Hinge has become the first dating app to introduce voice prompts and memos, to help you figure out if you have chemistry or ‘The Ick’.
Plus, the biggest climate change meeting in the last decade has ended with a global pact to phase ‘down’ coal, instead of phasing it out altogether.
Live guests:
Dr Cate Madill, speech pathologist and researcher at Sydney Uni’s Voice Research Lab
Tim Buckley, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis

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Folge vom 12.11.2021Sex droughts, Astroworld, and drink now, pay laterIt's the Shake Up and we're talking... The importance of mosh pit etiquette following the tragic and deadly crowd crush at Astroworld, whether putting beers on Afterpay will be a recipe for disaster for young people, and why some are feeling way less horny after exiting COVID lockdowns. Join Hack's Avani Dias with Herald Sun journalist Jade Gailberger and artist Raph Dixon.
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Folge vom 11.11.2021Using Afterpay at the pubHave you ever been out and thought, 'I'll just have the one more', but your wallet is empty? Buy now, pay later services can now be used for a bunch of hospitality services, including at some pubs. But experts say it could unwittingly plunge young people into debt. Also, trading on the stock market has become a lot easier thanks to the proliferation of apps available. And, why young people are turning down sex after the pandemic. GUESTS: Melissa Browne, financial advisor Thomas Keily, economist and podcaster Lauren French, sexologist
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Folge vom 10.11.2021Is the internet slower in country Australia?Plenty of people decided to make a tree-change or sea-change after the pandemic. But slow internet speeds in some regional areas have made people think twice. Also, Australia's on track to eradicate new diagnoses of cervical cancer, thanks to the Aussie-created HPV vaccine. And, conspiracy theories are flourishing online that the disaster at Travis Scott's Astroworld festival was caused by Satan. GUESTS: Mark A Gregory, Senior Lecturer at RMIT University Professor Ian Frazer, University of Queensland Ray Radford, PhD Candidate in religion studies EDITOR’S NOTE: (13/12/21) The online text for this story has been changed after publication; it inaccurately suggested all Australian regional internet is bad. The audio for the story has also been corrected and statements are now included from both the NBN Co and the Communication Minister’s office. Further reading