If you are or have ever been a woman aged anywhere between about 16 and 50, no doubt you will have been asked at some point whether you're pregnant, or when you're planning to have a baby, but why does anyone think it's their business to ask?

It can be not only incredibly annoying, but also upsetting if it impacts your body image, triggering if you have struggled with fertility, and just downright frustrating if you have zero interest in giving birth.

To find out why this is still such a common problem, The Quicky speaks to one of our own resident mums who has had a very complicated journey to parenthood, and knows first hand just how irritating it is for all women whether they want to become a parent or not.

CREDITS 

Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to: 

Leigh Campbell - Mamamia's Executive Editor, host of You Beauty and This Glorious Mess, and a mother

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri

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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au 

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Have you ever received an unsolicited dick pic? If you said yes, you're not alone.

Millions of women and men all over the world are being sent pictures of someone's junk every day and despite many of us saying we don't want to receive them, men continue to send them. 

In this episode we look at the psychology of dick pics, why men send them and what they're hoping to get in return.

CREDITS 

Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to: 

Max Radcliffe - Young Men's Respectful Relationships Speaker

Justin Lehmiller Ph.D. - Social Psychologist, Author, and Research Fellow at The Kinsey Institute

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Producer: Kally Borg

Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri

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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au 

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Late yesterday afternoon our time, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a live televised address, saying Russia had no intention of occupying Ukraine. Then minutes after that TV appearance authorised a military operation in the country’s Donbas region. So what does this mean for the world? What does this mean for Ukraine? And is there anything that can stop Vladimir Putin from starting a potential world war?

CREDITS 

Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to: 

John Blaxland - Professor of International Security and Intelligence Studies and former Head of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at ANU

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Producer: Kally Borg

Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri

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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au 

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Last week a video of a man being fatally attacked by a shark in Sydney went viral. Hundreds, if not thousands of people were viewing and sharing this video on various social media platforms. 

But before social media there were shockumentaries, before them, public executions where people would go to watch a person's final moments, so why are some of us so interested in watching someone die?

In this episode we speak to a psychologist about our strange fascination with death and the impact that these videos have on the victim's friends and family members.

CREDITS 

Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to: 

Tamara Cavenett is the President of the Australian Psychological Society

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Producer: Kally Borg

Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri

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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au 

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Sweden, Denmark, Norway, the UK - what do these countries have in common? They're all winding back or removing their Covid restrictions completely, despite the virus case numbers still rising each week.

And now it seems Australia might start joining them, with some states looking to remove a number of restrictions or having done so already, but are we ready to really live with covid?

In today's episode we're looking at whether the time for masks, distancing, isolating and testing is over, or whether we're moving way too soon.

CREDITS 

Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to: 

Associate Professor Sanjaya Senanayake - Infectious Diseases Physician and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Australian National University's Medical School

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Producer: Kally Borg

Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri

Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/

CONTACT US

Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected]

GET IN TOUCH:

Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at [email protected]

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au 

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Before the pandemic hit, some of us dreamt of the day we could roll out of bed, skip the morning commute and work from the comfort of our homes. But, two years into the pandemic, that dream has become a reality for so many of us and it may have come with some unforeseen consequences. 

With DIY office's hastily set up in kitchens on couches and some even from bed, our work set ups may have ended up being quite the pain in the neck.. and back.. and wrist. 

In this episode we look at the impact working from home has had on our bodies

CREDITS 

Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to: 

Zac Lowth - Physiotherapist, Deputy National Chair for the Occupational Health Physiotherapy Association and GM Operations at JobFit Systems

Jorgia Pisani - Radio Producer for Mix94.5's Pete, Matt & Kymba

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Producer: Kally Borg

Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri

Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/

CONTACT US

Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected]

GET IN TOUCH:

Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at [email protected]

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au 

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It's that time again. The time when the politicians go out into the community, shaking hands, kissing babies, flipping sausages and drinking beers - all in an effort to appear like 'one of us'. 

Politicians have done some weird and wacky things in the lead up to elections. From dancing the Macarena on national TV, to biting into an onion like an apple, and just last week, Scott Morrison was washing an apprentice hairdresser's hair in Melbourne. 

In this episode, we look at the ways in which Politicians attempt to endear themselves, and whether or not it's ever made a difference at the polling booth. 

CREDITS 

Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to: 

Amy Remeikis - Political Reporter for The Guardian Australia

Mark Kenny - Australian Studies Professor at the Australian National University's College of Arts and Social Sciences, also the host of the weekly politics and public affairs podcast Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Producer: Kally Borg

Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri

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CONTACT US

Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected]

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Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at [email protected]

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au 

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It seems everyone is talking about Netflix's The Tinder Swindler right now. Before that, it was The Puppet Master and Inventing Anna. Before them it was Dirty John and Who The Hell Is Hamish, TV shows and podcasts about con men and women are everywhere. 

When we hear about the elaborate schemes con artists use to scam money from innocent victims, we all wonder how the hell they pull it off and how do people actually fall for it.

In this episode we speak to someone who fell victim to a con master; the tricks he used and the damage left in his wake.

CREDITS 

Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to: 

Stephanie Wood: author of the book Fake: A Startling True Story of Love in a World of Liars, Cheats, Narcissists, Fantasists and Phonies

Stephanie will be featured in an upcoming episode of ABC Australian Story on March 7

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Producer: Kally Borg

Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri

Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/

CONTACT US

Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected]

GET IN TOUCH:

Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at [email protected]

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au 

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It's one of the most famous and controversial love triangles in history. 

Prince Charles and Camilla have been dominating the headlines for four decades now. She has faced an onslaught of abuse from the tabloids & Royal Family alike - but this month, on the eve of the Queen's 70th Jubilee, it seems all may have been forgiven when Her Majesty gave her daughter in law a title upgrade. 

In this episode we look back at the messy beginnings of this Royal love story and how public opinion may slowly be shifting to acceptance of Camilla. 

CREDITS 

Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to: 

Holly Wainwright - Head of Content for Mamamia and Royal Enthusiast 

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Producer: Kally Borg

Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri

Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/

CONTACT US

Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected]

GET IN TOUCH:

Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at [email protected]

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au 

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Is there a good way to break up with someone? Should we be looking to celebrity breakups as inspiration to our own relationship breakdowns?

We’ve seen Chris Martin & Gwyneth Paltrow “consciously uncouple” & have since remained harmonious, often seen on holidays together with their kids.

More recently, we’ve seen Kim Kardashian & Kanye West split – followed by numerous social media posts from Kanye dragging Kim.

But what’s the right way to split? And what damage can a breakup cause?

In this episode we look at why amicable breakups are important.

CREDITS 

Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to: 

Melinda Winning - Accredited Family Law Specialist, Collaborative Law Professional & Family Law Arbitrator who works for Barkus Doolan Family Lawyers. 

Elisabeth Shaw - CEO of https://www.relationshipsnsw.org.au/ who has worked for over 25 years as a clinical and counselling psychologist with extensive experience in relationships services. 

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Producer: Kally Borg

Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri

Subscribe to The Quicky at... https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/

CONTACT US

Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at [email protected]

GET IN TOUCH:

Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at [email protected]

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au 

Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe

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