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This week actress Alyssa Milano called for women in the US to go on a sex strike saying until women get their body autonomy back, it's too dangerous to risk pregnancy. She's protesting anti abortion legislation that was signed into law in the state of Georgia which makes terminations illegal is there's a fetal heartbeat. But how effective is a sex strike? Has it worked in the past? Will it work no...

James Charles is one of youtube's most influential beauty vloggers, he's made millions out of showing people how to apply makeup online... but something went down recently that has seen him set the unenviable record of losing the most followers in 24 hours. Today we find out what happened and why the drama isn't an unusual occurrence in the world of beauty youtubers. CREDITS Host/Producer: Claire...

Is there someone in your social media feed that you follow purely because you can't stand them? It's called hate following, and today we're diving into why we take so much pleasure in irritating ourselves with their behaviour and why we invest so much emotion into a person we don't even like. CREDITS Host/Producer: Claire Murphy Executive Producer: Elle Beattie Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri Thanks...

Britney Spears hasn't been in control of her own affairs in over a decade now and there's no end in sight for the conservatorship that controls her career, her finances and her personal life. Today we take a closer look at the agreement that has left one of the world's biggest pop stars in a lifetime lockdown. CREDITS Host/Producer: Claire Murphy Executive Producer: Elle Beattie Audio Producer: Ia...

Who do I vote for? It's a question many of you have been asking of The Quicky Team so today we're breaking down the major parties and some more notable smaller ones so that you can head to the polls on May 18 as informed as you can be! CREDITS Host/Producer: Claire Murphy Executive Producer: Elle Beattie Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri Thanks to our special guests ABC journalist Alison Branley, Nath...

Did you know that women wearing a seat belt who are involved in a car accident, are 47% more likely to be seriously injured than a man involved in the same collision? That's due to the fact that seatbelts are designed to fit the average body shape of men, not women.  In today's episode we'll be speaking with engineer Kat Ely to hear about some of these potentially deadly design flaws that are...

Congratulations Meghan and Harry! The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are the proud parents of a gorgeous baby boy - name TBA With the arrival of the seventh in line to the throne we take a look at the protocols and traditions surrounding a royal birth and the history of what was expected of royal women in the past. CREDITS Host/Producer: Claire Murphy Executive Producer: Elle Beattie Audio Producer: I...

The water buyback deal that has been making headlines in the past week has the plot twists of a good movie. There are offshore companies, companies formerly owned by current MP's and the multi million dollar payment for water that can't even be owned by anyone. Today The Guardian reporter Anne Davies and Centre Alliance Senator Rex Patrick help us wade through Watergate and find out where your mon...

On Tuesday, the parent of a child at a NSW school stabbed a teacher with a pair of scissors. It sounds extreme but those educating our children say that dealing with some parents unrealistic expectations and escalating violence is becoming an all too familiar shared experience. Today we speak to reporter Melissa Fyfe who is investigating the rise of the new school yard bully - overprotective paren...

When Australian woman Justine Damond called 911 on the night of July 15 2017 to report a disturbance behind her house in Minneapolis, she would never have thought that she would end up being the victim. Nearly 2 years later and the police officer who shot and killed Justine has been found guilty of 3rd degree murder and 2nd degree manslaughter. Today we speak to a reporter who was in the courtroom...

Yesterday we saw the career of an Australian politician implode after footage of him groping strippers and making sexist and racist remarks was shown on national television. The video footage of what Steve Dickson did is deeply offensive to women, racist and far from the family values he claims to stand by. But this footage didn't come out of nowhere. Did you know there are people who are specific...

Reality TV shows like Bachelor in Paradise and Married at First Sight have recently been accused of highlighting a behaviour that is stone cold psychological manipulation, even a type of emotional abuse. You've probably heard the term gaslighting used to describe a particularly toxic type of behaviour. It's a way of making someone question their own memory, perception, even their sanity. Today we...

