Life Matters - Full program 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.

10 HRS AGO

How to make flirting fun, and should you date in your workplace?

Flirting can be playful and exciting, but how do you embrace that spark of connection? And what happens when your online dating pool spills into your workplace?

54 min
1 DAY AGO

Helping kids to cultivate social courage, and new research on delivering affordable housing

How do you support your kids and help them cultivate social courage? Comedian, actress, and writer Nina Oyama on how she learned not to overshare online. Plus, new research shows how 'mum and dad' landlords could help deliver affordable housing.

55 min
2 DAYS AGO

Breaking gender norms in the workplace and privacy concerns about connected cars

It might not surprise you to hear that we still have a gendered workforce here in Australia, but how much is that changing and as the gender pay gap tightens how might that reshape gender-dominated fields? Plus, new research shows privacy issues in internet connected cars.

54 min
3 DAYS AGO

Privacy, babytalk and why we need more tour guides

Do Australia's proposed privacy reforms go far enough to protect us online? Plus, why older children sometimes regress into babytalk, and why we need more tour guides.

55 min
4 DAYS AGO

The value of gossip, and quitting social media

Helping you figure out all the big stuff in life: relationships, health, money, work and the world.

55 min
14 NOV

How to learn from your mistakes, and how to deal with a competitive friend

We all make mistakes. After all, to err is human. So why are we in such fear of them? And what are the best ways to recover from a mistake after the damage is done? Plus, what to do when a friend pits you in a competition you didn't ask to be in?

55 min
13 NOV

New research links frailty to dementia and why people are moving to the country

A new study has revealed that frailty may be one of the key factors that contributes to dementia providing a potential way to prevent or slow these diseases. And it turns out exercise, good diet, good social connections and better medicine management could help to turn frailty around and perhaps also reduce the risk of dementia. Plus three major Australian towns saw a boost in population, followed by a decline. When people move to regional towns for a change of lifestyle or to afford a house, what makes them stay long term?

55 min
12 NOV

Should we ban social media for teens?

The Australian government is banning social media use for people under 16. As parents applaud, youth experts say this move will have negative consequences for teens. Plus, how to retire early and sustainably.

55 min

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Love!

2 Mar

Sabrina2234

Hilary I just loved your Dated series! Thank you!
Celiacs disease

29 Feb

Amoloch007

Assoc Prof Jason Tye-Din is a professional and my Mum, Pat, is forever in his debt.
Love love love! But please title your shows

19/08/2022

Skrinkles.

Hey Hilary and crew! Ive just turned 30 this year, the year ABC turned 100. love Life Matters and have been listening to you for a couple of years now. I can see myself an avid listener til the day I die! So I’ve got a good few decades left in me. What I might suggest is that it’s hard to know where to write in while you’re on air. Is there a forum for people who can’t chime into the episode but have thoughts/questions etc when they can’t listen while on air? Thanks so much, Love what you do!
Judgy and gaslighty

27/08/2022

Mumbos

Interesting topics but the way the presenters respond to callers and writers who express opinions that differ to their own is so rude.

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.