The Quicky

Once upon a time, Megan Fox was the Hollywood starlet of the moment. Devastatingly beautiful and sexy, she was the perfect bombshell for the action movies she appeared in.  Then, after being labelled by media and the film industry as 'difficult' and 'untalented' and 'slutty', she vanished from our screens - but not before telling us why, except we weren't listening.  In 2020, we look at her struggle through a different lens, and ask whether Megan Fox is owed a huge apology.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Dr Lauren Rosewarne, University of Melbourne.  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How much do you know about your pelvic floor? Do you know what it is? Where it sits in your body? What might damage it? Whether kegels actually help?  Today we're looking at the part of the body we don't look at enough.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests: Taryn Watson, Women's Health Physiotherapist, Fit Right Perth.  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/ Taryn Watson, Women's Health PhysiotherapistBecome a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's really felt like life's been getting back to normal the past few weeks, hasn't it? Almost like COVID19 is something that happened overseas, not really to us here in Australia. More people are going back to the office. Cafes are crowded again. Train stations are busy.  Then, Victoria recorded a heap of new cases over the weekend and the Premier, Daniel Andrews, wound back freedoms instantly.  Are we seeing the beginning of the second wave? Have we been too comfortable?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Dr Brad McKay, GP.  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcaBecome a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

German Police have announced they have evidence Madeleine McCann is dead. They won't reveal what that evidence is, but it has something to do with a 43 year old convicted sex offender.  Robbyn Swan has been covering this story since the three year old went missing in Portugal in 2007 and she's joining The Quicky to share what she knows.  CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Robbyn Swan, journalist and author of Looking for Madeleine. CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adem Somyurek is a name most of us didn't know until Sunday when 60 Minutes broke the story of the Labor Powerbroker's alleged branch stacking, and possible voter fraud. The story has rocked the Australian Labor Party to its foundations, but it's not the first time our parliamentary system has been scandalised by the practise.  So what exactly is branch stacking? And, why does it matter to our political process?  CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Karen Middleton, Chief Political Correspondent, The Saturday Paper and author of ALBANESE.  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our dogs... for those of us who've been working at home they've been our best little buds over the last few months.  But what's going to happen to them now we're back at work and they're being left alone for big stretches of time again? Some dogs are new arrivals to their forever home, some are still just puppies and some rescues may have some issues but all may experience some issues with their humans no longer being there 24/7.  What can we do to ease their anxiety?  CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Debi Coleman, Dog Behaviour Consultant  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did you know an Australian, Karm Gilespie, has been sitting in a Chinese jail since 2013? And this week, was sentenced to death for drug trafficking?  Yep, we only just found out too.  What's the story? And what is Karm's fate going to look like while relations between China and Australia are so chilly?  CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Gemma Bath, Mamamia News Reporter; Professor Don Rothwell, Australian National University.  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last week the Prime Minister was slammed for denying the history of slavery in Australia. He's since apologised for this, but his interview asks the question: how many Australians know about the history of slavery in Australia? It hasn't, until now, been part of our national conversation.  The Quicky investigates.  Link: Was there slavery in Australia? Yes. It shouldn’t even be up for debate  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests: Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney.  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has always stood up for things she believes in - both publicly and financially.  Over the past few years she's upset LGBTI+ fans and their allies by some strong views on trans women occupying women's spaces.  The Quicky looks into what this means, and how it's affecting trans fans who've grown up reading her books and finding safe spaces within them.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Dr Lauren Rosewarne, Academic and Broadcaster; Kate Doak, Journalist and Trans Woman.  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How often have you accepted a package from the postie without knowing what's inside it?  For Kelsey, a package she accepted had over a kilo of meth in it and she inadvertently became part of a drug trafficking ring.  The Quicky is looking at how, without as much flying happening around the world due to COVID-19, drug lords are getting creative... with us.  If you want to check if your details have been breached, click here https://haveibeenpwned.com/ Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Kelsey, drug trafficking victiml; Jose L Sousa-Santos, organised crime expert, Massey University CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasBecome a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At the beginning of the pandemic, parents all around the country rejoiced when the Prime Minister announced the Government would be footing the bill for child care. For once, primary carers of small children didn't have to negotiate the complicated and expensive day care system.  