What's it really like to give birth while you're in jail? We found out from Lindy Chamberlain on Anh Do's Brush with Fame last week, the trauma she went through having to hand over her baby just one hour after she was born. She was just beginning her life sentence for the death of her daughter Azaria. In today's episode we explore the life of Mums in jail, what it's like to give birth while in cus...

Who is paying for terrorists to do what they do? This week we saw more than 200 people killed in Sri Lanka after suicide bombers hit churches, hotels and guest houses on Easter Sunday. We've heard several groups are connected to the attack with Islamic State taking formal credit for it. But who are these organisations and who is paying for these well planned and well resourced operations? Today we...

ANZAC Day is the day we remember those Australians and New Zealanders who have served and died in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations across the world. And as we gather for Remembrance services, we here at Mamamia wanted to take the opportunity to also celebrate the lives of 5 amazing women whose efforts during World War I are nothing short of incredible. In today's episode, we'll tell you...

On June 29 2016, Melbourne woman Karen Ristevski was murdered. It would take nearly three years for her killer to be brought to justice but what led to her husband finally cracking and admitting he was the one who took Karen's life? Today we speak to court reporter Eliza Rugg who will step us through the lies, the deception and the guilty plea that could allow killer Borce Ristevski to walk free i...

How do sex scenes work? Intimacy coordinator Ita O'Brien says before she came along a director would often send the actors off on their own to figure out their own boundaries. Now, Ita has created a set of guidelines that she says makes the sex scenes filmed today, even steamier and more realistic. Today, we learn how to choreograph a sex scene so that every angle, every touch and every emotion is...

What if something like your Uber rating affected everything you do in life? That's what's happening in China right now, there are trials underway to create a social credit scoring system that will have an impact on whether you can travel, get a loan, even access a dating app. So what does it look like to have your every moment tracked, monitored and reported on? We speak to Mamamia reporter Gemma...

In late 2016 Fernando Manrique hooked two gas cylinders up to his Sydney home. Those cylinders contained deadly carbon monoxide, an odourless colourless gas which would, later that night, filter through the bedrooms of his wife and two children. The story that first hit the headlines wasn't the same as the one we're hearing at the inquest now. Those headlines pointed to stressed parents and the bu...

Last week, the co-founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange was arrested by British Police after spending nearly 7 years holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. The 47 year old is now in custody waiting to see if the situation he predicted would happen, the conspiracy that sexual assault allegations were all a ruse to get him to the US to face charges he helped leak confidential military document...

Welcome Game of Thrones fans to a very special day... Monday April 15 (for Australians) is the debut of the first episode of the eighth and final series. But where did all this start? How did this story of kings and queens, of ethically questionable behaviour and dragons cement itself as the epic tale of our time? Today we speak to a woman who has dedicated herself to the study of the phenomena th...

Hands up if you're guilty of flushing a wet wipe down the loo, or pouring oil from your frypan down the sink? Then you are a co-creator of a fatberg! Fatbergs are a relatively recent phenomena, clogging our sewage systems and creating a dirty job that costs millions of dollars a year to keep under control. Today our experts take us down into the sewers and break down a dirty, smelly problem that w...

Do we really need a child sex offender register? Will it help protect potential victims or will it just hinder the potential rehabilitation of those whose names end up on it? Today we speak to both sides of the debate. Dr Karen Gelb has the hard facts on why it causes more harm and fear, while Bruce Morcombe, whose son Daniel was murdered by a known child sex offender tells us who needs it the mos...

What's the motivation behind online catfishing? When Melbourne woman Lydia Abdelmalek turned up to face court in 2019, no one would have pegged her as a mastermind of online deception. But the 29 year old was found guilty of 6 counts of online stalking involving multiple victims, a multi layered world, a Home and Away star and sadly, even a death. But what was her motivation? We speak to the journ...

Teenager Hoda Sharrouf and her sisters want to come home to Australia, the problem is, they're the daughters of Aussie ISIS fighter Khaled Sharrouf and his wife Tara Nettleton. With both of their parents now dead and the daughters trying to survive in a squalid and dangerous refugee camp, the politics of their situation is now in the headlines. Do we bring the children who had no say in joining th...