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Ozempic has changed the way we treat diabetes. But it's its ability to aid rapid weight loss that has captured the world's attention.  How will Ozempic change the way we live and interact with the world? Will obesity become a thing of the past? And is this kind of huge change even possible when shortages impact its supply?  Hack unpacks Ozempic with best-selling author Johann Hari, obesity expert...

Over the weekend, thousands of people marched through the streets to rally against gender-based violence and the deaths of 27 women this year. But, a comment by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Canberra's event has drawn criticism from organisers and attendees.  And, in an Australian first a state leader has sat before an Indigenous-led truth-telling inquiry.  Plus, two guys walk into a bar in t...

The staggering number of women being killed by men, including current and ex-partners, has been in the spotlight this week. And two Melbourne best friends have pitched a radical plan: to job-share being a federal MP.  Plus, a US senator has claimed that green texts on iPhones are ruining relationships.  Host Dave Marchese is joined by journalists Sarah Ison and Daanyal Saeed. 

The fight between Elon Musk, the eSafety Commissioner and the Australian government is continuing over whether footage of the Sydney church stabbing should be completely removed from X. eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman-Grant says geoblocking the video doesn't go far enough. Elon Musk says it's "global censorship". So what could this battle for global content take-downs mean for the entire  interne...

25: that’s the shocking number of women who’ve died violently in Australia already this year, according to a tracking project by Counting Dead Women.  And the official HECS/HELP debt indexation figure has been released today after the latest inflation data, and anyone with a debt will have a 4.7% increase on June 1.  Plus, the battle between Elon Musk, X and the eSafety Commissioner is still going...

Are you pro or anti baby? It's not about whether you want kids: it's about whether you think it's okay for a mum to bring along a baby to a comedy performance. After a mum was asked to remove her baby from Arj Barker's standup set, the debate's fired up. And new analysis looking at 45,000 rentals compared the asking prices with things like minimum wage and income support, and found none are afford...

Elon Musk's X has refused to take down videos of the Sydney church stabbing after formal requests from the eSafety Commissioner. X reckons the request is a threat to free speech and a “free and open internet”. And, would you quit your job to work in the mines? More young women are looking at the mining industry to help ease cost of living pressures. Plus, they were once banned from being taught, b...

It's the Friday Shakeup and it's been a big news week. After a massacre in a Sydney shopping centre and an alleged terrorist act in a church two days later, a lot of people are feeling news fatigue. How do you cope? And Caitlin Clark just signed the biggest rookie contract in the WNBA. The problem is it's about $85 million short of her male counterparts in the NBA.  Plus, should the order you and...

Last year, Nathan Murphy won an AFL premiership with Collingwood. This year, he's medically retiring at only 24 years old. He's suffered 10 head knocks over his career and is stepping back on the advice of doctors due to ongoing concussion issues. And non-binary trainee doctors are experiencing harassment twice as much as their male and female colleagues. Could this lead to worse outcomes for both...

Zyn is the brand name for a synthetic nicotine pouch that goes under your lip. "Zynfluencers" are pushing them online claiming they'll give you more energy and better focus, but is this just another push from big tobacco? And a lot of young people rely on community legal centres to help them when they get arrested, but those centres are at breaking point, and experts say it’s keeping young people...

An Australian man has been unmasked as an influential player in a new AI industry that harvests the content of real women to create fake influencers who push porn.  And a stabbing during a church service on Monday night in Sydney's south-west has been labelled as a "terrorist attack".  Plus, Woolies CEO Brad Banducci got told off for spouting "bullshit" in today's Senate inquiry into supermarket p...

Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case is now over, with a judge on the Federal Court finding that, on the balance of probabilities, Lehrmann did rape Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019. It means Lehrmann has failed against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson, after a trial that dragged on for months. And over the weekend, Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel, with the strikes ma...

