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Life Matters - Separate stories podcast

Helping you figure out all the big stuff in life: relationships, health, money, work and the world. Let"s talk! With trusted experts and your stories, Life Matters is all about what matters to you.

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0:15:44

Is the Olympics an opportunity to act on the housing...

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/19

The Olympics are coming back to our shores in 2032, and a new paper is highlighting the need for the Brisbane games to focus on their housing legacy.It's an opportunity for Brisbane to emulate some of the lessons of Sydney 2000 and Melbourne 1956, and avoid their mistakes.

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0:24:34

How has your job changed you?

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/19

After ten years as a paramedic Tim Booth can’t look at a sandwich, a trampoline or even a dishwasher the same way.He’s collected countless bizarre, bloody and baffling stories during his time on the job, which he shares in his latest book You Went To Emergency For What?But beyond the laughs, Tim says the job has changed him in ways he never expected - and our listeners shared how their work has changed them too.

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0:10:00

Why Robyn ran the City2Surf topless

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/19

Among the ninety thousand people who ran Sydney’s City2Surf fun run, Robyn Smith was impossible to miss.She ran topless - not for shock value, but to make visible something that is usually unseen.Robyn had a preventative mastectomy after learning she'd inherited the BRCA2 gene variant which increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancers. Up to 10 per cent of cancers are linked to inherited gene variants, but Robyn says affected families are largely invisible in public health

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0:06:02

The dark side of wellness

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/18

Green juicing, ice baths, pilates influencers, wellness apps, sleep trackers.The obsession over health has - quite frankly - become unhealthy.It's a paradox: experts say we're actually burning ourselves out, by fixating on being our so-called "best selves".

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0:22:39

The human heart of productivity

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/18

Today the nation's best and brightest are taking part in a three day economic roundtable focused on one thing: productivity.

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0:07:22

The huge plastic problem we can't agree on how to solve

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/18

We're basically cling-wrapping the planet in plastic.Since the 1950's production has boomed. Every year another 450 million tonnes of plastic is produced. Only nine per cent of that is actually recycled. A UN global treaty has failed to reach an agreement on the best way to end plastics pollution. So, with all of this knowledge - why can't we agree on how to best tackle the problem?

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0:14:13

The gender pay gap starts with pocket money

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/18

It's not just a workplace problem - the gender pay gap extends to pocket money too.Research shows that, on average, boys earn more pocket money than girls, and spend less time doing chores.How do these early inequalities creep in? And what can families do about it?

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0:18:18

Hidden adoptions: the push to tell people who they...

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/17

If you were adopted, but didn't know it, would you want the government to tell you?From the 1940s through to the 1970s, it was common for unmarried mothers in Australia to have their babies taken without consent. In the peak years from 1951 to 1975 its estimated 150,000 forced adoptions took place. Some people from that era still don’t know they were adopted. We meet two women calling for the laws to change so every adopted person is told the truth about their identity.

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0:07:53

The argument for pets on planes

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/17

Pushed in designer strollers, pampered at doggy daycare, fed a hand-made all-organic diet - our pets are gaining status, with many people treating their "fur babies" like real children.An increasing number of pubs, clubs, and cafes have recently become dog-friendly. And by the end of the year, Virgin Australia will welcome small pets in the cabin of selected domestic flights. The move has sparked debate online, with some asking "are we treating our fur babies too much like real

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0:12:44

Is a road user charge for electric vehicles fair?

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/17

Electric vehicles now make up a record 10 per cent of new vehicle sales in Australia - which not only reduces emissions, it reduces the federal government's revenue from the fuel excise.Is a road user charge for electric vehicle owners the solution?The federal government has flagged it for discussion at this week's productivity roundtable, but experts and EV groups think there's a better way.

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0:10:13

What nightmares are trying to tell you about your health

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/17

Can you recall your most vivid nightmare? Are you suffocating, running out of breath? Have you lost your ability to speak? New research from the UK suggests there's a closer link between regular nightmares and an early death, than there is from smoking or a poor diet.

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0:12:29

Ask Aunty: unwanted holiday invitation from the in-laws

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/14

We often make compromises for a family holiday. But when it comes to your in-law's holiday traditions, how much compromise is reasonable?

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0:38:57

When does the end of a long-term relationship begin?

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/14

Divorce or separation is often framed as one distinct moment that has a domino effect on everything that comes after. But what about 'the before'? When does someone start thinking, "This isn't working anymore?" And what goes on between that initial thought and the final decision that a relationship is definitely over?

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0:08:05

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

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/13

When you were a kid, your parents probably told you "don't stare, it's rude!"But, if you've been on social media the last couple of weeks ... it seems that life lesson might be getting left behind.There's a viral video trend dubbed the "Gen Z stare"... older people say they make a comment or a request to someone under 25 years old and they're just met with a blank look.

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0:20:00

Seeing a pharmacist could soon be part of your visit...

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/13

As the role of pharmacists expands, there's a push to place them inside GP clinics to provide on-the-spot medication advice.It's a common model in the UK, Canada and New Zealand - but it's not widespread here in Australia.Could it provide more efficient and effective care?

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0:10:37

Citizen science is booming, but does it really help?

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/13

From recording frog calls to photographing fungi, everyday Australians are contributing biodiversity data like never before.But with millions of observations being shared by the Australian public each year, can this data be trusted?How much impact has citizen science really had on research and conservation?

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0:11:29

How the shortage of after school care impacts families

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/13

Outside school hours care is a lifesaver for parents who can't clock off in time for school pick up every day, but access to this kind of service is a postcode lottery.So what would happen if we took outside school hours care seriously and made it an option for all working families across the country?

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0:16:41

Your rights as covert filming becomes easier

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/12

Imagine you're walking down the street and a smooth-talking stranger approaches you with a cheesy pick-up line. It's a random interaction, but one that you later find has been uploaded to a social media platform. Vision and audio of the encounter has been recorded with smart glasses - AI-enabled sunglasses with tiny speakers and cameras installed in the frames.We explore what happens when someone records you in public without your consent.

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0:16:42

How do you help a loved one drawn to extremist groups...

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/12

According to the Australian Federal Police, children as young as 12 are being radicalised by extremist groups online. And now terrified families say there's nowhere to turn.So, what does early intervention look like? And where can families find help?

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0:19:07

The musical that made Todd McKenney a father

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/08/12

Performer Todd McKenney's decades-long career on stage has reached a full circle moment.He joins the cast of the Andrew Lloyd Weber classic 'Cats' once again, a role he first embodied almost forty years ago where he made a pact with a friend that made him a father.

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