This week, it's been announced those days of free child care are coming swiftly to an end, and guess what? So is Job Keeper for child care workers, some of our worst paid Australian workers.  Have we missed a big opportunity to reform child care? Can we afford to make changes? Can we afford not to?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Georgie Dent, Director of the Board, The Parenthood CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the past, when the world has stared down a great trauma, there's been a baby boom afterwards.  Because, in spite of drama and trauma, we can always still have sex right?  Turns out, there probably won't be a baby boom after COVID-19 though, because despite all this at home time together there are several reasons why we're just not getting it on.  The Quicky digs into the reasons for this collective libido drop.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests: Lisa Portolan, Author and PHD Researcher on Dating Apps and Intimacy, Western Sydney University.  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a weekend of enormous protest, The Quicky looks at the long relationship between police and Aboriginal people, and whether racial profiling is happening in Australia.  Special guest Stan Grant, takes us through a very complicated and violent history.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Stan Grant, author, journalist and Indigenous activist; Tamar Hopkins, racial profiling and police accountability researcher UNSW.  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/ Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For most economies around the world, these past few months have been an exercise in balancing a financial crisis with a public health crisis and for many it will be years until they recover.  So, who's worse off? Is it the Boomers who have seen their super, stocks and savings take a massive hit? Or is the Millennials and younger, who are going to be saddled with an extraordinary debt for years to come?  The Quicky finds out.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Ashley Fell, Social Researcher, McCrindle; Bernard Salt, Futurist.   CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With violence breaking out in cities across the US after the death of George Floyd, it's never been a more unsettling time to be an American.  President Donald Trump's speeches and tweets are becoming increasingly undemocratic, and he's been accused from both sides of the political divide of fanning the flames of discontent.  Can America survive another four years of his presidency if he's reelected in November? Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  John Barron, host of ABC TV's Planet America CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When George Floyd pleaded with American policemen to let him breathe, his words had a ghostly echo Australians can't deny. 26-year-old Dunghutti man, David Dungay, died in Long Bay Jail five years ago, telling guards the exact same thing.  Today The Quicky looks at the uprising taking place in the USA in the wake of George Floyd's death and we look at our own shameful past of Aboriginal deaths in custody.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests: Evette Dionne, editor-in-chief of Bitch Media and the author of the forthcoming book Lifting As We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, we get a bunch of our freedoms back. Fifty of us can gather in a pub. We can take a holiday on the coast. We can get our nails done at the salon.  So, why can't we go to the gym? Why can't we get back to the yoga studio?  The Quicky finds out.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Dr Brad McKay, GP; Barrie Elvish, CEO Fitness Australia; Sam Bailey, Hot Dog Yoga.  Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's been a year since Belgian backpacker Theo Hayez vanished in Byron Bay.  His family and the Byron Bay community galvanised around the cause of trying to find him. Since then, an intricate search has been conducted: on land, online and in journalism.  Where are things at now? Are his family any closer to learning the truth about his disappearance?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Sheri D'Rosario, Byron Bay resident, Lisa Hayez, Theo's cousin Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alan Jones has ruled the Sydney breakfast airwaves for decades, and as a result, has wielded unprecedented political power on issues right across Australia.  After one too many scandals, Alan Jones is hanging up the microphone tomorrow, retiring amid rumours his inflammatory comments became too much for sponsors.  The Quicky reflects on his astonishing career from school teacher to media titan, and looks at the world of breakfast radio in Australia.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Chris Masters, author of Jonestown; Niamh Kenny, Alan Jones' former producer.  Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You can see it on the roads, traffic is increasing: lots of people are going back to work in an actual office.  But what if you feel uncomfortable going back into the the workplace? Do you have to if your boss wants you to?  How far away from your colleagues do you need to be?  And, what is the etiquette now around how we all work together? How do we greet each other? Have we said goodbye to hugs forever?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Meredith Hammat, Secretary Unions WA; Mark Humphries, Writer and Satirist.   Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

