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The QUO podcast is about leading with curiosity. Your hosts Sasha and Ally uncover hyperlocal stories ranging from quirky to contentious. In the process, we learn to open ourselves up to how others understand the world, even when we disagree. Website http

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    • Mar 9, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 32m AVG DURATION
    • 26 EPISODES


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    Najeeba Wazefadost on the real experts who should be shaping refugee policy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2022 37:01


    How do we stop refugee advocates from being tokenised and ensure that their unique skillset is recognised?

    The new sex-positive intimacy brand breaking down barriers

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2022 39:17


    drip is Australia's newest intimacy brand challenging outdated notions of sex and intimacy.

    Youth and AOD: how early intervention can change lives

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022 27:28 Transcription Available


    This alcohol and other drugs-focused education and counselling centre supports both young people and their families

    A queer pastor talks faith and inclusivity

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2021 35:14


    Steff Fenton is a non-binary pastor creating a new, all-inclusive church.

    Why we need to pay for adult content

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021 70:49 Transcription Available


    The JellyFilledGirls on why paying for adult content is better for both the people making it and the people watching it.

    Behind the Smoke with John Safran Pt. II

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2021 25:12 Transcription Available


    John Safran on how big tobacco used word games and our respect for the hustle to drive its public makeover.

    Behind the Smoke with John Safran Pt. I

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 28:19 Transcription Available


    John Safran on why we should be suspicious when one of the worlds' biggest tobacco companies rebrands itself as a health enterprise.

    Chasing Clouds: Where To Now?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2021 35:00


    How can vaping rates be most effectively reduced among Australian young people?

    Chasing Clouds: Traditional Smoke Heals, Tobacco Smoke Kills

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2021 29:09


    The evidence-based Talking About Tobacco Use Program (TATU) is a community-led program that tackles tobacco and e-cigarette use among First Nations youth in a safe, non-judgmental environment.

    Chasing Clouds: Harm Reduced?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2021 34:38


    With worldwide tobacco use accounting for more than 7 million deaths a year, we explore whether vaping is an effective harm reduction tool for long-term smokers who just can't quit.

    Chasing Clouds: Behind the Clouds

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2021 45:38


    Join us as we follow the nicotine trail, uncovering the online advertising tactics used by e-cigarette companies and their links to big tobacco companies.

    Chasing Clouds: How safe is safer?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2021 33:42


    With young people on the frontlines, does vaping offer a way in or a way out from the health burden of conventional cigarettes?

    Grief that speaks: peer support for motherless daughters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 50:01


    “How can we help a grieving person if the other person who is meant to listen won't even give them five minutes of their own discomfort?” Tamsin Millard and Danielle Snelling talk about the power of peer support and the unique experience of processing complex grief as young motherless daughters.

    Retirement reconsidered: A conversation with Dr Sophie Gelski

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 26:02


    “Retirement is a process, it's not just an event.” Historian and retirement expert Dr Sophie Gelski reveals how her own personal challenges around transitioning into retirement inspired her to help others. 

    Filipina Australian personality Susana Downes celebrates her heritage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 20:11


    Filipina Australian actress, Susana Downes, talks to us about her break-out role as Gigi in The Unusual Suspects.

    Not only nannies: Aina Dumlao spotlights strong Filipina women

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2021 21:36


    Filipino-American actress, Aina Dumlao (Sanzaru, Ballers, MacGyver), talks to us about her lead role in The Unusual Suspects, a compelling heist caper about female friendship and empowerment.

    How past policies still affect mental health in remote Aboriginal communities

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2021 37:13


    Dr Ernest Hunter is a psychiatrist who has spent nearly three decades working on the frontlines of mental health in remote Aboriginal communities. For him, understanding historical policies is critical in examining contemporary differences in the prevalence of mental health conditions across remote communities in Australia and the Torres Strait.

    Decriminalised but not destigmatised: The future of abortion care in Australia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 21:12


    Associate Professor Catherine Kevin, a founding member of the South Australian Abortion Action Coalition (SAAAC), discusses the decriminalisation of abortion, reproductive coercion and how she sees the future of abortion care services in Australia.

    The Stoned Age: Is it time to change Australia's cannabis drug-driving laws?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 24:52


    Is Australia's punitive approach towards driving under the influence of cannabis doing more harm than good, especially towards medicinal cannabis users?

    Jessie Tu on writing unapologetically and why she doesn't live to be liked

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 25:08


    Taiwanese Australian writer, Jessie Tu, talks to us about how she uses writing to examine her own loneliness and sense of shame. For her, writing is about making sense of these seemingly overwhelming states and recognising that they are not all of who she is.

    Elsen Price on mental health discrimination in the music industry

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 26:31


    Professional double bassist Elsen Price faced the prospect of financial penalisation after he was unable to attend a gig due to his adjustment disorder.

    Why the law and media must give more space to all abuse survivors

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 31:09


    In this episode, we speak with Dr Sen Raj on how the media and trauma-informed policies can take the complexities and intersections of abuse into account.

    Rapper Ello. C putting Western Sydney and Filipino Australians on the map

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 25:58


    Speaking with fellow Filipino Australian, Sasha Jurac, Ello. C shares his upbringing and evolution as a lyricist and hip hop performer.

    Indian Australian music therapist Tanya Silveira on advocacy and visibility

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 28:33


    Music therapist Tanya Silveira advocates for the importance of representation in music therapy and beyond.

    Iara Lee, Paul Barakat and Sonia Mehrmand on the arts and cultural change

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 27:26


    How can film and the arts embed cultures of change in our everyday lives and professional practices? What is change if it falls short of inclusion?

    Tilly Lawless, Gala Vanting on sex work during the pandemic

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2020 33:55


    In this episode, sex worker Tilly Lawless and Scarlet Alliance representative Gala Vanting tell us the social and economic impacts of COVID-19 on sex workers in Australia.

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