Episodes
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As Gen Zers become more socially and politically aware, they’re starting to understand the world they inhabit and will inherit. In this episode, journalism students at UNSW Sydney look at the impact of some of those issues such as social media, politics and smoking. And possibly one of the biggest – mental health – is explored through the experience of two autistic sisters who mask their disorder.
Host: Dominique Lakis-Nash
Stories:
"Social control" - Reporter: Caitlyn Todorovski
"Celebrity scandal: PDiddy - Reporter: Marian Caburian
"Masking autism" - Reporter: Nerissa Caviliere
"On the vape" - Reporter: Daniel McLaren-Kennedy
"Speak my language" - Reporter: Mae Rawson
Sound Design: Peter R. White
Executive Producer: Connie Levett
Supervising Producer: Simon Brady
More stories from UNSW:
https://www.newsworthy.org.au/
More stories from The Junction:
https://junctionjournalism.com/Music:
‘Betelgeuse’ / Kunal Shingade
‘Peach Ice’ / Big Moist and the Smoking Durries
‘Come Back Home’ / Olexy
Images:
'Thinking' by Sukinah Hussain / Pixabay -
Representation matters because it helps us imagine our place in the world: our identity, self-worth and sense of belonging. Come on an entertaining and informative ride as journalism students from Griffith University look at representation: how it’s being done well and where it can improve.
*Language warning for this episode.
Hosts: Lucy Ingham, Sophia Thomas and Nicole Symens
Stories:
"It's Her Video Game, Too" - Reporter: Sophia Thomas
"Women in Horror" - Reporter: Molly O'Dempsey
"Love Your Body" - Reporter: Nicole Symens
"Rom Com Rebirth" - Reporter: Lucy Ingham
"Spike" - Reporter: Isabelle Garland
Sound Design: Heather Anderson
Executive Producers: Bridget Backhaus and Heather Anderson
Supervising Producer: Simon Brady
For more stories from Griffith University:
https://thesourcenews.com/
For more stories from The Junction:
https://junctionjournalism.com/Music:
‘Betelgeuse’ / Kunal Shingade
'Wedding' / Nesterouk
‘Come Back Home’ / Olexy
Images:
'Video games' / StockSnap
'Black Coat' / Ovan
'Female body' / Ri Ya
'Heart balloons' / Peggy Marco -
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In a world of heightened tension and conflict, there is lots to be wary and anxious about. But as the experts say: focus on the things you can control and don’t worry about what you can’t.
This episode is the first appearance on our podcast by students from Western Sydney University. And they look at the things that scare us…and how people deal with those fears.Host: Claire Brownlie
Stories:
‘Parra-normal’ – Reporter: Claire Brownlie
‘Finding Home’ – Reporter: Polina Krongauz
‘Not So Social Media’ – Reporter: Bianca Paige Tropiano
‘Gore-lore’ – Reporter: Emily Mah-Chut
Supervising Producer: Roger Dawkins
Executive Producer: Simon Brady
More stories from the best student journalism in Australia:
https://junctionjournalism.com/
Music
‘Betelgeuse’ - Kunal Shingade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XANS2XsG4DE
‘Come Back Home’ – Olexy
https://pixabay.com/users/olexy-25300778/
Photos (social media)
'Tunnel’ – Bruno
https://pixabay.com/users/bru-no-1161770/
'Backpack traveller' - Tumisu
https://pixabay.com/users/tumisu-148124/
'Ghost silhouette' - Nick Magwood
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This episode by student journalists at Curtin University in Perth makes us think about the concept of trust and the belief in the goodness of people.
