Best How To Survive The Death Of Someone You Love Podcasts (2025)

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Riding for a fall — when success, a big house and a loving family aren't enough 51:02

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What happens when a man can't stop his drive and desire for more? Author Andrew O'Hagan dissects the pitfalls of more money, more success and more applause (R) Andrew O’Hagan is the author of several highly acclaimed novels. His most recent book is a sweeping portrait of modern-day London, a city ‘levitating on a sea of dirty Russian money’. The ma…

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Ione Skye on surrendering her past and forgiving herself 46:30

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The Gen X actor on making peace with her absent father, the ghosts of her Hollywood past and nursing Anthony Kiedis through his drug addiction while she was still a teenager — a relationship she shudders at today. The 1990s It girl was named for the Scottish island where she was conceived, before her enigmatic folk singer father, Donovan abandoned …

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S2 Ep123: I Wanted My Man, Not the Sex: Tamsen Fadal on Losing Her Libido At the Worst Possible Time 54:11

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Have you ever wondered where your libido went? In this episode we do a deep dive on sexual slumps, low libido and lack of sexual desire that is frustrating (lack of desire that is not frustrating is not a problem!). We get to have this conversation first from the lens of Emmy-winning journalist Tamsen Fadal whose journey with low libido started in …

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Our post-American future — what will the new world order look like? 52:00

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Defence analyst Hugh White says Australian leaders are in denial about how dramatically the world has changed, and need to get a grip on the deep, troubling forces propelling us into a new order of world power. The balance of global power has changed dramatically over the last 25 years. Even in the last five years, so much has happened - the pandem…

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Why Mindset Matters - Self Love & Becoming THE ONE 26:36

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Episode 6: Self-Love & Becoming THE ONE In this episode, I talk about one of the most radical and healing things you can do: becoming the one you’ve been waiting for. What if the person you’ve been searching for… is actually you? In this episode, I dive deep into the messy, beautiful, often painful journey of self-love — not as a trend, but as a li…

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The pyromaniac kid who made barbecue his life 48:06

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As a child, chef Graeme Stockdale was embarrassed by the smell of sauerkraut and pickles that would trail him from his Polish and German grandparents' home. A transformative encounter with a barbecued duck in Singapore changed his life, though nothing would prepare him for two monumental floods in his adopted region of Lismore, NSW. Graeme was only…

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Why People Think Diddy’s Team Is “Winning” & How He Might Get A Mistrial! 2:18:56

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A mistrial. Sean Diddy Comb’s legal team has just filed for another mistrial, alleging that the prosecutors knew that Cassie was lying on the stand and still allowed her to testify. This entire fight centers around a 2016 balcony incident, in which Cassie and her friend Bona allege that Combs dangled Bona off the balcony. The defense argues that th…

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Why Mindset Matters - Happy Wife, Happy Life... The Bullsh*t Intimacy Killer 35:09

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In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on the pressure men face to keep everyone else happy while silently carrying the weight of their own unmet needs. I explore what it means to practice healthy selfishness, how the lack of emotional permission hurts relationships, and why so many men feel lost in roles they didn’t choose but don’t know ho…

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Hormones and mental health with Dr Jayashri Kulkarni 52:16

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Dr Jayashri Kulkarni on her Indian-Australian upbringing and her groundbreaking research into women's hormones and mental health (R) Jayashri Kulkarni’s family moved from India to Australia in 1961. They found there were no Indian grocery stores, few spices of any kind, and plain yoghurt wasn’t available. But the Kulkarnis adapted to their new home…

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Woman Sneaks Into Court Screams “Diddy, They’re Coming After You!” & Tells Officers To Pull Out Guns 1:55:49

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“Diddy, they’re laughing at you! This is not a game!” The lady is screaming in the back of the courtroom. Everyone whips their heads around to stare - and there she is. Staring off 3 court officers and threatening them to take out their gun. “Diddy is walking perfection. Take out your guns!” The woman has been banned from the courthouse, wore a sca…

