Life Matters - Separate stories podcast

In our regular segment My Two Cents, we ask those questions you'd rather not answer about money.Comedian and former triple j breakfast host shares why sometimes it's ok to make money decisions with your heart, not your head. 

If you're a millennial on the internet, you likely have a whole library of you own personal embarrassing digital history floating around out there.But when we post photos of our own kids, we're writing the first chapters of their digital history, and that's a lot of responsibility to get it right. What happens when you get it wrong?

When you think about your dad, what does he look like?Which kinds of memories does he feature in... and where's he absent? Fathering takes many forms, as diverse as the dads that span the country. Now a group of researchers have set out to document the history of "dad-ing" across the last century.

Giving birth at home used to be fringe but it's gaining popularity. Since 2019, delivering a baby at home under the supervision of a birthing specialist have doubled across Australia. So what's driving women to choose a homebirth? And what needs to be done to make it more accessible? 

Australia is seeing unprecedented rates of burnout with many workers taking "sick days" to try and cope with the ongoing demands of work and life in the midst of a cost of living crisis.But could adding a single public holiday help tackle burnout? 

Netflix has used artificial intelligence in one of its TV shows for the first time, with visual effects for series El Eternauta completed in one tenth the usual time. But experts say this efficiency isn't always for the best - with companies outsourcing basic tasks, it limits the need for interns and graduate employees. 

Wake up, work, chores, sleep and repeat. Life’s grind can leave you burnt out and craving balance.But what if the secret to feeling better is adding more? How getting a hobby can make your life better. 

In a submission to the economic roundtable the federal government is hosting in August, Westpac says there's major productivity gains to be made if one million Australians moved out of the cities and into the regions.Would a mass influx of city slickers overwhelm regional towns? What planning and infrastructure would we need to enable this transition?

Earlier this year fast fashion retailer Princess Polly received a coveted tick of approval in the sustainability world: B Corp certification.But people are fired up that the brand is now listed as a sustainable company.So can fast fashion be socially and environmentally responsible? 

Chernobyl, Auschwitz, the Killing Fields, and most recently, Leongatha in Victoria.Now, the Jonestown cult site is opening as a tourist attraction and survivors have voiced their concern.  It begs the question - is it ethically dubious to visit these tragic sites? And is it possible to visit in a respectful way?