Life Matters
Life Matters podcast gives you the complete program from start to finish, with Richard Aedy hosting interviews and discussions about what's affecting our daily health and wellbeing at home, work and school.
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10 Episodes of this Podcast:
LMS 2009-11-20
Published: 2009-11-19 09:00:00Talkback: Enduring toys Some toys have real lasting power -- think train sets, building blocks and yoyos. They never go out of style.
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LMS 2009-11-19
Published: 2009-11-18 09:00:00World Toilet Day We may take toilets for granted -- but just imagine what life would be like if you didn´t have a toilet down the corridor, or one at your workplace. Imagine if the local school had no loos, or life without toilet paper or washbasins. Music Track - It's your voodoo working Students and work report A report on school students who also work was tabled in Parliament this week, by the House of Representatives Education and Training Committee. Emily Maguire: Smoke in the room Living in a share house can really test some people´s limits. Elly Varrenti: sex and Lego Our Melbourne columnist Elly Varrenti has been having some difficult conversations lately.
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LMS 2009-11-18
Published: 2009-11-17 09:00:00Kids in care now When the Prime Minister made the National Apology to the Forgotten Children and Child Migrants on Monday, he spoke strongly about the accountability of current governments, to the children in their care. Wryside economics: money does buy happiness How would you rate your life satisfaction on a scale of one to ten? Eat the dog? If you're trying to calculate your carbon footprint, don't forget to include the family pet! Your feedback Letter of the week - Likeability
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LMS 2009-11-17
Published: 2009-11-16 09:00:00Used to be somebody Gaby Hinsliff was until very recently the political editor of The Observer in the UK, where she admits she was a relatively `big fish in a small pond´. Living with the 'Man Drought' part 3 In this episode Suzanne Hill explains the 'hot delation index', and how it comes into play when dealing with the tricky world of online dating. Meet the listener: Eva Breckon's creative life Meet the listener guest Eva Breckon knew she wanted to play jazz at the age of three. Bryce Courtenay: the story of Danny Dunn Bryce Courtenay is the master of the saga, and his new book is no exception. It spans 50 years and some of the big events and social changes of the 20th century.
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LMS 2009-11-16
Published: 2009-11-15 09:00:00Forgotten Australians special On the day the Prime Minister apologises to the Forgotten Children -- those who were raised in children's homes last century -- and to the former child migrants, this special program tracks the public emergence of these long-overlooked groups of people.
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LMS 2009-11-13
Published: 2009-11-12 09:00:00Talkback: Likeability Do you like to be liked? And what does actually being likeable mean?
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LMS 2009-11-12
Published: 2009-11-11 09:00:00Post natal depression A new awareness campaign on post and antenatal depression is being launched today. Meet Pino Migliorino Australia is full of migration success stories -- we´re built on them. You may be one of every four Australians born overseas. Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill and the Little Hillbillies Australian singer Kasey Chambers might be the most famous musician in her family, but she´s certainly not the only one.
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LMS 2009-11-11
Published: 2009-11-10 09:00:00The power of social networks What if your network, and not just the people you know, but the people they know too, affected your health and happiness in a very profound way? Simon Bryant on eating animals Where do you draw the line about what´s acceptable to eat? Kay loves to dance Kay Solakis is 66, and goes to dance classes most nights of the week. Your feedback Letter of the week: Diaries
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LMS 2009-11-10
Published: 2009-11-09 09:00:00Principals' report card One hundred and fifty school principals are meeting with the federal education minister, Julia Gillard, today to talk about the government's education reforms. Donate Life The Prime Minister no doubt discusses a lot of difficult issues over the dining table -- asylum seekers or the ETS -- but there´s one conversation he´d like all families to have. Kim Traill: Red Square Blues In 1990 Kim Traill made her first trip to the Soviet Union as a young and fairly idealistic classical musician. Meet the listener: Motria's edible landscape Meet the listener guest Motria Tymkiw von Schrieber describes her garden as an edible landscape.
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LMS 2009-11-09
Published: 2009-11-08 09:00:00The two economists: the fall of the wall and the UK economy Oliver Hartwich was a 14-year-old boy living in Essen in West Germany when the Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989. Charlie Perkins Scholarship As we speak there´s a search going on for talented Indigenous students across the country. Two of them could end up studying at the University of Oxford in the UK, one of the world´s most prestigious universities. Living with the 'Man Drought' part 2 In this episode Suzanne Hill tries her luck at speed dating. Music Track - When Doves Cry Mark Thomas: music mentor When words don´t work, music can make a connection.
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