Family Podcast
By ABC Radio National
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Podcast Description
You can hear lots of discussion about family and children on our weekday morning program Life Matters, but other RN programs like Health Report, All In The Mind and Breakfast will often cover topics relevant to the wellbeing of children and families.
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A Family Business | Introducing change to a family business can be hard. The Bernardes hardware store, in the East End of London, has been in the family for four generations. The son would like to introduce change, like computers and a website, but the parents are happy to still count out screws by hand. | 26 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Thao's Grandma Makes a Statement | American Indie rock star Thao Nguyen tells a tale about her sweet, lovely grandmother, who you definitely don’t want to mess with. She had no qualms about despatching her husband to a challenging afterlife. | 26 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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360documentaries 27 May 2012 | This week we have three stories about making decisions, some people do it effortlessly others agonise over everything. In A Family Business the Bernardes family can't come to an agreement about whether to introduce technology into their hardware shop, String sees Natalie Kestecher resort to the novel method of dowsing to come to a decision, while Thao Nguyen's grandmother doesn't waver for a minute when her husband is on his deathbed and she had to decide whether to send him to heaven or hell. | 26 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Friday talkback: looking after the kids | If you need or want to go back to work, finding the right care for your child can be something of a nightmare. There are several options—childcare, family day care, perhaps a nanny or even the grandparents—but what works best for you? Childcare provides excellent care but it is costly and the wait lists can be very long. Hiring a nanny may offer flexibility but it's an even more expensive option. Family Day Care can also be difficult to access. And what about those caring for young children—the pay for carers is poor and the churn rates are high. | 24 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Childfund Connect | ChildFund Australia is an independent NGO supplying technology to children in countries including Vietnam, Timor Leste and Laos, especially so they can connect with Australian children. | 22 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tuesday 22 May 2012 | The Law Report today looks at how the system governing pre-nuptial agreements has been thrown into jeopardy and how using social media can land you in court. | 22 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pre-nuptial agreements in jeopardy | We're familiar with the idea of the celebrity pre-marriage settlement but more and more of us ordinary folk are entering into them. In Australia, the mining magnate Gina Rinehart advised all her children to protect the Hancock empire with pre-nuptial agreements. But many say that, despite amendments to the Family Law Act in 2010, the system has become too technical, confusing and risky for those entering into the pre-nup and the lawyers who draft them. | 22 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Meet the listener: mama baker, Michelle Shearer | Listener Michelle Shearer was bringing up two small children and finding no time for herself when a friend dropped over with a lasagne for the family. This gesture gave Michelle the time off to go for a surf instead of making dinner. It was out of this that Mama Bake was born. Mama Bake is a movement where a group of mothers get together for a big batch bake to feed everyone's families. | 21 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The woman who changed her brain: Barbara Arrowsmith-Young | Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was born with a major learning disability and was determined to overcome this. When she started experimenting with her own brain, the idea that we can manipulate the physiology of our brains through exercising them pushed against the orthodoxy of the time. Over the years she has transformed her own life and has helped change the lives of countless others. An educational psychologist, Barbara is the founder of the Arrowsmith School. | 20 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mormon Yankees | They were basketball players and Mormon missionaries who brought the sport to Australia to spread the message of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the 50s. Historian and film maker Professor Fred Woods of Brigham Young University, Utah, tells the story of their remarkable success, leading up to the ’56 Olympics. | 20 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Background Briefing: Residents v McDonald's | Public health experts are concerned that efforts to counter obesity could be undermined by the spread of 'fast food clusters' in close proximity to schools. Urban planners are not known for taking a close interest in population health factors when approving developments. But there is a case in Adelaide—involving a McDonald's development—that is attracting interest because the long-term health concerns of local residents have been taken seriously. | 17 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Convention on child abduction in Australian courts | In Queensland, four girls at the centre of an international child abduction case remain in hiding in defiance of a Family Court ruling they be returned to Italy. Yesterday a Family Court judge refused to hear applications aimed at keeping the four girls with their Australian-born mother, ruling the mother is in contempt because she has not delivered the children into the care of the state. | 16 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roddy Doyle on Ireland and middle age | Irish novelist and screenwriter Roddy Doyle has been a major literary figure for a quarter of a century. He came to prominence outside Ireland when his novel The Commitments was made into a hit movie in 1991. Following that, his book Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha won the Booker prize in 1993. Over the years he has produced many novels and