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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Siobhan Marin |Jessie Kay |Annabelle Quince
Between Elon Musk’s questionable “hand salute” and Germany's far-right party doubling its share of votes, it feels like there are a lot of red flags in global politics. How are far-right leaders weaponising fears? Are their extreme beliefs becoming more mainstream? And what could happen next? Guest: Annabelle Quince, host of Rear Vision.
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Dec 26, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Siobhan Marin
All the major religions say stealing is wrong, but in a messy world of disadvantage and exploitation, is the morality of theft always clear cut? In certain instances, theft can be an act of desperation or poverty or the by-product of intergenerational trauma. And many colonised nations, such as Australia, are arguably built on theft: of land, language, artefacts and people.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Siobhan Marin
From the Sound of Music to Sister Act, nuns have captivated our collective imagination. But what drives a young woman to reject a career and family in favour of a spiritual pact with God? And how have the roles of nuns changed in the past century? For Sister Helen Carboon, who joined the Catholic Presentation Sisters of Victoria in the 1970s, the lure was plain and simple. She knew, innately, that no other vocation would satisfy her.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Siobhan Marin |Nadyat El Gawley |Muditha Dias
There are only 5,000 followers left of the indigenous faith, Laipianism, in Myanmar's largely Christian Chin state. But at one point, this monotheistic religion was a rival to Christianity. Has tech, with ideas of heaven, hell and chosen-ness become a religion? Can we disengage from technology? And how did our diverse Christmas palate get its start?
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Nas Campanella |Siobhan Marin |Bec Cushway
For this year's International Day of People with Disability, God Forbid is hosted by special guests Siobhan Marin and Nas Campanella. Imagine showing up to a job interview only to find you can't get inside the front door. Or as an adult crossing the street, a stranger congratulates you for doing it all by yourself. What if you weren't able to get married for fear of losing your income? This is the reality for Australians living with disability, but it's not all doom and gloom.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Siobhan Marin
In Japan, there's a word for "death by overwork". It's karōshi, and the death is commonly caused by a stroke or heart attack, or a suicide linked to overwork and excessive occupational stress. A 2022 case of karōshi that made headlines — and led to employment reform — was the suicide of a 26-year-old doctor who worked 207 hours of overtime in the month leading up to his death. But this phenomenon isn't limited to Japan.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Siobhan Marin |Hong Jiang |Roi Huberman
France is dealing with the fallout of a shocking trial over the beheading of school teacher Samuel Paty in 2020. Eight people are now on trial over their alleged roles in the lead up to his murder. The case illuminates the rising tension between freedom of speech and religious freedom in France.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Siobhan Marin |Hong Jiang |Roi Huberman |Craig Tilmouth
Mormon missionaries have been visiting the Central Desert on and off for four decades. In the past year, there have been 127 baptisms in the Northern Territory. Why is this American faith gaining traction in Indigenous communities? Hundreds of mourners gathered in Sydney over the weekend to mark the passing of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen. What does Gülen's death mean for the future of the movement? In the last US election, eight in ten white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Siobhan Marin
In recent years, the term "toxic masculinity" has dominated modern discourse about what it means to be a man. Kickboxer-turned-influencer Andrew Tate — known for spouting misogynistic ideologies and currently facing human trafficking and rape charges in Romania — is frequently cited as the personification of it. But he's far from alone. The term is bandied about on social media, and used to describe the behaviour of celebrities, politicians and ordinary men alike.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Siobhan Marin |Rohan Salmond
Mindfulness is everywhere. Everyone from Gwyneth Paltrow to the US militaryhas extolled the virtues of this ancient spiritual practice. But what, exactly, is mindfulness? And can it help us deal with the stress of everyday life? Or should we be sceptical about its secularisation and commercialisation? A psychiatry researcher, a Tibetan Buddhist monk and a practitioner-turned-scholar all have different answers.
