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Yalin Buse
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Here, half-knowledge meets its limits. We discuss topics we’ve all debated at a dinner party with our friends and ask the experts so that next time you've got the facts.

  1. 6d ago

    Abusive Relationship: Can You See It Coming? With Survivor & Advocate Sammie Jade

    Do you think you’d notice if a partner was controlling you? Most of us do, and most of us are wrong. Sam explains how coercive control starts with attention that feels like love and slowly takes away your money, your friends, your family, and your freedom. She also explains why “just leave” is never that simple. Sam is a coercive control survivor, a mum, and one of Australia’s most prominent voices educating women about controlling relationships. After leaving, she gave evidence that helped send her ex-partner to prison, then turned her experience into a social media platform with millions of views. She now helps women recognise the warning signs, find the language for what they’re living through, and support the people they love. In this episode, she explains:* The Slow Squeeze: Coercive control is a pattern of small incidents that quietly strips away your autonomy until you’re managing someone else’s moods instead of living your own life.* The Red Flags That Look Like Love: Constant texting, sudden jealousy, and deleting male friends “as a boundary” are easy to read as devotion in the first weeks.* Why You Don’t See It: The boiling frog effect, isolation, gaslighting, minimising, self-blame and trauma bonding all work to keep victims from recognising what’s happening.* The Money Trap: How economic abuse works in real life, from drained credit cards and locked accounts to being questioned over a coffee.* Why Couples Counselling Can Backfire: What Sam learned about getting therapy, and why individual support matters before and after you leave.* How to Really Help Someone: Why pressuring a friend to leave can push them further away, and what to do instead. Follow Sammie:Instagram: @sammieejade0TikTok: @sammieejade0 00:00 Intro 01:02 Why Sam Became a Public Advocate 03:05 What Is Coercive Control? 05:43 How It Started: The Fairy Tale Beginning 07:01 The First Red Flags 08:56 How Entrapment Actually Happens 11:12 Did Anyone Around Her Notice? 13:14 When the Control Escalated 16:43 Isolation During Covid 19:32 Why Victims Don’t Recognise It 21:40 Trauma Bonding Explained 22:25 Why Couples Therapy Doesn’t Work 26:17 Economic Abuse 30:53 Control in the Bedroom 35:27 What Stress Does to Your Body 36:43 “Why Didn’t You Just Leave?” 40:12 The Day She Left 45:46 Stalking, AVOs & Fear of Release 48:31 Why She Went Public 51:16 Rebuilding Your Life 53:06 How to Help Someone You’re Worried About 54:43 “No Is a Complete Sentence” If you or someone you know is affected by domestic or family violence in Australia, call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732.

    Abusive Relationship: Can You See It Coming? With Survivor & Advocate Sammie Jade

