RN Presents — The King Of Kowloon
72 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHe called himself the King of Kowloon and, for almost half a century, he used his misshapen Chinese characters to wage a calligraphic campaign claiming his dominion over Hong Kong. Journalist Louisa Lim grew up in Hong Kong, surrounded by traces of the king, who was first known as a crank, then an artist and finally a most unlikely icon. As she followed his trail, she uncovered a legacy of resistance, she found her city anew. Then she lost it forever.
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04 | Face Value Empowerment or exploitation? [Update]
May 22, 2022 15:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBThe decision to get cosmetic enhancement is complicated. It could be triggered by childhood bullying, influenced by social media, or stem from a belief that you’re not good enough. The beauty industry encourages you to tie your self-identity to your appearance. It promises to empower you. In the final episode of Face Value, we delve further into why so many people are driven to change the way they look. Who are they doing it for? And do cosmetic proce...
04 | Face Value Empowerment or exploitation?
May 22, 2022 15:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBThe decision to get cosmetic enhancement is complicated. It could be triggered by childhood bullying, influenced by social media, or stem from a belief that you’re not good enough. The beauty industry encourages you to tie your self-identity to your appearance. It promises to empower you. In the final episode of Face Value, we delve further into why so many people are driven to change the way they look. Who are they doing it for? And do cosmetic proce...
03 | Face Value — Killer curves and harsh realities
May 14, 2022 22:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MBCosmetic enhancement comes with plenty of risks. Botched surgeries, safety breaches, and in the worst-case scenario, fatal results. They've been reported for decades. Horror stories aside, chasing your aesthetic ideal is no easy task. Beneath every Insta-perfect photograph is a tonne of time, energy and money that's often glossed over. And that's not to mention the pain and prolonged recovery that can come with invasive procedures. Why are so many pe...
02 | Face Value — Ethnic ambiguity and the Kardashian effect
May 07, 2022 22:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBFor the longest time, Western beauty has been celebrated. The desire and pressure to look more 'Western' has led to skin whitening products, nose jobs and double eyelid surgery. But the tide is turning. Celebrities like the Kardashians are leaning into an ethnically ambiguous aesthetic. Is this cultural appropriation or cultural appreciation? What do people of colour, who've often been racially vilified for their appearance, have to say about others ...
01 | Face Value — Beauty boom in the age of Zoom
April 30, 2022 22:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MBCOVID-19 has changed the way we do things. We're relying on video platforms to work and to connect. And it turns out that seeing our faces on-screen everyday has triggered more people to seek cosmetic enhancement than ever before. Couple that with the constant stream of impossibly beautiful — and heavily edited — people on social media, and you have the perfect storm to create appearance insecurity. Where is all this leading us to? ...
INTRODUCING — Face Value
April 27, 2022 07:30 - 2 minutes - 2.62 MBThe cosmetic enhancement industry is booming. Injectables and surgical procedures promise age-defying beauty. But they come with real risks. From anti-wrinkle injections and fillers, to nose jobs and Brazilian Butt Lifts, why are so many people choosing to enhance their appearance?
PRESENTS — Dig: The Ring In
March 08, 2022 14:30 - 6 minutes - 8.48 MBLove to deep dive into a story you thought you knew? The Fine Cotton Ring In was one of the biggest scandals in Australian horseracing history. A plan to swap a slow horse with a much faster look-alike involved a motley crew of small-time crooks, a couple of horses and a hell of a lot of hair dye. What were they thinking? Dig is a history podcast with a fresh take on an iconic story from Australia's not-so-glorious past. ...
Presenting-Stuff The British Stole
November 17, 2021 14:00 - 5 minutes - 53.4 MBHave you ever wandered around a museum and thought “How on Earth did all of this stuff get here?” You’re not alone. Throughout its reign, the British Empire stole a lot of stuff. Today those objects are housed in genteel institutions across the UK and the world. They usually come with polite plaques. Stuff The British Stole tells the stories about the not-so-polite history behind those looted objects. If you’re a fan of Patient Zero or This Much Is T...
04 | This Much Is True — Getting Out
September 10, 2021 07:00 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MBBy some estimates, 15 per cent of Americans believe in QAnon, the conspiracy movement connected to the storming of the US Capitol in January this year. QAnon can be all-consuming, ending relationships and splitting families. So what's it like to climb back out of its embrace?
03 | This Much Is True — Cults, QAnon and those left behind
September 03, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBAlex's bible classes started taking over his life — then he discovered who was really running them. Emma's mum went from crystals to a clique that believes in aliens and past lives. And Tim and his dad fell into QAnon together, but what happened when one wanted to leave? We find out how cults and conspiracy theories can isolate you from your family, friends, even flatmates. And we hear what it's like to lose a loved one to a dangerous belief system. ...
02 | This Much is True — Dream weavers
August 27, 2021 06:00 - 39 minutes - 54.7 MBWhy do people spread information that isn't true on social media? Especially when they know that's what they're doing?
