Life Matters - Separate stories podcast

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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.

Episode Date
Ask Aunty: Do different sleep routines equal relationship doom?
Jul 17, 2025
How to embrace your sporting identity
Jul 17, 2025
New research on how to treat anxiety patients over 60
Jul 16, 2025
My Two Cents: Outback Mike
Jul 16, 2025
What makes an awkward silence... awkward?
Jul 16, 2025
What does a card surcharge ban mean for consumers?
Jul 16, 2025
The rise of the YIMBY movement
Jul 15, 2025
Are your boots made for walking?
Jul 15, 2025
Should children skip school for mid-term holidays?
Jul 15, 2025
Should governments mandate how much time we spend with our pets?
Jul 14, 2025
What's behind the #GirlDad movement?
Jul 14, 2025
Is the housing crisis preventing divorce?
Jul 14, 2025
Do public apologies from brands actually work?
Jul 14, 2025
Are you dealing with decision paralysis when it comes to your career?
Jul 13, 2025
One in five AFL umpires cops physical abuse
Jul 13, 2025
Why are patients being "punished" for good health?
Jul 13, 2025
What do a prawn, a banana, a pineapple, and a sheep all have in common?
Jul 13, 2025
Have you ever "masked" parts of who you are?
Jul 10, 2025
Ask Aunty: The case of the frosty step-sister
Jul 10, 2025
Could explicit teaching help your kids in class?
Jul 09, 2025
Should children's books include an age recommendation?
Jul 09, 2025
Is it ethical to support a friend no matter what?
Jul 09, 2025
Why are many Gen Zs opting for celibacy?
Jul 08, 2025
What is weight stigma and who is it hurting?
Jul 08, 2025
Why families create their own languages
Jul 08, 2025
My siblings are I are all grown up... so why are we still squabbling?
Jul 07, 2025
Would you let your children drink non-alcoholic beer?
Jul 07, 2025
Why is buying concert tickets online so expensive and unreliable?
Jul 07, 2025
When a town becomes known for tragedy, what happens to those who call it home?
Jul 07, 2025
12 strangers, one verdict, the hidden dynamics of jury deliberation
Jul 06, 2025
Questions raised over male childcare workers
Jul 06, 2025
The science of being "cool"
Jul 06, 2025
The unique grief of losing your best friend
Jul 06, 2025
How were you shaped by your school days?
Jul 03, 2025
Ask Aunty: Is it OK when kids create chaos in a library?
Jul 03, 2025
How are young people learning about money?
Jul 02, 2025
Is your fitness tracker helping or harming you?
Jul 02, 2025
My Two Cents: Nate Byrne
Jul 02, 2025
Are full body health scans worth it?
Jul 02, 2025
What does modern grandparenting look like?
Jul 01, 2025
Should you get AI to write a sympathy note or love letter?
Jul 01, 2025
From grief to action: turning tragedy into a legacy
Jul 01, 2025
Why broken consumer trust is hard to fix
Jun 30, 2025
Hey miss! Is it rude to call your teacher by their first name?
Jun 30, 2025
What happens when we run out of burial sites?
Jun 30, 2025
Are hobbies the secret weapon for work-life balance?
Jun 30, 2025
Outback Mike's epic 1500km survival journey
Jun 29, 2025
Is it possible to be an ethical traveller?
Jun 29, 2025
Elite athletes living below the poverty line
Jun 29, 2025
Doctors warn our kids could die younger than us
Jun 29, 2025
Ask Aunty: Have I just been 'ghosted'?
Jun 26, 2025
Are you in a parasocial relationship with your favourite celeb?
Jun 26, 2025
Rewriting History: Who controls the truth in the age of AI?
Jun 25, 2025
My Two Cents: Alan Kohler
Jun 25, 2025
Why ads keep getting older Aussies so wrong
Jun 25, 2025
How tech is transforming the way we watch sport
Jun 25, 2025
What's behind the rise in homebirths?
Jun 24, 2025
How can green thumbs adapt to our changing climate?
Jun 24, 2025
Why do we struggle to talk about cancer?
Jun 24, 2025
Why the pub might be good for your health
Jun 23, 2025
The reality behind winning the jackpot
Jun 23, 2025
Could playground design prevent bullying?
