Meet Kristen Hilton: Victoria's Commissioner for Human Rights and Equal Opportunity. Released05 December 2016 This week's special guest is lawyer Kristen Hilton who discusses her new appointment as Victoria's Commissioner for Human Rights and Equal Opportunity and Soapbox delves into gambling addiction in Australia. https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/meet-kristen-hilton-victorias-commissioner-for-human/id1023534464?i=1000378582079&mt=2

Corporate gigs, hecklers, mining tours, audience indifference, silence, it takes a toll. How can comedians protect their sanity from the stresses of the comedy life? Sami speaks to Associate Professor and psychiatrist Dr Steve Ellen to find out. Steve is also director of the Psychosocial Oncology Program at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne. Duration: 19min 6sec Broadcast: Thu...

Steve Ellen and Lindy Burns chat with Professor Shitij Kapur, the newly appointed Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences and Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Health) https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/a-conversation-with-professor-shitij-kapur/id1023534464?i=1000378262273&mt=2

Dolittle and Dr Capri talk with Sam Gledhill from the Movember crew tell us all about their work (now the biggest men's health charity in the world!). Plus we're talking about actual, really radiotherapy with Doctor Real McCoy! And also Dr Pat is in the studio with the latest on new laws to allow marijuana to be grown for medical...

In this edition of Writs and Cures the team take a look at one of the most contentious issues in our community: planning laws. And to guide them through it they invited special guest, Melbourne barrister Michelle Quigley QC. Michelle is an expert in planning laws and has acted in some of the trickiest cases. And in our Soapbox segment,...

In this special Reboot Your Life edition of Writs and Cures the team look at Home, Family & work. Long hours at work can have adverse consequences for family life. Of course work is necessary but how do we keep it all in balance? Bill & Steve give you their tips on how to achieve a work-life balance. Plus, special...

Drugs, desire and disease: How neuroscience is changing our understanding of addiction was held at the National Gallery of Victoria on 21 October. The world-leading panellists included: Director of Turning Point, Professor Dan Lubman sociologist and author of What's Wrong with Addiction?, Associate Professor Helen Keane former addict and now Director of Sober Living Housing, Gavin Crosisca, and former addict, now...

In this week's Writs & Cures the team take a look at how health is portrayed in the media. Their special guest is Jill Stark - Jill was a senior writer for Fairfax until recently, and spent many years covering health stories. She speaks about how health practitioners can better use the media to promote quality health stories to the...

You've heard the term "It's not brain surgery" Well, you can't say that about Writs and Cures special guest Associate Professor Kate Drummond - who joined the team to talk about what life is like as a brain surgeon. Plus Bill looks at email etiquette. The lawyers are having trouble containing their aggression when given the apparent freedom of email....

On today's show, Drs DoLittle, Peri-partum, Trainer-Wheels & newbie Dr Pat talk music therapy for cancer, plus a discussion about how old can humans can actually live. With the US Presidential Election race heating up, there's a discussion about politics & personality, and lastly - how can one predict post-partum depression? http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/d/c/0/dc0c77bf0a302ece/radiotherapy091016.mp3?c_id=13049761&destination_id=13599&expiration=1476748135&hwt=48faaa1ace7f81ef648f3f2b09709fad