The contraceptive pill. Its job is to stop unwanted pregnancies. But did you know there's a huge variety of options for what brand and type of pill you can take? 

But when you look at the list of oral contraceptives on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme there's quite a few of those available in Australia not on it, in fact, most of the contraceptive pills available here in Australia are not on the PBS. 

In this episode of The Quicky, we find out why some contraceptive pills have been allowed on the list, and why the new generation of the pill are not, and whether that will be changing anytime soon. 

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Is gang violence escalating in Australia?

With shootings in broad daylight in Sydney, a grave site desecrated in Melbourne and bikie strongholds being raided across the country, are we facing a wave of organised crime that the average Aussie needs to be concerned about?

Today we speak to a former detective who gives us some insight into how organised crime works here in Australia

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Dr Michael Kennedy - Associate Professor Department of Criminology at the University of New England and a former Detective

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Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are fighting. Like actual fighting. 

With one challenging the other to a cage fight, there's been an escalation that might see the billionaires enter the UFC octagon for real. 

If you're wondering why, you're not alone. 

In this episode of The Quicky, we look at the motivation for these two men to continue publicly baiting each other for a fight, and whether it might be nothing more than a good old fashioned PR stunt. 

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Ben Little: Lecturer in Media and Cultural Politics at the University of East Anglia, and the co author with Goldsmith's University's Dr Alison Winch of the book The New Patriarchs of Digital Capitalism.  

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Last weekend four people shared a meal...now three of them are dead and the other fighting for his life.

It turns out, they allegedly consumed the highly poisonous Death Cap Mushroom, which is responsible for 90% of mushroom related deaths globally. 

In this episode of The Quicky, we find out how you can tell if the mushrooms you're about to eat could kill you. 

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Host: Elfy Scott

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Dr Karl Kruszelnick - Science Commentator and Author 

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53 years ago this week, a little orca, just 4 years old, was captured by humans in Puget Sound, off the coast of Washington State and transferred to Miami Seaquarium. 

For the past 5 decades the orca, known as Tokitae, formally known as her stage name Lolita, has lived in a tiny tank and forced to perform for the public 3 times a day for almost 45 years. She was retired from these shows in March last year after suffering from some health issues. 

After years of protesters calling for her release, it seems those dreams may be coming true as soon as next year. 

In this episode of The Quicky we find out how a billionaire, a group of friends and a new owner are working to free one of the oldest captive orcas into open water and how she may still have the chance to reunite with her family. 

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Charles Vinick - Executive Director of the Whale Sanctuary Project and the cofounder of Friends of Toki

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Host: Isabella Ross

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