The Quicky

It's part of the national conversation - should the kids go back to school classrooms when the holidays are finished?  Victoria is already back, with online learning. Queensland is back on Monday, planning five weeks of online learning at least.  Yet, the Prime Minister wants children to physically go back to school now.  What do the educators and scientists think?  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:  Kevin Bates, President of the Queensland Teachers Union; Suzi Mackay, teacher; Alex, teacher; Professor Raina McIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, UNSW.   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.

You've seen them: floating around on your friend's facebook page, popping up in your Twitter feed, maybe they've even made an appearance during a video call with your sister in law. COVID19 conspiracies.  As people try to make sense of what's happening to our world at the moment, people who need answers (or want to sell you something) are coming up with all types of conspiracies.  The Quicky is determined to find out what the science actually says.  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 Darren Saunders, Assistant Professor, Medical Sciences at the University of New South Wales  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.

If you're single, you've probably never felt more single than right now.   How are you meant to get to know someone new when you can't meet at the pub for a few drinks or grab a meal in a restaurant? What chance have you got for a first pash when even the cinema is closed?  The Quicky finds out how single people are adapting to dating while in social isolation.  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:  Tanya Koens, Sex and relationship therapist; Brielle and Georgia, daters.  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.

Have you dared to dream about the life we might have when quarantine ends?  What might it look like for you?  There are three possible ways it might happen for Australia, and Dr Norman Swan from ABC's Coronacast takes us through them.  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 Norman Swan, ABC's Coronacast  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.

All around the country, State Governments and the Federal Government are giving the same message: this Easter Weekend, you need to stay at home.  Why? Surely it's okay if you're going to stay in a house and not go into town? Isn't it safer to be in a smaller place, where there are less people infected by COVID19?  The Quicky answers all these questions. Basically, you need to stay at home, friend.  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 Brad McKay, GP; Erika Vickery OAM, Mayor of Naracoorte Lucindale Council and President of the Limestone Coast Local Government Association.  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 High Court, the highest judicial system in our country, has overturned the conviction of Cardinal George Pell.  After over a year in Barwon Prison, the Cardinal has now been released to carry on his life as a free man. So what now for him, and his accusers?  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: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Noel Debien, religion specialist with the ABC's radio religion and ethics unit. 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 hospitals gearing up to be filled with COVID19 patients, and elective surgery shut down for at least the next few months, what's going to happen to women who want to have babies, or are having babies?  Over the past few weeks, stories have been gathering around how many people are allowed in a room with a laboring woman, what is the truth?  The Quicky investigates what the immediate future for pregnancy and babies looks like for women in Australia.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ Listen: Mamamia's Get Me Pregnant  CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Dr Manuela Toledo, Fertility Specialist and OBGYN, Melbourne IVF; Tessa, pregnant with twins.  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 week has been filled with stories of people being taken straight from the airport and into quarantine in hotels across the country. These international travellers have been mocked for speaking out about the conditions they found inside: a lack of fresh air, space for exercise and average food.  Is it really so bad? And, a few days into quarantine are things improving?  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:  Tara, in quarantine in Sydney; Troy, in quarantine in Melbourne.  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.

It's the only other thing anyone is talking about: Netflix's binge-worthy Tiger King Murder Mayhem and Madness.  The filmmakers had hoped the film would do for captive tigers what Blackfish did for captive whales but has it missed the mark? How can the animal cruelty message get through, when there are so many big personalities in the way?  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 Bond, entertainment editor News.com.au; Danika Oriol-Morway, county director of Four Paws USA 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.

America has now overtaken China in the unenviable spot as the country with most diagnoses of COVID-19. It's fair to say President Donald Trump's leadership has flip flopped from believing Coronavirus a hoax, to being "at war with a deadly virus" that might kill 240,000 Americans. With an election coming soon, will Trump get to be president for a second term?  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:  Adam Zwar, actor and screenwriter living in LA; Kassie McClung, journalist Read Frontier; Chas Licciardello, ABC's Planet America.   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.