April 11, 2025 • 15 mins
We're back for another weekend edition of good news for your listening pleasure.
This week Claire Murphy and Taylah Strano share the smile-worth stories they couldn't stop thinking about; from nostalgia-fuelled scent research to a very unserious conversation about a certain coverboy's new ad campaign.
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
You're listening to Amma mea podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Mumma Me acknowledges the traditional owners of land and waters
that this podcast is recorded on.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Hey, I'm Taylor Strano. This is mummys Hice daily news podcast,
The Quickie. I'm popping into your feed on this Saturday
with a little weekend treat for you. Let's face it,
the news cycle can be well overwhelming, I think is
a nice way to put it. We're constantly being bombarded
with headlines that leave us feeling stressed and exhausted, maybe
(00:42):
even a little bit hopeless. I don't know about you,
but by the end of the week sometimes that's where
I'm at. But today we're hitting pause on the usual
chaos and bringing you some good news stories that will
put a smile on your face. Think of it as
your weekend pick me up, a dose of positivity to
brighten your day. And what better way to share the
love than with our very own Claire Murphy, who's here
(01:03):
to spread the good news. Claire, Welcome back.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Hello, Taylor Strano. I'm loving this good news.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
In fact, I had some of my friends tell me
that they listened last week and we're like pleasantly surprised.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
That it's not all doom and gloom. This week looks
like thanks.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Yeah, Look, you just have to look a little bit
harder for good news sometimes. But also you don't, because
that's what the quickie Saturday at the moment is for. Claire.
I want you to kick us off this week. What
good news has been coming across your feed?
Speaker 2 (01:29):
I've got two words for you, Taylor Strano. Okay, Robert Irwin.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
I can see in our script. So Claire and I
share a script. We put very minimal detail in there
as to surprise and delight. I can see Robert Irwin's name,
and I've emoji reacted with a laughing face exactly because.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
I think I've written in there as Robert effing Erwin,
if I remember rightly.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
You have and I know, yeah, but you're going please continue.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Look, Robert Erwin's new Bonds ad has sent the entire
Internet into a much flustered meltdown because Little Bob, as
he used to be known to us, is in this
ad recla deck chair in the backyard of what looks
like a very ossy suburban home. He has a large
python draped over his shoulders. He has a giant spider
(02:18):
on his leg tarantula vibes there's a crocodile on the ground,
because of course there is. And he's like casually sipping
on an icy cold glass of water. You can hear
the cubes clinking against the glass. There's like that real
summer vibe to it, Like you can hear the crickets
in the background, and like it's just a summer sunset
in Australia, somewhere in a backyard. Now, look, can I
(02:40):
just off the bat say? We are very pleased to
see that Robert Irwin is very well hydrated. We love
that he's drinking water. Good on him. But holy heck, Bob,
he's just in his bonds. And I feel very conflicted
by this, Taylor Strano, because he's matured into a very
well built, young gentleman. Look, there is a part of
(03:02):
me that feels very protective of the youngest Stephen Terry
Irwin offspring, because like he grew up in front of
our eyes into a seemingly very well adjusted, lovely young man.
But now Taylor, he's turned into a thirst trap. And
part of me is looking at that.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
Claire, I want to tell you it's not that deep,
but I understand that it is that deep for quite
a few people, including our Out Loud hosts, who earlier
this week talked about Robert Irwan shoving bread in his
pants because apparently that's a trick in the industry trade
when you model underwear, you pop bread in your pants,
which I didn't know and probably could have lived without knowing.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Yeah, there's some kind of molding of wonderbread that happens
on photographic shots.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
I don't know if it's still a thing, but it
wasn't the nineties.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
To be honest. When I saw this, I was like,
this is fantastic, mainly because of all the commentary around it.
Good on him, get his bag. I don't have feelings
either way towards the images other than he looks great
and fit and hot.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
That's the surprising part because we never put Bob Robert
Irwin in the hot category before.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Whenever you say Bob, I know we're talking about Robert
Irwin the youngest, but whatever you say, Boba, when I
think of Steve Ewan's dad.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Yeah, maybe I'll stick with Robert. I'm not sure we
were ready for that kind of visualization.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Time in the Jungle with Julia Morris has done that.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Boy goodly smokes, hasn't it?
