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May 29, 2023 27 mins

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 Ruse

 Audio 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 



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