The Quicky

The Quicky news update for Wednesday, April 17th 2024. The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go i...

We've all had a stressful few days, the news cycle leaving us with heavy hearts. Sometimes we need to find ways to break that feeling, and for a lot of us that can be popping in our headphones and switching on some music.  It's no secret that music can make us feel certain ways, but did you know there is science to suggest that certain types of music can improve our brains in a number of different...

The Quicky news update for Tuesday, April 16th 2024. The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in...

Trigger warning: This episode speaks of sexual assault, please take care when listening.  "Mr Lehrmann raped Ms Higgins." Those were the words spoken by Justice Michael Lee on Monday afternoon as he handed down his verdict in Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson.  It's a verdict we had been waiting to hear since the trial wrapped up late last year after 22 days o...

The Quicky news update for Monday, April 15th 2024. The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in t...

Look, you might be an adult now but those fond childhood memories of your favourite cartoons and tv shows will be with you forever. But what happens when you find out the adults behind the crucial nostalgia that gets you by, had actually been abusing and manipulating your favourite childhood stars? In this episode of The Quicky we’re unpacking a new docuseries exposing abuse suffered by Nickelodeo...

The Quicky news update for Friday, April 12th 2024. The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in t...

Beyoncé has released a new album, and while her fans are revelling in the release of new music, she's entered a new genre and some people are mad!  Cowboy Carter is the name of her latest collection of songs, and features collabs from the likes of Miley Cyrus, Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson, as well as covers of some of the worlds biggest songs. But what is it that is making so many people upset t...

The Quicky news update for Thursday, April 11th 2024. The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in...

Last week an Australian aid worker was killed in Gaza.  Zomi Frankcom was working with aid agency World Central Kitchen, an organisation who provides meals to those struggling in the face of humanitarian, climate and community crisis, when she and six others were hit by an Israeli military airstrike.  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described her death as 'completely unacceptable.' But will he...

The Quicky news update for Wednesday, April 10th 2024. The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go i...

Australian musicians have been facing a tough road with the decline in music festivals. Iconic events like Big Day Out and Stereosonic have fallen victim to the festival cancellation epidemic in recent years while more recently Falls Festival and Splendour In The Grass have also been dumped, raising questions about the future of the industry. In this episode of The Quicky, we take a look at what i...

The Quicky news update for Tuesday, April 9th 2024. The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in t...

You've probably heard of the 7 year itch, but what about the 30 year itch?  It seems more and more couples that have been married for decades, are deciding to call it quits, in a trend that's being labelled 'grey divorce'.  In this episode of The Quicky, we take a look at all the reasons why our older generations are filing for divorce, and how it's impacting their adult children.    Click here  t...

The Quicky news update for Monday, April 8th 2024. The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in th...

Ever found yourself saying, 'I’m going to stalk their profile'? This week, Kate Ritchie's sobering encounter reminded us of the scary power and control stalkers have over their victims. In this episode of The Quicky, we delve into the evolution of stalking legislation in Australia and what steps to take if you find yourself feeling uneasy about someone's behaviour. It’s time to change the conversa...

The Quicky news update for Friday, April 5th 2024. The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in th...

When is the last time you paid for something with cold, hard cash?  We saw a decrease in cash transactions during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it turns out, we we're looking down a cashless barrel long before 2020.  With experts arguing that a cashless world offers us convenience, transparency and stability, it's left others feeling worried.  In this episode of The Quicky we take a look at what a ca...

The Quicky news update for Thursday, April 4th 2024. The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in...

Lemon juice, tea tree oil, baking soda & vinegar. All items you'd likely find in your pantry, but they are also being used in a lot of homes as natural cleaning products.  We're constantly told that the chemicals in household cleaning products are harmful to us and our families, so a lot of us are seeking natural alternatives that can be found around the home, but do they work? In this episode...

The Quicky news update for Wednesday, April 3rd 2024. The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in...

Please note, this episode speaks of child abuse.  The Franke's. They were a stereotypical American mormon family from Utah. In 2015, Ruby & her husband Kevin started posting vlogs of their day to day life with their 6 kids.  But over the years, loyal fans started voicing their concerns at how the parents were disciplining their children.  In this episode of The Quicky we discover what happened...

The Quicky news update for Tuesday, April 2nd 2024. The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in t...

Please note, this episode is not suitable for children, so if you have little ears around, maybe pop in some headphones or come back to this one later.  In this episode of The Quicky we're talking about the Rabbit...no, not the one that has just brought you all those delicious choccy eggs over Easter, we're talking about the one that brings you orgasm after orgasm.  Today we take a look at how the...

The Quicky news update for Monday April 1st 2024. The Quicky is the easiest and most enjoyable way to get across the news every day. And it’s delivered straight to your ears in a daily podcast so you can listen whenever you want, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Click here  to take the latest Mamamia survey and you’ll go in the...