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Just? And I just if you want a really fun
afternoon go to so. Robert's instagram is Robert Irwin Photography
and that's where he posted the initial video, which has
had over four million likes now, which is not surprising.
The comments section is gold. I'll just give you just
a little smashing seeing this feels illegal.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Yes, I agree.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
I think I speak for everyone when I say, criikey
putting my thirty eight year old ass into time out
for looking at these Robert, you just sent the Aunties
into premature heart attack.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
So I was like, I think I now identify as
a cougar.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
Oh my god?
Speaker 2 (05:01):
And this one fine, I'll watch it again. I have
nothing appropriate to say.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
I don't know if this is good news for Robert Irwin,
for Bond, for the Australia Zoo, or just for middle
aged women everywhere.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
I think it's good for all of us. Taylor Strano,
this is the point of good news.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Claire. Thank you. I don't know how I can possibly
follow that up, but Claire, let me try. I'd like
to paint your picture. Go with me on the journey here,
go for it. Desperately trying to hold onto those last
warm days of summer somewhere up the New South Wales coast.
I know that you live inland, but that's details and
we don't let them get in the way of a
good story. So you're walking hand in hand with your husband,
(05:37):
you're on the beach, and then you step on a
plastic water bottle and the illusion is shattered.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Gross.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
Well, you are thirty nine percent less likely to encounter
waste on your beach because new research around the country
has found that plastic waste around our coastal cities has
dropped by nearly forty percent in the last decade. That's
a mouthful. But Claire, the TLDR plastic bottles on the
beach going down look at us. I love that it
doesn't beat bread in your undies. But I still think
(06:07):
that's important news to talk about.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
No, but look, there as a really concerning moment in
time when we learned about the giant garbage patch in
the middle of the ocean, and we as Australians really
contributed to that quite significantly. So it is nice to
know that we are less wasteful. I do believe maybe
it is our new addiction to our emotional support water bottles.
That is probably helping that because you know, drinking out
(06:31):
of a plastic bottle means you're absolutely unhealthy.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Right, even if it is water according to social media.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
But I love the fact that we are making a
difference because you know, when you're talking about climate change
and environmental issues, it sometimes feels super overwhelming and just
completely unachievable.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
So when you see.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Data like this and you're like, do you know what
the fact that I have gone to reusable things and
the fact that I am recycling the things that I
am using that can be recycled, it's progress and it's
actually happening.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
Yeah, you're right. I mean the CSIRO are the people
who ran this research. It happened all across the country,
places like Perth, Portagusta, Hobart, Newcastle, Sunshine Coast and our springs,
and they have concluded that the efforts for those clean
up campaigns make our beaches beautiful. All those kind of
things and better waste management in general are what are
contributing to the decline in plastic waste and waste on
(07:22):
our beaches. But I think you're right as well, things
like the rise in reusable water bottles. And the other
thing that was really interesting is the most common type
of debris found on our beaches is cigarette butts, which
a majority plastic. However, I hazard, I guess, and I
feel like this is cost of living, working in a
weird but good way. Nobody can afford to smoke anymore.
(07:43):
Therefore we have less cigarette butts on the beach.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
Do you know I had no concept of how much
a packet of cigarettes costs in twenty twenty five, because
I think the last time I knew that data was
like when I was a kid and my mate's dad
sent us down the shop to buy Ziggy's for him,
which was a completely legal thing.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
To do in the nineties.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Now like that can be fifty sixty bucks a pack.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
Yeah, at least, so things like I said, those campaigns
are working in favor of reducing the waste. Obviously, we're
all becoming far more conscious of single use plastic. And
it's fantastic because it keeps our beat to the clear,
it keeps those urban areas around coastal cities nice and
pristine as well, it makes them as great tourist attractions.
It also means that when this research was done by
the CSIRO that we have now a new benchmark for
(08:29):
future research and policy making so we can continue to
reduce the waste good for us.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
You might have seen across the US last weekend there
were massive protests across America. They were called hands Off rallies.
There were more than twelve hundred locations all fifty states,
held by civil rights organizations, labor unions, LGBTQAA, plus advocates
like everyone who is against any policy put in place
(09:00):
by the new President Donald Trump in his first part
of his administration of.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
Twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
They were out there protesting, and whilst they were protesting,
a lot of really like not good news things, so
like thousands of federal workers that were laid off and
all the field officers that have closed down, and entire
agencies that have shut down, and that they've scaled back
protections for women's reproductive rides and transgender care and cutting
fun for healthcare, mass deportations and lots of you know,
(09:28):
not great news. But the signs that people took to
these hands Off rallies, Taylor Strano are genius.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
I love a good protest sign.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
They will make you laugh out loud. There is a
ton of TikTok and Instagram accounts who have highlighted a
lot of these. If you want to go search for them,
but I'll give you a few. One was like a
giant cross stitch and I'm talking probably two meters by
two meter cross ditch, and the message on it was
I'm so angry.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
I stitched this so I could stab something three thousand times.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
Wow. That's a way to take out your aggression exactly.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
I'm not sure if you're aware of this either, but
the new tariffs at Donald Trump has put in place
also include the McDonald and Heard Islands here in Australia,
both of which are populated almost exclusively by penguins, so
they're not exporting anything to the US as far as
we're aware, unless as a Madagascar situation going on. But
there is a lot of penguin related signs at these rallies,
(10:26):
like we waddle at Dawn, I stand with the penguins.
Tax the rich, not the penguins.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
There's a lot of that kind of stuff.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
One of my favorites is I can see Russia from
the White House. If you remember who Sarah Palin is, Oh,
we'll make you loly I like my government, how I
like my coffee, not in my vagina.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
I mean like fair to fair.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Only minority destroying America is billionaires, honk if you've never sloppy.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
Texted warplants, that is one that I did see, and
I mean, like again, I feel like, yeah, fair.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
There was a Canadian contingent who had a sign saying
you grabbed the wrong beaver.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
I just finally, I have to finish on this one.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
There was an elderly lady and I'm guessing she was
probably in her eighties holding up a really big sign.
I can't say all the words, but it said I'd
call Trump a sea word, but he lacks depth and warmth,
like just golf clap for protest signs. You guys nailed it,
and we are sending thoughts and prayers to our American
(11:27):
friends who are currently dealing with all of that.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
I never thought Donald Trump would make his way onto
an episode of the Quickie Good News, but I feel
like if there were ever going to be a way
to cover this on Good News, this is how he
would do it.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
This is it well done protested.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
Finally, this week, Claire something to bring everybody's levels back
down as we send them off to the rest of
their weekend. There's been a long understanding of the link
between scent and memory, but now there is a link
between scent, memory and your stress levels. Oh explain, nostalgic sense,
specifically of the food variety, can help boost your mood
(12:04):
and reduce stress in your body. I'm talking smelling some warm,
freshly baked pizza is actually good to you.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
So if you're feeling a bit down, a bit stressed, like,
Getnna to bake up a storm, to take you back
to your childhood in the kitchen, and that'll make you
feel better.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Is that the vibe?
Speaker 3 (12:20):
Yeah, pretty much. So when you smell something comforting, your
brain's limbic system is what's activated, and that's what helps
lower anxiety. So freshly baked pizza is a nostalgic smell
for a lot of people, but not for everybody. So
you could apply that to so many other things. Maybe
it's brownies, maybe eats, the smell of baked beans on toast.
(12:41):
I don't judge. I don't know what your nostalgic smell
is clear, but for me, my nostalgic smell and it's
very specific and very strange and it's not actually really
a smell. Is wet tiles and parmesan cheese not together right?
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Different?
Speaker 3 (12:55):
Yeah, you have to get it's a thing.
Speaker 2 (12:56):
Wet tile and parmesan cheese.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
Wet kitchen tiles and parmesan cheese. It lowers my stress
and anxiety levels because, as I said, the memory is
so heavily linked to scent. It transports me back to
a time when I am a little child in my
nominous kitchen. And so this has just been further solidified
in research recently by not just saying, oh, yep, sent
memory a link. That's great, They've been able to go
(13:20):
that step further and say, this is the part of
the brain that it's connected to, and this is the
response in your body's nervous system, essentially to lower your stress,
lower your anxiety.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
Two things.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
One, food scientists actually use this against us, which is
not probably good news. But if they want to make
a processed food more enticing for us, they will use
those kind of sense in order to remind us of
like that chip that we had when we were a kid,
or they'll increase a certain part of the smell. So
(13:51):
food scientists are very aware of this and have been
cashing in on it for a long time. But I
feel like that extends beyond food smells, because I definitely
have like smells that make me.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
Feel really good.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
One of them is the smell of an actual book, like,
and it doesn't have to be a new book.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
It can be an old book.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
But there is a certain book smell that is so
comforting and lovely that like, I will often be caught
with my nose between the pages, having a little you know, inhale.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
And then there's also things like rain.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
On hot ash felt roads, Like there's those real like
childhood nostalgia smells from when you're out as a kid
playing in the street and it rained on that hot
summer day, Like it can transport you to a place
in time that can either be very traumatic or very.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
Comforting, whichever way you've experienced it.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
Yeah, well, your brain's releasing when it smells those smells
and the memories are activated. It's releasing things like serotonin
and dopamine, And so we know that pleasant aromas can
improve our feelings way up to forty percent, which is massive.
It's also why a lot of people say when you
go on a holiday, you should buy a perfume to
commemorate that memory and that experience, and whenever you sprits it,
(15:00):
you're transported back to a Mulfi Coast store wherever you
might have been. I definitely have perfumes like that. And
if there were ever a reason to shop at Judy
Free before you jump on a plane, that's one. That's
all our good news, Clare Murphy, thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
Thanks lady.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
We'll do it again next week. Thanks for taking some
time to feed your mind with us today. You can
keep up with Clare in a couple of different places,
of course, delivering your news headlines here every morning on
the Quiki and also delving into everything women's health over
on Well. I'll pup a link to that in our
show notes. The Quikie is produced by Me, Taylor Strano
(15:35):
and Clare Murphy, with audio production by Lou Hill. And
we'll be back in your feed on Monday morning.
You're listening to Amma mea podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Mumma Me acknowledges the traditional owners of land and waters
that this podcast is recorded on.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Hey, I'm Taylor Strano. This is mummys Hice daily news podcast,
The Quickie. I'm popping into your feed on this Saturday
with a little weekend treat for you. Let's face it,
the news cycle can be well overwhelming, I think is
a nice way to put it. We're constantly being bombarded
with headlines that leave us feeling stressed and exhausted, maybe
(00:42):
even a little bit hopeless. I don't know about you,
but by the end of the week sometimes that's where
I'm at. But today we're hitting pause on the usual
chaos and bringing you some good news stories that will
put a smile on your face. Think of it as
your weekend pick me up, a dose of positivity to
brighten your day. And what better way to share the
love than with our very own Claire Murphy, who's here
(01:03):
to spread the good news. Claire, Welcome back.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Hello, Taylor Strano. I'm loving this good news.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
In fact, I had some of my friends tell me
that they listened last week and we're like pleasantly surprised.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
That it's not all doom and gloom. This week looks
like thanks.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Yeah, Look, you just have to look a little bit
harder for good news sometimes. But also you don't, because
that's what the quickie Saturday at the moment is for. Claire.
I want you to kick us off this week. What
good news has been coming across your feed?