54-year-old Ann Marie Smith's death not only shocked the leafy part of Adelaide where she lived out her final days, but it shocked the entire nation.  Ms Smith, who lived alone with cerebral palsy and was unable to walk or bathe herself. She hadn't been moved or taken to the toilet by her daily carer for an undetermined stretch of time, and was suffering injuries she was unable to recover from when rushed to hospital.  Police have launched a manslaughter investigation.  What does Ann Marie's life say about the way Australia treats those with disabilities? And, will her death change anything in the future?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Elise Cooper Guests:  Jordon Steele-John, WA Senator and disability rights advocate; Michaela Banks, parent of a child with a disability.  Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Domestic violence can take all shapes and forms. Perhaps the most difficult type of violence in the home to recognise is financial abuse.  What does financial abuse look like? How do you know if it's happening to you? 'Amy' didn't realise it was happening to her, until it was almost too late.  A must listen episode.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  'Amy', financial abuse survivor; Bernadette Redford, Financial Counsellor, Salvation Army MoneySmart.  Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you've turned on the internet, checked your instagram or logged in to Facebook in the last few months, you will have seen a conspiracy theory somewhere. And, guess what? There's every chance that conspiracy came from a dark part of the internet called QAnon.  So, who is QAnon? Is it a person? An organisation? Or a church, as some are now starting to believe?  The Quicky investigates with the helping hand of Alex Goldman from Reply All.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Alex Goldman, host, Reply All; Marc-Andre Argentino, Concordia University Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Weird dreams are something most people are confessing to (or keeping a secret) during COVID19 lockdowns.  What's at play here? Is it our subconscious working through the trauma of living through a global pandemic? Or is it something simple like, we're all eating too much cheese before bed?  The Quicky looks at our Covid19 dreams, and also how being at home all day has affected our sleep patterns.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Professor Drew Dawson, Central Queensland University.  Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Australian property market has become so overpriced, generations have been left out of it.  With COVID-19 essentially freezing our economy, will the prices actually go down? And if they do, will it allow people previously unable to get into the market, to finally get a foot in the door?  And, that being the case, what will be the availability of money to borrow? Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Nerida Conisbee, Chief Economist, realestate.com.au.  Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/ Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You'd be forgiven for thinking that nothing else was happening in the world because of COVID19.  But as it turns out, the world goes on.  In this episode we bring you up to date with the news that's been happening while the attention of the world has been elsewhere.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Gemma Bath, Mamamia News Reporter  Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elon Musk's behaviour has been getting increasingly bizarre. First, there were the tweets demanding America open again. Then, he announced he and singer Grimes had named their baby X Æ A-12. Now, it's been revealed he kept employees in his factories working through lockdown, illegally.  What's his go? And how did he get to be one of the world's richest and most powerful men?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  David A Kirsch, Robert H Smith School of Business, University of Maryland.  Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Has COVID19 forced The Queen into retirement? After two of the greatest speeches of her life, The Queen isn't going to be doing public events for a while now.The Quicky looks at the many international and personal crises that have shaped the life and career of Queen Elizabeth II.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Rae Earl, author, royal commentator, Briton.  Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In September 2018, Kylie Moore-Gilbert was taken into custody in Iran, and put in jail. The Australian-British Academic, from the University of Melbourne, was charged with espionage and has been in jail ever since. The Iranian government released thousands of inmates during the COVID19 crisis but Kylie wasn't one of them.  Why is she still in jail? Why are the Australian Government not being louder in their dissent?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Jason Rezaian, Washington Post Journalist and author of PRISONER Change.org petition to free Kylie Moore-Gilbert.  Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The initial COVID19 outbreak hasn't hit Australia as hard as other places around the world, so now we're beginning to see the easing of a few restrictions.  What does this mean for the future of the virus? Will we see a second wave, as some countries have?  And, what did the second waves of other pandemics like Spanish Flu and SARS look like? Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Dr Sanjaya Senanayake, Infectious Diseases Specialist, ANU Medical School.  Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After the death of Hannah Clarke and her beautiful children in February, it felt like we might be at a turning point for family violence in Australia.  Then, COVID19 and lockdown happened. What does this mean for the many women now trapped inside the house with their abusers?  And, while NSW has reported a decrease in DV incidents, is this hiding a truth more sinister?