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Jan 18, 2020: Social Media News & Chair vs. Couch

Charlie Demers and Katie-Ellen Humphries Buzz-Feed off each other in their debate on social media as a source for news. Then, Don Kelly and Charles Haycock get comfortable when they compare chairs to couches.



  • Radio/The Debaters

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COVID-19 in Italy, sports season shutdown, re-reviewing Contagion, comedian Mae Martin & more

Doctors on the COVID-19 frontlines in Italy face stark choices, how Canada would fare if we faced a spike in coronavirus cases, sports leagues suspend their seasons, the 2011 movie that gets things (mostly) right about pandemics, Canadian comedian Mae Martin's new show Feel Good and more.



  • Radio/Day 6

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Social media can be 'toxic' and 'violent' — so people are trading it for private chats: journalist

Tech journalist Takara Small says people are building private social networks, through group messages with friends and family and interest-based communities, to create a safe space online.




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How social media has influenced the wedding industry

There was a time when the only weddings we saw were the ones we attended. But in today’s social media world, we see thousands of weddings, from every imaginable angle.



  • Radio/Under the Influence

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Parents of Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan say a memorial is more important than an inquiry

This week on The House, two Conservatives join us to talk about what's next for the party now that Andrew Scheer has resigned. Bloc MP Stephane Bergeron lays out his party's demands to work co-operatively with the Liberals. Finally, the parents of a soldier who died in Afghanistan talk about media reports saying that the war was a failure.



  • Radio/The House

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Canadians want expanded access to medical assistance in dying, says Lametti

Justice Minister David Lametti says he thinks Canadians want more access to medical assistance in dying following a court ruling that struck down provisions limiting it to people whose death is near. That’s the theme he says is emerging from the responses of nearly 300,000 Canadians to an online questionnaire that ended Jan. 27 — the largest number of responses the department has ever received during a public consultation.



  • Radio/The House

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Chris Hall: Was Ottawa right to quarantine Canadians evacuated from Wuhan?

As the people Canada flew out of Wuhan, China, settle into their second day of a two-week quarantine at a Canadian military base, the debate over whether they pose a real risk of spreading the novel coronavirus here is heating up.



  • Radio/The House

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With long-term care facilities in the crosshairs of COVID-19, should Canadians bring loved ones home?

As of this week, at least half of all coronavirus deaths in Canada involve residents of seniors' homes and nursing homes. But Minister of Seniors Deb Schulte cautions against pulling all relatives out of these facilities, telling CBC Radio’s The House that often, “families don't have the supports” that are needed to keep them safe.



  • Radio/The House

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Halloween Decorations Ban, Canadian Mispronunciations, Pun Fest Rebellion

We speak with a woman seeking to ban Halloween decorations, we get a visit from Canada’s pronunciation expert, and we visit a small town on the verge of overthrowing their annual Pun Festival.



  • Radio/This is That

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Should medical assistance in dying be an option when the diagnosis isn't terminal?

This week, a bill proposes to widen eligibility for medical assistance in dying (MAID), including removing the requirement that someone's natural death be "reasonably foreseeable."



  • Radio/Cross Country Checkup

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American Public Media

American Public Media brings you over 20 national public radio programs and specials. Over 14 million people listen to American Public Media programs each week.




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Higher education catches the virus; India and Australia's stymied relationship; The Pick - books, film and audio

Even as universities scramble to stay alive, there is no lifeline from the government. What's gone wrong?




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Alone, Together: Neil Diamond and a yabby

It's Mary's song today for our Alone Together series. She writes: "My son was helping me in the garden and announced 'There's a lobster in the grate!' A yabby had been washed out of one Adelaide's many creeks and had managed to climb up our drain and through narrow bars where it cowered under a leaf..."




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Various Artists - Diablos Del Ritmo – The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985

Every track is destined to fill a dancefloor with abandoned gyrations.




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Neil Diamond - The Very Best of Neil Diamond: The Original Studio Recordings

Offers more than a whistle-stop tour of the hits.




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Is the Swedish model a death sentence? And, does Australia need a post-Covid economic partnership with the US, Japan and India?

Sweden's virus experiment: death sentence, or a way forward?




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The Covid Diaries – episode 1 Home

Stolen hand sanitizer, an iso wedding, losing all three of your jobs in one week – life at home in lockdown in Australia, as told through the intimate audio diaries of three women.



