Podcast Episodes

Chatting to Akuch Kuol Anyieth on World Refugee Day

Writer and researcher Akuch Kuol Anyieth joins Sam and Zara on the podcast in honour of World Refugee Day.

Akuch is currently researching family violence intervention orders within Melbourne’s South …

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Does government inaction on climate change violate young peoples’ rights?

A group of 16 young people have taken the government of the U.S. state of Montana to court, arguing its climate policies are jeopardising their rights and violating the state’s constitution. It’s the…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Should Australia’s voting age be lowered to 16?

A campaign launched this week by youth-led organisation Make It 16 is calling on the federal government to lower the legal voting age to 16.

Supporters of the push say that if 16- and 17-year-olds ca…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Explaining the criminal charges faced by Trump

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been indicted for the second time this year. The new criminal charges relate to his handling of secret government documents when he left office in 2021.

He’s pl…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Is Australia heading towards a self-inflicted recession?

Figures released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics have ramped up fears that Australia may be heading toward a recession, with economic experts from Commonwealth Bank and HSBC putting …

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Is mixed reality our future or is Apple’s new headset all hype?

The recently announced Apple Vision Pro has the tech world buzzing. Apple is claiming it marks a new era in tech, and is suggesting that these headsets will become part of our daily lives.

But how re…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

How you and your baby can grow in the same uterus

The first uterine transplant has officially happened in Australia.

We first spoke to Kirsty last year, when she was a hopeful candidate for a uterine transplant trial. Now, Kirsty has received not ju…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

What the minimum wage increase means for you

We often hear about wages in the context of the rising cost of living, wage theft or insecure work.

You may have even recently heard about a rise to the minimum wage. But when it comes to wages, how …

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

ACT to make period products free

A survey by period justice charity, Share the Dignity, found 15% of those who menstruate in the ACT have experienced period poverty at some point.

Now, a bill set to pass parliament today aims to mak…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

How the Government’s tackling rising smoking rates

The Federal Government has revealed draft legislation to reform smoking in Australia as part of its plan to reduce the proportion of daily smokers from just over 10% to 5% or less by 2030.

We know va…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago