The Quicky

WARNING: today's episode of The Quicky talks about domestic violence and suicide. Lifeline 13 11 14 Until nine weeks ago, Caroline Flack appeared to have everything: a thriving television presenting career, a loving relationship and great friends. But on Sunday night, her family announced she had died in her northeast London apartment. So who was Caroline Flack and how did everything change for her so quickly after a domestic assault just 2 months ago?  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: Gemma Bath, Investigative Reporter, Mamamia 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 past few months, signs have been appearing in doctors' surgeries telling women in no uncertain terms that their family planning won't be catered for by the health professional they've come to see.  So how often are these signs popping up? Are they legal? And will this become even worse if and when the Religious Freedom Bill gets up? Links: https://www.buzzfeed.com/ginarushton/religious-discrimination-bill-reproductive-conscientious 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:  Gina Rushton, Buzzfeed journalist; Anna Brown, CEO Equality 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/Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As people take to the streets to protest against coal, politicians are telling us we need it.  Australia has relied on coal-fired power for such a long time, do we need it to keep going, to keep our phones charged, our lights working and our whole lives ticking?  What's the truth? And what would happen to jobs and the economy if we moved completely to renewables?  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:  Richard Denniss, Chief Economist at The Australia Institute  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.

This episode of The Quicky is intensely adult, so remember that if you're playing it on the school run! Do you know where your G-Spot is? Have you located it and have you had that promised earth-shattering orgasm?  Right in time for Valentine's Day, The Quicky is deep-diving into a woman's G-Spot. Where is it exactly? What do you have to do to locate it? What's actually happening to your body when the right kind of pressure is applied?  So many questions!  Thank goodness we've got all the answers.  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 Jane Chalmers, Lecturer in Physiotherapy at Western Sydney University 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 been a hectic few months of weather here in Australia. We've had fires tearing apart lives, families and towns. And now, floods?  Will this unprecedented rainfall see the end to the long drought facing farmers? And has it been getting to the right place to put out the bushfires?  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:  Fiona Simson, President of the National Farmers Federation; Professor Janette Lindesay, Climatologist, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University.  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 can the Bubonic Plague, the Spanish Flu and Ebola teach us about the future of Coronavirus? And how did they go from being major catastrophes, to being contained?  Today we look at the history of epidemics and what people since the 14th Century until now have done to keep them at bay.  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 Sanjaya Senanayake Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Physician, Australian National University 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.

When we think about chemotherapy side effects, we usually think about things like hair loss and vomiting. But did you know about chemo cravings or cytotoxic poo?  Today we look at some of the unexpected things chemotherapy does when you're attempting to fight off cancer, things that can last for a long time after the chemicals have left your system.  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; Mel Dee, cancer survivor; Michael Jordan, cancer survivor.  If you're currently undergoing cancer treatment and need some help, a tip or two or just someone to talk to, Mel Dee has started a facebook support group which you can find here... https://www.facebook.com/MagicallyMeMelDee/ 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 Hollywood's big day and by the end of tonight, our news feeds will be flooded with celebrities in designer dresses trying to make fashion history. Who can forget Gwyneth's baby pink strappy number the year she won the Oscar? Or Halle Berry's deep maroon floral mesh? But how do these outfits get to the red carpet? In this episode, The Quicky team finds out how designers get noticed, how they get to style Nicole Kidman or Cate Blanchett, how much money exchanges hands, and how Aussie fashion houses have gone in the race to get their best frocks on the carpet. 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:  Jonathan Valdez, fashion journalist and host of Orange Juice and Biscuits podcast http://www.orangejuiceandbiscuits.com/ ; Paula Joye, former fashion editor and web publisher https://www.thejoye.com/ 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.

To smack, or not to smack? That is the question. In Wales, a law has just passed which means it's going to be illegal to smack your children from 2022 but in Australia, it's still very much legal. Today, The Quicky looks into the laws around smacking and the psychological effects on our children when we use corporal punishment.  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:  Jenny Murphy (Claire's Mum!), mother of three and grandmother of five;  Patrick Lenta, Associate Professor in the Law Faculty at University of Technology Sydney (UTS); Dr Vivienne Lewis, Clinical Psychologist, University of Canberra.  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.

This week, Greens Leader Richard Di Natale announced he's leaving parliament to spend time with his growing family.  It's not the first time we've heard this as the reason a politician is getting out of the game.  So, what's it actually like? How many hours a day do politicians work? And how often are you away from your family?  The Quicky gets the low down from Zali Steggall, the politician who unseated Tony Abbott in the last election, and Rebekha Sharkie, a South Australian MP who's been making the trek to Parliament House from South Australia for the last three and a half years.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Jacob Round, Round Sound Music   Guests:  Rebekha Sharkie, Federal Member for Mayo; Zali Steggall, Federal Member for Waringah.  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.