  2. Oct 1

    Psychedelic Expert: How Psychedelics Can Rewire a Traumatised Brain

    We were told psychedelics would fry your brain. Today, in clinical trials, they're being used to help people with depression, PTSD, and anxiety heal from what happened to them. DrEsme Dark is a clinical psychologist and somatic psychotherapist who spent a decade working with trauma survivors and refugees. She now guides people through psilocybin- and MDMA-assisted therapy in Australia, one of the leading countries in the field, and is involved in a first-of-its-kind trial using psilocybin for concussion. She also hosts the podcast Beyond the Trip. In this episode, she explains: ■ From Trauma Work to Psychedelics: How her work with trauma survivors led her to the research, and why the most surprising thing she has learned is that you never know where a person’s journey will go. ■ The Snow Globe Effect: How psychedelics change the way the brain communicates, why she compares the experience to shaking a snow globe, and how that can loosen the rigid thought patterns that keep people stuck. ■ MDMA Is Not a Classic Psychedelic: What makes it different, why it can help people work through trauma, and the surprising history of where it started. ■ What Therapy Actually Looks Like: The preparation sessions, what happens on dose day, and why the integration afterwards matters most. The medicine supports the therapy, not the other way around. ■ Is It Real? Why she says science and mystery both belong in this conversation, how traditional cultures have used these medicines for thousands of years, and why the feeling of an experience can matter even when the content isn’t literal. ■ Myth or True: A quick-fire round on addiction, brain damage, getting “stuck” on a trip, and whether you can reach a similar state without a drug. This episode discusses trauma and mental health. It is educational and not medical advice. In Australia, psychedelic-assisted therapy is only available through authorised clinicians and approved trials. 01:15 Intro: From Trauma Work to Psychedelic Therapy 03:11 What Has the Brain Taught Her? 04:15 What Are Classic Psychedelics? 06:00 How Psychedelics Change the Brain 07:43 Rumination, Depression and the Snow Globe 09:09 The Window of Flexibility After a Session 10:37 MDMA: What Makes It Different 13:58 Who Is Psychedelic Therapy Used For? 15:14 Why Did Research Stop? The War on Drugs 18:36 Thousands of Years of Traditional Use 20:39 Spirituality, Science and Mystery 22:58 What Happens on Dose Day 25:15 Nerves, Safety and Difficult Experiences 26:05 Common Themes in Sessions 28:43 Ego Dissolution 30:38 Are the Visions Real? 33:26 End-of-Life Experiences 35:35 A Client Story: Healing Childhood Trauma 36:39 Why Self-Medicating Is Risky 42:04 Integration: What Happens After 43:11 Microdosing 44:56 Myth or True 45:42 Can You Reach These States Without a Drug? 51:26 Who Can Access Psychedelic Therapy? 52:36 The Myth She Wants to Kill Questions asked in this episode (for reference): How would you connect your past career to what you do now?What’s the most surprising thing you’ve learned about the human brain?What are the classic psychedelics?How do they work on the brain, and why do they change our perception?Is the default mode network what creates the sense of ego?Is it overactive in depression?Why is it possible to shake up our beliefs and thought patterns?Is that critical period similar to the learning windows in childhood?Can you explain MDMA?What would therapy look like for someone with severe PTSD?What are the other psychedelics typically used for, and who do you recommend them for?Why has it taken science so long to come back to psychedelics?Which cultures have used psychedelics, and what is the connection between consumption and spirituality?What do you make of theories like the burning bush?How does dose day work, and are people scared?Could anxiety or a lack of safety lead to a bad experience?What are the common themes people experience, and do you guide them?Is ego dissolution a common theme?Are the hallucinations real, and has this changed how you see reality?What do people experience near the end of life?Can you share an example of a client’s experience?Can a lack of a therapist make things more confusing for people who self-medicate?Do people ever resolve their problems in one session?Does integration have to happen in the window afterwards?What’s the value of microdosing?Quick-fire: true or myth?Who would you advise to try psychedelic therapy?What’s one myth about psychedelics you’d like to kill once and for all?How is the brain connected to the rest of the body?This episode is for educational purposes only and isn't medical advice. If you're considering psychedelic-assisted therapy, speak to your GP.

    Psychedelic Expert: How Psychedelics Can Rewire a Traumatised Brain

  3. Sep 18

    The Dating Coach: You’re Probably Dating Wrong!

