The Quicky

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

On the third of May 2007 three year old Madeleine McCann vanished from an apartment in Praia da Luz in Portugal. The McCanns were visiting from the United Kingdom, where they lived. She was sleeping in a room with her twin siblings while her parents were at a restaurant 130 feet away. The parents took turns checking on the children, but when Madeleines mum Kate checked later in the night, she foun...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

Every day we are surrounded by endless information. We are taking things in when we check our phones, turn on the tv, go to the supermarket, get in our cars. It's almost inescapable. Most of us carry phones with us all day everyday. Phones that have the entire internets knowledge at the end of our fingertips.  With our lives now so information saturated, there is research stating that our cognitiv...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

For weeks now we've seen just how devastating the impacts of a large earthquake can be.  While Turkey and Syria were desperately trying to free people from the rubble, our neighbours in New Zealand were also hit by a large tremor.  But why don't we see that kid of devastating earthquake happen here in Australia?  On today's episode we speak to an expert to find out if we're at risk of a big tremor...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

Almost every hour of everyday an Australian woman dies of heart disease. On average, that equates to 20 women a day.  Every February, Heart Research Australia dedicates a month to heart research - they call it RedFeb. On top of asking for people to wear red and donate, they're raising awareness for the under diagnosis and lack of treatment for women with heart disease.  In this episode of The Quic...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

This weekend Sydney kicks off WorldPride, a global celebration for the LGBTQIA+ community. 17 days of events, performances, rainbows and glitter as far as the eye can see.  We'll see buildings lit up in the Pride flag, streets lined for the annual Mardi Gras Parade,  and thousands of LGBTQIA+ members celebrating.  But amidst the celebration, will also be a human rights conference that aims to crea...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

Earlier this month 16 year old Stella Berry was bitten and killed by a shark in Perth's Swan River. It's the first shark fatality for Australia in 2023, and the first in The Swan River in a century.  We all know there are sharks in ocean. We all know that they are dangerous predators.  But do you know what to do when confronted with one?  In this episode of The Quicky, we speak to a man who was bi...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

You might have seen some videos on the news and social media lately about people being stopped by police refusing to hand over personal details. These people often say the police have no jurisdiction over them because they are Sovereign Citizens.  These people have increased in numbers since the Covid pandemic with anti-government sentiment on the rise, many decided it's time to free themselves fr...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

I'm sure many of us have stories about the times we begged our parents to let us stay home from school. We'd fake tummy aches or sore heads just to have the chance to stay home watching daytime TV. Sometimes it was because we forgot to do our homework, some of us may have experienced bullying or we simply just didn't fit in.  But now there are thousands of parents who say their children physically...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

Pamela Anderson's Netflix documentary and memoir have both been released recently - detailing the most intimate moments of her life, from her turbulent childhood, her marriage breakdown with Tommy Lee and all the details about that sex tape.  In this episode of The Quicky, we speak to Jessica Bennett, a New York Times journalist who sat down one on one with Pamela to find out what she's really lik...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

Reality TV has given us some pretty iconic moments over the years. It was often the topic of conversation in workplaces, schools & dinner tables. Nollsie or Guy Sebastian? Sarah Marie's antics on Big Brother. The Next Top Model Finale stuff up. We've really seen it all.  But in more recent times the number of people watching these shows has been dropping.  What's to blame? Is it that we have m...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

Last week, the Therapeutic Goods Administration changed the classification of Psilocybin and MDMA to allow psychiatrists to prescribe them for use in treating some mental health disorders.  But with this change comes questions. Who will benefit from their use? Who will be eligible?  In today's episode of The Quicky, we speak to professionals to break down psychedelics for the treatment of mental h...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...

Last week a giant balloon drifted across the United States.  Americans are saying it's a Chinese spy balloon, a claim the Chinese government denies saying it's a weather balloon that's drifted off course.   On Saturday an F-22 Fighter Jet shot it down, it's remains falling into the ocean below.  In this episode of The Quicky, we take a look at what spy balloons are, what they're capable of and if...

Welcome to The Quicky, getting you up to speed daily.  On top of The Quicky team bringing you a daily deep dive on one topic that has captured your attention along with the morning news headlines, we also update you each afternoon from 5pm with the evening headlines. If you have a topic you would like us to look into further, email thequicky@mamamia.com.au with your story suggestions. CREDITS  Hos...