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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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0:23:42

Will aviation reforms help protect Australian...

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/10/01

A cancelled flight, lost bags, a lengthy delay forcing you to spend hours at an airport, and the stress of trying to rebook the family's holiday at the last minute. Travel has its delights... but it also has its challenges.The Federal Government has released a proposed aviation consumer protection scheme.The aim is to establish reasonable standards for airlines and airports ... like when refunds should be issued and when food and drink vouchers are appropriate.So, what protections

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0:08:45

Ask Aristotle: Is it ethical to keep watching...

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2025/10/01

Dawsons Creek. Little Britain. Friends. At the time, you thought these TV shows were hilarious. But by 2025 standards, they haven't aged well. But is that fair? Can we view things that were made in a different time with different ethical standards and moral expectations than if they were made today?

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0:10:27

Is cancel culture "cancelled" in 2025?

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2025/10/01

The internet pile-on is a well-established phenomenon in 2025.We've been living our lives online for decades now, so is it time for our behaviour on the internet to turn a corner?In two new projects, podcaster and author Clare Stephens asks what would we learn if we paused, just as the pitchforks are coming out, to ask what are we actually trying to achieve here?

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0:19:36

Melissa Leong explains her "accidental" career in food

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2025/09/30

MasterChef judge, food critic, and writer under the handle Fooderati, Melissa Leong is many things. She is also an author - she's just released her new book Guts: A memoir of food, failure and taking impossible chances. Her new book also explores themes of abuse in the hospitality industry, racism, and mental health. She also reveals how her career in food was an accident.

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0:09:27

Who gets to be an "Aussie" in 2025?

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2025/09/30

In 2016, Peter Drew's posters became some of the most recognisable art in the country. He made the posters at a time of great distress about rising racism and anti-immigration sentiment.You could say not much has changed in 2025. So little has changed in fact, that at last month's "March for Australia" rally in Adelaide, protesters tore down one of Peter Drew's posters.He's decided 10 years from the first poster going up, it's time to relaunch the project.

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0:22:52

How to address the deep exhaustion of burnout

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2025/09/30

A seemingly never-ending list of work projects is piling up... meanwhile family and personal commitments have never been more demanding. You feel like every ounce of energy has drained from your body... and you're beyond worn out. The deep exhaustion of burnout makes it feel like you'll never emerge at the other end. A 2023 report found 80% of the Australian workforce struggles with burnout. So, what are the signs you are headed for a crash? How do you course-correct?

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0:10:17

Why does the public have trust issues when it comes...

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2025/09/29

"Betrayed. Undermined. And let down."This is how students and staff at Australia's universities feel... according to the chair of a senate inquiry examining governance at our higher education institutions.Meanwhile, new research at one uni - Deakin - found one third of Australians do not trust universities and two in five agree university managers "are more focused on revenue than quality."All round, it's a pretty dire assessment.Deakin University's vice chancellor Iain Martin says

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0:20:24

Can you imagine footy finals with zero gambling ads?

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2025/09/29

Imagine watching the footy - whatever your code - with no gambling ads.Can you even picture it? They're are all-pervasive - on jerseys, on the TV between tackles and even on the field itself.One advocacy group wants 2026 to be the first year where you can watch the finals without the gambling ads. Statement from Responsible Wagering Australia CEO Kai Cantwell: The industry has already reduced TV advertising by 71% over the past five years. Banning advertising won’t stop people from

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0:12:11

Head and heart: combatting FOMO when everyone else is...

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2025/09/29

School's out! And a lot of lucky families are at the beach, or somewhere exotic or far-flung.But if you're not posting postcard-perfect pics on Instagram, it's easy to feel a strong sense of FOMO - fear of missing out.So, how can you put the green-eyed monster in its place?

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0:07:21

The benefits of poetry in an era of algorithms and...

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2025/09/29

When's the last time you read a poem?Perhaps you were at a wedding, a funeral, or another special occasion. Or maybe you're the one who has written a sonnet for a special someone.In the age of algorithms and distraction – what's the role of poetry?

