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Zyn is the brand name for a synthetic nicotine pouch that goes under your lip. "Zynfluencers" are pushing them online claiming they'll give you more energy and better focus, but is this just another push from big tobacco?

And a lot of young people rely on community legal centres to help them when they get arrested, but those centres are at breaking point, and experts say it’s keeping young people behind bars.

Plus, homeless uni students in Tasmania are sleeping in their cars because there just isn't enough affordable housing for them. 

Guests:

• Karly Warner, CEO, NSW/ACT Aboriginal Legal Service
• Becky Freeman, associate professor of public health, University of Sydney

An Australian man has been unmasked as an influential player in a new AI industry that harvests the content of real women to create fake influencers who push porn. 

And a stabbing during a church service on Monday night in Sydney's south-west has been labelled as a "terrorist attack". 

Plus, Woolies CEO Brad Banducci got told off for spouting "bullshit" in today's Senate inquiry into supermarket pricing. 

Guests:

• Dr John Coyne, defence strategy expert, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
• Nicola Henry, professor, RMIT

Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case is now over, with a judge on the Federal Court finding that, on the balance of probabilities, Lehrmann did rape Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019. It means Lehrmann has failed against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson, after a trial that dragged on for months.

And over the weekend, Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel, with the strikes marking the first time Iran has targeted Israel directly from its own soil. So what does this mean for conflict in the Middle East? 

Plus, Australia is still reeling after six people were killed at a shopping centre in Bondi Junction in Sydney on Saturday in a stabbing attack. Today, the attacker's parents spoke out, as new details about the victims were released.

Guests:

• Jamie McKinnell, court reporter, ABC
• Javed Ali, associate professor, University of Michigan
• Melissa Mackay, reporter, ABC

It's the Friday Shakeup and we're talking about squatting. Jordan van den Berg (aka @purplepingers) has put landlords on edge while promoting a list of vacant homes around Australia. 

And a Tasmanian court has found Mona's Ladies Lounge is discriminatory. How did the artist respond? Whatevs.

Plus, Adelaide has asked everyone to stop calling it Radelaide and that's just not how nicknames work. 

Host Dave Marchese is joined by housing advocate Jake Toohey and writer/director Eliza Reilly.

A new approach to preventing UTIs is showing promising results. For chronic suffers, this oral spray could be the alternative to antibiotic over-prescription.

And Cleveland Dodd was 16 years old when he was found unresponsive in his cell in Perth’s Casuarina Prison. This week, an inquest into his death has detailed the bleak conditions faced by teens like Cleveland inside the maximum-security youth unit. We unpack the revelations so far.

Plus, the Vatican has released a 20-page document all about human dignity but it’s the comments that call gender fluidity an “affront to human dignity” that have some people pretty angry. So where does this leave LGBTQIA+ Catholics?

Guests:

• Cason Ho, reporter, ABC
• Matthew Boon Meng Ng, member, Acceptance
• Dr Malcolm Starkey, immunologist, Monash University

Tesla's worldwide sales were down last quarter for the first time in years, and it's got a lot of people questioning why, and whether its owner Elon Musk has anything to do with it.

Plus, the official recognition of a Palestinian state – no Australian government has ever done it. But Penny Wong's just announced she's thinking about it.

Also, have you ever wished you could dip into your superannuation for money to buy a house? Some new research has found that the idea might not be as good as it sounds for anyone under about 40.

Guests:

• Dr Andrew Thomas, lecturer in International Relations and Middle East Studies, Deakin University
• Nick Bonyhady, technology writer, Australian Financial Review

Two things: it's Testicular Cancer Awareness Month and you need to know how to check your balls. We're talking to medical oncologist Dr Ben Tran and cancer survivor Tom Haddon about how to spot the most common cancer impacting young men. 

And the youth curfew in Alice Springs was extended today. It’s been put in place to try and curb crime and unrest in the CBD but is it working and how is it affecting the community?

Guests:

• Blair McFarlane, Northern Territory Australian of the Year 2024
• Dr Ben Tran, medical oncologist
• Tom Haddon, cancer survivor

It's the stuff of nightmares: you send someone you think you can trust a private picture, and then they threaten to release it unless you pay.

Sextortion cases are skyrocketing – in NSW they've risen 400% in just 18 months – and authorities say scammers are targeting teens.

Also, it's been six months since Israel declared war on Hamas and invaded Gaza. Is the conflict going to stop anytime soon?

Plus, we're meant to be saying see ya to 3G this year, but it could mean up to a million people won't be able to call triple zero.

Guests:

• Perry Duffin, crime reporter, Sydney Morning Herald
• Professor Ben Saul, United Nations Special Rapporteur 

Yep, it's that time again: Mercury is in retrograde, and everyone is talking about it. Get ready for chaos and upheaval! But do you buy in to any of it?

Also, should federal politicians have their pay docked for breaching workplace rules? This is being considered as MPs work to establish a standards body within Parliament. Would it make politics better?

Plus, FaceTiming during medical appointments and wing-womanning each other: is there such a thing, as an adult, as being too close with your parents?

Host Dave Marchese is joined by Collingwood captain Darcy Moore and journalist Ange McCormack.

Today was meant to be when we found out the outcome of Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case against Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson. Instead, a new witness – former Seven Network producer Taylor Auerbach – was called to give evidence about what Seven's Spotlight program did to nab an exclusive interview with Mr Lehrmann.

Also, women's health specialists say gender bias is baked into Medicare rebates and women get less money back on procedures than men do.

Plus, the low prices on shopping app Temu have some people suss on where their products come from and what's happening with users' data.

Guests:

• Jamie McKinnell, ABC court reporter
• Professor Nitika Garg, consumer behaviour researcher, UNSW