ABC Radio National

22/07/2024

A footy player has one final chance to kick an easy goal to get his team into the finals. He’s right in front of the goals. He lines up. Kicks. Misses.

The pressure of such a moment was phenomenal, and the player choked under it.

So what happens in the brain during such intense periods? Why can some people remain calm while others can’t handle it?

🎧 All in the Mind — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

The siren has sounded. The scores are even. A footy player has one final chance to kick an easy goal to get his team into the finals.

He’s right in front of the goals. He lines up. Kicks. Misses. The pressure of such a moment was phenomenal, and the player choked under it.

So what happens in the...

22/07/2024

It's a dilemma faced by countless criminals.

The heist, deal or operation has worked, bringing in a huge amount of money. But now where do you put it?

🎧 The Money — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

From cryptocurrency to video games, criminals are turning to some surprising digital technologies to help launder money.

22/07/2024

Director Lee Isaac Chung discusses his latest film, Twisters. It's a disaster epic starring Daisy Edgar Jones and Glen Powell, which follows a pair of storm chasers who risk their lives to test a radical new weather alert system.

🎧 The Screen Show — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

Director Lee Isaac Chung on Twisters, a disaster film starring Daisy Edgar Jones and Glen Powell, about a pair of storm chasers who risk their lives to test a radical new weather alert system.

22/07/2024

What does it mean to be fully alive? Elizabeth Oldfield has ditched the conventional script of what life can look like — instead choosing to live in what she calls a "micro-monastery".

🎧 Soul Search — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

What does it mean to be fully alive? Elizabeth Oldfield has ditched the conventional script of what life can look like — instead choosing to live in what she calls a "micro-monastery".

21/07/2024

Once you get past the initial ick-factor of toothbrush sharing, it's worth considering whether there are any actual harms.

Whether we like it or not, our mouths are home to a unique microbiome. As Norman and Tegan explain, it's influenced by what we eat, who we kiss — and yes, who we might share a toothbrush with.

🎧 What's That Rash? — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

Once you get past the initial ick-factor of toothbrush sharing, it's worth considering whether there are any actual harms.

21/07/2024

Australia's relationship with South Korea might not get a lot of attention but it's becoming increasingly important.

🎧 Rear Vision— Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

The country's position as a democracy next to China and North Korea is critical.
We examine South Korea's role on the global stage and how the society is changing.

21/07/2024

The attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump, while undeniably shocking, was not altogether surprising.

Experts say it was just the latest blow in a steady drumbeat of political violence that has only grown louder over the last decade.

🎧 The Minefield — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

What does it take for such violence to become thinkable? Do we possess the democratic antibodies to resist the contagion of violence?

21/07/2024

When calculating a sentence, a judge weighs up many considerations, including remorse. But is it really possible to determine if an offender is genuinely sorry?

🎧 Law Report — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

When calculating a sentence, a judge weighs up many considerations, including remorse. But is it really possible to determine if an offender is genuinely sorry?

20/07/2024

There are plenty of ways technology can make life easier.

For people with disabilities, tech can help with mobility, communication, pain management — and pleasure.

🎧 Health Report — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

There are plenty of ways technology can make life easier.

For people with disability tech can help with mobility, communication, pain management – and pleasure.

S*x tech is a niche market that’s growing, to make pleasure accessible to all.

20/07/2024

In the past, tattoos were associated with criminality, promiscuity and poor morality.

That's changed substantially, but does social stigma still exist in some form against people with tattoos?

🎧 Life Matters — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

We look at contemporary views of tattoos through a gender lens and find that tattooed women and men experience social stigma in different ways.

20/07/2024

Melbourne City Council is considering turning off billboards and signage between midnight and sunrise, due to the negative impacts on residents' health and the city's biodiversity.

This all comes amid growing research into the impact of light pollution on sleep and circadian rhythms.

So how much do lights affect your sleep? And how do you get the best night's sleep possible?

🎧 RN Drive — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

Melbourne City Council is considering turning off billboards and signage between midnight and sunrise due to the negative impacts on residents' health and the city's biodiversity.

20/07/2024

At 103 years old, Ethel May Punshon, aka Miss Montague, aka Mickey, aka Monte, was crowned the "world's oldest le***an".

But that wasn't how she summed up her own long, mysterious and adventurous life.

🎧 Conversations — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

Monte Punshon was 103 years old when she was crowned the world's oldest le***an, but that wasn't how she summed up her extraordinary life. Historian Tessa Morris-Suzuki charts Monte's adventures through underground bars and secret clubs

19/07/2024

Iran’s new president Masoud Pezeshkian is touted as being a reformist, with a more conciliatory approach to a broad range of issues, from the women’s movement, to nuclear co-operation and relations with Western countries.

But ultimately, the country is still ruled by the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini and the ultraconservative Guardian Council. So how much difference can he really make?

🎧 Late Night Live — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

Iran’s new president Masoud Pezeshkian is touted as being a reformist, with a more conciliatory approach to a broad range of issues, from the women’s movement, to nuclear co-operation and relations with Western countries.