    Dating doesn't have to be this hard; we've just been doing it wrong, and it's costing us years. How to stop being single, date successfully, and find the person who's actually right for you. We cover dating rules, red flags, confidence, ghosting, and what the apps are doing to us. Sera Bozza went from architect to dating columnist to evidence-based dating coach, and has spent hundreds of hours sitting with men and women stuck in the same loops. We get into why ghosting hurts more than it used to, why men and women swipe in opposite ways, the profile mistake that attracts exactly the wrong person, and why "I'm just picky" is usually something else entirely. Plus: her script for ending things without ghosting, the one word that makes people argue back, and why the dopamine you burn before a date decides how it goes. Follow Sera: @serabozza In this episode, she explains: ■ Why Dating Feels So Harsh Now: How having more platforms to follow someone across makes ghosting feel bigger, and why people treat matches differently from someone they’d meet in person. ■ Men, Women and the Apps: How the two sexes tend to use dating apps differently, why that creates a mismatch, and what each side gets wrong about the other. ■ Ballsy Like Bozza: Why confidence comes from getting “reps” in real life, her tips for approaching someone you like, and why the win is simply that you tried. ■ Better Profiles and Better Dates: Why a highlight reel of once-in-a-lifetime photos doesn’t help, why curiosity beats scripted questions, and why activity dates beat the interview-style drink. ■ Red Flags and Reality Checks: Her quick-fire verdicts, why picky “types” are often about avoidance, and how a kind, honest “no thanks” can turn a date into a friend. ■ Get Out of the Echo Chamber: Why she asks clients to reset their feeds and dopamine before a date, and why many people absorb dating horror stories that never happened to them. 00:00 Intro 01:36 From Architect to Dating Coach 02:30 Why Dating Changed 04:29 Why We Ghost Each Other 06:36 How Men and Women Use the Apps 09:10 What Men Come to Her For 12:18 Why Confidence Is About Reps 13:45 Approaching People in Real Life 15:42 Who’s More Likely? Game 17:12 Biggest Mistakes on Apps 18:23 How to Build a Better Profile 21:10 Is Dating Too Much Like an Interview? 23:29 Side-by-Side and Activity Dates 25:26 How Many People Should You Date at Once? 29:03 The Red Flags Women Ignore 30:08 Red Flag or Green Flag? 34:35 Why People Are So Picky 35:54 How Long to Wait After a Breakup 39:14 Chronic Daters and Dopamine 43:04 How to Say “Thanks, But No Thanks” 46:18 Is Dating Really Broken? 53:32 Setting Up Your Profile as a Goal-Setting Exercise 56:27 Manifesting and the “S****y First Draft” After a Date 59:17 Fill in the Blank Questions asked in this episode (for reference): How did you end up as a dating coach?What made you pick up a pen and write about dating?Were the men you coached as frustrated as your girlfriends?Why did ghosting and situationships take off, and what did we unlearn?Do men and women approach dating differently?Do women have higher expectations, and do men treat dates like interviews?What do people come to you for, and what do women come for?Why do people lack confidence approaching others, and what tip helps?Who’s more likely to: catch feelings first, ghost after a great date, be picky, blame the apps?What are the biggest mistakes people make on apps and in dating?What’s the best first-date question?Are we approaching dates wrong by treating them like interviews?Are there dating rules we should follow, and how do you tell someone’s invested?Should we limit how many people we see at once?What’s the biggest red flag women ignore?Red flag or green flag: slow replies, never organising dates, mentioning a therapist, “I feel like I’ve known you forever,” long-term single, several dates a week?Why are people so specific about their type?How long should we wait to date after a breakup?Do some people date for the wrong reasons?What do you mean by minimising dopamine before a date?How do you politely say “thanks, but no thanks”?Is dating “broken,” or is it an echo chamber?What’s a social media dating myth you hate?Do very independent people struggle to date?What mantra helps you approach someone?Fill in the blank: run if they..., wait how many dates, no second date if they..., why people stay single, most underrated green flag.

    The Dating Coach: You’re Probably Dating Wrong!

  4. Sep 3

    The Crime Expert: How To Spot A Killer With Gary Jubelin

    You'd know a dangerous person if you met one. Wouldn't you? Gary Jubelin spent over 20 years as a homicide detective. He's interviewed murderers and men he calls pure evil. What he learned is uncomfortable: the difference between the people who kill and the rest of us is smaller and more circumstantial than we like to think. In this episode: the red flags that come before violence and why police dismissed them for years. The two tells that give away a liar and why prison makes most people worse.  In this episode, he explains: ■ The Gut Feeling Trap: A detective’s “instinct” is really years of accumulated experience. It can point you in a direction, but you can’t create the facts to suit it. ■ Prison Without the Monsters: Why a maximum-security prison built on respect, education and a no-violence rule changed his mind about rehabilitation. He also explains why he believes most prisoners can be steered away from reoffending, and a minority never should be released. ■ How People Fall Into Crime: From gang glamour to the search for brotherhood, he explains why role models, boundaries and a sense of belonging can decide which path a young person takes. ■ The Red Flags Before a Murder: Why stalking, breached restraining orders and prior strangulation worry him most, and why he thinks tracking devices could save lives. ■ How to Spot a Liar: Selective memory loss, too much detail, and the power of sitting in silence during an interview. 00:00 Intro 01:48 Life of a Homicide Detective 04:46 Why Are We So Fascinated By True Crime? 07:30 Too Passionate? The Cost of Homicide Work 10:13 Is the Detective’s Gut Feeling Real? 12:41 Can You Sense Evil in a Person? 15:20 Do Prisons Rehabilitate or Create Monsters? 20:26 Nature vs Nurture: What Makes a Violent Offender? 24:15 How Role Models and Gangs Lead People Into Crime 28:23 Substance Abuse and Crime 30:26 Psychopathy, Prison and the Cost of Locking People Up 34:17 The Four Motives Behind Murder 36:40 Why Are Most Offenders Men? 38:34 The Warning Signs: Stalking and Strangulation 42:06 Should Offenders Wear Tracking Devices? 44:03 How Can People Protect Themselves? 46:18 How to Spot Predators Around Children 51:41 What To Do If You Feel You’re Being Followed 54:03 When Detectives Feel Fear 55:57 The Cases That Never Leave Him 59:12 The William Tyrrell Case 01:03:01 How Seeing Evil Changes You 01:05:14 How To Spot a Liar 01:08:06 Why Every Case Needs Humanity Questions asked in this episode (for reference): Could you tell us a little about your career and what got you here?Do people love true crime to learn how to protect themselves, to watch from a safe distance, or for entertainment?Were there cases where you were scared after hours, or too emotionally invested?What’s one thing about being a homicide detective that would surprise people?Is there such a thing as a detective’s gut feeling?Can you feel if someone has evil inside them?Do prisons help people, or make them into monsters?Is it more nurture than nature (e.g. the “warrior gene”)?Beyond that, what other factors increase the likelihood of violent crime?Does substance abuse raise the chance of violence?Wouldn’t offenders with mental health issues be better helped by psychologists?Can you link the reason for a crime to how rehabilitable someone is?Why are most murder offenders men?Are there red flags in behaviour before someone commits murder?How do you make a stalking victim feel safe, and how do people protect themselves now?Is there a tip that people tend to get wrong when they feel in danger?Was there ever a moment in your career when you were really scared?Is there a case that still weighs on you?Have you ever looked at someone and sensed they were “off”?What’s one thing we can look for when someone is lying?

