Best of 2022: How to not worry in chaotic times
With rising interest rates, escalating inflation, a war underway in Ukraine and coming out of the pandemic, it’s understandable we’re all a bit more worried. In today’s episode of the Briefing, we tal...
25 Dec 202215min
Inside a Santa training camp and beyond
We all know Santa Claus as a jolly old white man with a grey beard and red suit, but is this version of Mr Claus about to change? Australian director Nick Sweeney, has produced a documentary about the...
22 Dec 202220min
How to teach kids about money with The Barefoot Investor
How do you teach kids about money? That's the question The Barefoot Investor has set out to answer in his new book Barefoot Kids. He covers pocket money, saving, spending and everything else to get ki...
21 Dec 202220min
ChatGPT: You’ll want to trust this chatbot, but should you?
ChatGPT released by OpenAI can write essays, complete maths problems and even speak in Shakespearean English. It's the latest iteration in this new technology that promises to change the way we search...
20 Dec 202220min
Killer Robots: no longer a sci-fi story
Killer robots no longer belong to science fiction stories, with San Francisco recently having to make a decision about whether to allow robots to use lethal force. At first decision makers said yes, b...
19 Dec 202218min
Argentina wins the FIFA World Cup!
The Qatar 2022 World Cup has ended with a spectacular final that culminated in a penalty shootout and a win for Argentina. It's been an eventful tournament: from the FIFA president’s questionable open...
18 Dec 202218min
Virginia Gay is highly sexed chaos
Virginia Gay describes herself as ‘highly sexed chaos’. Virginia is an Australian actress, writer and director. You’ll most likely recognise her voice from the characters she’s played in television ...
16 Dec 202230min
A basketball star for a notorious arms dealer: the US-Russia prisoner swap
It’s a story fit for a James Bond movie: last week US WNBA star Brittney Griner came home, after being swapped for notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. In this episode we find out why Bout has ...
15 Dec 202219min