short stories, and turned his hand to TV and film scripts and to theatre. His latest work, Bullfighting, was released last year—a collection of 13 short stories told from the point of view of middle-aged Irish men. | 15 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What makes a good picture book? | Children's picture books are a specialised and nuanced art form, says writer Nadia Wheatley. Nadia is the author of many illustrated books, including My Place, and believes that producing a picture book is one of the more complex jobs in publishing. | 14 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Girls avoid court order to go with father | Four Queensland sisters are in hiding today, trying to avoid a court order that they return to Italy with a father who they claim is abusive. The Family Court has ordered the girls, aged between 9 and 14, to be on a plane to Rome by tomorrow. However, a relative is now on the run with the girls, and has vowed to go to jail to protect the children. | 14 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Modern Dilemmas: lusting after the boss | The latest dilemma from a Life Matters listener: I have been happily together with my husband for the better part of 20 years. For many of those years, I'd been increasingly ill but a while ago, we worked out that part of the issue was insulin resistance, and I started a new diet. It was magic! My energy returned, like never before in my adult life. However, the physical changes haven't been unambiguously good. For whatever reason, as my health improved, my hormones changed. The issue was, suddenly I was no longer in lust with my darling, and tolerant husband. I still love him - I adore him - but he no longer 'does it' for me. Worse, I've become fixated on a co-worker. I'm under no illusions that this is love - this is lust, pure and simple. | 13 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gay marriage and child health: Dr Kerryn Phelps | Dr Kerryn Phelps is a gay activist, former president of the Australian Medical Association, and now adjunct professor at the Sydney University Faculty of Medicine. She responds to Dr Lachlan Dunjey, one of 150 doctors who have formally opposed gay marriage on the grounds that having same-sex parents may be detrimental to child health. | 13 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gay marriage and child health: Dr Lachlan Dunjey | One hundred and fifty doctors have opposed gay marriage on health grounds, arguing that heterosexual marriage is healthier for children, and therefore important for the future health of the nation. They have made a submission to the Senate inquiry into marriage equality. The signatories include Professor Kuravilla George, Victoria's deputy chief psychiatrist and board member of the state's Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission. | 13 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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I carry a number 7 | Janak Rogers’ mother is a tarot card reader but he’s never let her read his cards because he doesn’t believe in them. The spirituality his mother brought with her to Australia from India always seemed a bit suspect for a rationalist like Janak. | 12 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kissing Cousins | They say you can't help who you fall in love with! But what if the person you fall in love with is your cousin? A journey into the last taboo of love and sex, as cousin couples speak frankly about the myths and stigma they deal with. | 12 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Romy Ash's debut novel Floundering | Young Victorian novelist Romy Ash discusses her debut novel Floundering. | 12 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Obama supports gay marriage | For the first time, an American president has publicly said he's in favour of same-sex weddings. | 10 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Single parent budget cuts | About 100,000 jobless households will be worse off as a result of this week's budget, which sees unemployed singles lose their Parenting Payment when their youngest child turns 8. | 9 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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School kids bonus: Christopher Pyne | The government's school kids bonus passed the House of Representatives yesterday, despite failing to gain the support of the opposition. | 9 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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School kids bonus: Jenny Macklin | Despite Coalition opposition, the legislation for Labor's education payment passed the House of Representatives yesterday, and with the support of the Greens, it will pass the Senate today. | 9 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Obama supports same-sex marriage | Barack Obama has became the first US president to publicly support same-sex marriage | 9 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Obama supports same-sex marriage | Barack Obama has became the first US president to publicly support same-sex marriage | 9 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What do you think of the 2012 Budget? | The Treasurer, Wayne Swan, has dubbed his fifth budget, ‘the battlers budget’ and said ‘...it’s aimed at supporting jobs and puts in place new initiatives for some of the most vulnerable in our community’. But what do you think? Has the budget delivered for you? | 8 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Romy Ash's debut novel Floundering | Young Victorian novelist Romy Ash discusses her debut novel Floundering. | 7 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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My Spiritual Diary: Dr Howard Goldenberg | He's never kept a diary before, and found keeping a Spiritual Diary for The Spirit of Things embarrassing, pretentious, but also very valuable. Howard Goldenberg is a physician who is used to making a prognosis of his patients' health, but now he turns his attention to himself, and probes his conscience for the true meaning of his Jewish faith. | 6 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Young people and technology: fear and wellbeing | We hear a lot about young people and technology but how much of what we know is based on actual research? | 5 