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guest: Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Director, Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With new guidelines on making our way out of isolation announced over the weekend, it's steady-as-she-goes for many people.  What are some of the anxieties that have crept into our community during our COVID19 crisis and why will they have a lasting effect on how we live day to day? The Quicky looks at the very real worries people are having about the relaxation of restrictive rules.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Amanda Gordon, psychologist; Dr Paul Harrison, Deakin University; Associate Professor Jodi Oakman, Centre for Ergonomics and Human Factors, La Trobe University.  Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're having the conversations, aren't you? Women already have so much on their plate, how could COVID19 add more? It has. Not only are we knee deep in the normal mental load, but now that mental load includes home schooling and a global pandemic. Oh, and you're not allowed to go to the playground so the kids can blow off steam on the slippery dip.  The Quicky looks into how difficult ISO has been for women.  Take Part in 50/50 By 2030's COVID19 survey  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests: Professor Kim Rubenstein, FAAL, FASSA,Co-Director50/50 by 2030 Foundation, Faculty of Business Governance and Law, University of Canberra.  If you'd like to get involved in Professor Rubenstein's research on the mental load during lockdown, you can fin the details here Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did you think TikTok videos were being made in locked down bedrooms all over the world? Think again. There's a whole industry around TikTok, including a bunch of influencer share houses that sprung up before lock down to keep the content makers together.  The Quicky digs deep into social media sharehousing.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:   Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The pictures have been shared around the world: angry, armed mobs insisting on being let out of lock down.  Why hasn't Donald Trump denounced them for the benefit of public health? And, how common are they in the USA?  The Quicky investigates.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Jason Wilson, journalist, Guardian USA.  Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you're a bit famous, you must be rich, right? Wrong. Especially in Australia's entertainment industry, where there are fewer big gigs and even scripted television is made for smaller budgets.  So, what has happened to Australia's artists since theatres, pubs and all live entertainment venues have been shut down? In short, they've lost pretty much all their income for the foreseeable future.  To redress this, Stan has commissioned a lockdown comedy festival and we're chatting with its producer and two of its stars about what a comedy career is without an audience.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Todd Abbott, Creative Director of Guesswork Television; Tom Ballard, Comedian; Nikki Britton, Comedian.  The Australian Comedy Lockdown Festival premieres May 9 on STAN.  Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last month, we met Maria in Spain, Roberta in Italy and Lotta in London.  Maria had just cancelled her wedding and was in lock down with her fiancee and both their mothers.  Roberta's was in lock down with her two children, seeing her husband's whole industry (cruise ships) collapse.  Lotta had a suspected case of COVID19 she couldn't get tested for, so had been quarantined at home.  Where are these women now? How are they going?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Maria Albinana, Spain; Roberta Tyrrell Braccelli, Italy; Lotta Haegg, England.  Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Even though the economy has never faced such uncertainty, some retail sales are through the roof.  What are we buying? How is it getting to us? Which businesses are actually finding a global pandemic good for business?  The Quicky investigates what Australia is buying during the COVID19 crisis.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Dr Louise Grimmer, Lecturer in Marketing, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics.  Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of us have a memory of LEGO - either playing with it, or stepping on it.  It's a magical toy - its little bricks can build everything from a house to a plane to a Star Wars battleship.  With the return of LEGO Masters to TV on Channel 9, we thought we'd look at the history of LEGO and why it endures as one of the perennially popular toys on the market for adults and children alike.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Ryan McNaught, 'Brickmaster' on LEGO Masters; Chris Molloy, editor of Brick Brothers LEGO newsite; Caylin Molloy, adult LEGO lover  Listener Feedback Survey: Take our 5 minute survey for a chance to win a $50 EFTPOS gift card https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5566501/ff2ba2d202a9  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A lab at Oxford University thinks it could have a COVID19 vaccine available widely by September.  How likely is this? How long does it usually take to develop, test and distribute a vaccine?  The Quicky finds out, with our fingers and toes crossed.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Dr Sanjaya Senanayake, Assistant Professor of Infection Diseases, ANU.  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are a few different experiences happening at the moment for those working from home: some people can't wait to get back into the office and some are loving the flexibility of being home.  What does this time mean for the future of our working lives? Are we getting enough work done? Are we doing too much? What are we missing?