Hack Folgen

You know those first few weeks and months of a really painful breakup? When you can’t eat, sleep or stop crying? Imagine if in those moments you had a voice in your ear whispering ‘I love you’ and telling you how special you are. Except those words aren’t coming from your ex, but from a stranger on the internet. When the pandemic kicked off and heaps of Australians lost work, the federal and state governments made an unusual commitment to protect renters from being evicted. But now almost all of those protections are gone. Plus, Australia’s top cyber spy agency and the federal opposition have called for more action to tackle dodgy texts and scam robocalls. Live guests: Dr Mac Shine, neuroscientist at the Brain and Mind Institute at USYD Brendan Coates, housing expert from the Grattan Institute Cassandra Cross, Cybersecurity Cooperative Research Centre

Community members have long warned that overcrowding, misinformation and a lack of communication in Aboriginal languages means those communities are left vulnerable in the pandemic. Now the Northern Territory has recorded 19 cases, and they’re all young Aboriginal people. How did we get here? A survey has revealed Aussies have done eight weeks of unpaid work on average during the pandemic - and young people are the worst off. Plus, the copyright battle over popstar Taylor Swift’s music has heated up after she re-recorded and released her iconic album ‘Red’. Live guests: Malarndirri McCarthy, Garrwa-Yanyuwa woman and NT Labor Senator Dan Nahum, researcher from the Australia Institute Dr Kylie Pappalardo, copyright lawyer

Splendour in the Grass is the country's biggest music festival, but over the last few years more young people have spoken up about the disturbing ways they were stripsearched by NSW Police at the event. In most cases, no drugs were found. Now they’re taking the cops to court. Meet the young Aussie who's created an environmentally friendly and cheap sanitary pad out of bananas. Plus, have you ever thought about the science behind your name? Research shows it could impact our job opportunities and social circles. Live guests: Dr Vicki Sentas, senior lecturer at UNSW’s School of Law, Society & Criminology Mursal Azadzoi, student and creator of the Nana Pad