Life Matters - Full program podcast

Domestic violence is a pressing issue in Australia's growing South Asian migrant community. We look at how traditions of dowry, patriarchy and caste play a role and how we can intervene in culturally sensitive ways. Plus, Alice Zaslavsky has an ode to the humble pie. And we meet the team behind Shadow, the dystopian debut feature of acclaimed Australian neurodiverse theatre company Back to Back Theatre.

In the past, we've been told gas was clean, cheap, and efficient. But, with prices on the rise, more and more people are disconnecting from the gas grid now. Why are they making this choice and how are they doing it?

Why Jenny Valentish and others push their bodies to extremes. Plus a look back at the Queen's 1954 visit, and what she didn't see, and how to rid your life of annoying and interrupting emails that prevent you from getting on with your work.

What’s the best advice you’ve received about fatherhood? We explore the bonds between a father and their child and how to keep that relationship strong. And in the Too Hard Basket, how do you manage being a boss and a friend of a work colleague, who seems to struggle with respecting your authority?

While controlling energy supply and prices is difficult right now, experts say there is a lot that can be done on the demand side of the energy equation. Plus two men who left evangelical churches after spending their teenage years as pastors, explain how they are building community. Plus Alison Bechdel on exercise and super strength.

The new federal government has IR reforms in its sights, but what if anything can be done about insecure work, and how did things get to this point? Forming bonds through a love of art. And comfort dogs hard at work in some unlikely workplaces, including courtrooms and funeral homes.

Bans on single-use and thin plastics are now in place right around Australia, but how much of a difference do they really make? There’s growing interesting in tapping, or Emotional Freedom Techniques, as a drug-free strategy for stress relief. What is it and how does it help? And climate fiction is having it’s moment in the sun. What can this genre of fiction tell us that science can’t?

What responsibility does the government have when Australians are detained overseas? Peter Greste and Kylie Moore-Gilbert share their experiences alongside film producer Gabriel Shipton, Julian Assange's brother.

There are many cultural myths surrounding women’s sexuality as they age, and most are negative. We take your calls on how this culture has held back older women's sexual agency and how to get the pleasure you want as you age. And in the Too Hard Basket, how to deal with a friend you feel you’ve outgrown.

Doctors say more people have been presenting with gut problems in the past twelve months. We find out why that is and what can be done to address any related food intolerances. Plus celebrity photographer Helmut Newton's connection with Melbourne is explored in an exhibition at the city's Jewish Museum, and Mez Lanigan's Life in 500 words story about a cameo necklace that's precious to her.