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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.

Life Matters - Full program podcast ABC listen

    • Society & Culture
    • 3.6 • 30 Ratings

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.

    Radical honesty and having your name used in a book

    Radical honesty and having your name used in a book

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

    • 54 min
    Recovering from work addiction and a tradition of protests on campus

    Recovering from work addiction and a tradition of protests on campus

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

    • 54 min
    Will the budget ease cost of living pressures? And why you should get lost in your own town

    Will the budget ease cost of living pressures? And why you should get lost in your own town

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

    • 54 min
    Calls for increased childcare subsidies and libraries concerned about book bans

    Calls for increased childcare subsidies and libraries concerned about book bans

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

    • 54 min
    How anticipating happiness leads to a joyful life & why luxury fragrance sales are booming in a cost-of-living crisis

    How anticipating happiness leads to a joyful life & why luxury fragrance sales are booming in a cost-of-living crisis

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

    • 54 min
    Why we find it hard to ask for help, and splitting the bill with a fussy freeloader

    Why we find it hard to ask for help, and splitting the bill with a fussy freeloader

    Many of us struggle to ask for help when we need it, even when most people we love are willing to support us. So what holds us back, and how do you ask for the help you need without overstepping?

    Plus, Jenny Tian and Suren Jayemanne unpick an annoying lunch encounter for Ask Aunty.

    • 54 min

Customer Reviews

3.6 out of 5
30 Ratings

30 Ratings

incognito82 ,

Life does matter

This podcat is categorized "kids & family" and I found this misleading. I expected to hear about raising children, parenting issues, etc. But it is so much more and better. It's really about what matters in life through convesations. I love this show.

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Efficient or just rude?

It’s obvious that the interviewer is bored and wants to end each conversation as quickly - oh I mean efficiently - as possible ...
Time is of the essence, or is it just a pain in the neck?

Samantha122 ,

Thought-provoking and thoughtful

The issues covered in this podcast are relevant to all of us, even outside of Australia, and coverage is thorough. The host creates a real community and treats subjects with intellect and compassion. I wish we had a similar program in the U.S.

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