Speaker 2 (01:29):
I've got two words for you, Taylor Strano. Okay, Robert Irwin.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
I can see in our script. So Claire and I
share a script. We put very minimal detail in there
as to surprise and delight. I can see Robert Irwin's name,
and I've emoji reacted with a laughing face exactly because.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
I think I've written in there as Robert effing Erwin,
if I remember rightly.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
You have and I know, yeah, but you're going please continue.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Look, Robert Erwin's new Bonds ad has sent the entire
Internet into a much flustered meltdown because Little Bob, as
he used to be known to us, is in this
ad recla deck chair in the backyard of what looks
like a very ossy suburban home. He has a large
python draped over his shoulders. He has a giant spider
(02:18):
on his leg tarantula vibes there's a crocodile on the ground,
because of course there is. And he's like casually sipping
on an icy cold glass of water. You can hear
the cubes clinking against the glass. There's like that real
summer vibe to it, Like you can hear the crickets
in the background, and like it's just a summer sunset
in Australia, somewhere in a backyard. Now, look, can I
(02:40):
just off the bat say? We are very pleased to
see that Robert Irwin is very well hydrated. We love
that he's drinking water. Good on him. But holy heck, Bob,
he's just in his bonds. And I feel very conflicted
by this, Taylor Strano, because he's matured into a very
well built, young gentleman. Look, there is a part of
(03:02):
me that feels very protective of the youngest Stephen Terry
Irwin offspring, because like he grew up in front of
our eyes into a seemingly very well adjusted, lovely young man.
But now Taylor, he's turned into a thirst trap. And
part of me is looking at that.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
Claire, I want to tell you it's not that deep,
but I understand that it is that deep for quite
a few people, including our Out Loud hosts, who earlier
this week talked about Robert Irwan shoving bread in his
pants because apparently that's a trick in the industry trade
when you model underwear, you pop bread in your pants,
which I didn't know and probably could have lived without knowing.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Yeah, there's some kind of molding of wonderbread that happens
on photographic shots.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
I don't know if it's still a thing, but it
wasn't the nineties.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
To be honest. When I saw this, I was like,
this is fantastic, mainly because of all the commentary around it.
Good on him, get his bag. I don't have feelings
either way towards the images other than he looks great
and fit and hot.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
That's the surprising part because we never put Bob Robert
Irwin in the hot category before.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Whenever you say Bob, I know we're talking about Robert
Irwin the youngest, but whatever you say, Boba, when I
think of Steve Ewan's dad.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Yeah, maybe I'll stick with Robert. I'm not sure we
were ready for that kind of visualization.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Time in the Jungle with Julia Morris has done that.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Boy goodly smokes, hasn't it?
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Just? And I just if you want a really fun
afternoon go to so. Robert's instagram is Robert Irwin Photography
and that's where he posted the initial video, which has
had over four million likes now, which is not surprising.
The comments section is gold. I'll just give you just
a little smashing seeing this feels illegal.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Yes, I agree.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
I think I speak for everyone when I say, criikey
putting my thirty eight year old ass into time out
for looking at these Robert, you just sent the Aunties
into premature heart attack.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
So I was like, I think I now identify as
a cougar.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
Oh my god?
Speaker 2 (05:01):
And this one fine, I'll watch it again. I have
nothing appropriate to say.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
I don't know if this is good news for Robert Irwin,
for Bond, for the Australia Zoo, or just for middle
aged women everywhere.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
I think it's good for all of us. Taylor Strano,
this is the point of good news.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Claire. Thank you. I don't know how I can possibly
follow that up, but Claire, let me try. I'd like
to paint your picture. Go with me on the journey here,
go for it. Desperately trying to hold onto those last
warm days of summer somewhere up the New South Wales coast.
I know that you live inland, but that's details and
we don't let them get in the way of a
good story. So you're walking hand in hand with your husband,
(05:37):
you're on the beach, and then you step on a
plastic water bottle and the illusion is shattered.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Gross.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
Well, you are thirty nine percent less likely to encounter
waste on your beach because new research around the country
has found that plastic waste around our coastal cities has
dropped by nearly forty percent in the last decade. That's
a mouthful. But Claire, the TLDR plastic bottles on the
beach going down look at us. I love that it
doesn't beat bread in your undies. But I still think
(06:07):
that's important news to talk about.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
No, but look, there as a really concerning moment in
time when we learned about the giant garbage patch in
the middle of the ocean, and we as Australians really
contributed to that quite significantly. So it is nice to
know that we are less wasteful. I do believe maybe
it is our new addiction to our emotional support water bottles.