19/07/2024

Even the biggest stars start somewhere 😮

The host of The Screen Show, Jason Di Rosso reveals how he and Hugh Jackman worked together as waiters in an Italian restaurant in Perth, Western Australia.

The Screen Show – Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

19/07/2024

Money, kidnapping, reality TV, politics, corruption, families, love, and betrayal in all three books on this edition of The Bookshelf.

🎧 The Bookshelf — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

Money, kidnapping, reality TV, politics, corruption, families, love, and betrayal in all three books on this edition of The Bookshelf. Kate Evans and Jonathan Green, with guests Farz Edraki and Johan Gabrielsson, read Taffy Brodesser-Akner's Long Island Compromise, Porochistaa Khakpour's Tehrangeles...

19/07/2024

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19/07/2024

Georgia Weir was in crisis.

For years the Kuku Yalanji woman from Queanbeyan, NSW, had been experiencing the impacts of trauma, including addiction and mental health problems.

And then, in 2013, something turned her life around.

🎧 Life Matters — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

For Kuku Yalanji woman Georgia Weir, running became a way to manage the impacts of trauma that she'd battled for much of her life. Now she's keen to share its incredible impact with as many people as she can.

19/07/2024

A country in which almost everyone is Muslim might seem an unlikely place for the government to impose a ban on the hijab. But the parliament of Tajikistan has done just that.

🎧 The Religion and Ethics Report — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

A country in which almost everyone is Muslim might seem an unlikely place for the government to impose a ban on the hijab. So why has the parliament of Tajikistan done so?

18/07/2024

Can you get the answer?

18/07/2024

What could a sugar tax look like in Australia?

A parliamentary report has recommended a tax on sugary drinks, which dozens of other countries have in place. Research out of the UK shows their levy has lowered the amount of added sugar kids and adults are consuming.

🎧 Health Report — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

A parliamentary report has recommended a tax on sugary drinks, which dozens of other countries have in place.

Research out of the UK shows their levy has lowered the amount of added sugar kids and adults are consuming.

What could a sugar tax look like in Australia?

Guest
Dr Nina Rogers, Univers...

18/07/2024

Understandings of a "good death" have changed over time, but rituals, rites and ceremonies are still deeply meaningful — whether we're religious or not.

🎧 God Forbid — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

Our species has plenty of experience with death, but in many families the topic remains taboo.

18/07/2024

In the back of our minds, we all know that there’s very little that’s real about reality TV — but you might be shocked to discover just how deceptive – and ethically questionable – some of the television tactics really are.

🎧 Quick Smart — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

So are the humans behind these characters we love to hate really so awful? And how does being cast as a TV villain impact a person’s mental health and life outside the show?

18/07/2024

Every four years, the Olympic Games are watched by billions of people around the world, who marvel at the athletes' extraordinary abilities.

And, for those who know what to look for, some of the deeply religious traditions rooted in the Games' history are also on display.

🎧 God Forbid — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

Modern Olympians might not compete naked or offer blood tributes to the gods. But there are a number of rituals you'll see at this year's Games that carry ancient religious roots.

17/07/2024

For many Indigenous performers, publicity comes with the burden of being a role model — particularly if they are women.

So, who has the right to be 'bad'?

🎧 Awaye! — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

For many Indigenous performers publicity comes with the burden of being a role model. Their only options seem to be a pedestal or oblivion, particularly if they are women.

17/07/2024

Have you ever fallen so deeply into your relationship, you’ve started to forget who you are?

Ladies, We Need To Talk – Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

17/07/2024

Now retired, Canberra’s most prominent self described ‘child mime’ recounts a storied career: from falling out of a tree at age seven, to miming through an electrical storm, to unnerving the late great Marcel Marceau.

🎧 Days Like These — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

Now retired, Canberra’s most prominent self described ‘child mime’ recounts a storied career: from falling out of a tree at age seven, to miming through an electrical storm, to unnerving the late great Marcel Marceau… and the day the wheels came off and it all went to sh*t.

17/07/2024

Having grit or perseverance can help you manage life’s challenges and achieve your goals, but it's not always easy to do.

When have you had to show grit in your life?

Comment below or email [email protected]

🎧 Life Matters — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

17/07/2024

Did you know that cancer is not just a disease of the animal kingdom?

🎧 What The Duck?! — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

While cancer doesn't affect plants like it does us, it can have costly implications for farmers and other growers.

17/07/2024

A lizard thought extinct for more than 30 years is currently enjoying a second shot at life in a undisclosed location outside of Adelaide.

But without a helping hand, the pocket-sized reptile may be lost again — this time for good.

🎧 The Science Show — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

We visit a secret field in South Australia housing a group of lizards once thought extinct. Researchers hope their conservation efforts might provide a blueprint for other animals at risk of dying out due to climate change.

16/07/2024

"The attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, highlights a serious if frequently neglected issue: the rapid spread of misinformation and confusion in moments of crisis," writes Milad Haghani.

🎧 Religion and Ethics — Listen now on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

The attempted assassination of the former president at a rally in Pennsylvania highlights a serious issue: the rapid spread of misinformation and confusion during critical and chaotic events.