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The Fitzroy Diaries S2 E3 | Brother emergency
In which we meet Ruth Bader Ginsburg and walk to the post office.
Stroke patients benefit from hospital transformation
Hospital design is changing, and it's changing for the better. New ideas around patient experience are leading to faster recovery times and big savings in long-term recovery and rehabilitation. The Royal Melbourne Hospital is a case in point, where stro
Richard Harris on his against-the-odds Thai cave rescue mission
Richard “Harry” Harris's father took him out in a boat once when he was a child and he then began diving as a teenager. These experiences inspired a passion for the underwater world that would one day take Richard to the deep, dark innards of a cave in Th
The Fitzroy Diaries S2 E2 | Who even is Ed Sheeran?
It’s one of those days where the fun slips out of everything, until the woman they call ‘bird lady’ finally emerges from the abandoned house down the street.
Talkback: feeling overwhelmed? Your brain can save you
As we near the end of the year are you starting to feel as though you're in dire need of a break? Perhaps work, your family and social lives, or news has filled your brain to the point you are approaching information and emotional overload. Here's how to
The Fitzroy Diaries S2 E1 | Zen from the neck down
The guy from the new apartment with the sharp yellow door is no match for Gayle’s enormous recycling bin and Nicholson Street is no match for the jackhammers. Everybody’s into it.
Unlocking a child's emotional immune system
We rely on our brains to process decisions, to strike up meaningful conversations and to drive us through life academically. But where does that leave the heart? Are we taught to live our life with emotions on the back burner? For Rick Stevenson, auth
A history of drinking water
How much do you think about where your water is from when you get a glass to drink or turn on the tap in the bathroom? It's so easy for us to access water, but it hasn't always been that way. And, many parts of the country are in the grips of drought rig
Weekend Life Matters: the fight against ageism, Backflip comes out swinging, hands on in the bathroom, honey I opened the hive
Why the stigma of age must be denied, Mike Williams takes to the air, making your own bathroom products, and the benefits of beekeeping.
Modern Dilemma: no inside voice, how do you deal with a loud friend?
You have a friend who visits, and from the moment she gets out of her car to enter the garden and house you can hear her coming, she shouts! Once inside the house sitting in the kitchen over a cuppa the volume is high. Your husband runs a mile . You wo