The Quicky

Imagine if you relied on donations of strangers to sustain your immunity. Or in an emergency. Or even during a traumatic or complicated birth or surgery.  That's the reality for the many people who receive donated blood and plasma every day.  Today, we're rolling up our sleeves today and getting stuck into blood donation. THE END BITS Subscribe to Mamamia Check out The Quicky Instagram here Find m...

The Quicky news update for Wednesday, September 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. Want to try MOVE by Mamamia? Click  here  to start a seven-...

ICYMI: Two NASA Astronauts, who went up to space for a week-long mission, will now be extending their stay 'til February 2025.   So how and why did this happen? And should we be... worried? Spoiler alert: they're not too worried about it.  THE END BITS Subscribe to Mamamia Check out The Quicky Instagram here Want to try MOVE by Mamamia? Click  here  to start a seven-day free trial of our exercise...

The Quicky news update for Tuesday, September 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. Want to try MOVE by Mamamia? Click  here  to start a seven-da...

The theme for Women's Health Week 2024 is Your Voice, Your Choice; something that not all women experience when seeking medical help for their pain. As the women's pain inquiry wraps up one thing is clear, more needs to be done to address women's very real pain. Today we sit down for an exclusive first interview to hear from Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan about the first-hand accounts she's taken...

The Quicky news update for Monday, September 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. Want to try MOVE by Mamamia? Click  here  to start a seven-day...

You know how the saying goes... spring has sprung! With longer, sunnier, warmer days comes a bunch of other things too. Like more interest in the property market, stuffy noses thanks to an increase in the pollen count and the overwhelming desire to frantically clean and declutter our homes. We have some compelling theories (and expert advice) as to why we act the way we do during spring THE END BI...

lThe Quicky news update for Friday, August 30th 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. Want to try MOVE by Mamamia? Click  here  to start a seven-day...

Earlier this week new laws were introduced into Afghanistan restricting the rights and freedoms of women. Under the Taliban's vice & virtue laws,  women's voices and faces have been banned in public spaces in an effort to avoid temptation or tempting others.  The rules have sent a shockwave across the world, raising questions of how this can be ethical or legal? We find out what can be done, i...

The Quicky news update for Thursday, August 29th 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. Want to try MOVE by Mamamia? Click  here  to start a seven-day...

Holly Warn first tried out for the Australian Paralympic team when she was just 12 years old, now this youngster is at her first games for real, getting ready to take to the pool with a swag of medals already around her neck from 2024 competition. On the other end of the scale Danni Di Toro has been a Paralympian since the Atlanta Games in 1996, first as a tennis player and now in table tennis. Sh...

The Quicky news update for Wednesday, August 28th 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. Want to try MOVE by Mamamia? Click  here  to start a seven-da...

Across the last week Australia has experienced several major earthquakes. From New South Wales to Western Australia, tremors have been felt across the country, raising the question - just how normal is this?  Are these quakes randomly occurring events? Or is there something happening beneath the surface we should be aware of?  THE END BITS Subscribe to Mamamia Check out The Quicky Instagram here W...

The Quicky news update for Tuesday, August 27th 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. Want to try MOVE by Mamamia? Click  here  to start a seven-day...

As the Democratic National Convention came to a close last week, there was a recurring theme... abortion rights.  Abortion is shaping up to be one of the biggest election topics this year, with many asking the question  If Kamala Harris wins the election... will Roe V Wade be reinstated?  So let's unpack that question, and the many others that surfaced following the DNC. THE END BITS Subscribe to...

The Quicky news update for Monday, August 26th 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. Want to try MOVE by Mamamia? Click  here  to start a seven-day f...

There's nothing like the allure of simplifying your life with a little hack. The internet is filled with life hacks, mum hacks, laundry hacks, sleep hacks and, of course, food hacks. But are these tips and tricks actually making life easier? Or are we solving problems that never really existed?  THE END BITS Subscribe to Mamamia Check out The Quicky Instagram here Check out those viral hacks artic...

The Quicky news update for Friday, August 23rd 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. Want to try MOVE by Mamamia? Click  here  to start a seven-day f...

You might've noticed the CFMEU has been the centre of much media attention recently. But what exactly is going down at Australia's largest union? And why are so many people, from politicians to underworld figured tied up in this story?  Today we delve into the alleged criminal conduct of one of the country's most powerful unions, how their money has shaped our Government and why that directly impa...

The Quicky news update for Thursday, August 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, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Want to try MOVE by Mamamia? Click  here  to start a seven-day...

We know there are chemicals in some of the things we buy that aren't the best for our health, but we maybe didn't consider that they might be in nearly everything. New research from the University of Adelaide's JBI and the Minderoo Foundation has found harmful chemicals in plastic can increase our risks of developing a list of health conditions and the problem is, we don't know which plastics cont...

The Quicky news update for Wednesday, August 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, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Want to try MOVE by Mamamia? Click  here  to start a seven-da...

The Blake Lively v Justin Baldoni feud over their new movie 'It Ends With Us' has taken over our algorithms and created headlines across the globe. But is Lively really the mean girl she's being painted as? Or is there something more at play here? Is she perhaps too powerful in her career now, able to make decisions as big as taking over control of a movie from its intended director and producer?...

The Quicky news update for Tuesday, August 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, wherever you want...at the gym, on the train, in the playground or at night while you're making dinner. Want to try MOVE by Mamamia? Click  here  to start a seven-day...

It's not called the Paralympics because people are paralysed. This is just one of the weird assumptions getting around online when we looked into all things Paralympics this week. Today Taylah Strano and Claire Murphy share some of their favourite Paralympic facts, from our first ever competitor to who has the most medals and our 2024 team already standing by for glory. We'll keep you across the P...