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Elise Cooper Guests:  Lisa Leong, host of ABC RN's This Working Life; Loretta Busby, creative producer of Ensemble Theatre; Holly Wainwright, Head of Content Mamamia.  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jacinda Ardern is equally at home in front of a lectern giving a big speech as she is in her trackies on a Facebook live.  Her navigation of New Zealand's COVID19 Crisis has seen (comparatively) few infections and casualties as a result and 87% of New Zealanders agree they're happy to extend the country's lock down if it means keeping up those statistics.  Ardern's empathy compared to other world leaders seeing this as a battle has been internationally applauded - so does this mean the model for leadership is changing because of her?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Anke Richter, freelance journalist in New Zealand  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's a different kind of ANZAC Day this year, with the COVID-19 coronavirus still standing in the way of us celebrating together. But as we stand on our driveways at dawn today, we remember five amazing women whose stories are also part of the ANZAC legend. CREDITS Host/Producer: Claire Murphy Executive Producer: Elle Beattie Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/  Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kim Jong Un is allegedly sick, we say allegedly because we can't say for sure. In the spirit of North Korean secrecy, the details of the Great Leader's condition is very closely guarded.  It's been revealed he has at least two children, but neither are old enough to be the next leader of North Korea, if Kim Jong Un should die.  Could his sister, Kim Yo Jong, a powerful member of the Workers' Party of Korea be the next leader?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Leonid Petrov, Senior Lecturer, Postgraduate Program ManagerInternational College of Management Sydney.  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anyone who lives near a flight path will tell you: things are pretty quiet in the skies right now with the COVID-19 coronavirus grounding flights across the world.  Now with Virgin Australia going into voluntary administration, will travel ever be the same once the pandemic is over? Today, The Quicky team looks at the future of air travel here in Australia, what having just one major carrier might mean and whether this is the end of cheap airfares, at least in the near future. Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Deborah Lawrie, Pilot; Stephen Fankhauser, Deputy Chair Department of Aviation, Swinburne University of Technology. CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Masterchef is back filling us with a strange combination of warmth, happiness and a ton of tension.  Today on The Quicky, we go behind the scenes of the show to find out how filming is going with social distancing rules now in place, whether it will be obvious when those kick in and will it take away from the 'feels' the show delivers in spades.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests: Jock Zonfrillo, Masterchef judge; Dani Venn, Masterchef contestant; Laura Brodnik, Mamamia Entertainment Editor. CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Government needs at least 14 million Australians to download the COVID19 tracing app, and if we do, they've promised we could get some of our freedoms back.  So how will it work? What information of yours will it have access to? What will it mean for your privacy? We find out the facts on Covidtrace.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camileri Guests: Nigel Phair, Director of UNSW Canberra Cyber; Michelle Falstein, Secretary of the NSW Council of Civil Liberties.  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In early April, 40 year old Maeve McKean and her eight year old son Gideon got into a kayak while isolating at her mother's home in Maryland, USA. They never came home.  Immediately their deaths became talked about under a tragic umbrella, was Maeve, the granddaughter of Robert and Ethel Kennedy, another victim of 'The Kennedy Curse'?  Today, the Quicky team looks at all the tragedy that has struck the Kennedy family from Rosemary Kennedy's lobotomy in the 1940s to today.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests: Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff, author of The Missing Kennedy.  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's part of the national conversation - should the kids go back to school classrooms when the holidays are finished?  Victoria is already back, with online learning. Queensland is back on Monday, planning five weeks of online learning at least.  Yet, the Prime Minister wants children to physically go back to school now.  What do the educators and scientists think?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Kevin Bates, President of the Queensland Teachers Union; Suzi Mackay, teacher; Alex, teacher; Professor Raina McIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, UNSW.   CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You've seen them: floating around on your friend's facebook page, popping up in your Twitter feed, maybe they've even made an appearance during a video call with your sister in law. COVID19 conspiracies.  As people try to make sense of what's happening to our world at the moment, people who need answers (or want to sell you something) are coming up with all types of conspiracies.  The Quicky is determined to find out what the science actually says.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Dr Darren Saunders, Assistant Professor, Medical Sciences at the University of New South Wales  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected] Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.