    The Crime Expert: How To Spot A Killer With Gary Jubelin

  5. Aug 24

    Work Expert: Don't Waste 90,000 Hours In A Job You Don't Like

    You'll spend around 90,000 hours of your life working, so why do four in five people say they don't actually like their jobs? Checked out, numb, or quietly done. This episode is about finding real meaning in your work before your life in the wrong job! Hans Rosinek is a work researcher and bestselling author. He's spent years untangling what actually makes work feel worth it and right for you! In this episode, he explains: ■ The Meaning Pressure: Work has become “the last religion,” and expecting it to deliver your deepest purpose makes you easier to manipulate and harder to leave. Why a side project can make you more resilient. ■ The Four Kinds of Work: Paid work, care work, self work and political work all matter, and why only valuing wage labour ends up undermining wage labour itself. ■ The Laptop Worker Problem: Why people who never see the results of their work feel alienated, why they take up pottery on weekends, and how constant interruptions fragment our focus. ■ The Negotiation Trick: A simple reframe that turns your opponent’s reflexive “no” into your “yes” in salary talks, plus what to ask in interviews and how to spot red flags like “we’re a family.” ■ Gen Z and AI: Why the “lazy Gen Z” story is mostly a myth, why AI used only for speed leads to an efficiency trap and “workslop,” and why mediocrity has less and less room. 00:00 Intro 00:57 From Radio Presenter to Work Researcher 04:33 Can You Really “Do What You Love”? 06:03 The Dignity of “Dirty Jobs” 07:49 Which Jobs Are the Happiest? 10:58 Why Happiness Is the Wrong Goal 12:10 Laptop Workers and the Risk of Alienation 15:16 Why So Many People Are Disengaged 17:29 Home Office and the Junior Talent Pipeline 23:12 What Is “Meaning Pressure”? 26:02 The Four Kinds of Work 35:18 What Actually Motivates People? 38:18 Why Quiet Quitting Happens 42:19 What Makes a Good (and Bad) Manager? 49:19 Interview Red Flags for Young Workers 52:00 The Salary Negotiation Trick 57:55 Advice for Your First Years of Work 01:02:13 The Surfing Analogy for Your Career 01:05:12 Is Gen Z Really Lazy? 01:14:52 Are Entry-Level Jobs Disappearing? 01:17:42 If AI Is the Answer, What Is the Question? 01:21:56 Should We Have a Four-Day Week? 01:22:45 What To Do If You’re Lost at 20-Something 01:24:52 The Biggest Lies About Work Questions asked in this episode (for reference): Can you tell us a bit about yourself and how you got here?Is “do what you love” smart advice, or a privileged way of thinking?Have you found a job that is consistently happy?What happens psychologically to people who never see the output of their work?Is that why so many people are disengaged at work?Is home office good or bad for productivity?Does working from home put entry-level workers behind?What do you mean by “meaning pressure”?Isn’t a side hustle a privileged way of thinking?Should we all have a bit of each type of work?Are there factors that predict satisfaction and meaning at work?Why do more people engage in quiet quitting?What makes a manager good?What are three quick bad traits of a manager?If a company says “we’re a family,” should alarm bells go off?What other red flags should young workers look for?Is there any other tip for people just starting out?Is it true that Gen Z is lazy?Are entry-level jobs suffering the most right now?What do you mean by “if AI is the answer, what is the question?”Is a four-day work week a good thing? (yes or no)What tip would you give a 20-something who’s completely lost?What’s the biggest lie told to people about work?

