Insight Podcast
Summary: Hosted by Jenny Brockie, Insight is a discussion forum focussing on a single issue with the participation of a studio audience. Insight covers many issues and topics, engages in sometimes heated debates, and encourages Australians from all walks of life to have their say.
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IVF clinics around the country are reporting a significant increase in single women taking up their services. This week, Insight looks at why women - and some men - are opting to become parents without partners, and what the long term effects are on children.
Following a series of reports of suicides amongst junior doctors, Insight speaks to young doctors, nurses and medical students about the stresses they face, and why mental health is a real problem in this field.
Can changing our gut bacteria change us? Dr Michael Mosley returns to Insight for a discussion with fellow experts and ordinary Australians about how the gut can play an integral role in our overall physical and mental health. We discover that improving the wellbeing of this unglamorous organ can have profound effects – whether you have existing gut issues or not.
Grandparents are now the most popular form of child care in Australia. They are busily babysitting nearly half of Australia’s young children. But how much should be expected of grandparents when it comes to raising the kids?
Navigating the workplace with a mental illness can be challenging. Do you tell your boss about an illness? If you do, how will they react? And, what happens if your mental illness might affect your ability to do the job? This week Insight hears from employees and employers about how mental illness is being managed in the workplace? And asks, how can it be better managed?
How is dowry custom evolving in Australia ? Dowry practices are alive and well in Australia, not only in sections of the Indian community, but dowry or bride price is widespread amongst the African and Islamic communities too. This week on Insight we examine the future of dowry in Australia and hear the stories of new communities struggling with old traditions.
From the high ranks of bikie gangs to serious drug felonies on the streets of Cabramatta, how do you turn your life around when violence and crime are the norm? How do you break free from a cycle of crime, violence or disadvantage?
How do champions cope with life after sport? Olympians Lauren Jackson, Libby Trickett, Matthew Mitcham, Jana Pittman and some of Australia’s most elite professional sports stars, including AFL great Barry Hall, share their experiences.
There are thousands of family-run businesses in Australia, and they can put tremendous pressure on a tight knit group. Insight is joined by families who have been through the highs and lows. (An SBS Production) CC
When people recover from a major trauma, they're often told to embrace labels like 'victim' or 'survivor', but this doesn't work for everyone. Insight explores the different paths a person can take towards recovery.
Having a family member with an acquired brain injury can be a difficult situation to navigate. Often there is no rule book to help parents or partners figure out how to interact with a person who's changed from the one they knew. In this episode of Insight, loving families come together to share what strategies worked for them and what didn't, and what they struggled with. (An SBS Production) CC
Insight is Australia's leading forum for ideas and powerful first-person stories, offering a unique perspective on news and current affairs. Each week, Gold Walkley award-winning journalist Jenny Brockie drives a discussion that examines a single topic. Insight brings together in one forum people with personal experience on an issue as well as experts and those with strong opinions.
Insight brings together a group of trailblazers and asks the question, 'What happens when people challenge the status quo?' The first female pilot to fly an Ansett plane had to fight for that position and was told she'd be medically unfit once a month, among other things. Find out how she and Insight's other guests changed the playing field for those that came after. (An SBS Production) CC
What happens when a town’s major industry shuts down? In a special edition of Insight, the show travels to the Latrobe Valley to hear how the closure of the Hazelwood Power Station and mine -taking with up to 1000 local jobs - will impact local communities.
This Valentine's Day, single Australians share their stories on Insight. Host Jenny Brockie is joined by a group of singles, who reveal how much explaining they have to do without a romantic partner, how they are judged - by themselves and others - and whether they're still looking for love. (An SBS Production) CC