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Life Matters - Separate stories podcast — 525 episodes

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What Misery Guts taught Hugh Van Cuylenburg about true happiness

2

Why the humble 'hello' is dying out as a greeting

3

From laptops to loos, why are schools fundraising to cover essentials?

4

Graeme Base on the accidental success of Animalia, 40 years later

5

How to make peace with your existential dread

6

Ask Aunty: How to tell a friend they're slowing you down — literally

7

Ask Aristotle: Should we bring back ethics lessons at school?

8

Liane Moriarty on the children's book about a sickly dragon that had her in floods of tears

9

You could soon have the 'right to be forgotten' online. What will it mean?

10

Tim Jarvis on a life of exploring the most remote corners of the world

11

How communities can brace for bushfire season

12

Not another Cinderella: Why is it so hard to find a shoe that fits?

13

The downside of 'maxxing' every aspect of your life

14

What the growth of supermarket-owned brands means for your trolley

15

Head and Heart: How to get out of a September slump

16

Sorting hype from hope around psychedelic therapies

17

The women finding their midlife 'tribe' in the ocean

18

How the identity of an iconic venue keeps you coming back

19

What does the future of op shops look like?

20

Ask Aunty: meddling in mum’s health matters

21

The transformative power of memoir

22

Social Studies: Will we ever see another global celebrity like Dolly Parton?

23

Maggie Dent on the wisdom of Grandma Poss and why Possum Magic is her all-time favourite

24

LED headlights can dazzle drivers, but are they unsafe?

25

Liane Moriarty on Big Little Truths and what it takes to becoming a bestselling author

26

Turning climate anxiety into action

27

Work In Progress: How do you respond to a work crisis?

28

How a 'reverse mentor' could help you move forward at work

29

What does housing instability mean for children's wellbeing?

30

Buyer Beware: The simple fascination behind 'grocery tourism'

31

Can't afford a lawyer? Why more people are turning to AI for legal help

32

Author Andy Griffiths and illustrator Bill Hope on the secret to a brilliant kids' book

33

Breaking out of the camera roll to the photo album

34

Voluntary assisted dying is now legal Australia-wide, but barriers to access still exist

35

Is your workplace psychologically unsafe? Here's what to do about it

36

Ask Aunty: Making a buck from unwanted gifts

37

Why access to green spaces matters for your mental health

38

The Spinster Cookbook: How I embraced cooking for one

39

Is it getting too hot to travel?

40

Keeping your backyard friends safe from bird flu

41

The rural kids who'll remember Dolly Parton as 'the book lady'

42

An ode to aunties and uncles, and the ways they shape us

43

Changing young minds on misogyny and extremism

44

Roadies in retirement: Life after life on the road

45

Head and Heart: When your loved one is stuck in negative self-talk

46

Annabel Crabb on the Shakespearean adaptation that shaped a love of language

47

Are we taking Australia's gaming industry seriously?

48

Who decides how we archive internet culture

49

No longer hidden in the stacks, romance novels are the new main character

50

Ask Aunty: Is a secret crush meant to stay secret forever?

51

Start thinking about a 'good death' while you're alive

52

Social Studies: Why we love a whinge

53

What would be on your wishlist for a renters' utopia?

54

Trouble sleeping? It could mean less time in the workforce

55

Celebrating 100 years of weekends (and why they might be disappearing)

56

Marielle Smith's postpartum anxiety was 'excruciating'. She wants a national inquiry to improve support

57

Work in Progress: Job hunting in the age of AI recruitment

58

The next generation of scientists being inspired by STEMpals

59

The gig economy is evolving. Are workers' rights keeping up?

60

Why you might feel lost when cancer treatment ends

61

The Grandparent Trap: What Lynne McGranger wants to teach her twin granddaughters

62

Buyer Beware: Why are brands talking like they know me?

63

A Queensland council is offering a free camp to rough sleepers. Should others follow?

64

Face card declined: The ethics of biometric payment systems

65

How chronic pain shows up in your brain (and why that doesn't mean it's all in your head)

66

Ask Aunty: Who holds onto the family keepsakes when mum and dad move out?

