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Quick Smart

Quick Smart

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Quick Smart is the show that feeds you big ideas in bite-sized pieces. Get up to speed on some of the biggest issues from psychology, money, health, history, pop culture, in just 10 minutes. Tegan Taylor guides you through!
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Quick Smart episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Quick Smart for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Quick Smart episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

The harsh reality of being an adult in Australia is spending a huge chunk of time talking about house prices! So what’s the deal with our housing obsession? Is it possible to afford a home anymore without getting help from the bank of mum and dad? And how is the housing crisis further entrenching our growing class divide?

Guest: Richard Aedy for the Money

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Quick Smart - Since when do Australian cities have flags?
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04/03/24 • 10 min

Outside of the Olympics or the driveway to the United Nations, how often do you think about flags? Countries and states have them but Australian cities have them as well. And unsurprisingly for something that was created largely during colonial times, nowadays these flags can feel a little problematic. So what’s the history behind our city flags? And is it about time we gave their tired old designs a bit of a refresh?

Guest: Nick Baker for ABC Digital

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Quick Smart - How to boost your creativity while you sleep
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08/14/24 • 10 min

When you fall asleep do you dream of falling Tetris pieces? There’s a name for this – the Tetris Effect. Scientists have been investigating its use in boosting creativity and productivity and brands are trying to figure out how to monetise it. So just how malleable does playing video games make our minds? And is it possible for companies to use this research to hijack our dreams? Guest: Shelby Traynor for All In The Mind

If you liked this episode of Quick Smart you might like this other episode we did about whether we're all too addicted to our phones or this one about how to find out whether you're in introvert or an extrovert

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Quick Smart - Isn't it about time we had driverless cars?
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11/22/23 • 11 min

Driverless cars feel like they've been "two or three years away"... for the last 10 years. So why don't we have them yet? What technical and ethical hurdles do we still need to overcome to finally make robots our designated drivers?

Guest: James Purtill from Science Friction.

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Quick Smart - Are we addicted to our phones?
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06/12/24 • 10 min

On average Australians spend around three hours on their phones everyday - and experts believe our screentime is impacting our relationships, our ability to focus and our health. So is phone addiction really as bad for us as we think? And what are the health benefits of putting down your phone once and a while and breaking the cycle?

Guest: Anna Kelsey-Sugg for ABC Online

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Quick Smart - The conspiracy theories plaguing Taylor Swift
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02/21/24 • 10 min

Taylor Swift just set the record for the biggest crowd of her career in Australia. And while the most successful female artist playing to half a million people should be the biggest story right now - she’s found herself at the centre of conspiratorial fantasies sweeping American right-wing politics. So why is the far right so obsessed with Taylor Swift? And now that Joe Biden has been pulled into the drama could the conspiracy theories be true?Guest: Lucia Stein for ABC Online

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Quick Smart - Will the real extroverts please stand up?
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01/24/24 • 10 min

Despite how true personality tests might feel, a lot of them are pseudoscience. But it turns out there is science behind at least one of the big personality factors: introversion versus extroversion. So what makes someone an introvert or an extrovert? And is one innately better than the other (because it turns out one is on average happier!)

Guest: Sana Qadar for All in the Mind

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Quick Smart - Why we're breaking up with dating apps
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10/09/24 • -1 min

The advent of dating apps gave a whole new meaning to the phrase 'plenty of fish in the sea.' Suddenly, you could cast your search for 'the one' into the limitless depths of the internet. So why are people ghosting the apps and instead looking for love IRL?

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Quick Smart - Why are book bans skyrocketing?
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05/08/24 • 10 min

Banning books feels like a thing of the past. A humble past-time of authoritarian leaders and churches trying to control the way people think. These days; thanks largely to our streaming services, it seems we’re reading much less than we used to. But in the last few years 10,000 books have been banned in the US alone. So why is the number of banned books sky rocketing?

Guest: Sarah L'Estrange for The Book Show

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In November Americans will head to the polls to vote for their next president. And it’s looking like the contenders will be Joe Biden and Donald Trump. The catch is, while running for president, Trump is also facing 91 charges. So can he still run for the top spot if he’s in jail? And why this particular election is so important to people around the world.

Guest: Matt Bevan for If You're Listening

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FAQ

How many episodes does Quick Smart have?

Quick Smart currently has 72 episodes available.

What topics does Quick Smart cover?

The podcast is about News, Society & Culture, News Commentary and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Quick Smart?

The episode title 'Diet pills have a dark history, but will Ozempic change that?' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Quick Smart?

The average episode length on Quick Smart is 10 minutes.

How often are episodes of Quick Smart released?

Episodes of Quick Smart are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Quick Smart?

The first episode of Quick Smart was released on Jun 1, 2023.

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