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With Melbourne in its second lockdown, there's no guarantee other states won't follow suit.  What does it mean for our brains and our mental health to be going back into isolation? What can we do to make sure our anxiety doesn't get out of control?  The Quicky finds out.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy&nbsp...

Scientists are starting to discover what COVID-19 does to your body.  By doing detailed autopsies on those who've died from the virus, they're finding out which parts of the body it effects the most.  The Quicky goes into the lab.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio...

Kayne West has announced he's running for President of the United States... again. So far, he hasn't registered to run, there's no website for his newly created 'The Birthday Party' and the people around him say it isn't going to happen. So was this all just another publicity stunt? Or is there a chance we could be seeing the inauguration of President Kayne in 2024? After all, Americans do love a...

There's a lot of confusion around who can and can't come into Australia right now seeing as our borders are officially closed. There's also confusion on how to get out.  So what does it take, if you're living overseas, to get back here? How difficult is it? Is it only people who can afford the expensive fares who can get here?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-qui...

It was the upbeat hit television show that made a generation fall in love with singing, but with the disappearance of Naya Rivera, fans are asking: has the 'Glee Curse' struck again?  It wasn't long before Rivera's tragic accident was being included in a list of other tragedies that have struck the cast, including the premature death of its leading man Corey Monteith.  The Quicky finds o...

With community transmissions on the rise and Melbourne in lockdown, we all have so many new questions about COVID19.  Has the virus changed? Why are we only now getting such a high level of community transmission? Are scientists getting any closer to a vaccine or therapeutic treatment for this coronavirus?  The Quicky investigates.  CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  E...

The news is in. With COVID-19 and the pressures and expenses of city life, millennials are packing up and making lives in Australia's regional cities.  What are the pros and cons of a life outside a big metropolis? And how often do they stay in the regions? Who's a sea-change/tree-change most suited to?  Find out on today's The Quicky.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia....

The end of financial year has just ticked over... and we've had a few months of working from home and needing all the financial breaks we can get.  Are there any extra claims you can make this year to see your tax refund as fat as possible?  The Quicky investigates.    Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy&nb...

Ghislaine Maxwell has been taken into custody and charged with sex trafficking, inducement of minors and perjury.  For many years she was the glamorous partner of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and now she's in jail, alleged to have done a lot of his dirty work.  Who is this woman, and why would she allegedly betray young women's trust for her depraved partner?  CREDITS  Host/Pr...

Numbers of COVID19 cases are on the up and up in Victoria. Suburbs are in lockdown. Public housing is in crisis, with several housing towers being locked down completely, in a form of enforced detention.  Why? Why is the lockdown so severe? Who are the people being affected and how?  The Quicky investigates.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS&n...

Sacha Baron Cohen, most famous for playing characters who go undercover exposing exposing racism, homophobia and misogyny, has been very vocal about what he thinks the shortcomings of facebook are: calling them out as the purveyors of hate speech.  Now, there's a powerful campaign aiming to get as many businesses as possible to boycott advertising on Facebook in the hopes hitting them in the...

Walking down a crowded city street in Australia, sure, you'll see a few people wearing masks but not that many.  In some places in the USA, they're mandated, and that's causing a lot of drama. There's even a rise of 'anti-maskers'.  So, what's the deal here in Australia? With the outbreak in Victoria, is it time we started wearing masks to protect ourselves and others from COVID19? ...

How often do you pop your bra in the washing machine? Jackie O has hit the news after admitting on air she doesn't wash her darker bras.  Which got us thinking: how often are you meant to wash your bras? Can you do anything to stop gravity having its way? How necessary is it to wear a bra? How often do you need to be health checking your breasts?  This episode of The Quicky has everythin...

Finally, some good news!  Australia and New Zealand are going to host the women's Football World Cup. What does this mean for women's sport in Australia?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri  Guests:  Tracey Holmes, Journalist ABC News, Ho...

Last week, a bombshell rocked Australia's legal world. Former Justice of the High Court, Dyson Heydon was accused of several cases of sexual harassment. Yet, it was a bombshell many weren't surprised by. According to female lawyers young and old, sexism has long been a scourge of the profession, and one that is difficult to fight.  The Quicky speak to a group of lawyers who want to share thei...

Mary Trump is set to publish a book called Too Much And Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man .  US President and Mary's uncle Donald Trump, isn't that keen for it see the light of day.  What's inside it? Who's Mary? And what does the book have to say about the way Donald Trump became the man he is today?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.co...

The Government has announced that into the future the cost of an arts and humanities degree is going to be one of the most expensive.  What does this mean about who gets to study arts degrees and what kind of thinkers will we have in our society in the future?  Also, The Quicky asks, what kind of a life does an arts degree prepare you for?  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https:/...

Once upon a time, Megan Fox was the Hollywood starlet of the moment. Devastatingly beautiful and sexy, she was the perfect bombshell for the action movies she appeared in.  Then, after being labelled by media and the film industry as 'difficult' and 'untalented' and 'slutty', she vanished from our screens - but not before telling us why, except we weren't listening.  In 2020, we look at...

How much do you know about your pelvic floor? Do you know what it is? Where it sits in your body? What might damage it? Whether kegels actually help?  Today we're looking at the part of the body we don't look at enough.  Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/ CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Tait Audio Producer: Ian Ca...

It's really felt like life's been getting back to normal the past few weeks, hasn't it? Almost like COVID19 is something that happened overseas, not really to us here in Australia. More people are going back to the office. Cafes are crowded again. Train stations are busy.  Then, Victoria recorded a heap of new cases over the weekend and the Premier, Daniel Andrews, wound back freedoms instant...

German Police have announced they have evidence Madeleine McCann is dead. They won't reveal what that evidence is, but it has something to do with a 43 year old convicted sex offender.  Robbyn Swan has been covering this story since the three year old went missing in Portugal in 2007 and she's joining The Quicky to share what she knows.  CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  E...

Adem Somyurek is a name most of us didn't know until Sunday when 60 Minutes broke the story of the Labor Powerbroker's alleged branch stacking, and possible voter fraud. The story has rocked the Australian Labor Party to its foundations, but it's not the first time our parliamentary system has been scandalised by the practise.  So what exactly is branch stacking? And, why does it matter to ou...

Our dogs... for those of us who've been working at home they've been our best little buds over the last few months.  But what's going to happen to them now we're back at work and they're being left alone for big stretches of time again? Some dogs are new arrivals to their forever home, some are still just puppies and some rescues may have some issues but all may experience some issues with th...

Did you know an Australian, Karm Gilespie, has been sitting in a Chinese jail since 2013? And this week, was sentenced to death for drug trafficking?  Yep, we only just found out too.  What's the story? And what is Karm's fate going to look like while relations between China and Australia are so chilly?  CREDITS  Host/Producer: Claire Murphy  Executive Producer: Melanie Ta...

Last week the Prime Minister was slammed for denying the history of slavery in Australia. He's since apologised for this, but his interview asks the question: how many Australians know about the history of slavery in Australia?  It hasn't, until now, been part of our national conversation.  The Quicky investigates.  Link: Was there slavery in Australia? Yes. It shouldn’t even...