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The early years: circles of influence | The evidence is clear the very first years of our life are critical—get these right and that's half the battle. | 2 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is marriage for white people? | African American women are the least likely of all woman to get married. Why do they lead the most segregated intimate lives of all Americans? Is it all about colour or is something else going on? | 29 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Government creates children's commissioner | A new part of the Human Rights Commission has been created, with the establishment of a National Children's Commissioner by the federal government. The new watchdog will promote issues affecting children, conduct research and monitor Commonwealth policies and programs relating to kids. | 29 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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War, exile and a love reclaimed | Leslie Maitland devoted five years of her life to investigating the thwarted romance between her mother and a young Frenchman named Roland, separated by the consequences of war in Europe in 1942. | 27 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dads with depression | Being a dad can be one of the most rewarding parts of a man’s life. Many Australian fathers are pretty involved in their kids’ lives and they are a reassuring and guiding presence. But if you’re a dad with a mental health problem, like depression, it can be tough trying to look after both yourself and your children. Which is why Children Of Parents with a Mental Illness recently launched a new website to assist dads with mental illness. | 23 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Andrew Motion's Silver: Return to Treasure Island | Novelist, poet and biographer Andrew Motion has revisited and re-imagined Treasure Island with his latest book, Silver. | 21 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is same-sex marriage a conservative cause? | Amending the marriage laws so as to allow two members of the same sex to marry may seem like an exercise in radical left-wing politics. But is this too hasty a conclusion and, more than that, should conservatives support same-sex marriage? | 15 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Panel discussion: Government subsidies for nannies | The head of the union movement has backed an idea, proposed by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, to investigate introducing government subsidies for nannies. | 11 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Debate over child care rebate for nannies | The debate over whether nannies should be included in the child care rebate is heating up. Most recently Joe De Bruyen, head of the shop workers union, has come out in favour of the subsidy. This is after both the opposition leader, Tony Abbott, and ACTU president Ged Kearney expressed support for the idea. The government maintains its opposition. | 10 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dena Blackman: Outsourcing home help | Setting up a business when you’re in your 20s is daunting and Dena Blackman was particularly daring, for she established her business when she was 29, the mother of three very young children, and the year was 1967. Dena needed help caring for her children but couldn’t find anything or anyone to assist, and so she set up her own home help business. Dena was a woman ahead of her time and the business has just celebrated its 45th anniversary and remains a family business. | 9 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Drawing Room: Political spouses | The role of a political spouse can be varied: some provide a benign support role while others appear to wield much greater influence. | 9 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Body Image: getting over yourself | Harley Breen was a fat kid with asthma, a limp and ADHD. He's now a stand-up comedian. Cynthia Bulik was a US figure skater and is now a professor of eating disorders. Both have tales to tell about body esteem and how to stop confusing what you look like with who you are. | 8 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New Beginnings | Take a leap of faith and explore something new - the exhilarating highs, the traumatic lows and every emotion in between. New Beginnings is a program made up of short stories, told by normal people and woven together to give insight and perspective to life-changing decisions. | 7 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dutiful sons and daughters | The commandment "Honour thy father and thy mother" is fundamental to family values in the West. But our modern fetish for autonomy makes a practical ethics of caring for parents complicated. This week Encounter explores Christianity, Confucianism and the bonds of filial affection. | 7 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Andrew Motion's Silver: Return to Treasure Island | Novelist, poet and biographer Andrew Motion has revisited and re-imagined Treasure Island with his latest book, Silver. | 2 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Legalising drugs: Nicola Roxon | Today a group of eminent Australians called the Australia 21 group will call for an end to the prohibition of illicit drugs in Australia | 2 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Forced marriages | Every year, ten million girls around the world marry before they are 18. | 1 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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My Spiritual Diary: Jo Swinney | Jo Swinney is a Christian author and mum who keeps a Spiritual Diary for Lent and finds that the spiritual task she sets herself of reading the Bible every day is more difficult than she imagined. But the diary has helped her to focus on the true meaning of 'home' as Easter approaches. | 1 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Thinking ahead | Museum Victoria is hard at work creating a new display about the future. The exhibition will focus on children, technology and their visions of what's to come. | 31 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 50 Episodes |
- Free
- Category: Personal Journals
- Language: English
- © Copyright 2012, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