67

Ask Aristotle: Would you quit your job for your principles?

68

Luke McGregor considered himself a wimp. Then he discovered his warrior past

69

When does ordinary or even ugly architecture become iconic?

70

Are hairdressers the new therapists?

71

This evolutionary biologist wants you to re-think what 'good' sleep looks like

72

Work in Progress: What's the best way to quit your job

73

Head and Heart: How to talk about money with your partner

74

What does the Census question on religion really say about us?

75

Millions are delaying dental care — and there's no national plan to fix it

76

Playing pirates in Sydney Harbour with 'baba' Malcolm Turnbull

77

Coastal homes are being battered by climate change. Is it too late to sandbag our way out of this?

78

Volunteers are on the frontline of the bird flu response

79

Why we need a minister for public toilets

80

Helping your kids navigate the ups and downs of tween friendships

81

Ask Aunty: When the sleepover includes a trip to Sunday Mass

82

Social Studies: Would you subscribe to a friendship club?

83

The regional town building its own aged care home to keep the community close

84

The people you turn to when a loved one goes missing

85

The Grandparent Trap: Ray Martin's grandparenting 'super powers'

86

What makes a new city feel like home?

87

Screen time may not be as bad as we thought

88

The diamond industry is on the rocks

89

What happens to gifted children once they grow up?

90

How do we raise kids who love to read? It's more than just 'books for boys'

91

Buyer Beware: Why are we paying to make things inconvenient?

92

Rewarding the regions for hosting renewable energy projects

93

Peter Singer at 80: The price of living your principles

94

Brain power doesn't peak in your 20s — as long as you keep using it

95

Ask Aunty: Your kid made a friend, but their parents kinda suck

96

The Grandparent Trap: Life lessons from our elders that stay with us forever

97

The Grandparent Trap: Jacqueline Harvey on how grandparenting brought a blended family closer together

98

Ask Aristotle: Does free will exist?

99

How to have a good divorce

100

Teachers want better training to deliver the sex ed teens need

101

Turn off your maps app: The case for getting a little bit lost

102

The Summer of Ludd, a festival celebrating getting offline

103

What can a 500-year-old book teach us about how dangerous ideas spread?

104

Head and Heart: Should we tell kids they can 'be anything'?

105

Is the strategy for tackling smoking rates still working?

106

What will the everyday objects you leave behind say about you?

107

I'm a stay-at-home rural mum, but don't compare me to Ballerina Farm

108

The Grandparent Trap: Modern grandads are reinventing themselves

109

The line between true crime fascination and investigation

110

Ask Aunty: can you divorce your 'chosen family'

111

What you can gain from embracing uncertainty

112

Why is sauna culture on the rise in Australia

113

Why more young men are getting a vasectomy

114

Social studies: why gen Z men are finding god

115

Work In Progress: is your career stalling because you're too valuable?

116

Raising identical quadruplets

117

Still friends since primary school? Why some friendships last a lifetime

118

How balcony solar could bring apartments into the energy transition

119

Building your family through infertility and loss

120

Australia is trialling AI traffic lights. How will they change our roads?

121

When an epic literary adventure like The Odyssey inspires your travel itinerary

122

The Grandparent Trap: When things go wrong

123

How to share the mental load before you reach burnout

124

Ask Aunty: Could sleep divorce be the key to a better sex life?

125

Bek Condello on rebuilding a life after leaving a doomsday church

126

Will new rules for AI companies shift the needle on public trust?

127

Ask Aristotle: Should you own a T-Rex?

128

Head and Heart: Entering the friend zone

129

The kids love democracy, just ask Hannah Ferguson

130

Finding love off the apps and outside your comfort zone

131

David Wenham reflects on the life of his friend Sam Neill

132

Do you need a getting stuff done party?

133

The co-housing model for older women putting friendship at the centre

134

The Grandparent Trap: When grandparenting stops being optional

135

Smart glasses as an accessibility aid

136

Diamonds are forever — so what do you do with it after divorce?

