The Quicky

The Herron family have been going through what no family should ever go through: their daughter and sister Courtney, murdered in a park by a man who won't go to trial for her murder.  Courtney Herron's dad John is a lawyer, he knows the system and knows what women are up against, and he wants things to change.  John Herron speaks with The Quicky today.  Subscribe to The Quicky at......

Wondering where Cameron Diaz has been? She's been off making wine and telling the world it's 'clean'. So, what is 'clean wine'? Do we need it? Is it for real, or is it simply a very good marketing campaign? The Quicky finds out.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Produce...

What's it like giving birth in Australia during the COVID19 pandemic?  Continuity of care is so important to a woman having a baby.  How is it possible when face-to-face care is becoming more and more rare? A woman almost always has to be in a small room for longer than 15 minutes while in labor, so how is the actual birthing process working?  The Quicky decided to find out the new...

For weeks now, Donald Trump has been insinuating he's not going to accept the results of the US General Election, to be held in November.  Now, he's casting doubt on the US Postal vote system, a system that's been in place, and widely recognised as successful, since the Civil War (1860s). Is he trying to rig the election?   Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-qu...

There’s a lot of noise about a COVID-19 vaccine. So who do we believe? The people who talk about how hard it is to make a coronavirus vaccine? The scientists who say they're getting closer? Vladimir Putin, who's so confident he has one he allegedly gave it to his daughter?  The Quicky investigates the latest facts on the science happening with the COVID-19 vaccine so you don’t hav...

For weeks now, story after story has been shared from Finding Freedom, a new Harry and Meghan biography from royal press corp reporters Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand. It claims to have remarkable access to more than 100 sources close to the former Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Harry and Meghan.  For anyone who's been watching the Royal family for a long time, this feels familiar. Very familiar...

Joe Biden has announced Kamala Harris as his VP running mate for the 2020 US Presidential election..  Who is Kamala Harris? What is her background? Does this mean she'll be not only the first female Vice President, but eventually the first female President?  The Quicky looks into the past and the future of this fascinating woman.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au...

The pictures reverberated around the world: an explosion, caught in real time, on the docks of Beirut.  For the people of Lebanon, it was a dangerously familiar time, after many years of living with conflict.  Today, The Quicky looks at why this explosion has led the country to the brink once again.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host...

Leaders around the world have employed different strategies in fighting COVID19.  None more controversially than Sweden, a country that never went into lockdown. And the UK, who never closed their borders and finds the government facing blunder after blunder.  As for China... we haven't heard much about how the virus is going there lately.  So The Quicky thought it was time to catch...

It's rare to go down the street now without seeing a mask tossed as litter on the footpath.  And, when was the last time you used a recyclable coffee cup at the cafe?  THE QUICKY looks into what COVID19 means for the environmental Zero Waste movement, which, until the virus, was gaining real traction.  Show notes:  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky...

South Australian born and raised Lisa Cunningham is the first Australian woman who's at risk of the death penalty in the USA. In 2017, her stepdaughter Sanaa died, and since then, Lisa and her husband Germayne have been in custody charged with her murder.  The Quicky's Claire Murphy delves into this complicated case, after having conversations with Lisa herself.  Subscribe to The Quicky...

For years, rumours have dogged Ellen Degeneres: that she's not the jolly, kind person she appears to be on her eponymous show.  Now, accusations of workplace bullying and racism behind the scenes of her show have been emerging.  Ellen has long been a pioneer in the television industry: the first woman to publicly come out as gay in prime time television.  Can she survive this latest...

Melbourne is in Stage Four Lockdown. It's the second time the city has had to shut themselves away.  How does it feel this time? Is it different to the first time?  The Quicky listeners share with us their experiences.  Lifeline: 13 11 44 Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Gemma Bath Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Pr...

For most students, thirteen years of school builds up to the climax of Year 12. Year 12 is seen, rightly or wrongly, as the school year that decides your future: whether you'll go to university, what kind of career you'll have, where the next part of your life is headed.  What happens, then, when there's a global pandemic in the year you're doing your final exams?  Subscribe to The Quick...

What is life like after a COVID19 diagnosis?  The Quicky investigates the health implications and social implications in this episode, as the pandemic takes hold of Victoria.  We'll meet someone in NYC who's being called upon each week to donate blood with 'COVID19 antibodies', and another who's just returning to work after having the illness in March.  Subscribe to The Quicky at......

It's one of sport's great shames, and it's finally coming out.  After the screening of the Netflix documentary Athlete A, and the NPR podcast Believed telling the stories of wide abuse of young women in gymnastics culture, Australian gymnasts are starting to speak out.  It seems, the abuse culture inside the sport isn't just restricted to the USA. It's international.   Subscrib...

Does it feel like your entire week's social media feed has been taken up with people fighting for their 'right' not to wear a mask?  Where does this come from?  It's essential we wear masks in certain places now, and Dr Brad McKay is here to tell us why and bust some of the insane myths going around about masks right now.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-qui...

Turning on the news each night, you'd be forgiven for thinking things were getting more and more chaotic and divided.  The Quicky thought we'd go to the source and chat with three women living in different parts of America to see what life is like day to day living in a country ravaged with COVID19 and months away from an election.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/th...

Why is it okay to sit on a plane for three hours to cross the country, but you can't sit in a theatre for ninety minutes and watch a show?  Why didn't we see a spread of COVID19 after the #BlackLivesMatter marches, but one of NSW's biggest clusters comes from a medium sized pub in the Western Suburbs?  The Quicky investigates why some places are riskier than others when it comes to the s...

What were you doing when you were 10? How would you have coped being in custody?  Australia's Attorneys General met yesterday to discuss an important issue: should the age of criminal responsibility be raised from 10 to 14?  They decided to leave things as is.  The Quicky finds out why people are so passionate about raising the age.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamami...

Even before the umbrella incident of 2007, Britney Spears was a controversial pop star. Her every move - including her virginity - was hotly gossiped about.  Since 2008, she's been living under a 'conservatorship' - for the most part, her decisions and finances being controlled by her father. That looks like it might be changing.  Over COVID19 lockdown, Britney's been posting a series of...

A walk down your main street, or a stroll around the shopping mall and you'll see it: shopfronts are shutting. Not everywhere, but here and there.  What is the future of the trip to the shops in a world after COVID19?  With many businesses migrating online, is 'going to the shops' going to become a thing of the past?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/...

Polyamory, or ethical non-monogamy, has been on the rise in Australia for many years... until Covid19.  What exactly is it? How do you negotiate the terms of a non-traditional relationship? How are members of the polyamory community able to see multiple partners during lockdown?  The Quicky finds out.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Ho...

Contact tracing is a big job in Australia, and it's getting bigger the more cases of COVID19 that are diagnosed.  How does it actually work? How does the government find out everyone who's been in contact with an infected person? Is it a perfect system? And how about the COVIDSafe App, is it making a difference?  The Quicky investigates.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamami...

It's been 19 years since backpacker Peter Falconio went missing while travelling through the Northern Territory with his girlfriend Joanne Lees. His body has never been found.  Bradley John Murdoch is in jail, found guilty of his murder. Books have been written, hundreds of articles published and a miniseries made. Channel 7 recently screened a new documentary about the case, claiming to have...