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Life Matters - Full program podcast

ABC Radio National

Life Matters is your guide to contemporary Australian life. Be part of rich conversations on relationships, family, parenting, education, work, health and consumer issues.

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54:35

What is lateral violence? Do boycotts work? And the...

Life Matters - Full program podcast ·

2022/03/22

Lateral violence is when people in the same group bully their peers, or those further down the hierarchy. How is this playing out in the healthcare profession? Also, as the conflict in Ukraine continues, can consumer boycotts influence how things play out? And, how does our skin affect how we move through the world?

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54:36

Rockets, feathers and why you're paying more for fuel

Life Matters - Full program podcast ·

2022/03/21

Oil is behind every process and product. It ships your online order, gets your vegetables to the greengrocer, and likely runs your car. Skyrocketing petrol prices can have big ramifications for households, but experts say those prices will be far slower to fall.

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54:35

Life-saving tips from one of the world’s leading...

Life Matters - Full program podcast ·

2022/03/18

Neuroscientist Matt Walker says we need to find gentler ways to drift off to sleep. He shares tips and tricks that will literally help save your life. We visit The Social Outfit, an initiative that’s reviving skills and building social connections in the fashion industry. And The Too Hard Basket tackles driver etiquette.

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54:43

The pros and cons of returning to work, why a serial...

Life Matters - Full program podcast ·

2022/03/17

We're being encouraged to return to the workplace. So what are the pros and cons? Aimée Lutkin is single and has been for six years and she wants us to be more ok with that. Elizabeth Holmes, Simon Leviev and Bernie Madoff. Why are we taken in and then entranced by modern fraudsters?

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54:36

Long COVID and chronic fatigue, problem solving...

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2022/03/16

Long COVID could affect tens of thousands of Australians, by the end of this year but there are already 250 thousand people living with similar symptoms from myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Can their experience help us better manage long COVID and ME/CFS?

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54:01

Whose job is it to buffer communities from natural...

Life Matters - Full program podcast ·

2022/03/15

As climate change worsens and natural disasters become more frequent, can we keep relying on private insurance to bail us out? If not, how big is the role of government, at various levels, compared to individual householders?

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54:36

Helen Garner reflects on marriage and Merlin...

Life Matters - Full program podcast ·

2022/03/13

Renowned Australian author Helen Garner steps back in time to the mid-90s in the latest instalment of her personal diaries. Biologist and writer Merlin Sheldrake goes on a literally mind-bending journey into the magical world of fungi. And listener Bill Boyd shares his true confession.

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54:38

How a few science-based tweaks to your diet can...

Life Matters - Full program podcast ·

2022/03/11

Biochemist and mathematician Jessie Inchauspe argues that managing our intake of glucose, and the sequence in which we eat food containing it, can have a massive influence on our health and how we feel day to day. And we tackle a book club dilemma in the Too Hard Basket.

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54:36

Rising food prices, loving Benedict Cumberbatch,...

Life Matters - Full program podcast ·

2022/03/10

Grocery prices have been rising, so is that the new normal? Why one parent and author has a crush on Benedict Cumberbatch, and educating staff and students to embrace the potential of artificial intelligence.

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54:36

Questioning our biases in war coverage, resolving...

Life Matters - Full program podcast ·

2022/03/08

Questioning our biases in war coverage, resolving family conflict and how a yak is helping kids understand food intolerance

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54:37

Getting in touch with your power, menopause in the...

Life Matters - Full program podcast ·

2022/03/08

Public speaker and author Kemi Nekvapil explains how to take control of our lives, gender experts talk about what a menstrual policy at work could look like and songwriter Lo Carmen reflects on the self-inventing women who have inspired her.

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54:36

Extraordinary compassion in the face of catastrophe

Life Matters - Full program podcast ·

2022/03/07

During a disaster or tragedy, it's heartening to see how many people selflessly lend a hand. That charitable spirit has been demonstrated across northern NSW and south-east Queensland, with volunteers and community members alike pitching in to help. Life Matters shares your stories of acts of kindness.

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54:35

Why the Gonski Review failed, and the latest flood...

Life Matters - Full program podcast ·

2022/03/04

Ten years since the release of the Gonski Review, education experts argue that its failure was more in the implementation than the design. But there are important lessons to be learnt from the last decade. Also, the value of local regional newspapers highlighted by this week’s floods, and in The Too Hard Basket, do you intervene in fights between other people’s children?

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54:35

Ukrainian Australians fear for loved ones, the agony...

Life Matters - Full program podcast ·

2022/03/03

Ukrainian Australians shares their stories and concerns over their loved ones in the midst of the conflict, children's' author Matt Ottley writes about the agony and ecstasy of being bipolar, and the pandemic driven surge in couples eloping or holding micro weddings.

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54:36

Wendy McCarthy on being too polite, bank accounts for...

Life Matters - Full program podcast ·

2022/03/02

Named one of the 100 women who shaped Australia, feminist Wendy McCarthy talks about leadership and ways to fight for your rights. Also what's the best way to teach children about saving and why Tasmanian First Nations woman Eleanor McCormack came back home.

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54:37

Australia, Mardi Gras and LGBTQIA+ rights

Life Matters - Full program podcast ·

2022/03/01

LGBTQIA+ rights have undergone significant change since the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 44 years ago, which saw 53 people arrested. Advocates and listeners share the issues and events that continue to shape the rights of LGBTQIA+ Australians in 2022.

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54:37

Lismore floods update, preparing for a career change...

Life Matters - Full program podcast ·

2022/03/01

As record floods continue to batter Lismore in NSW, how are people getting through? Also, has there been a great resignation or are people just exhausted? And, what's it like to parent with a disability?

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54:38

The fascinating history of addiction, and what to do...

Life Matters - Full program podcast ·

2022/02/25

In his new book The Urge, psychiatrist Dr Carl Erik Fisher explores the history of addiction, and opens up about his own struggles with drugs and alcohol. The Too Hard Basket tackles a workplace dilemma and what to do about regional Australia’s skills shortage.

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54:36

Where are we with vaccines and mandates? The impact...

Life Matters - Full program podcast ·

2022/02/24

There are gaps and plateaus in our immunisation rates but there's also a new vaccine in the field. We discuss our current national status. Plus, taking your calls on what it means to be an outsider.

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54:36

Misconceptions about perpetrators of family violence,...

Life Matters - Full program podcast ·

2022/02/23

New research has found that a third of Australian men who kill their female partners are middle-class, educated, and have no previous contact with the criminal justice system. Plus we take a look at what's in school lunch boxes, and find out how an easing of restrictions around tiny houses may lead to a rise in the number of people living in them.

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