The things they say, the way we rely on them…and the potential risk of placing our trust in others.Hosts:
Madigan Spooner and Camila Egusquiza Santa Cruz
Stories:
‘Man or Bear’ – Reporter: Camila Egusquiza Santa Cruz
‘The Aliens Are Coming’ – Reporter: Andrew Hanlon
‘Pet Custody’ – Reporter: Madigan Spooner
‘Moondyne Joe’ – Reporter: Aimee Glossop
‘The End Zone’ – Reporter: Beth Mackiewicz
Supervising Producers: Kayt Davies, Sarah Taillier and Glynn Greensmith
Executive Producer: Simon Brady
More stories from student journalists at Curtin University.
https://westernindependent.com.au/
Music
‘Betelgeuse’ - Kunal Shingade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XANS2XsG4DE
‘Come Back Home’ – Olexy
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For many people, food and the simple act of cooking can provide solace and comfort, particularly for those who go through the upheaval of migrating to another country. Cooking reminds them of home – not just the food but the people and places as well.
Nicole Alcantara from the University of Sydney spent an evening with two young men from Nepal. And as they cooked a traditional Nepali curry, the conversation around food revealed a lot more about their new life in Australia and the enduring connections to home.
Reporter: Nicole Alcantara
Editor and Supervising Producer: Lea Redfern
Executive Producer: Simon Brady
Avishek’s Nepalese fish curry recipe
https://alcantaranicole.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/avisheks-fish-curry-1.pdf
More stories from the best student journalism in Australia.
The Junction
Music
'There Is Only The Unknown Ahead' – Get Music
‘When the Ash Settles’ – The Westerlies
‘Ngoni’ – The Mini Vandals
‘Bridgewalker’ – Bitters
‘Basketliner’ – Bitters
‘High Life’ – The Mini Vandals
‘Come Back Home’ – Olexy
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It’s hard enough for anyone to find a home to rent in Australia. The difficulty factor is multiplied many times more for hundreds-of-thousands of international students who come to the country each year, also needing a rental. In this episode, reporter Gwen Liu reveals the desperate measures many students are turning to that are exposing them to potential scams and exploitation.
Reporter: Gwen Liu
Executive Producer: Simon Brady
Original stories
Crikey – Rental crisis: desperate students turn to Chinese brokers and pay the price
https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/08/14/rental-crisis-desperate-students-chinese-brokers/
The Citizen – Rental crisis: Desperate students turn to Chinese brokers and pay price
https://www.thecitizen.org.au/articles/rental-crisis-desperate-students-turn-to-chinese-brokers-and-pay-price
More stories from the best student journalism in Australia.
The Junction
Music
'There Is Only The Unknown Ahead' – Get Music
https://motionarray.com/royalty-free-music/there-is-only-the-unknown-ahead-840056/?q=there%20is%20only%20the%20unknown%20ahead&search_header=1
‘The Art of Silence’ – DHD Music
https://motionarray.com/royalty-free-music/the-art-of-silence-1066952/
‘Steps’ – Lance Conrad
https://motionarray.com/royalty-free-music/steps-1012004/?q=steps
‘Come Back Home’ – Olexy
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Our Long Read series continues with a reckoning from Australia's past and the way it might influence our future. Our reporter Sydney Lang looks at the legacy of governor Lachlan Macquarie from the early colonial settlement days. Macquarie was considered a visionary who wanted to turn a penal colony into an egalitarian nation. But there is a dark side to his legacy that has an enduring, as well as painful, lesson.
Reporter: Sydney Lang
Executive Producer: Simon Brady
More stories from the best student journalism in Australia.
The Junction
Additional links
Professor Bronwyn Carlson on ABC Radio National
State Library of NSW documentary on Lachlan Macquarie
Music
'There Is Only The Unknown Ahead' – Get Music
‘Silent Cry’ – Valster
‘Thinking in Silence’ – Ashot Danielyan
‘Come Back Home’ - Olexy -
In the next episode of our Long Read series, Tylah Tully from Curtin University reports on the site of two of Australia's greatest riches. The Burrup peninsula in the north of Western Australia is home to more than one million rock carvings by First Nations people that date back tens-of-thousands of years. It's also the site of a multi-billion dollar gas and oil development. Can the two co-exist as neighbours? And what threat does a petrochemical plant pose to a sacred rock art museum?
