The Quicky

A new, first of its kind study has revealed a link between women who experience long covid and a decrease in their sexual health. We know so much about how the coronavirus impacted other areas of our health, but this study finally looks at the impact of COVID-19 on 6 key sexual health areas in women, finding those who had contracted covid were more likely to be experiencing sexual disfunction. So...

The Quicky evening news update for Friday February 3rd 2024. 1. Police say they are investigating if missing Victorian woman Samantha Murphy’s body has potentially been moved as they reveal it is unlikely that the 51 year old will be found alive. Ms Murphy left her Ballarat East home for a jog on the morning of February 4 and hasn’t been seen since, the detectives investigating the case saying the...

Sydney Swifties, your time has come! Taylor Swift hits the stage for her Eras tour TONIGHT!  We've made the friendship bracelets, bought the merch, bedazzled our faces and waited impatiently for this day to arrive.  The Quicky wants you to have the very best experience you can, so we've gathered all the tips and tricks from a Swiftie who attended the Melbourne shows to get you ready. What to pack...

The Quicky evening news update for Thursday February 22nd 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...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on Spotify... https://op...

Our major supermarkets have faced some controversy lately; accused of price gouging customers, stifling competitors and ripping off suppliers.  An investigation by Four Corners earlier this week showed a CEO walking out of a sit-down interview, followed by a subsequent announcement that same CEO would be retiring.  But what is price gouging? And why is the announcement of a CEO retiring so controv...

The Quicky evening news update for Wednesday February 21st 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...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on Spotify... https://o...

Do you find yourself easily distracted by the flow of notifications from your phone? You're not alone. But just how bad are we getting and are there ways we can not be a slave to the phone dinging in our pockets? In this episode of The Quicky we take a look at what impact the constant notifications is doing to our brains and whether or not we can really do anything to stop our addiction to the not...

The Quicky evening news update for Tuesday February 20th 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...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on Spotify... https://ope...

Donald Trump has been directed by a NY judge to pay $354.9 million in fines imposed due to the fraudulent manner in which he has conducted his business, over-inflating the value of properties to score better deals on loans and insurance and to pay less taxes. That money is what he essentially owes to those institutions he has defrauded, but will he stump up the cash or continue the fight? The ques...

The Quicky evening news update for Monday February 19th 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...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on Spotify... https://open...

Over the weekend news of the death of Alexei Navalny, Russia's top opposition leader and President Vladimir Putin's greatest enemy, made headlines all around the world.   Who was Alexei Navalny? Why are world leaders blaming Putin for his death? And will this have any impact on the upcoming Russian election?  In this episode of The Quicky, we take a look at the life and death of Putin's greatest e...

The Quicky evening news update for Today, Friday February 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...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on Spotify... https...

Over 90% of Australians have a smart phone. And more often than not, they seem to be stuck to our hot little hands, meaning we can be contacted by anyone at anytime, including by our bosses outside of working hours. But that's all about to change.  A new law has passed that gives employees a "right to disconnect" from work, ignoring emails and calls outside of work hours.  In this episode of The Q...

The Quicky evening news update for Today, Thursday February 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...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on Spotify... htt...

11 Days Ago, Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy went out for a jog and never came home.  There's been CCTV footage looked at, extensive search parties through local bushland and endless pleas for any information and yesterday police ruled the disappearance as suspicious.  In this episode, we speak with a local Ballarat woman who shares many of the same running routes as Samantha about how the communit...

The Quicky evening news update for Today, Wednesday February 13th 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...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on Spotify... ht...

The 'Enhanced Games' are coming. An sporting event that allows, actually encourages the athletes to use performance enhancing drugs. Why? To see exactly what the human body, improved through science, is capable of. But what are the risks? What are the rewards?  In this episode of The Quicky we speak to former Olympian and world record holder, Libby Trickett, about how she and the sporting world fe...

The Quicky evening news update for Today, February 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...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on Spotify... https://open...

Have you been on TikTok lately and noticed a lot of videos are now silent? That's because Universal Music Group, or UMG, have decided to remove the music they own from the video sharing platform.  In this episode of The Quicky, we speak to an expert who can tell us why this is happening, as well as Aussie artist Amy Sheppard from the band Sheppard (yes the guys who sang Geronimo!) about how this m...

The Quicky evening news update for Today, February 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...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on Spotify... https://open...

We often think about how the kids and parents are coping in those first few days and weeks of school, but what about those who've been back in the classroom way before the students? Teachers have been busy getting the classroom ready for the new influx of faces, learning the names of 30 to 100 children to make sure they don't feel alone in their education experience, sometimes taking money out of...

The Quicky evening news update for Friday, 9 February 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...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on Spotify... https://open.s...

Elmo becoming the internet's therapist was not on my 2024 bingo card, but here we are! Earlier this week, thousands of people unloaded their life problems on the Sesame Street alumni after he asked “How is everybody doing?” on X.  Not well, it seems. In this episode of The Quicky we take a look at why Elmo's post sent us all into existential dread and how we can turn that around.  Want to try our...

The Quicky evening news update for Monday, 5 February 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...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Want The Quicky in your ears every day? Listen on Spotify... https://open.s...

If 2023 was the year of 'quiet luxury', 2024 is the year of 'loud budgeting', which involves openly discussing financial decisions and constraints and feeling proud to say no to spending non-essential money.  No longer are we putting ourselves into debt for things we can't afford. Takeout, coffees, food delivery services and streaming are just some of the things Aussies are willing to go without t...