Using literacy to empower and the benefits of meditation
More than 40 per cent of Aboriginal adults in Australia are estimated to have low literacy, so what's being done to help? Plus, neuroscientist Steven ...
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People with disabilities behind in vaccination rates, Clem Ford reflects on how we love, the psychology of power dressing
As Australia opens up why are COVID vulnerable people with disabilities still not being vaccinated? Author and broadcaster Clementine Ford reflects on...
Elective surgery blowouts, TikTok sensation AJ Clementine, and Walpole’s power solution
Why the AMA says elective surgery wait times are a sign that the health system is in crisis. Why a small town in regional WA is hoping to take control...
Helen Garner reflects on marriage and Merlin Sheldrake ruminates on fungi
Renowned Australian author Helen Garner steps back in time to the mid-90s in the latest instalment of her personal diaries. Biologist and writer Merli...
Real climate change leadership
As world leaders gather for the all-important COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, Life Matters takes your calls on what real leadership looks like whe...
Game based training, food is love, rethinking insomnia, standing out in a small town
Helping children with learning difficulties, changing the way we think about insomnia and cooking with Jewish grandparents. NB: This episode is a repe...
Our gambling culture, a new book tackles female taboos, composing in an Icelandic fjord
In the wake of the findings against Crown Casino, what is our nation's cultural attitude to gambling? The Ladies We Need To Talk podcast now has a boo...
Avoiding the pitfalls of estate planning, and how electric vehicles will help us reach net zero
What’s the Federal Government’s roadmap for reducing transport emissions by 2050, and how will electric cars and other new technology contribute to th...
Staff shortages and a new project from the creator of My Octopus Teacher
Since the start of the pandemic, due to border closures and lockdowns, restaurants and tourism operators were forced to let their workers go, but as l...
What will life be like as we open up?
Australia is opening up. Victoria is out of lockdown, and soon mask restrictions will ease there, and people will be able to travel more. With NSW at ...