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In a busy world, we're all looking for ways to make our lives simpler and less stressful. Mindfulness meditation is a terrific and scientifically proven way to improve our health and well-being. Mindfully recognises that the new school year is a particularly stressful time for families. These guided mindfulness meditations have been tailored for parents, kids, teenagers, uni students and teachers.

Each week Santo, Sam and Ed bring you their take on all the big football news from around the globe. What we lack in stats and facts we more than make up for in half baked ideas and dodgy puns. All the major global domestic leagues covered, even Serie A.

Have you ever asked “Can we trust robots?” and “Is it okay to fight back against a bully?” Short & Curly takes on these curly questions and more, in this fast-paced, fun-filled show hosted by Carl Smith and Molly Daniels. Helping them find answers is philosopher Matt Beard and students from Randwick Public School in Sydney.

Join the Short & Curly crew as they debate ethical dilemmas as diverse as who’s at fault if a driverless car crashes, whether sport can ever be fair and what would happen if chimpanzees went to school.

Feeling tightly wound and in need of a good stretch, but too busy to get to a yoga class? Love immersing yourself in soothing sounds to fall into a deep state of relaxation? Welcome to Classic Flow. Your private, portable, all-levels yoga class and classical music concert rolled into one bliss-making podcast.

The Real Thing uncovers the real Australia. Venture into the unexplored corners of Australia to discover the characters, scenes and stories that make this country unique.

Sometimes funny, sometimes dark. Always curious. Stories about why we do the things we do. This is About digs deep into issues that matter through the beautiful, awkward and dismal stuff that actually happens to people.

Tall Tales & True brings together the very best of live storytelling from across Australia. Featuring courageous storytellers who front up to the microphone to bare their soul and share their life-changing moments in front of a live audience. Captivating, jaw-dropping and thought provoking, these pure Australian stories will make you laugh, cry or gasp... or maybe all three at once.

Check yourself into The Tokyo Hotel. Situated in a neglected corner of LA, time has been unkind to this once-iconic establishment. No longer do A-list Hollywood celebrities hob-knob under the chandeliers. Check-ins are down and long term squatters are up.

Yassmin Abdel-Magied has a secret love. She dreams of an alternative life in one of the world's richest, whitest and most male-dominated fields: Formula One motor racing. Motor Mouth follows Yassmin's petrol-fuelled journey into the complex and colourful world of motorsports to discover where her true skills lie and whether she has what it takes for F1. Along the way, we meet the eccentrics, perfectionists and fellow obsessives with a shared love of speed and danger.

Comedians talk about their absolutely worst gigs. Hosted by Sami Shah, who would know - he's had his share of hecklers, corporate shows and everything else that makes comics cry. Some of Australia’s best working comedians, as well as internationally renowned acts, relive the shows that made them question their life choices. It's the podcast for people who love comedy, comedians, and stories that make you cringe!

Travel broadens the mind. Naz disagrees. As a stand-up comedian, he spends a lot of his life on the road and for him, travel sucks.

Delays, terrible food, strange beds and hotel neighbours getting to know each other are just some of the pitfalls that make him want to stay at home.

Together with guest comedians, Nazeem Hussain will convince you to stay the hell at home and make you want to burn your passport.

Science journalist Wendy Zukerman dissects the latest fad framing itself as scientific fact, wading through the mass of information so you don't have to.

Do women and men have different brains? Is porn changing the way we have sex? Does race exist? Is sugar really that bad for you?

Everyone has an opinion but then, there's SCIENCE.

Rum, Rebels & Ratbags is history not for the faint-hearted. Historian and author of 'Girt' David Hunt and ABC 702's Dom Knight uncover the characters and events left out of your high school history class.

Sir Joseph Banks wasn't just 'that plant guy', but a celebrity playboy botanist who decided Australia was just the place for a penal colony. The lady on the $20 note, Mary Reibey, was deported to Australia for horse theft and cross-dressing, but what she did next will surprise you. And, who circumnavigated Australia first - a French monkey or a South African cat?

Confession Booth is a night of brutal honesty, catharsis and absolution.

Everybody has a deep, dark secret - until they tell an entire roomful of people eager to hear about the most embarrassing, appalling or surprisingly touching moment of their lives.

Hear stories from Tracey Spicer, Brendan Cowell, Lewis Hobba, Michael Hing and more. Be awed, horrified and enthralled by the things that they've done and feel relieved that you're not the only one with a shameful little secret.