137

Ask Aunty: When dogsitting the grandpups goes horribly wrong

138

How to pull yourself out of a career slump

139

How to bring truth-telling into the classroom

140

A different type of share house for older women

141

The Grandparent Trap: Morris Gleitzman's story-loving grandsons

142

The tourist destinations that want to get off your dream holiday itinerary

143

Work In Progress: Why you should take more microbreaks

144

Why you should read the fine print at the bank of mum and dad

145

Are smart glasses cool now?

146

How betting became synonymous with blokeyness

147

Buyer Beware: Where is your seafood really from?

148

The Grandparent Trap: The reality of modern grandparenting

149

If tax time fills you with dread, you're not alone

150

Confidence coaches on the real trick to faking it 'til you make it

151

Ask Aunty: How soon is too soon to start dating after your partner dies?

152

How towns are adapting to Australia's shrinking ski season

153

Neil the seal is back. It's time to leave him alone

154

Ask Aristotle: Loyal football fans or basic bandwagoners?

155

The secret to a successful family holiday (and why the stress is worth it)

156

Why embracing death could be the key to a happy life

157

Should paying for TV guarantee an ad-free experience?

158

Thirty years of Dolly the sheep

159

Tim Minchin on the outlook for Australian theatre

160

The freedom of rediscovering yourself after a late-in-life autism diagnosis

161

Middle children are disappearing. You should start listening to them

162

Spotting text scams is about to get easier

163

Running 150 marathons down Australia's east coast

164

How to fix your own toxic traits and stop the self-sabotage

165

Ask Aunty: Is a new baby a good enough excuse to skip the family gathering?

166

How pregnancy can trigger an eating disorder

167

Social Studies: Public displays of affection

168

Reflecting on Play School's 60-year legacy

169

Where have all the male school teachers gone?

170

Keeping bird flu away from your backyard chooks

171

50 Words Project reaches milestone of 100 languages

172

The seminal sex book that changed Dee Salmin's life

173

Buyer Beware: Online shopping simulators

174

Buy better or wear more — the dilemma in sustainable fashion

175

Sorting through sunscreen myths and misinformation on social media

176

Tackling big city problems with people power

177

Discovering yourself through your ancestors

178

The dangers of medical conspiracies

179

Finding spirituality outside of religion

180

Ask Aunty: Is it OK to call dibs on a dying relative's belongings?

181

Returning to the ocean after a shark attack

182

Ask Aristotle: When does a white lie get out of hand?

183

John Williamson on what it really means to be true blue

184

Work In Progress: When AI upskilling turns into 'botsitting'

185

Is it worth learning a new language to travel?

186

The dads locked out of paid parental leave

187

Saving the local bowls club

188

Head and Heart: Caring for your estranged parent

189

What is a "good" salary in 2026?

190

Does the body really keep the score?

191

How to give building materials a second life

192

Managing 'technostress' in older generations

193

Ask Aunty: Can a lapsed Catholic exaggerate their faith for the greater good?

194

Navigating AI anxiety when it's a tool you rely on

195

How Libby Trickett is dealing with health anxiety after a SCAD heart attack

196

Building neighbourhoods your kids want to play in

197

Social Studies: What defines happiness?

198

The secret formula for making the 'perfect' decision

199

What is the future for bookstores?

200

Should we be considering trees as part of our critical infrastructure?

201

What happens to the soft plastic you recycle?

202

The hidden challenges of dyslexia at work

203

Buyer Beware: How loyalty programs use your data

204

Dr Billy Garvey on raising boys

205

Reflecting on Richard Scolyer's legacy

206

How to bond with a dog that upends your daily routines

207

Ask Aunty: When a beloved family pet becomes too much to handle

208

Looksmaxxing, GLP1s and learning to love your authentic self

209

Can we reset the online outrage economy?

210

Is there a way to build rest into your everyday life?

211

Ask Aristotle: The ethics of whistleblowers

212

Work In Progress: Why are you overwhelmed at work?