That is probably helping that because you know, drinking out
(06:31):
of a plastic bottle means you're absolutely unhealthy.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Right, even if it is water according to social media.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
But I love the fact that we are making a
difference because you know, when you're talking about climate change
and environmental issues, it sometimes feels super overwhelming and just
completely unachievable.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
So when you see.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Data like this and you're like, do you know what
the fact that I have gone to reusable things and
the fact that I am recycling the things that I
am using that can be recycled, it's progress and it's
actually happening.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
Yeah, you're right. I mean the CSIRO are the people
who ran this research. It happened all across the country,
places like Perth, Portagusta, Hobart, Newcastle, Sunshine Coast and our springs,
and they have concluded that the efforts for those clean
up campaigns make our beaches beautiful. All those kind of
things and better waste management in general are what are
contributing to the decline in plastic waste and waste on
(07:22):
our beaches. But I think you're right as well, things
like the rise in reusable water bottles. And the other
thing that was really interesting is the most common type
of debris found on our beaches is cigarette butts, which
a majority plastic. However, I hazard, I guess, and I
feel like this is cost of living, working in a
weird but good way. Nobody can afford to smoke anymore.
(07:43):
Therefore we have less cigarette butts on the beach.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
Do you know I had no concept of how much
a packet of cigarettes costs in twenty twenty five, because
I think the last time I knew that data was
like when I was a kid and my mate's dad
sent us down the shop to buy Ziggy's for him,
which was a completely legal thing.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
To do in the nineties.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Now like that can be fifty sixty bucks a pack.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
Yeah, at least, so things like I said, those campaigns
are working in favor of reducing the waste. Obviously, we're
all becoming far more conscious of single use plastic. And
it's fantastic because it keeps our beat to the clear,
it keeps those urban areas around coastal cities nice and
pristine as well, it makes them as great tourist attractions.
It also means that when this research was done by
the CSIRO that we have now a new benchmark for
(08:29):
future research and policy making so we can continue to
reduce the waste good for us.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
You might have seen across the US last weekend there
were massive protests across America. They were called hands Off rallies.
There were more than twelve hundred locations all fifty states,
held by civil rights organizations, labor unions, LGBTQAA, plus advocates
like everyone who is against any policy put in place
(09:00):
by the new President Donald Trump in his first part
of his administration of.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
Twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
They were out there protesting, and whilst they were protesting,
a lot of really like not good news things, so
like thousands of federal workers that were laid off and
all the field officers that have closed down, and entire
agencies that have shut down, and that they've scaled back
protections for women's reproductive rides and transgender care and cutting
fun for healthcare, mass deportations and lots of you know,
(09:28):
not great news. But the signs that people took to
these hands Off rallies, Taylor Strano are genius.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
I love a good protest sign.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
They will make you laugh out loud. There is a
ton of TikTok and Instagram accounts who have highlighted a
lot of these. If you want to go search for them,
but I'll give you a few. One was like a
giant cross stitch and I'm talking probably two meters by
two meter cross ditch, and the message on it was
I'm so angry.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
I stitched this so I could stab something three thousand times.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
Wow. That's a way to take out your aggression exactly.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
I'm not sure if you're aware of this either, but
the new tariffs at Donald Trump has put in place
also include the McDonald and Heard Islands here in Australia,
both of which are populated almost exclusively by penguins, so
they're not exporting anything to the US as far as
we're aware, unless as a Madagascar situation going on. But
there is a lot of penguin related signs at these rallies,
(10:26):
like we waddle at Dawn, I stand with the penguins.
Tax the rich, not the penguins.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
There's a lot of that kind of stuff.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
One of my favorites is I can see Russia from
the White House. If you remember who Sarah Palin is, Oh,
we'll make you loly I like my government, how I
like my coffee, not in my vagina.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
I mean like fair to fair.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Only minority destroying America is billionaires, honk if you've never sloppy.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
Texted warplants, that is one that I did see, and
I mean, like again, I feel like, yeah, fair.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
There was a Canadian contingent who had a sign saying
you grabbed the wrong beaver.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
I just finally, I have to finish on this one.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
There was an elderly lady and I'm guessing she was
probably in her eighties holding up a really big sign.
