18 episodes

Quick Smart is the show that feeds you big ideas in bite-sized pieces. Get up to speed on some of the biggest issues from psychology, money, health, history, pop culture, in just 10 minutes. Tegan Taylor guides you through! New episodes every Thursday.

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Quick Smart is the show that feeds you big ideas in bite-sized pieces. Get up to speed on some of the biggest issues from psychology, money, health, history, pop culture, in just 10 minutes. Tegan Taylor guides you through! New episodes every Thursday.

    TikTok is changing the way we think about faith

    TikTok is changing the way we think about faith

    Around 85% of the world's population is religious. And 22% of the world's population is on TikTok, so it makes sense that a whole lot of religious content is making it's way into people's feeds. So with more and more people of faith getting online, is TikTok about to become the new religious pulpit? How is the advent of the religious influencer changing the idea of faith? And how can we ensure people aren't radicalised by disinformation and those all-knowing algorithms?
    Guest: Sami Shah from God Forbid

    • 11 min
    Making sense of the Voice Referendum

    Making sense of the Voice Referendum

    On October 14th, Australians will head to the polls to vote in the Voice referendum. An important vote which could ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have a say when it comes to matters relating to them. In our history, we've only had 44 referenda and of those, only eight have been successful. So will this one buck the trend? And will it really improve the lives of Indigenous people?
    Guest: ABC Indigenous Affairs reporter and host of The Voice Referendum Explained Carly Williams

    • 11 min
    Bushfire season is coming - how to deal with climate anxiety

    Bushfire season is coming - how to deal with climate anxiety

    Summer in the northern hemisphere was the hottest on record. There were unprecedented wildfires and floods resulting in mass destruction and deaths, so what does that tell us about what summer will be like in Australia? And after already experiencing such widespread devastation during the 2019 bushfires, how can we better handle the spike in our collective climate anxiety? 
    Guest: Nate Byrne from ABC News

    • 12 min
    The truth about Stockholm Syndrome

    The truth about Stockholm Syndrome

    The term Stockholm syndrome has become a phrase we throw around to describe people in toxic relationships and bad jobs, but originally it was a diagnosis for a young woman who fell for her captor during a week long bank heist. But it turns out the psychologist who first invented the term never even met the woman. So what's the history of this strange syndrome? Is it an early understanding of what we now call coercive control or is it all just a sexist myth?
    Guest: Rebecca Armitage

    • 11 min
    Does the RBA want people to lose their jobs?

    Does the RBA want people to lose their jobs?

    Unless you're living under a rock, you've heard of the recent hike in RBA interest rates. But let's face it, with the cost of housing as it is, living under a rock is looking more and more likely. These increases are a measure to curb spending to bring down inflation, but the RBA is secretly hoping something else will happen .... and that's for you to lose your job. So do we really need inflation to be below 3%? And in a cost of living crisis, why is it better to have higher unemployment?
    Guest: Richard Aedy from The Money

    • 11 min
    Is the golden age of literary fraudsters over?

    Is the golden age of literary fraudsters over?

    There's nothing better than disappearing into a good book. You can fall in love with people who have never existed and revel in events that never happened. But how does your perception of that book change when that author isn't who they made themselves out to be? There's a long tradition of literary fraudsters in Australia, So why are we still so scandalised when this happens? And why is it still so hard to catch an errant author at it - what other hoaxes could be out there?
    Guest: Sarah L'Strange from The Book Show

    • 10 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
111 Ratings

111 Ratings

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Does Not Deliver

The premise of this show was to offer listeners quick and simple-to-follow insight into topical, relevant subjects. I have found the topics covered either irrelevant, or poorly researched/ presented. I really like the concept and would love to listen if creators were able to turn their delivery around.

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