Production
Reporter: Tylah Tully
Executive Producer: Simon Brady
For more stories from the best student journalism in Australia:
The Junction
Episode images
Social media and web: Robin Chapple, Tylah Tully
Music
'Spirituality' by Maximus Sound
'Anxious' by Oleksii Kaplunskyi
'Desert Orchid' by Alisha Studio
'So Many Memories' by Myton Music
'Just a Light Secret' by MooveKa
'Come Back Home' by Olexy -
In this episode, Aston Brown from University Technology Sydney – and now a rural and regional reporter at Guardian Australia – takes us inside the world of people who forage through rubbish bins to collect bottles and cans for cash. Are they environmental warriors? Is it a hobby job? Or are they trying to earn precious money to make ends meet? This is the first in our Long Read series where we focus on one, in-depth story each episode.
Reporter: Aston Brown
Original story on Guardian Australia:
‘The professional recyclers cashing in on Australia’s bottles and cans’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/15/people-see-rubbish-but-i-see-money-the-professional-recyclers-cashing-in-on-australias-bottles-and-cans
Voice actor: Darryle Macdonald
Executive Producer: Simon Brady
More stories from the best student journalism in Australia:
The Junction
Music
'There Is Only The Unknown Ahead' - Get Music
‘Come Back Home’ – Olexy
Episode image
Hans (The Junction social media)
Jas Min (The Junction website) -
In this episode, our reporters from Deakin University look at how important health issues – period poverty, loneliness and therapy for young offenders – are being tackled. And there’s some fun in there, as well, with roosters on the loose, the cult following of an anime classic and how AI might be creeping into your music playlists.
If you or someone you know is experiencing loneliness or struggling with mental health:
Lifeline Australia: 13 11 14
Beyond Blue: www.beyondblue.org.au/
Black Dog Institute: www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/
Hosts: Josie Day and Ziska Mayadeen
Stories
'Period poverty' - Reporter: Ali Calafiore
'The Straw Hats' - Reporter: Shae Hambling
'Auto play' - Reporters: Mariam Ashraf and Molly Howie
'Rooster on the loose' - Reporter: Veia Bradley
'Healing paws' - Reporters: Ellie Claringbold and Jane Tyack
'Not on your own' - Reporters: Ben Cashin and Cathy Langley
Audio Editor: Christopher Scanlon
Executive Producer: Alison McAdam
For more stories from Deakin University: Dscribe
https://www.dscribe.net.au/
Music
'There Is Only The Unknown Ahead' - GetMusic
‘Reflected Light’ by SergePavkinMusic via Pixabay
'Last Summer' by Ikson
‘Fluid’ by ItsWatR
‘Inspiring Cinematic Ambient’ by Lexin Music
‘Thinking In Silence’ by Ashot-Danielyan
'Wake Up' - vitaminsound
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Shifts in trends and attitudes - some good and some less so - means that at the end of 2023, we are seeing ourselves and our country differently. This episode by students from the University of New South Wales explores the changing identity of Australia.
Host: Jade Psihogios
Stories
'The Matilda effect' - Reporter: Maddie Nixon
'On the drink' - Reporter: Jacob Sukiennik
'Whose crime?' - Reporter: Cayle Reid
'Audio porn' - Reporter: Margareth Kowik
'Own your story' - Reporter: Anna Tidswell
Audio Editor: Peter R. R. White
Executive Producer: Connie Levett
For more stories from UNSW: Newsworthy
https://www.newsworthy.org.au/
Music
'There Is Only The Unknown Ahead' - GetMusic
'Wake Up' - vitaminsound
Episode image
King G from Pixabay -
In this episode by journalism students at Griffith University in Queensland, we talk to people needing support in difficult times. And for all those people needing support, there are individuals, communities and organisations who are there to provide help.
