe, the Federal Presid...
30 Jan 202219min
Zara McDonald and Michelle Andrews are Shameless
You've probably heard of Shameless, the celebrity and pop culture podcast that has taken the country by storm. But who are Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald, the notoriously private young women behin...
28 Jan 202234min
Will Omicron force a double backflip for WA?
Western Australia has been cut off from the rest of the country for the last two years. WA Premier Mark McGowan shut the borders letting only a handful of people in, or out, since the outbreak of the...
27 Jan 202222min