Jun 23, 2025
Is smart tech making you dumb?
Jun 23, 2025
Lab-grown meat on the menu in Aussie restaurants
Jun 22, 2025
How do you handle anxiety around global conflict?
Jun 22, 2025
Why are so many people wearing earbuds all the time?
Jun 22, 2025
Why the first day of school matters
Jun 22, 2025
Ask Aunty: When a guest's 'plus one' has four legs and a tail
Jun 19, 2025
Is home a feeling, a person, or a place?
Jun 19, 2025
How does a track become your favourite song?
Jun 18, 2025
Have our attention spans become shorter?
Jun 18, 2025
Are we living in an "inheritocracy"?
Jun 18, 2025
New baby, missing partner: Can your relationship survive FIFO life?
Jun 18, 2025
Are we giving up on climate change?
Jun 17, 2025
Early Christmas shopping is the new self-care
Jun 17, 2025
Is the classic matchmaker making a comeback?
Jun 17, 2025
Tamworth’s big win for little readers
Jun 16, 2025
How pandemic drinking almost destroyed a marriage
Jun 16, 2025
Does protesting still pack a punch?
Jun 15, 2025
Calls grow for e-scooter regulation
Jun 15, 2025
What happens after you tap your phone to order dinner?
Jun 15, 2025
What's holding back women’s sport in Australia?
Jun 15, 2025
Same relationship, two very different stories
Jun 12, 2025
Ask Aunty: Family that doesn't "do feelings"
Jun 12, 2025
Ethical Dilemmas: Parenting other people's children
Jun 11, 2025
Who actually needs a COVID jab?
Jun 11, 2025
Will new alcohol delivery laws help prevent family violence?
Jun 11, 2025
Buy Now Pay Later changes: How they'll impact consumers
Jun 11, 2025
Ethical Dilemmas: Kid free zones
Jun 10, 2025
Fertility industry questioned after another embryo mix-up
Jun 10, 2025
Does tourism raise awareness about conservation or harm fragile places?
Jun 10, 2025
How far have you gone to impress someone?
Jun 10, 2025
The truth behind family secrets
Jun 09, 2025
During a professional bust-up, should you air dirty laundry?
Jun 09, 2025
Are We Failing Our Boys at School?
Jun 09, 2025
Snap this! How photography can change lives
Jun 09, 2025
Is your smartphone a parasite?
Jun 08, 2025
Why do people choose to donate their body to science?
Jun 08, 2025
Will new rules for cosmetic injectables make these procedures safer for Aussies?
Jun 08, 2025
The truth about parenting and how it changes you
Jun 05, 2025
Ask Aunty: my child's best friend is being mean
Jun 05, 2025
What's behind the boom in grey divorce?
Jun 04, 2025
Should Australia invest more in competitive gaming?
Jun 04, 2025
My Two Cents: Sarah McLeod
Jun 04, 2025
Is the university sector in terminal decline?
Jun 04, 2025
Has the Right to Disconnect made a difference in your life?
Jun 03, 2025
What's the best way to protect mum and dad from cyber scams?
Jun 03, 2025
Can you do anything about the forever chemicals in your body?
Jun 03, 2025
Should you be dipping into your super?
Jun 02, 2025
What's the best way for emergency services to respond to a mental health crisis?
Jun 02, 2025
"Recession indicators" have taken over social media, but what's the reality?
Jun 02, 2025
What can we learn from extreme sports enthusiasts?
Jun 02, 2025
The Good Retirement: Living the high life on a low budget
Jun 01, 2025
Big changes coming to pet custody in divorce law
Jun 01, 2025
Will new reforms improve ADHD diagnosis and treatment for patients?
Jun 01, 2025
What do your clothes say about you?
May 29, 2025
Ask Aunty: How cautious should you be with new love?
May 29, 2025
Ethical dilemmas: Can you offset doing something morally wrong?
May 28, 2025
What are the ethics of cryopreserving humans?
May 28, 2025
Why all the drama in WhatsApp parent groups?
May 28, 2025
What's behind the rise of 'dupe' culture?
May 27, 2025
Are modular homes the solution to Australia's housing crisis?
