Food delivery services are making moves to cash in on Canada’s multi-billion dollar recreational weed industry.
Meanwhile… meet the young Aussie who says he got fired from his job after his bosses discovered he used medicinal cannabis
Australia’s listed white supremacist group The Base as a terrorist organisation, making it a criminal offence to be a member.
Plus, new research shows that young women and migrants were worst affected by job losses during the pandemic.
Live guests:
Dr Teresa Nicoletti, lawyer and qualified scientist
Dr Joshua Roose, extremism researcher at Deakin Uni
Julie Reilly OAM, CEO of Australians Investing in Women
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Folge vom 24.11.2021Uber for weed
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Folge vom 23.11.2021Chaos in CanberraIt’s the last sitting week of parliament for the year, and things are a bit chaotic with fights over the Religious Discrimination Bill, mandatory vaccinations and a federal anti-corruption commission. Meanwhile the government also put forward a controversial bill to make it compulsory for people to show IDs when casting a vote. But the requirement risks excluding young Aussies and First Nations people. There are concerns for one of China’s most popular tennis players, Peng Shuai, after she levelled allegations of sexual assault against a top government official on social-media. Plus, NASA will launch a mission to deliberately slam into an asteroid, in a bid to test the solar system’s gravitational forces. Live guests: Sophie Johnston, National Youth Commissioner Fergus Ryan, Australian Strategic Policy Institute Dr Brad Tucker, astrophysicist
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Folge vom 22.11.2021Where’s all the male birth control?Sick of all the side-effects from taking the birth control pill, a German inventor has created a new form of contraception for men that uses ultrasound to temporarily immobilise sperm. Protestors are marching across a town in America’s midwest after teenager Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty of killing two Black Lives Matter activists last year. Plus, a remake of The Cure’s iconic song ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ is shining a light on men’s mental health and encouraging blokes to reach out for help and check in on their mates. Live guests: Jamal Hakim, Marie Stopes Australia Tavis Grant, bishop and black rights activist Simon Lee, advertising executive
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Folge vom 19.11.2021The Shakeup: Unpaid overtime, unusual names and voice notes on dating appsIt's the Shake Up and we're talking… Young Aussies working harder for less money during the pandemic, how our names can influence where we end up in life and whether voice notes can establish chemistry on dating apps. Join Hack's Avani Dias with podcast host Emily Vernem and musician Joyride.