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Part TWO: Locked up in China — Cheng Lei on cell mates, singing and survival 48:06

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Cheng Lei's years in detention in China, on trumped-up espionage charges, go from cruel and isolating, to absurd and romantic when she gets moved into a cell with three other women. The Chinese-Australian journalist was held in detention in China for more than three years, accused of selling state secrets to foreign people and powers. In episode on…

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S2 Ep122: Go Where you are Celebrated, Not Just Tolerated ft. Kennedy Ryan 50:58

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From fatphobia to racism to ageism and ableism, Kennedy challenges the norms around love, desirability, and who gets to be the “main character.” This one’s for anyone who's ever felt left out of the story — and is ready to take the pen back. Bestselling romance author Kennedy Ryan (Before I Let Go, Reel) sits down with Shan to talk about what happe…

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Part ONE: Locked up in China — Cheng Lei on state paranoia and staying sane in isolation 49:00

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When journalist Cheng Lei was detained by Chinese state security agents, she thought would be freed within the week. Instead, she was held on absurd espionage charges for more than three years, much of that time spent in isolation. When Cheng Lei moved back to the country of her birth after the dramatic opening up of China to the world, she was a p…

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Why Mindset Matters - Manifest Like a MOFO ;-) 33:40

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Episode 4: Manifest Like a Mofo Let’s talk manifestation — the real kind. In this episode, I share how I started calling in the life I deeply desired after everything fell apart. From navigating deep grief to writing a book and saying yes to aligned opportunities, this is a story about reclaiming power, trusting timing, and getting clear on what yo…

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Wondery Presents: How to Survive Against the Odds 6:02

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Inspired by Wondery’s hit podcast Against the Odds—learn how to survive whatever nature can throw at you through gut-twisting true stories of survival on the brink How to Survive Against the Odds places you at the center of fifteen real life-or-death scenarios. Each story explores the physiological responses of the human body under unbearable condi…

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Depersonalisation — when Nathan lost his sense of self and nothing felt real 51:54

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In 2008 Nathan Dunne was night swimming in Hampstead Heath in the middle of winter when a psychological catastrophe struck him. He felt his sense of self split in two, and an unbearable pain overtook him. He couldn’t work out what had happened to him, and neither could the doctors. CW: This discussion contains sensitive mental health details and me…

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We Ran Into Some WEIRD People During Diddy’s Trial… 2:28:12

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We have been having a lot of weird encounters during the trial of USA v. Sean Combs. Too many people have been persistently asking the same questions and now it’s starting to just feel weird. There are people outside the courthouse swinging wooden planks at reporters, spitting on news anchors, and threatening to take someone out with a sock filled …

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Why Mindset Matters - Why Mindset is EVERYTHING!! 39:58

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Episode 3: Why Mindset Is Everything In this episode, I’m talking about one of the most important tools we have in life — our mindset. Whether you’re facing grief, loss, trauma, parenthood or it's simply the weight of everyday struggles, the way you think about your experiences shapes how you move through them. If there’s one thing I’ve learned thr…

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Why Mindset Matters - Grounded in Gratitude (even in grief) 39:39

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Episode 2: Grounded in Gratitude – Even in Grief Grief and gratitude — can they really exist in the same breath? In this episode, I dive into the emotional tug-of-war between love and loss, and how choosing to stay grounded in gratitude has helped me survive the heaviness of grief without being swallowed by it. I speak about the power of gratitude …

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Why Mindset Matters - I Said YES To Grief 39:06

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Episode 1: I Said YES to Grief In this very first episode, I open my heart and share the story that changed everything — losing my daughter Rylee to suicide in 2022. This isn’t easy to talk about, nor is it easy to listen to... but it’s real. I said yes to grief because I had no other choice — and because I’ve learned that grief, when we let it, ca…

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A home filled with music — raising the Kanneh-Masons 48:48