I can't say all the words, but it said I'd
call Trump a sea word, but he lacks depth and warmth,
like just golf clap for protest signs. You guys nailed it,
and we are sending thoughts and prayers to our American
(11:27):
friends who are currently dealing with all of that.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
I never thought Donald Trump would make his way onto
an episode of the Quickie Good News, but I feel
like if there were ever going to be a way
to cover this on Good News, this is how he
would do it.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
This is it well done protested.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
Finally, this week, Claire something to bring everybody's levels back
down as we send them off to the rest of
their weekend. There's been a long understanding of the link
between scent and memory, but now there is a link
between scent, memory and your stress levels. Oh explain, nostalgic sense,
specifically of the food variety, can help boost your mood
(12:04):
and reduce stress in your body. I'm talking smelling some warm,
freshly baked pizza is actually good to you.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
So if you're feeling a bit down, a bit stressed, like,
Getnna to bake up a storm, to take you back
to your childhood in the kitchen, and that'll make you
feel better.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Is that the vibe?
Speaker 3 (12:20):
Yeah, pretty much. So when you smell something comforting, your
brain's limbic system is what's activated, and that's what helps
lower anxiety. So freshly baked pizza is a nostalgic smell
for a lot of people, but not for everybody. So
you could apply that to so many other things. Maybe
it's brownies, maybe eats, the smell of baked beans on toast.
(12:41):
I don't judge. I don't know what your nostalgic smell
is clear, but for me, my nostalgic smell and it's
very specific and very strange and it's not actually really
a smell. Is wet tiles and parmesan cheese not together right?
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Different?
Speaker 3 (12:55):
Yeah, you have to get it's a thing.
Speaker 2 (12:56):
Wet tile and parmesan cheese.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
Wet kitchen tiles and parmesan cheese. It lowers my stress
and anxiety levels because, as I said, the memory is
so heavily linked to scent. It transports me back to
a time when I am a little child in my
nominous kitchen. And so this has just been further solidified
in research recently by not just saying, oh, yep, sent
memory a link. That's great, They've been able to go
(13:20):
that step further and say, this is the part of
the brain that it's connected to, and this is the
response in your body's nervous system, essentially to lower your stress,
lower your anxiety.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
Two things.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
One, food scientists actually use this against us, which is
not probably good news. But if they want to make
a processed food more enticing for us, they will use
those kind of sense in order to remind us of
like that chip that we had when we were a kid,
or they'll increase a certain part of the smell. So
(13:51):
food scientists are very aware of this and have been
cashing in on it for a long time. But I
feel like that extends beyond food smells, because I definitely
have like smells that make me.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
Feel really good.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
One of them is the smell of an actual book, like,
and it doesn't have to be a new book.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
It can be an old book.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
But there is a certain book smell that is so
comforting and lovely that like, I will often be caught
with my nose between the pages, having a little you know, inhale.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
And then there's also things like rain.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
On hot ash felt roads, Like there's those real like
childhood nostalgia smells from when you're out as a kid
playing in the street and it rained on that hot
summer day, Like it can transport you to a place
in time that can either be very traumatic or very.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
Comforting, whichever way you've experienced it.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
Yeah, well, your brain's releasing when it smells those smells
and the memories are activated. It's releasing things like serotonin
and dopamine, And so we know that pleasant aromas can
improve our feelings way up to forty percent, which is massive.
It's also why a lot of people say when you
go on a holiday, you should buy a perfume to
commemorate that memory and that experience, and whenever you sprits it,
(15:00):
you're transported back to a Mulfi Coast store wherever you
might have been. I definitely have perfumes like that. And
if there were ever a reason to shop at Judy
Free before you jump on a plane, that's one. That's
all our good news, Clare Murphy, thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
Thanks lady.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
We'll do it again next week. Thanks for taking some
time to feed your mind with us today. You can
keep up with Clare in a couple of different places,
of course, delivering your news headlines here every morning on
the Quiki and also delving into everything women's health over
on Well. I'll pup a link to that in our
show notes. The Quikie is produced by Me, Taylor Strano
(15:35):
and Clare Murphy, with audio production by Lou Hill. And
we'll be back in your feed on Monday morning.
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