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We'll never be able to hear the words 'beef wellington' again without thinking of Erin Patterson.

Clare Pooley is a New York Times best-selling author with three novels, including her most recent book How to Age Disgracefully. None of this would've been possible if she didn't give up the booze a decade ago. When she decided it was time to stop, she didn't want to tell anyone, so she wrote about it first on a blog, then in her first book The Sober Diaries. As we dive into the festive season, it was a great time to have Clare on to share her story.

Test your knowledge of obscure and specific things with the 100% original, custom-built Mighty Challenge!  

The coral reefs fringing Australia are one of our most treasured natural spectacles. And we hear about their degradation in the news often, but this month it was revealed that warm water corals have been found growing further south in NSW. 

Do you have gut issues every time you eat wheat or gluten, despite not having coeliac disease or allergies?  

Two bomb blasts a day apart in India and Pakistan's capitals have put officials in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan on edge, potentially reigniting a cycle of suspicion and blame. 

Nightlife News Breakdown with Philip Clark, joined by Karen Barlow, Chief Political Correspondent for The Saturday Paper.

Nightlife News Breakdown with Philip Clark, joined by Ron Mizen, Senior Political Reporter for the Australian Financial Review, who covers politics, economics, business and law. 

There are myriad ways to talk about our history. It isn't just one story, and perhaps that is the problem in getting any agreed understanding of who we are and where we came from.

Have you noticed the increase in protein in health messaging? Have we all been lacking sufficient protein until now, or is this just the latest food marketing fad, similar to the fat-free trend of the 1990s?