  6. Aug 10

    Female vs Male Brain: Whats the real difference ? With Neuroscientist Dr Sarah McKay

    What really shapes the brain biology: trauma, hormones, and the world you grow up in? Oxford-trained neuroscientist Dr Sarah McKay unpacks how the brain works and changes across a lifetime, with a focus on women's brain health. We cover the 80% overlap between male and female brains, how gender equality reshapes the brain, why your phone quietly drains your memory, the teenage brain and risk-taking, hormonal sensitivity, sleep, loneliness, and what actually protects your brain for the long run. In this episode, she explains: ■ Cognitive Load: Why a brain that feels overwhelmed isn’t broken. She uses the example of driving a car to show how constant background demands, including the news cycle, add to the load. ■ Do Male and Female Brains Differ? Why she says that looking at a single scan, you couldn’t tell, why group averages overlap far more than they differ, and why life experience and opportunity shape the brain alongside biology. ■ Teenage Brains, Risk and Belonging: Why adolescence is a sensitive period for social experience, why she calls the “frontal lobes aren’t developed until 25” idea a myth, and why teens weigh social exclusion as a real risk. ■ Hormonal Sensitivity and Early Life: Why some people are more sensitive to hormonal shifts, how early adversity can shape development, and why population patterns don’t predict any one person’s future. ■ Sleep, Loneliness and Brain Health: Why she calls sleep the foundation of brain health, why regular timing may matter as much as the hours, and why being alone and feeling lonely are different things. ■ Fire Round: Brain training apps, reversing the effects of a tough childhood, whether falling in love is a chemical addiction, and the one thing she wishes science could answer. Questions asked in this episode (for reference): If I gave you a brain scan of a woman and a man, is there a difference?Where would the small differences lie?Can you tell us about the study comparing brains in countries with different levels of gender equality?Is that learned behaviour, and does it mean my brain develops less if I don’t practise certain skills?How would you describe how the brain develops in the early years and through puberty?Is that why teenagers take more risks?Why do depression rates rise for girls in adolescence?Why are some people more hormonally sensitive, and what are the trigger factors?What happens in the brain when a young child experiences trauma?Nature or nurture?Why is sleep so important?Is there a link between sleep and Alzheimer’s?What factors help or harm brain health, at different ages?Is there less brain activity when doom scrolling than when asleep?Fire round: Are brain training apps effective or a waste of time?Can you reverse the effects of a difficult childhood on the brain?Is falling in love a chemical addiction?Do people chase excitement outside long-term relationships?If there’s one thing in science you wish you had the answer to, what would it be?

    Female vs Male Brain: Whats the real difference ? With Neuroscientist Dr Sarah McKay

  7. Jul 28

    Dream Job Influencer: The Reality Inside the $36 Billion Industry

    You think being an influencer is free clothes and easy money. It's a $36 billion industry — and almost nobody understands how it actually works. Francesca Hung: content creator and former Miss Universe Australia pulls back the curtain: how influencers really get paid, why she said no to brand money most people never would, how the algorithm keeps every creator guessing, and the impossible call every parent online eventually faces. Follow Francesca:Instagram: Francesca.hungTikTok: Francescahung In this episode, she explains: ■ How Influencing Crept Up On Her: Why she never thought of early Instagram as “content creation,” and how posting for fun turned into a serious industry. ■ Protecting Your Brand: How she works with her agent, why they decline more than they accept (“you’re defined by what you decline”), and why she only promotes products she genuinely uses. ■ The Authenticity Paradox: Why audiences crave “real” content, why behind-the-scenes posts are still curated, and where she draws the line on what she shares of her family and private life. ■ Feeding the Beast: The pressure to post constantly, how the algorithm has shifted from Reels to carousels, and what she learned when she stepped back. ■ The Hidden Workload: Why one brief means producer, stylist, hair and makeup, videographer and editor, all before the agency and tax take their cut. ■ Stigma and the Future: How she handles the negative image of influencing, why she’d ask her own daughter “what do you want to make content about?”, and the quick-fire round on money, stability and going full time. Questions asked in this episode (for reference): When did you realise you had started a content creation career?How much of your work does your agent handle before you create anything?What was the conversation like when you decided how to handle becoming a mum online?Is there any part of your life where you say “this is as far as I’ll share”?Would you rather show more authenticity and have more success, or keep things the way they are?Do you follow creators who only post fashion without showing their whole lives?How do you navigate the products you really use versus the ones you have to show?Do you have the luxury of saying no because you’re at this point in your career?Do you feel you have to post constantly?Has the algorithm changed how you post on Instagram versus TikTok?Do brands see all your stats, and are prices based on a formula or negotiated?Do you get anxiety about how a post will perform?Have you worked with a brand where you thought “what was this?”Does the pressure of always being “on” lead to burnout?If your daughter wanted to become a content creator, would you say yes or no?How do you deal with the stigma of the job?What misconceptions do people have about your job that you wish they didn’t?What tip would you give young people getting into content creation?Quick fire: Is influencing financially rewarding? Financially stable? Is there a follower number you need to go full time?Was there a surreal moment in your career?