01 | This Much Is True — Tradwife rabbit hole
August 20, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MBEquality is for ugly losers. Feminism is cancer. #submissivehousewife. Welcome to the world of tradwives, a movement with two distinct subcultures: one wholesome, one harmful. For many, it's about cooking from scratch, caring for children, and getting back to nature. But there's also an insidious side. Scrolling #tradwife on social media exposes a loose thread in an otherwise tightly knit image of happy family life. Pull the thread, and ugly things r...
INTRODUCING — This Much Is True
August 12, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.81 MBWhat do you believe? There’s some very weird stuff out there. From fringe ideas to full-blown conspiracy theories, we dive into the rabbit hole to find out why it’s so human to fall for them. We hear what motivates those who spread misinformation and what is it like for the families when someone they love goes all in on a cult. We meet people who got out of QAnon and learn how to immunise against false information.
08 | Patient Zero: First Outbreak
May 27, 2021 22:00 - 44 minutes - 60.4 MBIn 1789, a disease tore through Aboriginal communities around Sydney Cove, or Warrane, leaving dead bodies floating in the harbour, and scattered along the shorelines. Some think that this outbreak was a fire that was deliberately lit.
07 | Patient Zero: Back From The Brink
May 20, 2021 21:00 - 40 minutes - 55.6 MBA six-year old boy in Papua New Guinea wakes up one day and is suddenly unable to stand by himself. Less than a year later, children in three other Asia Pacific nations are experiencing the same alarming symptoms. A disease that was eradicated from these countries is back -- and it appears to be spreading.
06 | Patient Zero: Ticking Time Bomb
May 13, 2021 20:00 - 40 minutes - 55.6 MBYou’re a doctor faced with a dilemma: your patient isn’t responding to treatment. In fact, they’re getting worse. You run through a list of what might be wrong, but nothing seems to fit. And then suddenly — whatever is wrong appears to be spreading. It’s a race against time, and a medical mystery that only a seasoned disease detective can solve.
05 | Patient Zero: Spillover In Suburbia
May 06, 2021 19:00 - 40 minutes - 56.2 MBA sleepy suburb in Brisbane is the scene of a gruesome disease outbreak, where the streets literally run with blood.
INTRODUCING — Days Like These
November 26, 2020 05:00 - 4 minutes - 3.81 MBFrom the heartbreaking to the hilarious, each episode of the brand-new ABC podcast Days Like These introduces you to one regular human as they live through something wild. With a team of outstanding reporters and producers, Days Like These delivers instantly classic Aussie stories with humour, curiosity and buckets of empathy. Subscribe for free in your podcast app of choice, and a fresh episode will drop into your feed every Wednesday. ...
04 | Patient Zero: How We Got Here
September 03, 2020 18:00 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MBThis is the big one. The history we’re living. From Melbourne to Munich, Lombardy to Wuhan and all the way back again: this episode is about what happened when we faced those first coronavirus cases. Where things went well, where they didn’t — and whether there’s anything we could have done to stop it.
03 | Patient Zero: The December Transplant
August 27, 2020 17:00 - 40 minutes - 55.9 MBThree transplant patients die within a week of each other and alarm bells start ringing.
02 | Patient Zero: Basement Files
August 20, 2020 16:00 - 40 minutes - 55.1 MBA junior doctor uncovers a mystery that rewrites the story of a famous epidemic — and we learn the troubling origins of 'patient zero' as a concept.
02 | Patient Zero: Basement Files
August 20, 2020 16:00 - 40 minutes - 55.1 MBA junior doctor uncovers a mystery that rewrites the story of a famous epidemic — and we learn the troubling origins of 'patient zero' as a concept.
01 | Patient Zero: The Sh*t Found Me
August 13, 2020 15:00 - 41 minutes - 56.7 MBDisease is spreading in the wake of a natural disaster on the Caribbean nation of Haiti — and everyone thinks they know where it's coming from… (Spoiler: They don't).
01 | Patient Zero: Something In The Water
August 13, 2020 15:00 - 41 minutes - 56.7 MBDisease is spreading in the wake of a natural disaster on the Caribbean nation of Haiti — and everyone thinks they know where it's coming from… (Spoiler: They don't).
01 | Patient Zero: The Shit Found Me
August 13, 2020 15:00 - 41 minutes - 56.7 MBDisease is spreading in the wake of a natural disaster on the Caribbean nation of Haiti — and everyone thinks they know where it's coming from…
00 | Introducing... Patient Zero
August 07, 2020 02:00 - 4 minutes - 5.87 MBEven big diseases start small.
06 | Section 71 — The Race Power
July 10, 2020 02:15 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBAn extra episode in the series about High Court cases which have changed Australia. Series producer Jane Lee unpicks the origins and uses of Section 51(26) of the Australian Constitution, which gives the Federal Parliament the power to make special laws for a particular race of people.
05 | Section 71 — The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair (Part 2)
July 10, 2020 02:10 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MBIn the second part of the long running and divisive case known as the Hindmarsh Island bridge affair, the battle heads inside the High Court.
