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Now more than ever, with the pandemic keeping many of us apart, staying in touch with family and friends can be hard. Into this space of isolation and loneliness, those peddling conspiracy theories and cults have found fertile ground to seed their beliefs. Listeners and experts share their experiences of finding a relationship with a loved one tested by misinformation or a cult.

Behind 'WeThe15', the campaign to change attitudes towards disability that could make you see the Paralympics through a different lens. Plus, a new cookbook celebrates community resilience during the sudden lockdown of nine Melbourne public housing towers. And what do you do when your later-in-life partner won't commit to marriage?

A new centre for treating eating disorders is trialling a different approach to a rising incidence, we meet Clarke Gayford, angler, chef and partner to NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, and how our own confinement might be driving our obsession with the reality tv houses of the absurdly rich.