  8. Jul 16

    9 Years Inside Afghanistan: The War Photographer Who Stayed

    Why don't war photos shock us anymore? Andrew Quilty spent 9 years as a photojournalist in Afghanistan: photographing the Taliban, the war, and the day Kabul fell and he has an answer. In this episode, we get into how the images on your feed shape what you believe about war, why you feel less every time you scroll, and what nine years behind the camera taught him about what a single photo can and can't do. Andrew is the first photographer ever to win the Gold Walkley for his image inside the US-bombed MSF hospital in Kunduz. He's the author of August in Kabul and is currently a witness in a war crimes trial. In this episode, he explains: ■ The Checklist in Your Head: Why he arrived in Afghanistan with a superficial list of images (burqas, poverty, violence), how it changed as he came to understand the place, and why he chose not to push to photograph women in private homes. ■ The Camera as a Shield: Why he calls his camera a shield from fear and trauma, why it never made him feel safe from harm, and how walking towards danger feels from the inside. ■ Can One Photo Change the World? Why we remember only a handful of images, why people read photographs through their own worldview, and why context matters. ■ Who Shapes the Story: How the editors and institutions behind publications influence what we see, what independent media gains and loses without guardrails, and what social media does to our appetite for the dramatic. ■ The Kunduz Hospital: How he got into the city, what he found, and why tracking down the man’s family gave an anonymous image a human story. ■ Kabul Falls: What the final days looked like from inside the city, what he feared and didn’t, and why he says “it’s complicated” is the one thing to hold in mind whenever you see a war image online. This episode discusses war, violence and death. 00:19 What Do Photojournalists Want From a Photo? 02:32 The Checklist: What He Expected to Photograph 05:15 How Afghans and the Taliban Treated Him 09:56 When the Camera Puts You in Danger 13:20 Walking Towards a Blast 17:15 Trauma, Choice and Coming Home to Sydney 20:39 Is the Camera a Shield or a Weapon? 25:25 Can a Single Photograph Change Anything? 30:50 Editors, Bias and the Machine of Media 34:44 Citizen Journalism and Legacy Media 38:06 Desensitisation and Algorithm Bubbles 42:14 The Kunduz Hospital and the Gold Walkley Photo 01:00:18 The Fall of Kabul 01:08:40 Getting Out 01:10:35 Images as Weapons 01:14:20 What To Remember When You See a War Photo Questions asked in this episode (for reference): What’s the goal most photojournalists operate under when they go out to get photos?What checklist was running in your head when you started?How were you treated by locals because you were a journalist?Did you ever have to navigate the fear of the Taliban?Did the camera ever put you in danger?Did you ever feel targeted as a journalist?What goes through your head walking towards a bomb blast?How do you go home at the end of the day without being harmed, and how do you digest what you’ve seen?Now you’re back in Sydney, do moments transport you back to Afghanistan?Is the camera a shield, a weapon, or something else?Does the camera shield you from people who want to cause you harm?Can a single photograph change that much, or is that a stretch?Was there a discrepancy between what you submitted and what your employers chose?Does citizen journalism contribute positively to how wars are documented?Are we becoming desensitised by the pace of the news cycle?Can you tell the story of the Kunduz hospital photograph?Is finding the man’s family what made the photograph so special?How did Kabul change when it fell, and were you ever scared?Were you ever scared you wouldn’t get out?What’s your opinion on images in conflict being used as a weapon?If people could hold one thing in mind when they see a war image, what should it be?How would you describe the way war is portrayed in the media in one word?

    9 Years Inside Afghanistan: The War Photographer Who Stayed
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Here, half-knowledge meets its limits. We discuss topics we’ve all debated at a dinner party with our friends and ask the experts so that next time you've got the facts.

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    Yalin Buse
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
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