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Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason on what it takes to keep up with her seven children — all of them gifted classical musicians (R). Kadiatu is a former English academic and the mother of seven extraordinary children. All of them are gifted classical musicians. Her eldest daughter, Isata wrote and performed her first piano concerto at the age of eleven. Her son …

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Why Colm Toibin ran away with the circus — to Barcelona, Brooklyn and beyond 53:18

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The Irish novelist has always been open to where life can unexpectedly take him, and the excitement that comes with that kind of freedom. Colm Toibin's first big move was from rural Ireland to Dublin after his father died when he was young. Then, it was off to experience the wild hedonism and sexual liberation of post-Franco Spain, a pleasant shock…

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Kid Cudi Describes Diddy "Like Marvel Supervillain" Then Called Out By Young Thug As A "RAT" 1:19:29

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“Did Diddy try to kill Kid Cudi?” In 2012, only a few gossip pages were wondering this question with the vast majority of readers wondering - “who even comes up with these crazy rumors?” Now, in 2025, it might not just be a rumor. Kid Cudi takes the witness stand to testify against Sean Combs. The man who allegedly broke into Kid Cudi’s house, lit …

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S2 Ep121: Having the Sex I’d Want My Daughter to Expect with Xosha 1:05:22

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What kind of stories do we pass down through the way we love? Actor and mom Xosha Roquemore sits down with Shan to talk about sex, self-worth, and how becoming a mother shifted everything. It starts with one question she asked that stopped us both: “Have the kind of sex you’d be proud to tell your daughter about.” We talk about the early messages s…

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Hilde Hinton's home for the temporarily defeated 51:12

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When Hilde Hinton was on the cusp of adolescence, her mother died. For years she protected her younger siblings from the truth about their mum. Despite the great grief of her mother's shocking death when Hilde was just 12 years old, there was also a sense of relief for Hilde. She shielded her younger siblings, Samuel and Connie Johnson, from the tr…

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The secret life of Scarlett, the octopus 52:08

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When Alex Schnell was around 5 years old, playing in rock pools around Clovelly beach in Sydney, she had an alien encounter. The creature in the shallow water in front of her was a little octopus and unlike anything Alex had seen before, and instead of darting off in fear like a fish might, to Alex it felt like the octopus was genuinely curious in …

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New Diddy Lawsuit Has Image of “Tootsie Roll” & The TRUTH Behind Dawn Richard’s Brutal Testimony 1:56:31

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Two full days after the start of the “Diddy Trial” - a new lawsuit is filed. A woman is accusing Sean Combs of SA and states that she recalls his private part being an “itty bitty Diddy.” She includes a photo of a teeny tiny tootsie roll for reference. This is just one of the many civil lawsuits filed against Sean Combs. Many of the people that hav…

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Cassie’s Husband Texts Diddy “I’d Like To Beat The F*ck Out Of You” 1:55:23

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This is the first time they have seen each other since their break up in 2018. Over 6 years. And now they’re going to be on opposite sides of the courtroom - she’s going to be up on the stand testifying against him. Detailing all the things she didn’t want to do. The urination. The inflatable pool in the middle of a hotel room filled to the brim wi…

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Encore: How Sean Sweeney found his deaf heart 51:20

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Sean Sweeney on the complications and joys of growing up as a a hearing child in a deaf family, using Auslan, a distinctively Australian sign language. In his twenties, Sean rebelled against the deaf world, and began to look for a new life in the hearing one. But after eighteen years, he returned. He found work as an interpreter at TAFE, and he met…

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The miserable lives and golden guns of tyrants, dictators and despots 51:30

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Marcel Dirsus is fascinated by the treadmill of tyranny: how dictators gain power, how they stay there and how they fall. This is his blueprint for bringing an end to authoritarianism. With democracies seemingly faltering worldwide, political scientist and writer Marcel Dirsus is putting tyrants under the microscope to better understand how they ri…

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I Watched Diddy’s Lawyers Question Cassie For 16 Hours - This Is EVERYTHING That Happened 2:27:17

