Radio ADL Catch-Up

No one should have to decide between putting food on the table or taking life-saving medication, but that's life for many living on Newstart. Rita Sacchetta is 54 years old and looking for work on the Newstart payment. She spoke with Small Change's Lisa Burns about choosing between paying bills and rent, eating properly, and buying insulin to treat her diabetes.

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It might seem like a sci-fi movie come to life, but the influence of robots on human behaviour is becoming increasingly relevant. Recent studies have explored the potential link between social robots and human character, and how it could determine what you're like as a person.

Simon Coghlan, Research fellow in the School of Computing and Information Systems at the University of Melbourne joins Breakfast's Tom Mann and Zoe Kounadis to explain.Support the show.

You've probably seen some form of it on TV or in movies, but what really is parkour? This Is Your Sport's Shaun Butterworth chats with Travis Ranson, Director of the SA Parkour Association, to get the low down on the local parkour scene, the sport's history in urban Paris and French military drills, and how big gymnastics is trying to muscle in on its popularity!

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Thaddeus Rudd is Co-President of New York record label Mom + Pop and a keynote speaker at this year's Indie-Con Australia independent music industry conference on July 25-26 at Lot Fourteen, Adelaide. 

Mom+Pop is the US home to some of Australia's best exports: Flume, Courtney Barnett, Tash Sultana, as well as artists including Alina Baraz, Jai Wolf, Alice Merton and Sunflower Bean. Support the show.

The New South Wales inquest into drug deaths at music festivals began this week, following the drug-related deaths of six individuals at festivals across New South Wales. But is pill testing the answer? Is it the best way to reduce harm at music festivals?

Dr Nicole Lee from the National Drug Research Institute at Curtin University and Director of 3-60 Edge joined Bonnie on Breakfast to talk about this issue.Support the show.

The Adelaide Festival Centre has released a sneak peek of its 2019 OzAsia Festival program, including immersive and physical theatre, world-leading contemporary dance and internationally acclaimed music stars. Artistic director Joseph Mitchell spoke to Zoe and Tom on Breakfast.Support the show.

Indie Con, Australia's leading independent music industry conference, is coming back to Adelaide. This July, the two-day conference will empower attendees with insights and knowledge and provide professional development sessions on leadership, HR, financial literacy and marketing, as well as talking about well being in the music industry.

Maria Amato, General Manager of AIR, the Australian Independent Record Labels Association, spoke with Soph Landau ahead of the event and they began by discussing what AIR does for the independent music industry.Support the show.