213

Old bands to old cities — finding your nostalgia community online

214

An ode to intergenerational friendship

215

What this dad wants you to know about fatherhood after losing his son

216

Head and Heart: Can you tell a friend to go to therapy?

217

Reimbursing small-scale scam victims

218

Could we be living on the Moon any time soon?

219

What would it take to fix our social media feeds forever?

220

A trail expert's guide to beginner hiking

221

Ask Aunty: What should I do if my friend is being scammed online?

222

When gambling becomes more serious than a harmless punt

223

Social Studies: Are your digital skills better than a teenager?

224

Do we need to rethink coral harvesting on the Great Barrier Reef?

225

Will changes to the unemployment system help people slipping through the cracks?

226

Does anyone care about sustainable fashion anymore?

227

Work In Progress: How to quit your job

228

What do the world's longest golf course and the dunny derby have in common?

229

Why you're feeling stuck, even when you 'make it'

230

Australia's world-first School of the Air turns 75

231

Buyer Beware: 'Down down' with discount marketing

232

The monstrous madness of living with premenstrual dysphoric disorder

233

What should you do if you find a fossil?

234

Ask Aunty: Can I ask my partner to come home earlier from a big night out?

235

How to manage anxiety and flex your social muscles

236

What social and community support means for people on the NDIS

237

Ask Aristotle: Would you freeze your brain?

238

Would you trade your privacy for a connected car?

239

How to survive the friendship wealth gap

240

Putting your life on the line to volunteer

241

Head and Heart: Should you try beta parenting?

242

The dark fairytale novella that changed Andy Griffiths' life

243

Shaun Micallef investigates Australia's gambling obsession

244

Putting Australian women who made history on the map

245

The rise of peptides as the next health craze

246

Re-imagining cemeteries as a space for the living

247

Rough sleeping is on the rise. Is your local council ready to respond?

248

Ask Aunty: Who owns the family photo albums?

249

Working through sexual hang-ups to expand your pleasure potential

250

It's deeper than beauty therapy, but we don't train hairdressers to deal with trauma

251

Social Studies: What do our surnames say about us?

252

Can you afford your specialist fees?

253

Does this budget deliver intra-generational fairness for older people?

254

Dee Salmin on what early mistakes in love can teach you about dating later in life

255

Singing in the workplace for connection and wellbeing

256

Making mental health first aid everyone's job

257

Buyer Beware: AI fitness influencers are selling you a false dream

258

The case for reviving school libraries

259

How much can you really save growing your own produce?

260

Activating the outdoor gym

261

What does true respite for carers look like?

262

Ask Aunty: Justice for a teddy bear crime

263

Navigating the parent-child relationship into adulthood

264

Why blood donation is the last true act of altruism

265

Sir Dave Day celebrates 100 years of David Attenborough

266

Ask Aristotle: Should we look away from the Met Gala?

267

It's never too late to take a golden gap year

268

Where to start tightening the household budget

269

Work In Progress: Should we do away with 9am meetings to suit circadian rhythms?

270

Are health influencers making us sick?

271

What it actually takes to leave an abusive relationship

272

Head and Heart: Should Australia have friendship leave?

273

Could 'friction-maxxing' inject satisfaction back into your life?

274

Why most of us find deeper voices more attractive

275

The widening gap between public and private education

276

Understanding the father wound

277

Ask Aunty: When is it OK to kick someone out of the group chat?

278

Social Studies: Who decides what makes a neighbourhood 'cool'?

279

Could burning waste really play a role in the circular economy?

280

Why do so many pianos end up in landfill?

281

Has sport drawn a new line on what's 'just part of the game'?

282

Why we love getting cosy as the seasons change

283

It's not too late to define your year with a misogi challenge

284

Why a mental load audit could help stop the spiral

285

The book that inspired Kathy Lette to become a writer

286

Buyer Beware: When ethical consumption comes with a price tag

287

Grief, advocacy and the personal cost of pushing for change

288

Why 'twitchers' are taking flight

289

Rent tech platforms on notice for collecting too much personal information

290

Local councils step in to protect residents in 'uninsurable' towns

291

Is narcissism really on the rise?

