12. A New Book From Leigh Sales, Do Aliens Exist, Average

12. A New Book From Leigh Sales, Do Aliens Exist, Average Parenting & Why Australia's Netballers Aren't Getting Paid

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This week Bri shares her favourite parts of Leigh Sales' new book about journalism and storytelling, and Bridie shares her theories about believing in aliens. Then the pair discuss two popular and overlapping articles about 'average' parenting and whether or not smartphones are distracting parents from their children. And finally, why are Australia's world champion netball players not getting paid? Articles/books referenced in this episode: Storytellers - Leigh Sales: https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Storytellers/Leigh-Sales/9781761106965 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-18/what-does-good-enough-parenting-look-like/102985120 https://www.thecut.com/2023/10/parents-child-time-availability-boundaries.html https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/oct/18/australia-netball-players-pay-wage-dispute-financial-support-from-cricket See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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