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0:13:44

How do you decide what food is "healthy", especially...

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2025/09/28

Keeping up with the best, most up-to-date nutrition information that's backed by science isn't always easy. Just recently, a study that spruiked the benefits of apple cider vinegar for weight loss was retracted.But is the genie already out of the bottle? How hard is it to unpick scientific research that people have already been told is good, when it in fact goes bad?

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0:04:33

The fantasy story that changed Leigh Sales' life

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2025/09/28

ABC Radio National has launched its Top 100 Books of the 21st Century. Over the next few weeks, you can vote for the books that you believe belong on the list.We're asking some notable readers to tell me about the book that changed their life, and sat down with host of The Assembly Leigh Sales.

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0:21:14

Should visitors be charged to access natural sites?

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2025/09/28

In Victoria, there's a push to charge a fee to view the iconic Twelve Apostles on the Great Ocean Road.Around the country, some of our national parks are free, but you pay to visit the most popular, like Kakadu. Nearly all of our beaches are free... but you'll get often slugged for parking.So, what's reasonable when it comes to charging access to Australia's great natural wonders?

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0:08:20

Are you ready for driverless cars on our roads?

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2025/09/28

Tesla's latest software upgrade has arrived on our shores. A software update just dropped... and it upgrades your car, to take a ton of driving tasks off your hands.But experts say driverless technology can be fraught with issues.

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0:41:17

How to find your space in a friendship group

Life Matters - Separate stories podcast ·

2025/09/25

From Seinfeld to Sex and the City... from Cheers to Friends... popular culture loves celebrating a friendship group.And for most of us, friendship groups are a key part of our social circle. Maybe it's your friend group from school or uni... or the gang you bonded with at your first job... it could be the parent group at your child's school.Friendship groups can be a source of joy, comfort, and camaraderie. They can also be tricky to navigate.

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0:11:00

Ask Aunty: Family matriarch ready to hand over the crown

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2025/09/25

If you're the family matriarch or patriarch but you're very ready to hand over your crown to the next generation…. what do you do if the heirs apparent have run for the hills?Letter-writer Lydia and her husband are in their 70s, and slowing down a bit. So they think it seems fair that, after all those years of managing everything, their children should do some of the heavy lifting.

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0:08:09

Social Studies: Why are young adults lonelier than...

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2025/09/24

If you're a fan of 90s sitcoms, you'll know that the friendship depicted in the sitcom Friends isn't necessarily representative of real life. People in their mid to late-twenties, seemingly working very little, and spending every day and night, sitting around, drinking coffee and chatting with their mates.But contrary to this, many of us will finish school, then spend the next few years wondering where all our mates went. So, why are young adults lonelier than older people?

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0:24:34

We're becoming more prejudiced. How can we break our...

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2025/09/24

For decades the thinking has been that bringing together people from different cultural or religious groups would be enough to effectively reduce prejudice in society.But new research from the University of Queensland says that method simply isn't working anymore.Staying prejudiced isn't an option if we want to live in a peaceful country. So how can we open the door of our echo chambers, and let other voices in?

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0:14:18

Who should get a statue in contemporary Australia?

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2025/09/24

Have you ever given any thought as to why some people are commemorated with a public bronze statue... and not others?In Victoria, plans are underway to memorialise former Premier Daniel Andrews with a bronze statue. Of course not everyone is a fan of the plan... even though premiers who serve more than 3000 days in office get a statue under law.Meanwhile, there's also a push to immortalise one of Melbourne's former local pollies, Darebin councillor Gaetano Greco. He passed away in

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0:14:56

Unproven autism claims cause global ripple effects

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2025/09/23

The US President Donald Trump has linked autism to vaccines ... even pointing the finger at paracetamol. He urged parents to delay childhood vaccinations and announced the FDA would soon warn about possible risks of taking paracetamol during pregnancy.The announcement has been widely criticised by medical experts worldwide and Australian regulators have been quick to point out the safety of both vaccines and paracetamol.But when a US President speaks, the ripple effects are

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