The Algorithm, Part 2: What streaming is doing to how we make music
Are artists making music just for the algorithm? Alex Burnett is the Australian songwriter behind music with 1.4 billion streams on platforms like Apple Music and Spotify. He has worked on no less tha...
28 Jan 202511min
The Algorithm, Part 1: How to stop Spotify killing your music taste
Headlines: Australia’s road toll hits 12-year high, Aussies pay more for dental care than most OECD countries, Donald Trump to sign order banning trans people from US Military and New York gets in on ...
27 Jan 202529min
Why do we dream?
Did you have a dream last night? Do you remember it? Dreams hold a lot of significance throughout history – but how much should we be reading into them, and is there any science to back up the theorie...
27 Jan 202518min
What it takes to become an Australian citizen on Australia Day
Headlines: Italian Jannik Sinner wins the Australian Open, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks on Holocaust Remembrance Day and high temperatures predicted across the country today. Deep Dive: As w...
26 Jan 202519min
This Australia Day, Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts is thinking about the kids
Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts, is a proud Bundjalung Widubul-Wiabul woman who’s a survivor of out-of-home care and now a practising lawyer fighting for the freedom of others. She’s the first ACT Commission...
24 Jan 202546min
How Prince Harry made the Murdoch media empire say sorry
Sometimes sorry is the hardest, and in this case, most expensive word. This week, Prince Harry achieved something many thought impossible – receiving a “full apology” from Rupert Murdoch’s News Group ...
24 Jan 202517min
$2 a litre: Who’s f*cking with our petrol prices?
Headlines: Albo to promise $10,000 cash bonus for apprentices, Southport attacker jailed for 52 years over murder of three girls, Splendour in the Grass cancelled for a second straight year and Aryna ...
23 Jan 202524min
Why you're waiting longer for shorter TV shows
Long gone are the glory days of television when we’d be handed 20+ episode seasons of our favourite shows, enough to keep us going and satiated for the year before a new run of episodes dropped. Now, ...
23 Jan 202517min