  • Community and Society
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Indian family's dream crushed after truck driver's split-second loss of concentration

The widow of a keen Indian cyclist killed on an Australian highway said her husband had been happy to settle here because he felt more confident about road safety.




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The Rum Diary

Everyone has a ball, for The Rum Diary is one of the truly great psychedelic movies of the modern era, a tribute to all involved.




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Deportation threat to family just weeks out from daughter's VCE due to father's kidney diagnosis

The world of Raj Manikam and his family came crashing down when a test found a hidden disease that could see them deported due to "significant costs to the community".






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Cottesloe Beach Indiana tearooms redevelopment leaves community divided as City Beach thrives

As the Cottesloe community remains split over the future of the Indiana tearooms, just down the road City Beach is reaping the rewards of a multi-million-dollar facelift.




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Diagnosed with anorexia two years ago, Amanda is one of the forgotten victims of eating disorders

Almost 20 years after she first sought help for an eating disorder, single mother Amanda Baldi says she feels no closer to recovery in a state without a single residential treatment centre.




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Review: Arcadia

If you have to take a quick crash course in thermodynamics and chaos theory before seeing a play, is it really worth seeing? It's a question that could be posed by Arcadia, Tom Stoppard's bulgingly brainy theatre piece that Black Swan State Theatre Company has chosen for its second 2012 season offering.




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Is the media a victim of the virus?

News sites are recording a huge spike in traffic - but with advertising dollars dropping, how will media survive?




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Is the media a victim of the virus?

News sites are recording a huge spike in traffic - but with advertising dollars dropping, how will media survive?




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Cambodia, pandemics and human rights abuses

New legislation in Cambodia is feared to further restrict human rights in the country.




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Australia and India: it's complicated

Australia and India, as former British colonies, had much in common, and could have forged a strong relationship for their mutual benefit. But Australia's White Australia policy, and India's determination to leave the Empire and become a Republic, stymied the friendship.




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Two women dead after car, bus collide on Indian Ocean Drive near the Pinnacles north of Perth

A car and a bus carrying 34 people crash on Indian Ocean Drive north of Perth, at the turn-off to the world-famous Pinnacles rock formations, leaving two Chinese tourists who were in the SUV dead and a third in hospital.




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Locals issue warning to tourists tackling Indian Ocean Drive north of Perth after latest fatal crash

Locals say bad driving mainly from tourists is to blame for a spate of fatal crashes on a stretch of Indian Ocean Drive north of Perth, after the latest serious accident left two foreigners dead.





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Diabetics turn to power tools, chat rooms, DIY 'looping parties' to tackle their chronic condition

A growing number of people with chronic diabetes are building their own artificial pancreas which has some health professionals seriously concerned.





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Abuse survivor Diane Lynn wants to see the Jehovah's Witness Organisation change their practices.




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Photos of Diane Lynn as a young girl.




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Roslyn Wallace and Di Denis on dialysis in Walgett

Walgett residents Roslyn Wallace and Di Denis receive dialysis in the rural town





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Water quality and availability concerns in drought for dialysis patients

The drought could have major implications for life-saving medical procedures, such as dialysis with patients needing up to 4,000 litres each week for treatment.




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Di Denis is grateful to have dialysis in Walgett





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'Emu plucker' avoids jail time after guilty plea to animal cruelty in viral social media video

A Dubbo man is handed a community correction order and community service after pleading guilty to animal cruelty following his appearance in a video of an emu being plucked.




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Rainout sends India through to T20 World Cup final, Aussies facing exit

Bad weather in Sydney means India goes through to T20 World Cup final without a ball being bowled — and Australia will lose out if the second semi does not go ahead.




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Australia-India World Cup final to deliver on pre-tournament promise

Whether Australia or India wins the final, this T20 World Cup almost promised too much but has delivered even more. If fans #FillTheG on Sunday it will give this tournament the conclusion it deserves, writes Richard Hinds.




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India's women's cricket team changing perception for girls back home

Playing sport as a girl in India is not always widely accepted, but India's cricket stars hope their stunning World Cup run can make life a bit easier for the next wave of girls.




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Australia wins T20 World Cup with incredible final victory over India

Australia is Women's T20 World Cup champion again after thumping India by 85 runs in front of a whopping 86,174 people at the MCG.