Quick Smart

If you’re a fan of detective novels you’ll know this name almost as well as you know your own: Agatha Christie. She’s the mind that created Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, and she put the Orient Express on the map... But there’s one Agatha Christie mystery that’s never been solved – and you’ve probably never heard of it. It’s the story of her own disappearance, on one December evening in 1926.Guest: Bec Armitage for ABC Online

Jingle Bells, Rocking Around the Christmas Tree, Walking in a Winter Wonderland....You know it's almost the end of the year when you can shamelessly blast your Christmas playlist.We know all the words to the songs, we sing them every year, but have you ever given much thought to where those songs came from? And isn’t it about time we had some tracks about Australian Christmas?Guest - Anna Levy for ABC Online

Legal expert Sophie Kesteven explores the impact of workplace surveillance on employees' mental health and performance while discussing the necessity and invasion of privacy associated with monitoring remote workers. The podcast delves into the inconsistency of laws across different states in Australia and the challenges faced by employees who believe they are being monitored inappropriately.

Scrolling through Instagram it's impossible to avoid people giving their unsolicited advice - about fashion, the news or the latest food trend. But with the rise of the hot take comes the people trying to monetise this advice in the form of life coaching... and unfortunately a lot of people looking for real help are falling into the trap.Guest: Kellie Scott for All in the Mind

Driverless cars feel like they've been "two or three years away"… for the last 10 years. So why don't we have them yet? What technical and ethical hurdles do we still need to overcome to finally make robots our designated drivers?Guest: James Purtill from Science Friction.

What makes a man, a man? Well eating copious amounts of red meat of course – at least according to certain corners of the internet. The alt-right has made mass beef consumption their business, and this comes at a time when climate scientists and animal activists are urging people to eat less meat to help the planet. So why is the alt-right so focused on eliminating "soy boys" and getting into that Bronze Age Grindset?Guest: Jonathan Green from Blueprint for Living

The term Stockholm syndrome has become a phrase we throw around to describe people in toxic relationships and bad jobs, but originally it was a diagnosis for a young woman who fell for her captor during a week long bank heist. But it turns out the psychologist who first invented the term never even met the the woman. So what’s the history of this strange syndrome? Is it an early understanding of what we now call coercive control or is it all just a sexist myth?Guest: Bec Armitage from ABC OnlineThis episode was originally broadcast on the 7th July 2023.

The Olympic Games are about to kick off and athletes from all over to the world will make their to France to compete. The event is watched by billions, there's a massive increase to local tourism and of course an eye watering amount of advertising dollars at stake so it’s wild to think that at one stage - the Olympics was almost cancelled for good. Guest: Jack Schmidt for God Forbid

We've all been there. Laying on the couch after a long day of work, paralysed by the task of choosing what show to watch. We're so spoiled for choice — and there are thousands of new shows hitting multiple platforms everyday. The big streaming services — like Netflix and Amazon argue that television writers are getting more money up front — but the writers say it's become impossible to make a living. So how has the streaming industry changed the way television is created? And is Netflix and Chill about to be cancelled?Guest: Hannah Reich from ABC Arts Digital

It's no secret we should be working a little bit less, and sleeping a little bit more. And in the age of the always on hustle, some people are doing just that - and these "Sleepfluencers"are making a whole lot of money. So who are these people that are cashing in on their sleep cycles? Why are people paying to watch strangers sleep? And how could the online phenomena of sleepfluencing be a gateway to better mental health? Guest: Anna Levy from ABC Digital