04 | Section 71 —The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair (Part 1)
July 10, 2020 02:05 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBEver wondered how the term "secret women's business" entered the Australian lexicon? It's part of a bitter legal battle over land, culture and history in South Australia.
03 | Section 71 — Communists, Terrorists and the High Court
July 10, 2020 02:00 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBHow much power does the Federal Government have to protect Australians from international threats?
02 | Section 71 — The High Court Dog-Fight on Schools Funding
July 10, 2020 01:55 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBThe High Court showdown over religious freedom that could help you understand how schools are funded to this day.
01 | Section 71 — Tasmanian crime of gay sex
July 10, 2020 01:50 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBIt might surprise you to learn that until 1997, a man could go to jail for up to 21 years for having sex with another man in Australia.
04 | Hot Mess — Hope
May 23, 2020 22:00 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBDespite all the gridlock on Australia's climate policy, there are moves towards a decarbonised economy. The exit from coal is gathering pace in the finance and insurance sectors. On the technology front, cheaper renewables are driving new green hydrogen projects that could make Australia an energy super power. And there's the kids - the Climate Strike generation will soon be voting and they want action. Perhaps there's a chance we can really change. ...
03 | Hot Mess — Party lines
May 16, 2020 22:00 - 38 minutes - 53 MBThere's more to our climate politics than the circus of losing a succession of Prime Ministers. Export earnings, donations, access, revolving doors between politics and industry mean that both sides of politics are close to the fossil fuel sector. In our tight Parliament, mining regions have become crucially important. And actions like the recent Stop Adani Convoy have only deepened climate change divisions.
02 | Hot Mess — Spin Cycle
May 09, 2020 22:00 - 40 minutes - 55.1 MBThe fossil fuel industries ignored their own research as far back as the 1960s and then denied climate change was going on. We hear how a small group of think tanks and a compliant media pushed our buttons, undermined the science, and turned it into a controversy.
Undermining the science
May 09, 2020 22:00 - 40 minutes - 55.1 MBThe fossil fuel industries ignored their own research as far back as the 1960s and then denied climate change was going on. We hear how a small group of think tanks and a compliant media pushed our buttons, undermined the science, and turned it into a controversy.
01 | Hot Mess — Human frailties
May 02, 2020 22:00 - 36 minutes - 50.5 MBWhat it is about us, all of us, that makes climate change hard to get our heads around and even harder to do something about? We talk to people who understand that climate change is a real danger and people who don’t. And we hear from researchers looking at why we are the way we are.
INTRODUCING Hot Mess — Why haven’t we fixed climate change?
April 25, 2020 22:00 - 4 minutes - 6.56 MBIt’s been over three decades since most of us first heard about global warming. Meanwhile, the 20 hottest years on record have all occurred in the last quarter century. We’re had heatwaves, storms, drought and bushfires on an unprecedented scale. Why has it been so hard to agree and take action on climate change? How can we rise to meet the challenge?
04 | Shifting Cultures: Vanuatu's stolen generation
February 22, 2020 02:30 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MB150 years ago thousands of young men were taken from the Pacific Islands. Today the scars are still being felt.
03 | Shifting Cultures: Polygamous marriage in modern Malaysia
February 15, 2020 02:30 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBMuslim Malaysians often have complex and tangled views about polygamy. Their feelings and beliefs aren’t always mirrored by their actions. What role does pragmatism play? What role does faith play?
02 | Shifting Cultures: Survival and revival in the Torres Strait
February 08, 2020 02:30 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBThe island of Poruma is a shrinking tropical paradise — battered by king tides and eaten by coastal erosion. Meet the locals fighting for survival, in more ways than one.
01 | Shifting Cultures: South Korea's hope in hell
February 01, 2020 02:30 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBExpectation and competition are pushing young South Koreans to give up on marriage and kids.
08 | Myths of War — Vietnam: the war's forgotten supporters
January 20, 2020 00:30 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBWhy do we remember the demonstrators but forget the supporters?
07 | Myths of War: Gay servicemen in Vietnam
January 13, 2020 00:30 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBNo poofters? They shouldn’t have been there — but they were.
06| Myths of War — The Thai-Burma railway and the myth of the river Kwai
January 06, 2020 00:30 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBIt’s not just Aussies who have mates.
05| Myths Of War — Was there a battle for Australia?
December 30, 2019 00:30 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBWhy do we commemorate an event that probably didn’t happen?
04 | Myths of War — Changi and the POWs behind the wire
December 23, 2019 00:30 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBWhy some prisoners of war were happiest in Singapore.
03 | Myths of War — General Sir John Monash: a flattering self portrait
December 16, 2019 00:30 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBA great general — but was he really the greatest?
02 | Myths of War— Gallipoli: ANZAC misremembered
December 09, 2019 00:30 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBAtaturk never said his famous words and Bert Facey wasn’t there for the landing. Gallipoli stripped bare.
01 | Myths Of War — The white feather women and their unwelcome gifts
December 01, 2019 02:30 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBWould you take a white feather from this woman? Giving unwelcome gifts in the First World War.