Life Matters - Full program podcast
Helping you figure out all the big stuff in life: relationships, health, money, work and the world. Let's talk! With trusted experts and your stories, Life Matters is all about what matters to you.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 303
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
You've been diagnosed with ADHD, now what?
So, now you know! You have ADHD! But, what comes next? Is there a way that you, and those who love you, can “do life” that better suits your ADHD brain? Journalist and author Matilda Boseley and psyc…
00:53:24 |
Thu 11 Sep 2025
Retail workers facing abuse and why phone scams are targetting Aussies
Dealing with angry and abusive customers has become part of the job for many retail workers in Australia. Some retailers have introduced measures like body-worn cameras, extra CCTV and duress alarms …
00:54:56 |
Wed 10 Sep 2025
Treaty promises to "reckon with the past" and what's it like to reunite with an old friend?
Three decades after a federal treaty was first promised - but never materialised - Victoria has introduced the first ever treaty legislation into its parliament. It has been a hard won battle for Fir…
00:54:58 |
Tue 09 Sep 2025
The questions surrounding female perpetrators and what's the meaning behind work uniforms?
Convicted triple-murderer Erin Patterson will spend at least 33 years behind bars for the deaths of three family members via an infamous death cap mushroom lunch. The sentence was the culmination of …
00:55:03 |
Mon 08 Sep 2025
Why new suburbs become fast food magnets and can your local club survive the volunteer drought?
As our cities grow we're building new houses, new shops and new amenities from scratch. Melanie Davern, from Australian Urban Observatory and Jane Martin from Food for Health Alliance unpack why so m…
00:55:03 |
Sun 07 Sep 2025
Taking action to change your personality and what to do when a young child is sharing her family's secrets?
Is it possible to change your personality? Many of us may have thought about it, but journalist and staff writer at The Atlantic, Olga Khazan, actually did it.
After spending a year intensively rese…
00:54:56 |
Thu 04 Sep 2025
The meaning behind the Australian flag and the minefield of an office romance
Is the Australian flag a unifying emblem? A symbol of colonisation? Is it patriotic? Divisive? Exclusionary?
Thousands of people attended the March for Australia rallies on the weekend... and one of…
00:55:02 |
Wed 03 Sep 2025
Reimagining the Great Australian Dream and how much would you pay to call someone you loved?
Australia’s housing crisis is a complex challenge - but what if it was also our biggest opportunity?
In a new ABC Radio National series, The Home Front, Professor of Architecture Anthony Burke explo…
00:54:34 |
Tue 02 Sep 2025
The struggle to share the mental load and coping when you're caring for a loved one
Women do the bulk of the laundry, the cooking, the school lunches and running the family's social calendar. And this picture hasn't really changed in 20 years, according to the most recent Household,…
00:54:36 |
Mon 01 Sep 2025
Stopping a life of crime at the start and are universities dying?
The dollar figure of detaining young people has shot up dramatically in the last five years, despite the actual number of people in the system declining. So if getting to these kids too late is costi…
00:54:59 |
Sun 31 Aug 2025
Navigating difficult conversations and managing ex-in-laws
Are there conversations in your life that you try to avoid? And how might that be holding you back from getting what you actually want? Clinical psychologist Elisabeth Shaw says that, with the right …
00:52:48 |
Thu 28 Aug 2025
Why are banks bailing on the regions and is gun control still under control?
There's a small town on the west coast of Tasmania locked in a David and Goliath battle to save their last bank. Janet Lay has lived in Queenstown on Tasmania's west coast and has started a petition …
00:54:03 |
Wed 27 Aug 2025
The mixed emotions of empty nesting and what is a sovereign citizen?
There's no shortage of advice for the early years of parenting, but what about the other end of the journey, when your kids leave home? For some, like senior writer at Good Weekend Tim Elliott, it br…
00:55:00 |
Tue 26 Aug 2025
New frontier for gambling advertising and the cult of Swifties, Beliebers and Bey-hive
Since online gambling became widely accessible it's never been easier to spend big - and lose even bigger. It's opened up a new frontier for gambling advertising with companies offering huge sums to …
00:54:41 |
Mon 25 Aug 2025
The upsides to downsizing and Osher Günsberg on how to ask for help
The downsides to downsizing from the family home might include leaving your friends, your GP and the neighbourhood you love. So we asked someone who has made the move, a buyers agent and the CEO of t…
00:54:35 |
Sun 24 Aug 2025
Recovering from perfectionism and handling an ex-best friend
Rates of perfectionism are skyrocketing, but one of the world's leading experts says you can shift the perfectionistic mindset. And, the aunties weigh in on how to respond to an out-of-the-blue packa…
00:53:17 |
Thu 21 Aug 2025
Navigating drug rehab wait lists, and why legal language is so confusing
The struggles of those stuck trying to get their loved ones into rehab, what changes to autism patients on the NDIS scheme mean for families, the ethics of lying in a memoir, and why legal language i…
00:55:06 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Wild stories from a paramedic, and why one woman ran the City2Surf topless
Wild tales from the emergency room, the legacy of Olympic housing, and why one woman ran the City2Surf topless.
00:55:06 |
Tue 19 Aug 2025
The human heart of productivity, and pocket money pay gap
The human side of making our nation more productive, behind the pocket money gender pay gap, why our world leaders can't agree on the best way to tackle plastic pollution, and the dark side of your w…
00:55:04 |
Mon 18 Aug 2025
Charging EV users a road use charge, and the argument for pets on planes
The argument for electric vehicle users paying a road use charge, the ethics behind disclosing adoptees' status, and what your nightmares reveal about your health - plus, why Virgin Australia's new p…
00:55:05 |
Sun 17 Aug 2025
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