Keeping Up With Corona

Planning a local holiday? We talk to Margy Osmond from the Tourism and Transport Forum about our renewed appreciation of the humble road trip; the impact of border re-openings; and just which countries, will be the first to welcome back aussie travellers.

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Some cinemas have re-opened post covid, but the return of new release movies are still a way off for us. We talk to Film Critic Matthew Toomey about how the pandemic has impacted movie production here and overseas, changed movie release dates, and forced a total rethink of the prestigious Oscars.

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The biggest covid "game changer" is yet to come -- the development of a vaccine, This episode we cheer on the humble Aussie scientists leading the global charge to create a vaccine and a cure.

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How's your form on "Zoom"? New research shows, we find zoom meetings more exhausting than normal face to face catch ups. WFH means its here to stay. Career Management Coach Sally-anne Blanshard pops in this ep, to give us some advice on how to perform at our best, and avoid "zoom burnout".  

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Desperate to see the kids back at sport? Worried they might be losing team motivation? Us too. We talk to Kate Corkery from Sport Australia about the road back for kids sport, the lingering covid restrictions, and how we can rally to help community sports groups, fire up again.

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A lot of us are heading back to the office, as restrictions ease. We may be ready, but is the office ready for us? We hear from workplace expert Ed Mallett, who thinks many places, are not well enough prepared to welcome staff or customers. But Ed has a positive prediction that despite it all, a "workplace revival" is on the way.

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Our time in "iso", and the success of working from home for many, has changed what we will want in a home in the future. Social Researcher Mark McCrindle pops back in this episode, to walk us through the new "must haves" for property as the WFH trend continues to grow.

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Changes to our work life from covid, have got a lot of people thinking about a possible career change, or maybe, it's been forced, due to a job loss. We hear from career reinvention strategist Shandra Moran about how to start the process of investigating new possibilities. If working for others, or yourself.

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Working from home has been a challenge, but for many it’s a been a better-than-expected experience, with improved productivity. Well known Social Researcher Mark McCrindle, takes us through the future of work life, post covid. 

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What are you going to miss about iso? As restrictions are lifted across the country, many of us are actually a little sad, that self isolation as we know it, is ending. We hear from Dr Justin Coulson from Happy Families, about how many families have reported a new found appreciation of a slower, simpler life.    

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