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As parents, many of us worry that if our kids only like eating pasta, white bread and cheese, they may be missing out on some essential nutrients - particularly protein.

99 per cent of Australian adults are getting enough protein, but what about kids?

And what are some tips for introducing the foods they need but don't necessarily like on the first, second, or third, try?

Guests:

Karina Savage, Paediatric dietitian 

Dr Miabing Zheng, Researcher at the Institute of Nutrition at Deakin University specialising in babies and protein

Yumi Stynes is a broadcaster, author and resident ABC taboo breaker with her beloved podcast Ladies, We Need To Talk.

As a new season launches, she shares how she learned to be consensual with her body, the creative ways you can get your sleep, and why she's looking forward to running marathons in her 70s.

We hear a lot about wars and leaders and political or ideological trends, in history class, but wouldn't it be more fun to tell that story...through cake? 

That's what the collections team at State Library of Queensland thought when they kept seeing archival documents about the Australian history of baking stretching way back in time.

The result is Cake: the podcast.

We all know exercise is good for us, but that doesn't mean it's always easy to get organised, into fitness gear, and out of the house.

And that's particularly true if you're dealing with depression or anxiety, which comedian Jennifer Wong was when she worked out a novel way to force herself to try some new activities.

That experience has inspired her new show, The Sweet and Sour Hour of Power.

Rental vacancies are at record lows, and rents are increasing, on average, far faster than our incomes, particularly in our biggest cities.

That's leading to financial stress for many Australians and increasing the likelihood of housing insecurity.

One temporary solution that's been proposed is for people without secure housing to move into properties that have been sitting unused for more than 2 years, what is commonly referred to as squatting.

But is it legal to enter another person's house? What rights do property owners have? And why are some houses being left empty for years?

Why have the birds of the world all gone haywire? Yes, that is what is happening in Morris Gleitzman's new novel, Tweet. What are our feathered friends trying to tell us? And how can a boy and his budgie solve the puzzle?

Having written some 44 books Morris is one of Australia's most successful children's authors. And he doesn't shy away from the serious stuff of life.