Should journalism be objective or do we need more empathy in our newsfeed? Can we retrain our brains to be less fearful of people who don't look like us? And if we're not already fearful – is that because we're nice people or just…privileged?

Climb on board the capitalism hate-train! From Fox News to the unethical entanglement of academia with money-based metrics, it's got a lot to answer for. We also chat about snobbery in the arts, terrorism, and the existence of God. Ooof.

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You can hear some of Anne's poetry here, courtesy of Girls on Key: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsR75hYAL5k The Japanese embassy hostage crisis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_embassy_hostage_crisis (this resource calls the rebels, 'terrorists'…) Chloe's attempt to write about innovation and not sound like a wanker: https://www.newieventures.com.au/blogtext/2018/3/20/creative-collaborations The psychology podcast Chloe mentions (ABC's All in the Mind) which also tackles empathy: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/the-art-of-empathy/10151614