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The energy in the courtroom has shifted. Sean Combs no longer looks like a statuesque wax figurine. He is now much more animated, literally jumping out of his seat to look at the evidence screen, there is almost an air of anticipation. But why? For the past 2 days Cassie Ventura, a government witness and victim in this case, has been testifying aga…

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S2 Ep120: Jessie Woo Opens Up About Surviving Sexual Assault, Reclaiming Pleasure and Building Healthy Love After Trauma 1:09:00

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Reclaiming Intimacy: Jessie Woo’s Journey Beyond Trauma. Comedian and media personality Jessie Woo joins Shan for a powerful conversation about healing, love, and rediscovering sexual joy after surviving sexual assault. Jessie shares her painful story of her assault and her joyful story of her relationship with Jay Allen aka Mr Easter. Now Jessie i…

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Claire Keegan on bravery, writing and the single life 53:10

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The bestselling Irish author grew up on a farm set on “50 acres on the side of a hill”. Growing up, she witnessed a harsh, misogynistic country that convinced her she would never marry. Claire shares what she has learned about writing from a litter of newborn piglets. Her works Small Things Like These and Foster have both been made into movies. Cla…

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Peter Godwin's complicated loves, great losses and occasional wars 53:30

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The writer had a complex relationship with his mother, whose professional reputation built a wall between them, but also saved his life more than once while working as a war correspondent. Peter Godwin was born in Zimbabwe when the country was still under colonial rule. His English mother was the only doctor for thousands of kilometres and early on…

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Treating anorexia by nourishing the heart 52:00

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Psychiatrist Warren Ward treats patients who are severely ill with eating disorders. Understanding the mystery of human nature has driven him since he was a young doctor. Warren Ward's patients are often critically ill with diseases like anorexia. Warren says asking someone with anorexia to eat is like asking an arachnophobe to put their hand in a …

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“I Got $4k To Rub Baby Oil On Her & Sean Watched In A Corner” - Male Worker Testifies In Combs Trial 1:31:40

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“Mr. Combs came out of the room, and I just saw a liquor bottle fly past her and hit the wall. He grabbed her by her hair, and started dragging her by her hair into her bedroom. And I could hear what sound like him slapping her. She was screaming. Then Mr. Combs was basically saying, b*tch, when I tell you to come here, you come now, not later.” “D…

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Ghost stories and executions in Iceland — when Hannah Kent and Agnes Magnusdottir became entwined 51:12

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When writer Hannah Kent first visited Iceland in 2003, she came across a gothic true story about Agnes Magnusdottir, the last woman hanged in Iceland. That story would change her life. Hannah's arrival to the Nordic island as an exchange student in 2003 was a difficult one. On her first night in the country, she found herself stranded late at night…

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S2 Ep119: Alessia Cara Opens Up About How Death Anxiety Affects Her Relationships 53:30

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Nothing good lasts. Right? In this deeply moving episode, Canadian singer-songwriter Alessia Cara joins Shan Boodram to explore the connection between intimacy, loss, and the fear of death (thanatophobia). Inspired by her song "Subside" from Love and Hyperbole, Alessia opens up about her personal journey with grief and how it shapes the way she lov…

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Heroin addiction, Ivan Milat's dentist, and beginning again 51:36

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Claude Robinson developed a heroin habit as a young man, and spent years in jail. In 2006 he began to turn his life around for good. (CW: descriptions of drug use, addiction, and crime) (R) Claude Robinson is the manager of Rainbow Lodge, a home in inner Sydney for men just out of prison. Claude knows the place well because nearly 20 years ago he w…

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“Is baby oil and lubricant a federal crime? NO”- Diddy’s Defense | Day 1 1:22:32

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“The prosecutors already told you about lubricant, and you may know of his love of baby oil. Is that a federal crime? No." "He uses drugs, he is physical... but is that a federal crime? No." “We accept full responsibility for the domestic violence present in this case. However, domestic violence does not equate to sex trafficking.” - Diddy’s Defens…