May 27, 2025
Imagining a life without the internet: Have you tried to step back from the screen?
May 27, 2025
The profound effect team sport can have on mental health
May 26, 2025
When entertainment meets justice: true crime’s legal impact
May 26, 2025
AI Therapists Are Here — But What Do Psychologists Think?
May 26, 2025
Soft plastic recycling is slowly coming back - will it work this time?
May 26, 2025
Left brain or right brain: why neuromyths like this don’t help
May 25, 2025
Surviving disaster after disaster: new research reveals hidden mental toll
May 25, 2025
What happens when an introvert falls in love with an extrovert?
May 25, 2025
What no one tells you about how money shapes your life
May 22, 2025
Ask Aunty: Resisting family pressure to 'forgive and forget'
May 22, 2025
How do you help a loved one who's being drawn to extremist views?
May 21, 2025
How food co-ops lower grocery bills
May 21, 2025
My Two Cents: Dr Karl
May 21, 2025
The generation being hit hardest by cossie lives
May 21, 2025
The city country divide
May 20, 2025
Sober curiosity
May 20, 2025
Tracking or Trusting? When location sharing crosses the line
May 20, 2025
The cost of camping in National Parks
May 19, 2025
The anti-ageing race
May 19, 2025
Why do your best ideas always come in the shower?
May 19, 2025
The Good Retirement: Seeing the world
May 18, 2025
The Protein Myth: are we being fed a fad?
May 18, 2025
Inside the "toxic" tradwife subculture
May 18, 2025
Robots, AI & Automation: Is Your Job Next?
May 18, 2025
What does it mean to be a man in 2025?
May 15, 2025
Ask Aunty: My non-composting neighbour's co-opting my bin
May 15, 2025
Does AI belong in courtrooms?
May 14, 2025
Is literary fiction the antidote to the manosphere?
May 14, 2025
Could cheaper parking at hospitals get patients out quicker?
May 14, 2025
Why one woman became a "reproductive refugee" to achieve her dream of parenthood
May 14, 2025
Revolutionising how endometriosis is diagnosed
May 13, 2025
Eurovison: why Aussies love or hate it
May 13, 2025
My Two Cents: Brett Blake
May 13, 2025
How side hustles have gone mainstream
May 13, 2025
Endometriosis is a pain, but diagnosis doesn't have to be
May 12, 2025
Are too many of us taking antidepressants?
May 12, 2025
Home solar battery rebate: how it could benefit you
May 12, 2025
"To be, or not to be", is it time to rethink high school reading lists?
May 12, 2025
Why do we overlook "butterfly effect" moments?
May 12, 2025
The Good Retirement: The big day
May 11, 2025
Sick of Dud Politicians? Here’s How to Choose Better Ones
May 11, 2025
My Two Cents: Dee Madigan
May 11, 2025
The hidden struggle, one in three adults can’t read properly
May 11, 2025
Letting go of a dream and what comes next
May 08, 2025
Ask Aunty: Am I being "that parent" at my kid's sports' game?
May 08, 2025
Dark sky tour guide on the best night sky locations
May 07, 2025
The landslide Labor win that's ousted two party leaders
May 07, 2025
I was smacked as a kid but chose to parent differently
May 07, 2025
South Australia bans "unhealthy" food ads on public transport
May 07, 2025
What does the future look like for first home buyers?
May 06, 2025
Why is it so hard to form to new habits?
May 06, 2025
How intergenerational living could help ease housing unaffordability
May 06, 2025
New research questions link between screen time and youth mental health issues
May 05, 2025
Is Lyme Disease Really in Australia? The Debate Heats Up
May 05, 2025
Do loyalty cards keep customers coming back?
May 05, 2025
Weirdest Day at Work: Pinball Mechanic
May 05, 2025
Broken Brains, helping pick up the pieces for sick loved ones
May 04, 2025
The Good Retirement: Dreaming and planning
May 04, 2025
How to be a better listener
May 04, 2025
Ask Aunty: Can I veto my senior-aged dad's decisions?
May 01, 2025
Finding your tribe
May 01, 2025
Who gets to cross borders?
Apr 30, 2025
Adam Liaw on recipe copyright
Apr 30, 2025
Ethical dilemmas: Teaching kids the value of money
Apr 30, 2025
Why are Aussies questioning an American holiday?