292

Ask Aunty: The missing family jewels

293

Work is an Australian value. How hard is it for a refugee to start a new career?

294

Ask Aristotle: Are 'ghost signs' a good thing?

295

We need to talk about Australia's relationship with alcohol

296

Calculating the added costs of the single living tax

297

Could you recognise concussion symptoms?

298

Work In Progress: Why your boss is talking about psychosocial safety

299

Ignorance isn't always bliss — the case for hope

300

What is the gold standard in ADHD diagnosis?

301

The hidden costs of our public food systems

302

Is 'new' music a dying genre?

303

Would you hire a death doula?

304

Could permanent sport uniforms lead to healthier kids?

305

Ask Aunty: Hoodwinked at the school fundraiser

306

How do we make workplaces truly inclusive of neurodivergence?

307

Australian households are powering the DIY clean energy transition

308

Social Studies: The evolution of politeness

309

How refrigerators, kids' menus and milk helped create a generation of picky eaters

310

Work In Progress: Career advice for young people

311

Does the 'perfect' day exist?

312

Dog-friendly workplaces and pups at the pub

313

The draft code that could claw back control for kids online

314

Tech giants are pushing back against the right to repair

315

Buyer Beware: Sporting cults

316

Watch out for 'slopaganda' in your feeds

317

Why it feels harder than ever to start your own business

318

The tiny parasite killing the backyard bee explosion

319

From throuples to polycules, how does ethical non-monogamy work?

320

Ask Aunty: How do you honour a loved one when their ashes are held hostage?

321

Ask Aristotle: What would you say to an alien?

322

How to avoid a bookless dystopian future

323

It's not a phase mum — 1980s skate park up for heritage protection

324

Local councils push back on the rise of data centres

325

Why is the Artemis II mission such a big deal?

326

Home after divorce — creating a sense of security for your kids

327

You Can't Ask That is back — they want your curly questions

328

Are we smart enough for smart devices?

329

Does restricting ads go far enough to protect problem gamblers?

330

How to teach kids about money

331

Could watching Married At First Sight be a teachable moment for teens?

332

Peaking in mid-life and pushing beyond your limits

333

What happens when no-one can afford groceries?

334

Turning up the light to find hope and creativity through grief

335

Social Studies: Women are 'marrying down' when it comes to education

336

Will ditching card surcharges save you money?

337

The benefits of an extended break from the classroom

338

Meet Deborah Lawrie, the woman who took Ansett to court to become a pilot

339

Is social media addiction a real thing?

340

A neuroscientist's tips to ditch the distractions and focus

341

Buyer Beware: Friction by design

342

Want to save money on fuel? Try ditching your car entirely

343

Ask Aristotle: Is it unethical to stockpile?

344

The plan to get more young people into live music

345

Ask Aunty: What to do when your friend gets back with a toxic ex

346

How to love someone when you hate their politics

347

Does the modern kitchen still function as heart of the home?

348

Are petrol price hikes throwing your Big Lap plans off course?

349

Work In Progress: Would you let an AI clone take care of your menial tasks?

350

Pouring cold water on the hot flush gold rush targeting menopausal women

351

Would you give up your capital gains discount if it meant the next generation would be better off?

352

Head and Heart: How to take a marriage sabbatical

353

Is going to uni becoming too expensive for country kids?

354

What does a family-friendly apartment look like?

355

Why do I always get sick when I take time off?

356

The book that inspired Kathy Lette to become a writer

357

Unravelling the mother wound

358

Ask Aunty: When is it OK to gossip at work?

359

Travelling the world with dementia

360

How to protect your money after a breakup

361

Social Studies: Gen Zs are embracing nanna crafts and analogue hobbies

362

Could Australia adopt Finland's plan to end homelessness?

363

"Lovely day, isn't it?" The big benefits of small talk

364

Buyer Beware: Why we crave human-made in the AI era

365

Parenting teenagers experimenting with their own sense of self

366

The hotline to call when you've been a Witness to War

367

School's in session for e-bike education

368

Why you can remember old song lyrics but forget why you walked into a room

369

Does a positive outlook help you age better?

370

Staying sane while co-parenting with your ex

371

Ask Aunty: In defence of a wrongly accused cat

372

Ask Aristotle: Should adults sacrifice their privacy to protect kids from porn?

373

Could Fortnite therapy help improve young men's mental health?

374

The argument against sharing a bed with your lover

375

Work In Progress: Tips from Esther Perel on navigating conflict in the workplace

376

Denise Scott survives breast cancer and takes on the Sydney Opera House

377

Teen girls are missing from our parks and playgrounds. Why?

378

How a living funeral helped a family say goodbye

379

Head and Heart: When is it OK to judge people?

380

What's behind the push to expand the childcare subsidy and pay it to parents instead?

381

Can a frozen delivery replace Meals on Wheels?

382

What would you do with an extra week of annual leave?

383

The terror of teaching teens to drive

384

Let's talk about sex: from duty to the erotic menu

385

Ask Aunty: Discovering a partner's infidelity after their death

386

Stuck with a toxic coworker? Here's what to do

387

Is dynamic pricing coming to Australian supermarkets?

388

The end of letters

389

Why 'AI literacy' is the biggest online challenge since the internet began

390

Has online learning sucked the life out of university?

391

An epidemiologist and Antarctic sound collector on how art changes lives

392

Buyer Beware: The subtle manipulation of earworms

393

How 'frugal chic' and no-buy trends are changing our relationship with our clothes

394

Zero-alcohol drinks are booming — but are they really harmless?

395

Could your next favourite band get their start in a charity venue?

396

Are we so worried about living longer that we're not living well?

397

The voices we find attractive and what that says about us

398

Ask Aunty: When is it OK to break up a friendship?

399

If we want to tackle debt, we need to drop the shame around it

400

What would universal child care mean for your kids?

401

'Two things can exist in the same space': Talking about the reality of Tourette's after the BAFTAs

402

My Two Cents with Mick Thomas

403

Ask Aristotle: The philosophy behind mind swaps and head transplants

404

Work In Progress: Why a council backflipped on its four-day work week plans

405

New generation speaking ancient languages

406

Why the Tricketts want sport chat to refocus on the little wins

407

How to restore trust in the medical system for the endometriosis community

408

Head and Heart: Should you ever pressure test a new relationship?

409

Is a sense of belonging the key to social cohesion?

410

Breathing new life into country towns

411

The book that sparked a feminist rage and changed Bri Lee's life

412

How do you rate your neighbours?

413

How wind phones are making space for grief and connection after death

414

How to deactivate your nervous system and feel positive about the world again

415

Ask Aunty: How to avoid a war with your neighbours over street trees

416

Friction-maxxing: an ode to doing things the "hard" way

417

Why kids are starting to 'yap' like their grandparents

418

How far would you go to protect your local swimming pool?

419

The libraries that shaped us — and how they're changing

420

Withering takes on Wuthering Heights — what makes a good adaptation

421

The cave experiment: Five days in total darkness

422

Should stores be allowed to scan your face?

423

Why you should take your leisure time seriously

424

Can we really avoid the supermarket giants?

425

Looking beyond the health star rating to help choose the food we eat

426

The fantasy series that changed Luke Bateman's life

427

Mindset coach Ben Crowe on shifting perspectives to change your life

428

Is coming out as queer any easier in 2026?

429

Ask Aunty: Can you tell your grandkids what you really think about their parents?

430

How sharing a gold medal became the sweetest success story

431

Ask Aristotle: What would you do if you were stranded on a desert island?

432

Why do we care so much about hair?

433

Is tiny house living as simple as buying a DIY flat pack?

434

Our love-hate relationship with running

435

Why time feels like it speeds up as we get older

436

Taking over the family business alongside six of your siblings

437

The fight for queer parties and nightclubs

438

Head and Heart: Why do we find it so hard to say no?

439

Tradie trajectory — what does it take to succeed in a trade career?

440

Why surgeons can listen to AC/DC, but it might distract you at work

441

Why cycling feels less safe for women

442

What does it mean to feel at home?