Hosts
Merced Hernandez and Olivia Schoenauer
Stories
'Youth detention' - Reporter: Merced Hernandez
'Bushfires...again' - Reporter: Olivia Schoenauer
'Seeking shelter' - Reporter: Nicholas Powell
'Finding resilience' - Reporter: Larissa Espig
'Speak and Share' - Reporter: Alana Williams
Audio Editors
Merced Hernandez, Olivia Schoenauer, Nicholas Powell, Larissa Espig, Alana Williams, Bridget Backhaus and Heather Anderson
Executive Producers
Bridget Backhaus and Heather Anderson
For more stories from Griffith University:
The Source News
Music
'There Is Only The Unknown Ahead' - GetMusic
‘With Me’ – Sabine Bloch
'Wake Up' - vitaminsound -
Para athletes don’t get the headlines or recognition of their able-bodied peers yet their stories are the epitome of resilience and overcoming adversity. Less than a year until the Paris Olympics and Paralympics, we speak to four athletes about how sport has transformed their lives.
Hosts
Ella Bradford and Julia Forbes
Stories
Emily Beecroft – Reporter: Julia Forbes
Jenna Jones – Reporter: Ella Bradford
Blake Cochrane – Reporter: Bobby Wilson
Nathan Jason – Reporter: Rattanakorn Boontem
Editor: Simon Brady
Executive Producer: Peter English
For more stories from the best student journalism in Australia:
The Junction
Music
'There Is Only The Unknown Ahead' - GetMusic
‘Steps’ – Lance Conrad
‘Fell In Love’ – Keplar Beats
'Wake Up' - vitaminsound -
Every place has a story to tell: its past, present and what might lie ahead in the future. In this episode, our reporters from RMIT take us to native forests, a former prison, a public housing estate and a community on bushfire alert to find out how those places are changing.
Hosts
Annabel Fleming and Ned Coleman
Stories
‘Citizen Scientists’ – Reporter: Melanie Bakewell
'Stories From The Inside’ – Reporter: Ruth McHugh-Dillon
‘Public Housing: Retain, Repair, Reinvest’ – Reporter: Penry Buckley
‘The Bushfire Spectre’ – Reporter: Sydney Lang
Audio Editor: Tito Ambyo
Executive Producer: Tito Ambyo
For more stories from RMIT:
The City Journal
Music
'There Is Only The Unknown Ahead' - GetMusic
'Wake Up' - vitaminsound -
This episode by journalism students at Curtin University in Perth challenges conventions that have dictated our lives and the progress of society.
We look at ways people are taking on and dealing with accepted norms around housing, families, drug use, gender equality and identity.
Host: Andrew Du
Stories
'Grand Designs' - Reporter: Xander Sapsworth-Collis
'Stemming the Tide' - Reporter: Cindy Cartojano
'No Children, Please' - Reporter: Premila Ratnam
'It's Not Easy Being Me' - Reporter: Andrew Du
'Pot Luck' - Reporter: Georgy Sides
Producer: Andrew Du
Editor: Simon Brady
For more stories from Curtin University:
Western Independent
Music:
'There Is Only The Unknown Ahead' - GetMusic
'Wake Up' - vitaminsound
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This episode by journalism students at the University of Melbourne explores the binaries that govern us: good and bad, real and virtual, life and death.
But life often exists in the grey zones in-between and we look at what happens when you bend, blur or break those binaries.
Host: Thomas Phillips
Stories:
‘Human-made nature’ – Reporter: Meghan Dansie
‘Death Doulas’ – Reporter: Sasha Gattermayr
‘Virtual Boyfriend’ – Reporter: Qiyun Liu
‘Parallel Universe’ – Reporter: Jade Murray
‘Lying for Good’ – Reporter: Sean RuseAudio editor: Thomas Phillips
Executive Producer: Louisa Lim
More stories from the University of Melbourne's Centre for Advancing Journalism:
The Citizen
Music:
'There Is Only The Unknown Ahead' - GetMusic
'Wake Up' - vitaminsound -
This month’s episode is the first in a three-part podcast by Nicola Brayan from the University of Sydney.