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Situationships, risks and growing pains — Jemma Sbeg on surviving your 20s 52:00

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From relationships and loneliness, to indecision and burnout, Jemma Sbeg is your guide to navigating your 20s, and looking back on that decade with a new perspective. When Jemma Sbeg started recording a podcast in the back of her Subaru about her quarter life crisis, she had no idea just how many people she would reach. But other people her age wer…

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Encore: Mt Druitt to Tonga, how Winnie embraced her cultural heritage 51:00

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Winnie Dunn was a teenager when the Chris Lilley character 'Jonah from Tonga' became a national joke and as a Tongan Australian the stereotype made her feel uncomfortable. Despite being born into a big Tongan family in Western Sydney, Winnie felt conflicted about her heritage growing up. But over time her understanding of what it means to be Tongan…

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I Spent 8 Hours In A Courtroom w/ Diddy & This Is Everything He Did 1:49:24

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Some attorneys say the case is decided before opening statements in a trial even begin. They believe the trial begins and ends during jury selection. Picking 12 people to decide what happens to Sean “Diddy” Combs. Some potential jurors come in - stating they’ve seen the hotel video of Diddy and Cassie. Others mention that they work at HBO - the sam…

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Jamila Rizvi’s one in a million brain tumour 53:14

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Jamila’s craniopharyngioma had been growing for years, unbeknownst to her. In hindsight, it was her son who gave the first clue, when he stopped breastfeeding overnight at 11 months old. Today Jamila is an author, a broadcaster and the deputy managing director of Future Women, dedicated to achieving gender equity in Australian workplaces. A few yea…

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S2 Ep118: Raven-Symoné and Miranda on How Sleep Divorce Strengthened Their Marriage 54:11

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In this week’s episode, I sit down with Raven-Symoné and her wife Miranda Pearman-Maday for a refreshingly honest conversation about love and what it really takes to sustain a modern relationship. They share why they chose a sleep divorce, and how sleeping separately has deepened their emotional bond, sharpened their communication, and brought them…

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Slapped by a whale's tail, and other animal adventures 51:12

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Whale and dolphin researcher, Barry McGovern’s love of sea creatures started in Clare, Ireland, when as a child he met the county’s solitary, friendly dolphin, named for the singer Dusty Springfield. Barry grew up in a tiny surfing village where he knew all the bird calls off by heart. His interest in animal science led him to Edinburgh Zoo, where …

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Adam Kay — the magic and misery of doctoring, comedy and fatherhood 46:36

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After a caesarean section on his labour ward went catastrophically wrong, Adam Kay took a radical inventory of his entire life. CW: traumatic childbirth, eating disorders. Adam was not far off qualifying as an obstetric consultant in the United Kingdom, when he decided he couldn't be a doctor any longer. He couldn't face ever again experiencing the…

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Briana, Max and Freddy: love, trains and mouth music 52:42

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Briana Blackett was a journalist in Qatar when she realised her baby son Max wasn't responding to his name. When Max and his little brother Freddy were both diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Briana left Doha to begin an entirely different life (R)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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5yo Child Found DEAD In Ceiling Of Chinese Restaurant Run By Parents 1:03:33

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There are only a few ways of getting out of it alive. The one rule - no matter how good it feels - DO NOT let sleep whisk you away. The only options are as follows: 1. Cover yourself completely in plastic and only stick your head out to breathe when necessarily. 2. Crawl into a cardboard box and try your best to stay awake. 3. Take the frozen goods…

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Encore: breaking the silence around men's mental health 53:00

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Jonno Seidler with the story of his Dad Ray, a much-loved and successful doctor, who hid his private struggles from the world. Behind closed doors, Ray Seidler was locked in a herculean fight with his own mental health. His frequent bouts of depression caused him to regularly 'run away' from his own home and family, and eventually led to his suicid…