It's the Friday Shakeup and we're talking about squatting. Jordan van den Berg (aka @purplepingers) has put landlords on edge while promoting a list of vacant homes around Australia.  And a Tasmanian court has found Mona's Ladies Lounge is discriminatory. How did the artist respond? Whatevs. Plus, Adelaide has asked everyone to stop calling it Radelaide and that's just not how nicknames work.  Hos...

A new approach to preventing UTIs is showing promising results. For chronic suffers, this oral spray could be the alternative to antibiotic over-prescription. And Cleveland Dodd was 16 years old when he was found unresponsive in his cell in Perth’s Casuarina Prison. This week, an inquest into his death has detailed the bleak conditions faced by teens like Cleveland inside the maximum-security yout...

Tesla's worldwide sales were down last quarter for the first time in years, and it's got a lot of people questioning why, and whether its owner Elon Musk has anything to do with it. Plus, the official recognition of a Palestinian state – no Australian government has ever done it. But Penny Wong's just announced she's thinking about it. Also, have you ever wished you could dip into your superannuat...

Two things: it's Testicular Cancer Awareness Month and you need to know how to check your balls. We're talking to medical oncologist Dr Ben Tran and cancer survivor Tom Haddon about how to spot the most common cancer impacting young men.  And the youth curfew in Alice Springs was extended today. It’s been put in place to try and curb crime and unrest in the CBD but is it working and how is it affe...

It's the stuff of nightmares: you send someone you think you can trust a private picture, and then they threaten to release it unless you pay. Sextortion cases are skyrocketing – in NSW they've risen 400% in just 18 months – and authorities say scammers are targeting teens. Also, it's been six months since Israel declared war on Hamas and invaded Gaza. Is the conflict going to stop anytime soon? P...

Yep, it's that time again: Mercury is in retrograde, and everyone is talking about it. Get ready for chaos and upheaval! But do you buy in to any of it? Also, should federal politicians have their pay docked for breaching workplace rules? This is being considered as MPs work to establish a standards body within Parliament. Would it make politics better? Plus, FaceTiming during medical appointments...

Today was meant to be when we found out the outcome of Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case against Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson. Instead, a new witness – former Seven Network producer Taylor Auerbach – was called to give evidence about what Seven's Spotlight program did to nab an exclusive interview with Mr Lehrmann. Also, women's health specialists say gender bias is baked into Medicare rebates and...

There’s outrage everywhere about an Israeli air strike in Gaza that killed seven aid workers, including Aussie Zomi Frankcom. Israel says it was a mistake; the UN reckons 196 aid workers have been killed in the war so far. We speak with Oxfam about life in Gaza, nearly six months since the invasion started. Also, businesswoman and former lawyer Samantha Mostyn will be Australia’s next governor-gen...

Members of Gen Z are apparently super close to their parents. So is there such a thing as too close?

For years, youth crime has been impacting communities across Australia. This week things escalated in Alice Springs, and the NT government’s put a curfew in place there so under 18s aren’t allowed out at night. So will it bring crime rates down? Also, the cancellation of Splendour in the Grass has everyone wondering: is this the end of music festivals in Australia? We ask a major player in the gam...

Tickets only went on sale last week, but now Splendour in the Grass has been cancelled for 2024. It's just the latest in a long list of local music festivals that have been canned over the last 12 months. So can the Australian festival industry survive much longer or is this the end? Also, a politician's made wild allegations in parliament that the Melbourne Demons AFL team is secretly drug testin...

For the first time since the current Israel-Gaza conflict began in October, the UN Security Council has called for a ceasefire in Gaza. And the government's watered down some fuel efficiency standards in its proposed climate laws for cars. Will it make it easier for young people to buy an EV? Plus, the WA government has announced what it reckons are the "toughest" rules on selling nitrous oxide ca...

Who is ISIS-K and why did they claim responsibility for an attack on Russia that killed over 130 people? And Tasmania's election has left the state with a hung parliament.  Plus, abandoned tents, rubbish, and single use plastics: what is the solution for festival waste? Guests: Berish Bilander, CEO, Green Music Australia Greg Barton, professor and chair in global Islamic politics, Deakin Universit...