Apr 30, 2025
My Two Cents: Jane Caro
Apr 30, 2025
Brett Blake on second chances and youth crime
Apr 29, 2025
Mental blank— what is that?
Apr 29, 2025
How to talk politics without losing friends
Apr 29, 2025
The secret to arguing well (and why it matters)
Apr 28, 2025
Has #ThriftTok made op shopping too expensive?
Apr 28, 2025
How do your parents say "I love you"?
Apr 28, 2025
Is an EV the right choice for you?
Apr 28, 2025
The Good Retirement: Saying farewell to the grind
Apr 27, 2025
Why are so many people voting early in 2025
Apr 27, 2025
Finding an egg donor to start a family at 47
Apr 27, 2025
Here's What I Know: Nina Oyama what you shouldn't post
Apr 24, 2025
Ask Aunty: I don't like my friends' kids
Apr 24, 2025
Women bodybuilding and the growing use of illegal steroids
Apr 23, 2025
Your weirdest Day at Work: Crocodile hunter
Apr 23, 2025
Young cancer survivors study
Apr 23, 2025
Why do we experience collective grief?
Apr 23, 2025
Do you feel pressure to be productive 24/7?
Apr 22, 2025
Making it easier for same sex couples start a family
Apr 22, 2025
Why are tradies so hard to find
Apr 21, 2025
What do you hope your legacy will be?
Apr 21, 2025
Do political corflutes actually change minds?
Apr 21, 2025
My Two Cents: Nelly Thomas
Apr 21, 2025
Here's What I Know: Brodi Snook's need for little treats
Apr 17, 2025
Ask Aunty: Workplace friendship going wrong
Apr 17, 2025
The ethics of chucking a sickie
Apr 16, 2025
What you need to know before yours kids sign up to Roblox
Apr 16, 2025
Who said "I love you" first?
Apr 16, 2025
Generation X and how to stay relevant to the jobs market
Apr 15, 2025
How to connect IRL with your family on holiday
Apr 15, 2025
How to harness stress to boost productivity
Apr 15, 2025
Australia set to lead the world in early prostate cancer detection
Apr 14, 2025
Experienced teachers suffering burnout
Apr 14, 2025
Travelling with a disability in Australia
Apr 14, 2025
The stigma of mental illness
Apr 13, 2025
Social media's impact on kids’ diets
Apr 13, 2025
Adult children of divorce
Apr 13, 2025
How online political ads target you
Apr 13, 2025
How to age "disgracefully"
Apr 10, 2025
Ask Aunty: My new colleague has gross eating habits
Apr 10, 2025
Virtual assistants, data, and privacy
Apr 09, 2025
All grown up: Robert Irwin effect
Apr 09, 2025
Why body dissatisfaction peaks during life transitions
Apr 09, 2025
Why are men turning to social media to talk about their mental health?
Apr 09, 2025
How to renovate with your partner without falling apart
Apr 08, 2025
How to stay safe while dating online
Apr 08, 2025
How to bring a heart back to life
Apr 08, 2025
The knock-on effect of US tariffs on Australian products
Apr 07, 2025
Is AI actually helping people buy better?
Apr 07, 2025
My Two Cents: Lizzy Hoo
Apr 07, 2025
Women, exercise, and safety
Apr 07, 2025
Fighting for funding using OnlyFans
Apr 06, 2025
Can getting scammed give you PTSD?
Apr 06, 2025
How Ozempic has changed weight loss
Apr 06, 2025
What happens when you regret sharing your kids online
Apr 06, 2025
How to open the lines of communication with your teen
Apr 03, 2025
Ask Aunty: a 'gift' from the bank of mum and dad with strings attached
Apr 03, 2025
Rethinking after school care
Apr 02, 2025
My Two Cents: Ben Lee
Apr 02, 2025
Ethical Dilemmas: Voting
Apr 02, 2025
We're getting worse at eating enough fruit and veg. Why?
Apr 02, 2025
Priced out of fitness? The rising cost of staying active
Apr 01, 2025
Here's What I Know: Andrew Hansen's pessimistic positivity
Apr 01, 2025