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Muslim Malaysians often have complex and tangled views about polygamy. Their feelings and beliefs aren’t always mirrored by their actions. What role does pragmatism play? What role does faith play?

The island of Poruma is a shrinking tropical paradise – battered by king tides and eaten by coastal erosion. Meet the locals fighting for survival, in more ways than one.

Expectation and competition are pushing young South Koreans to give up on marriage and kids.

To his cult-like following of fans Yuzuru Hanyu is the “god of figure skating”, and no price is too high or distance too great to watch him skate.

100 years ago the Banaban people had no idea they were living on the richest natural resource in the Pacific- one the world was desperate to get its hands on. The first they heard of it was when a mysterious visitor arrived, wanting signatures. That was the beginning of the end of their time on their island home, and the start of a superbly rich period in Australia’s history.

Indigenous Australians have been setting fire to the bush for tens of thousands of years, and today their "cool burns" are making a welcome comeback.

After fifty years of industrial development that’s destroyed thousands of sacred petroglyphs, the West Australian government is finally backing a push for World Heritage Listing. But it’s also considering two major new chemical plants.

Two blokes buy the radio rights to an international test cricket series on a credit card.

How does a community learn to live together after years of fighting each other in the most violent way possible? The remote Indonesian province of Poso is recovering from a decade-long religious conflict and in the face of hatred a brave group of women are leading the charge for peace and sovereignty.

Hot air ballooning is more popular in Australia than ever before. But how did it start? And where is it drifting to?

To imagine our multilingual future do we have to return to the past?

Migrant languages tend to disappear by the third generation. But is there a way to resist this trend towards being a 'graveyard of languages' and for us to hold onto language through the generations?

The Australian education system both values and devalues languages other than English. So schools play a crucial role in contributing to a multilingual Australia — or do they?

Australian families and communities who bring up their children in more than one language take on a huge challenge. Is it worth the effort?

Australia has a monolingual mindset but a multilingual reality. What does this mean for how we go about our day-to-day lives? Masako Fukui and Sheila Ngoc Pham investigate.

Jump on a bus 'From St Kilda to Kings Cross' and discover the significance of the song that sparked Paul Kelly's career.

Come inside a neo-natal intensive care unit, where the lives of premature babies hang in the balance. Four mothers remember the excitement and the agony of their babies' first few months of life.

30 years ago Bill was a Policeman and Brett was a teenager heading towards a life of crime. But then Bill said something to Brett that turned his life around. This is a rare encounter between two men whose lives have been scarred by violence and anger, who want to reach out and help each other to heal.

In the remote Aboriginal communities of Central Australia, a musician most of us have never heard of, was “bigger than The Beatles”.

For almost a century the Christian Brothers was a formidable presence in education in Australia. In recent decades the order's reputation has been deeply marred by revelations of widespread sexual abuse. Two former Christian Brothers, who entered the order as young teens, recall their lives inside their notoriously cloistered world

Manus Island detainee Abdul Aziz Muhamat has been allowed to spend three weeks in Geneva in order to accept a human rights award. But he has a big decision to make. Should he stay and seek asylum or return to Manus? There's no middle ground.

After six years in detention on Manus island, Abdul Aziz Muhamat is allowed to visit Geneva for two weeks. It's a strange blip in his internment which is happening because he's on the short-list for a human rights award.

Australia is the last inhabited continent on earth without a little mite that could unravel our food system. Meet the city and regional beekeepers who are preparing for its inevitable arrival that will change everything for them and their bees.

Come on a road trip along the border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland as the departure of Britain from the European Union creeps closer. Hear what locals from both sides of the line have to say about Brexit, and its' impact on their lives. Will a no-deal UK departure signal the end of 20 years of peace along this once troubled border?

Noelle Martin was an 18-year-old law student when she found hundreds of explicit images online with her face photoshopped onto the naked bodies of porn actresses.

The Australian outback is home to many mysteries, but the Marree Man has to be one of the biggest. In every sense of the word.

The town of Nederland in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains has an unusual mascot: an old, dead Norwegian man, whose body is preserved in a backyard cryogenics chamber. Behind it all - his grandson keeps the dream of his return alive.