We’ve all been told that there’s a “proper” way to speak English. What if that wasn’t true?
There are thousands of dialects of English that are “non-standard” yet they still carry cultural and historic significance.
Nicola’s deep-dive into English dialects around the world shows how language shapes identity, communities, and, too often, discrimination.
This story challenges us to think before we judge the way others speak.
You can listen to the entire three-part podcast (and you should!):
Spotify
Apple
Podcast Index
iHeart
Amazon Music
Podchaser
Or type 'Standard Deviations Junction Journalism' into your favourite podcast app.
Written and produced: Nicola Brayan
Supervising Editor: Lea Redfern
Sound design and audio editing: Josh Dowton
Artwork: Veronica Lenard
For more stories by journalism students at the University of Sydney:
https://www.salienceatsydney.org/
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This episode by journalism students at the University of Canberra tells stories that make us think about some of the important things in life: our health, our happiness and our fellow human beings.
Hosts
Maddi Green and Lila Greyling
Stories
'The 'New' Australian Dream’ – Reporter: Lara Stimpson
‘Nutrition For The Mind’ – Reporter: Hannah Donald
‘A Taste of Country’ – Reporter: Leo Phimphravichith
‘Libraries 2.0’ – Reporter: Celeste Gibbs
‘They Do More Than Bring Me Flowers’ – Reporter: Chloe Swan
Executive Producer: Simon Brady
For more stories from the University of Canberra:
The Owl
Music
'There Is Only The Unknown Ahead' - GetMusic
'Brown Hill' - Motion Array Originals
'Wake Up' - vitaminsound -
This episode by journalism students at Curtin University in Perth tells stories about preservation: preserving the environment, our reputation, our identity and our well-being.
Hosts
Ruby Devlin and Amy Figueiredo
Stories
'Money For Marks’ – Reporter: Elliahn Blenkinsop
‘Saving the River’ – Reporter: Bronte Holmes
‘The Young and the Restless’ – Reporter: Mya Kordic
‘Complex Identities’ – Reporter: Ash Ramos
‘Do I Need Therapy?’ – Reporter: Amy Figueiredo
‘The Comfort Bottle’ – Reporter: Ruby Devlin
Producer: Simon Brady
For more stories from Curtin University:
Western Independent
Music
'There Is Only The Unknown Ahead' - GetMusic
'Wake Up' - vitaminsound -
This episode by journalism students at Deakin University tells stories about our changing world and how people are finding ways to navigate these new times.
You will meet Australia’s first dental therapy dog who is helping people overcome their fear of going to the dentist, and join theatre workers as they delight in a return to the stage after long lockdowns.
The episode also explores the dangers of a La Nina weather pattern, the problem of inequality in STEM jobs, and the pros and cons of social media influencers, which may make a difference to how you view and use certain platforms.
Hosts:
Billy Eason and Brad McGee
Stories:
'The dangers of a La Nina weather pattern' - Reporters: Will Tremain and Garbis Sanossian
'Equity in STEM' - Reporter: Grace MacKenzie
'The thrill of theatre’s return' - Reporters: Chloe Williams and Ashleigh Kreveld
'Teacher shortages' - Reporters: Jonathan Peck and Ali Calafiore
'Australia’s first dental therapy dog- - Reporter: Jena Carr
'The influence of influencers' - Reporters: Phoebe Griffiths and Rylee Pattison-Moore
Audio Editor: Dr Chris Scanlon
Executive Producer: Alison McAdam
For more stories from Deakin University:
DScribe
Music
'There Is Only The Unknown Ahead' - GetMusic
‘Illumination’ - Paul Yudin
'You Can Do More' - lemonmusicstudio
'Inspirational Background' - AudioCoffee
TikTok accounts for influencer story:
@ellieshauls_
@spencer.barbos’
@jellybean.celine
@hismile
'Wake Up' - vitaminsound - Montre plus
