Gary is a recovering addict. He got hooked on heavy drugs some years ago, but he's now on a drug treatment program and is working hard to walk away from his past lifestyle. What he's struggling with most at the...
Tonight philosopher Gregg Ten Elshof, author of I Told Me So: Self-Deception and the Christian Life (Eerdmans) shone a light on the many ways we deceive ourselves. experiences. He shared five strategies we can, and often do, use to deceive ourselves:...
As the Leadership Spill in the Liberal Party dominates the headlines, the future of Malcom Turnbull as the Party's leader remains unclear. Joe Hockey is yet to declare his intentions, but Tony Abbott has committed himself to a leadership challenge on...
A Review of John Freeman's book "Shrinking the World", reviewed by Kara Martin The average office worker receives 200 emails a day and spends 40% of their working day reading or responding to emails. Within 14 months there will be...
There's been a call this week for the Commonwealth Government to raise Australia's legal drinking age from 18 to 21, in a bid to reduce alcohol fuelled deaths and crime. The call comes as teenagers across the nation head off...
Gail works in a retail store, and one of her workmates has a real lack of personal presentation... Her hair often looks unwashed and messy; She frequently wears the same outfit to work several days in a row; and is...
In Australia's postwar decades, close to half a million children across the nation were raised as state wards, foster children, or "Home Children" - in orphanages and children's homes. Tragically, many thousands suffered emotional and physical abuse, sexual abuse, and...
Nearly a month after their boat was first intercepted in Indonesian waters, finally there is some progress with the Sri Lankan asylum seekers holed up on the Oceanic Viking. This week the Australian government offered them resettlement within 12 weeks,...
Tonight we're tackling a family scenario: A listener in his 50s, Jim, is tiptoeing around a tricky situation between his unmarried old brother, and their elderly mum. The brother, we'll call him Bob, is a hoarder who can't throw anything...
As George Bernard Shaw said all those years ago, 'Youth is wasted on the young.' Just when you've learnt a few things about life, made your mistakes and grown from them, your years living them out are few. So, perhaps...
A Review of Dan Brown's book, "The Lost Symbol" Reviewed by Kara Martin Let's be really really clear on this. I only read this book because I was asked to review it! It's not the sort of book I usually...
The huge pressures faced by parents of disabled children have been highlighted this week with the Anglican Church announcing the closure of Kingsdene boarding school in Sydney. While the school's closing will have a massive impact on the families of...
Kaylene recently married after having a workplace romance with her now-husband Matt. Since being married, the couple have continued working together although they don't work in the same department. However being married to a work colleague does raise a few...
Tonight you'll hear Justin Dillon, director of the tremendous 'rockumentary' Call + Response talk about the global slave trade and how he managed to get artists like Moby and Five For Fighting, celebs like Daryl Hannah and political voices like...
Michael Franzese was one of the most profitable Mafia members since Al Capone--and one of the most powerful. The mobster who broke ranks and discovered true freedom. Whatever you do, don't miss this dramatic tale of redemption. ...
Stephen Schwartz is a university vice chancellor who believes the global financial crisis is linked to the lack of morality in education. He's calling for a return to the teaching of morals and community service at a university level. Let's...
For the last two months we've journeyed through a series of interviews on "The Single Life", looking at how to be a contented single, what to do with unrequited love, sexual purity, single parenting and more. We wrap up this...
Melissa has a family problem that has crept up quietly, and will only get bigger if she does nothing about it. She's married, with two little children, and has a very generous mother-in-law who loves doting on the children, by...