The man Naponi married turned out to be violent and for decades her life was simply about survival. But her husband's been in a psychiatric facility for over 14 years now and some in her Sudanese community blame her for keeping him there.

An obscure Japanese musician has found millions of fans thanks to YouTube. Hiroshi Yoshimura's ambient synth music is perfect for long background listening and keeps you on the YouTube platform for hours, caught in the attention economy.

Two blokes buy the radio rights to an international test cricket series on a credit card.

Robert, Laura and Lee Sullivan were all once members of Outreach International, an organisation that they now believe is a cult because they felt controlled and were only allowed to have relationships with other members of the organisation. And find out why they left.

For most women becoming a new mother is an exhilarating, if physically exhausting experience; infused with love and joy. But what if it's the opposite of this? The stories of three women who have suffered from postpartum psychosis.

After fifty years of industrial development that’s destroyed thousands of sacred petroglyphs, the West Australian government is finally backing a push for World Heritage Listing. But it’s also considering two major new chemical plants.

It's deceptively quiet but the main street of Port Kembla has a thousand tales to tell and a cast of captivating characters to tell them.

A young farming couple find out they can rehabilitate the environment by the way they farm, but the stakes are high, they could go broke by doing it.

A coal mine, an anonymous billboard, and a community split in two.

In June 2014 when IS seized control of the Iraqi city of Mosul, Omar Mohammed, a young history scholar made the decision—"trust no one, document everything".Under the rule of the Islamic State, several thousand Moslawis were killed, some joined the extremist group, and hundreds of thousands fled the city, but Omar stayed and began documenting life in the caliphate.For the next two years Omar secretly reported the atrocities committed by IS in his anonymous blog, Mosul Eye.He spent his days gathering information—speaking to people in the street, eavesdropping on conversation and witnessing public executions.Then at night he would blog about what he had discovered.As Mosul Eye became more well known, blog followers grew by the day.Very quickly it was regarded as an important source for journalist covering the IS occupation of Mosul, and for those trapped within the city it was a trusted news source which offered a "beacon of hope".Yet IS' determination to find the person responsible for this blog also grew.So what was day-to-day life like living in the caliphate?Guests:Omar Mohammed, founder of Mosul EyeSophie McNeil, former ABC Middle East correspondentChris Woods, director of Air WarsTahany, a Moslawi economics student who lived under IS

100 years ago the Banaban people had no idea they were living on the richest natural resource in the Pacific- one the world was desperate to get its hands on. The first they heard of it was when a mysterious visitor arrived, wanting signatures. That was the beginning of the end of their time on their island home, and the start of a superbly rich period in Australia’s history.

This story reveals a line of connection through four Irish women across two referendums, to explore the unexpected consequences of talking about abortion.

The ancient city of Varanasi, Prime Minister Modi’s chosen electorate, offers Hindus a direct path to the heavens but it’s one of the worst polluted places in the world and a demolition site.

Sami Shah talks candidly with this controversial columnist and commentator about the challenges of being so open with his opinions.

Lawyer and anti-racism advocate is searing and reflective with Sami Shah about the divisions in Australian media and society and her role in public debate.

What is freedom of speech and how much of it do we have? Sami Shah goes in search of the origins and limits of our free and frank speech.

Sami Shah finds out what political correctness is and why it’s so darn mad.

A young woman posted on Facebook on Anzac Day and Australia went mad. Sami Shah investigates why every comedian of colour is afraid of being 'Yassmined'.

Sami Shah looks at where the free speech lines are being drawn in our newsrooms and comedy clubs.

Online, on campus, everywhere we’re losing free and frank speech. Sami Shah discovers the consequences of this loss but also finds some solutions.

As the 'migrant caravans' continue to roll into Tijuana, on the US-Mexico border, journalist Janak Rogers spent a week on the ground in the city, speaking with recent arrivals and local residents.

In 2003, journalist Andrew Gray was embedded in a US tank battalion during the Iraq invasion. In this documentary he returns to an event from that time which has haunted him for over 15 years.

How does a community learn to live together after years of fighting each other in the most violent way possible? The remote Indonesian province of Poso is recovering from a decade-long religious conflict and in the face of hatred a brave group of women are leading the charge for peace and sovereignty.