The Quicky

Melbourne families have been in lockdown for a long time now.  What does this mean for the brains and mental health of children?  And is there anything parents can do to help?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/Dodo Terms & Conditions: Call 13 dodo to switch today. NBN minimum cost of $199.90. $10 discount off a $65 NBN Plan with electricity and gas at the same address. Available in certain areas only. Visit dodo.com for full terms & conditions. CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Jacob Round Guests: Karen Young, Child Psychologist; Heather Kelabora, Melbourne Mum; Professor Mike Dockery, Principal Research Fellow Bankwest Curtin Economic Centre.  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at thequicky@mamamia.com.au Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is going on with China and Australia? We've been so polite to each other for such a long time and for the past few months it looks like both countries have taken their gloves off.  Should we be worried? There's no one more qualified to ask than our former PM Kevin Rudd. He was foreign minister, he lived in China for a while and he's fluent in Mandarin. And today, he's talking with The Quicky about Australian-Chinese relations.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ Dodo Terms & Conditions: Visit dodo.com to switch today. NBN minimum cost $200. $5 discount off $85 NBN100 Plan for the first 12 months. Offer ends 31st of October 2020. Average sampled evening speed 82mbps, based on the ACCC Measuring Broadband Australia Report (May 2020) measured across the ACCC’s sampled connections between 7pm-11 pm in February 2020. Speed confirmed when active. Available in certain areas only. Visit dodo.com for full terms & conditions. CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Jacob Round  Guests:  Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at thequicky@mamamia.com.au Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last week, a tweet by writer Doug Murano went viral. It said: "I get tired of “under 40” lists. Show me someone who got their PhD at 60 after losing everything. Give me the 70-year-old debut novelist who writes from a lifetime of love and grief. Give me calloused hands and tender hearts." Under it, were hundreds of examples of people who'd changed their lives, or achieved their life's purpose over the age of 40. So, we wanted you to meet some incredible women who have done that very thing - Maria Georgiou, who launched her interior design career at 40, Dr Louise Randall, who began her medical degree in her late forties and Vicki Laveau-Harvie, who published her first book (which won the Stella Prize!) in her seventies.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Jacob Round Guests:  Maria Georgiou, interior designer; Dr Louise Randall, intern psychiatrist; Vicki Laveau-Harvie, author of Stella Prize winning The Erratics.  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at thequicky@mamamia.com.au Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/ DODO TERMS & CONDITIONS: Call 13 dodo to switch today. NBN minimum cost of $199.90. $10 discount off a $65 NBN Plan with electricity and gas at the same address. Available in certain areas only. Visit dodo.com for full terms & conditions.  Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A recent OECD report has painted a grim picture for Aussie kids: they're some of the most badly bullied on earth.  How can this be? What's going on in our society, and our schools that's making this a reality? The Quicky tries to find the solutions to a very complex problem.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ Dodo Terms & Conditions: Visit dodo.com to switch today. NBN minimum cost $200. $5 discount off $85 NBN100 Plan for the first 12 months. Offer ends 31st of October 2020. Average sampled evening speed 82mbps, based on the ACCC Measuring Broadband Australia Report (May 2020) measured across the ACCC’s sampled connections between 7pm-11 pm in February 2020. Speed confirmed when active. Available in certain areas only. Visit dodo.com for full terms & conditions. CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Jacob Round  Guests:  Dr Justin Coulson, Happy Families  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at thequicky@mamamia.com.au Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Kardashian-Jenners have announced that the twentieth season of Keeping Up With The Kardashianswill be their last.  Over fourteen years, they've changed our culture in really significant ways . The Quicky delves into their legacy and where we might see them next.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Dr Meredith Jones, Brunel University London CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at thequicky@mamamia.com.au Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/ DODO TERMS & CONDITIONS: Call 13 dodo to switch today. NBN minimum cost of $199.90. $10 discount off a $65 NBN Plan with electricity and gas at the same address. Available in certain areas only. Visit dodo.com for full terms & conditions.Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's been nineteen years since one of the most cataclysmic times in our recent history: September 11 and the crashing of planes into the World Trade Centre and Pentagon.  On that day, 2977 people died. Among them, 10 Australians.  Alexander Downer was the foreign minister of Australia at the time, and he coordinated our response.  He joins Claire Murphy on The Quicky to talk about that fateful time.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  The Hon. Alexander Downer, former Foreign Minister of Australia.  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at thequicky@mamamia.com.au Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Australia in recession, a whole new generation of workers is finding out how hard it is to get a job when times are tough.  The Quicky investigates whether the stories are true - are hundreds of people going for every job? Is it impossible to get an interview? And, what can you do to put yourself in front of the pack if you're looking for work?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Sarah McCann-Bartlett, CEO Australian HR Institute; Tamara Robson, job seeker; Lauren Hynoski, job seeker.  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at thequicky@mamamia.com.au Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over the weekend, the Victorian Government finally acknowledged that single people, and people who live alone have been struggling.  So what's it really been like to be a single person living through a pandemic? And how can we best support our single friends?  The Quicky finds out.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Nick Tebbey, Relationships Australia; Natalie Jones; Skye Jeffries; Alison Cosker.  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at thequicky@mamamia.com.au Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Melania Trump is one of the great mysteries of the Trump Presidency.  From the get go, she looked as though she wasn't all that happy to be there - and in the intervening years the internet became filled with what it thought were her silent pleas to be 'rescued'.  Yet, of late, she's come out swinging online on behalf of her husband.  So, who is Melania Trump? And is there much truth to a new book about her, by her so-called best friend?The Quicky investigates.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Jacob Round  Guests:  Matthew Bevan, Reporter,  America, If You're Listening  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at thequicky@mamamia.com.au Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

COVID19 has been a dire time for our economy, but there are some businesses who've managed to make it through, and even thrive.  Stagekings in Sydney usually supply concert venues and theatres with sets, so they faced complete ruin until they pivoted to constructing home office furniture... and have ended up hiring seventy new staff. And, how would you think a florist in Melbourne would go?Listen to today's The Quicky for some actual good news stories about post-COVID19 business.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Gemma Bath  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Dr Billy Sung, consumer psychology expert, Curtin University; Jeremy Fleming, Stagekings; Melanie Woodyard, Pretty Poppy Flower Design.  CONTACT US Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at thequicky@mamamia.com.au Looking for other podcasts to listen to?  You'll find all our Mamamia shows at https://mamamia.com.au/podcasts/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.