443

Ask Aunty: Do you have to love your friends' pets?

444

Could the grass be greener? Reimagining the verge garden

445

It's not about the money — Scott Pape's vision for kids' financial education

446

Social Studies: What's in a name and why are they all Charlotte and Noah?

447

Rethinking what it means to survive cancer

448

Sound therapy to turn down the volume on tinnitus

449

Love, loss and expressing yourself in your third age

450

Why do we keep dropping the ball on women's sport?

451

Buyer Beware: What price would you pay for authenticity?

452

How to convince your boss to let you work from home

453

How do we make active commuting the easy option for more families?

454

Could a cuppa with a stranger be the missing link in patient care?

455

An ode to the friendships and community we find at the dog park

456

Simone Stolzoff wants to help you nurture your non-work self

457

Celebrating John Clarke's legacy and the spellbinding magic of family stories

458

Is there virtue in bearing witness to tragedy online?

459

Demystifying the internet for teenagers

460

How to launch a childhood dream with Katherine Bennell-Pegg

461

Can good design keep a heatwave out of your house?

462

Does the gender of my AI assistant matter?

463

Inside the aged care home where teens help fill the workforce gap

464

Why schools want a say over kids' hairstyles

465

If we could start again, how would we re-imagine boyhood?

466

Why do we break up in January?

467

Kevin McCloud and Tim Ross on good design and solving the housing crisis

468

Why do we look to the past in uncertain times?

469

Ask Aunty: politics at the school canteen

470

Taking back control of your online life

471

Variety is the spice of life when it comes to exercise

472

Why some of us are delaying retirement or going back to work

473

Why do we look to the past in uncertain times?

474

We all like the idea of community, but what does it take to build one?

475

Social Studies: Our volunteers are burning out

476

Are weight loss drugs changing our relationship with food?

477

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Is stand-up comedy an art form?

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Can AI chatbots give you accurate, tailored medical advice?

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How can we create space to grieve in the wake of the Bondi massacre?

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Why a midlife career change can be both terrifying and transformative

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Surviving holidays with 'the fam'

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Ask Aunty: Have I just been 'ghosted'?

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What do new aged care reforms mean for those in care?

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Why is lunch a growing challenge for Australian schools?

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Concerns about children's data on daycare apps

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Ask Aristotle: Is it ethical to create AI clones of the deceased?

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Foster care concerns as volunteer numbers drop around Australia

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Why are we so interested in the weather?

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Millions of Aussies work at night: why aren't our cities built for them?

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Buyer Beware: How long would you stand in line to buy something special?

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Schools and students grapple with AI and cheating

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New guidelines rethink male infertility

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How to start again after a relationship ends

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Chatbot relationships: What are the risks when your companion is AI?

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Dr Billy Garvey answering questions about your kid's mental health

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Ask Aunty: When your guest's plus one has four legs and a tail

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Why are women choosing to holiday alone?

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Are you for or against pets on planes?

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What's behind the boom in silver separation?

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How are young people learning about money?

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How to have conversations with kids about safety

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How do you stop a child from committing a crime?

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My Two Cents: Nate Byrne

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What is the book that changed your mind?

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Are high school reading lists still relevant?

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The book that changed Astrid Jorgensen's life

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Could you fall in love with a fictional character?

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Experts fear AI is replacing work done by interns and grads

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Why we're being targetted by the "Gen Z stare"

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My Two Cents: Alan Kohler

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Why are young workers still so widely exploited?

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The uncomfortable truth of the 'class ceiling' at work

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The emotions, memories and secrets hidden in your wardrobe

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Ask Aunty: staff kitchen etiquette breach

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Are antidepressants overprescribed in Australia?

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Supporting your neurodivergent kids

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Getting an ADHD diagnosis is about be simplified. But will it be easier?

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Should you pay to access national parks?

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Outnumbered by elephant seals and king penguins: my weirdest day at work

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Why are we obsessed with big things?

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The Good Retirement: Seeing the world

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Why women are joining the We Do Not Care Club

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