September 17, 2025 • 14 mins
A new report from a United Nations commission has concluded that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, breaching the 1948 Convention.
Plus, headlines suggests there's a sweet spot for how much money we need to be happy, but is that really true?
And in headlines today, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese insists the delay in signing the "crocodile" defence treaty with PNG has "no downside", brushing aside claims it's an embarrassment for Australia; Donald Trump has kicked off his historic second state visit to the UK amid unprecedented pomp, intense security and protests as King Charles and other royals welcomed the US President; Christian Breuckner, a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of toddler Madeleine McCann, has been released from a German prison after serving a seven-year sentence for an unrelated sex crime; Netflix's animated musical KPop Demon Hunters has become the first film on the platform to surpass 300 million views
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
You're listening to a Muma Mia podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges
the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast
is recorded on.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Hey, I'm Taylor Strano. This is Mamma Mir's twice daily
news podcast, The Quickie. Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
That's according to a new report from an independent United
Nations commission. We'll unpack what that actually means and where
to from here. Plus how much money do you think
you'd need to consider yourself happy? The answer is well complicated,
(00:45):
but it might make you feel more content after all.
Before we get there, here's Clare Murphy with the latest
from the Quicki newsroom for Thursday September eighteenth.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Thanks Taylor. Prime Minister Anthony Albnezi insists the delay in
signing the Crocodile defense treaty with PNG has no downside,
brushing aside, claims it's an embarrassment for Australia. He left
Port Moresby on Wednesday without the hoped for defense packed
after the he and g government's cabinet failed to reach
a quorum to sign off on the landmark agreement. Instead,
mister Alberizi and counterpart James Marape only managed to communicate
(01:18):
laying out the key tenants of the pact. Mister Albinizi
also returned empty handed from a visit to Vanuatu last week,
failing to land a five hundred million dollar deal that
would have given Australia veto power over Chinese investment in
critical infrastructure. Mister Albanezi told reporters in Port Moresby after
Wednesday's signing of the Communicay Australia expects the pack to
(01:39):
be finalized in coming weeks. Papua New Guinea PM James
Marape also saying there was no sticking point holding up
the signing and he expects a quick turnaround for his
cabinet to approve it. Donald Trump has kicked off his
historic second state visit to the UK amid unprecedented pomp,
intense security and protests as King Charles and other royals
welcome the US President. The UK laid on what is
(02:01):
said to be the largest military ceremonial welcome for a
state visit in living memory, and Trump, an overt royal fan,
has made little secret of his delight at being not
just the first US leader, but the first elected politician
to be invited for two state visits. Crowds of Trump
supporters gathered in Windsor, but in London, thousands marched to
protest against the visit. Earlier this week, four people were
(02:24):
arrested for projecting a picture of the President with convicted
child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein onto the wall of Windsor Castle.
The UK Prime Minister also recently firing the UK ambassador
to Washington over his ties to Epstein. Trump and Milania
joined Charles's wife, Queen Camilla, and other royals and dignitaries
for a carriage procession along a route lined with thirteen
(02:44):
hundred UK service personnel. The President, occasionally chatting and smiling
with the King, then inspected a guard of soldiers before
moving on to view historical items from the royal collection
relating to the United States. The president shown a letter
sent from President Abraham Lincoln to Queen Victoria in eighteen
sixty two expressing his condolences after the death of Prince Albert.
(03:05):
The US President and his wife then visited Saint George's Chapel,
the final resting player of Queen Elizabeth, who hosted Trump
for his first state visit in twenty nineteen to lay
a wreath on her tomb. There was a further military
parade and a fly past of the UK Red Arrows
aerobatics team before the Trumps also found time for a
private meeting with Prince William, who Trump called very handsome,
(03:25):
and the Princess of Wales, which was described by the
Prince's spokesperson as warm and friendly. Christian Bruckner, a suspect
in the two thousand and seven disappearance of toddler Madeline McCann,
has been released from a German prison after serving a
seven year sentence for an unrelated sex crime. German prosecutors
first named Bruckner as a suspect in twenty twenty, when
he was already serving the sentence for raping a seventy
(03:48):
two year old woman in the same part of Portugal's
Algave region where McCann went missing. His lawyer denies his client,
who has convictions for child abuse and drug trafficking in
addition to the rape of the woman who since died,
has any connection with the McCann case. Bruckner lived in
the Algave region where Madeline went missing between nineteen ninety
five and two thousand and seven. According to court documents
(04:10):
he burgled hotels and holiday flats. Police in the UK,
Germany and Portugal, who've all identified Bruckner as their main suspect,
have long sought evidence to link him conclusively to the case,
but despite spending four days digging for evidence in the
Algave region in June, no such evidence has been found.
UK police said on Monday that Bruckna declined their requests
(04:31):
for an interview in connection with Madeline's disappearance. Prosecutors said
on Bruckner's release that he'll need to wear an electronic
tag for five years, meet his prole officer at least
once a month, and declare to the court any changes
to his living situation. Any violation of those conditions could
lead to a fine or up to three years in prison.
Bruckner's passport has also been canceled. Netflix's animated musical K
(04:54):
pop demon Hunters has become the first film on the
platform to surpass three hundred million views. The movie, released
on June twenty, has logged more than three hundred and
fourteen point two million views globally. Produced by Sony Pictures Animation,
the fantasy follows the K pop girlband Hunters. Three young
women who lead double lives as demon hunters. Their mission
is complicated when a rival boy band appears whose members
(05:16):
turn out to be demons themselves. The film's runaway popularity
has propelled its K pop infused soundtrack, including lyrics in Korean,
into the top of music charts worldwide. Netflix and Sony
Pictures are now reportedly in talks to produce a sequel.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Thanks Claire Next, Unpacking the new report on Gaza. A
United Nations report has confirmed what human rights advocates and
aid agencies have been warning for months. Israel has and
is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Now
(05:54):
it's important to note this report comes from a United
Nations Commission of Inquiry established by the UN Human Rights Council.
The commission concluded four or five genocidal acts under the
nineteen forty eight Convention have been committed by Israeli authorities
and secure forces. Those four acts are killing members of
the group, causing serious bodily or mental harm to members
(06:17):
of the group, deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of
life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole
or in part, and imposing measures intended to prevent births
within the group. The group, of course, is Palestinians. This
report followed on from last month, when the Integrated Food
(06:37):
Security Phase Classification Analysis concluded more than half a million
people in Gaza are trapped in famine. The Commission also
found what they call compelling evidence that Israeli forces in
their ongoing war with her Mass have systematically targeted Palestinian
civilians through indiscriminate bombing, the destruction of infrastructure, and deliberate
obstruction of desperately needed humanitarian aid. The reports say these
(07:00):
facts have led to tens of thousands of deaths, widespread hunger,
the destruction of Gaza's ability to sustain itself, and a
concerted effort to make the region unlivable for Palestinians. The
report points to inflammatory rhetoric from Israeli leaders, the displacement
of entire communities, and a pattern of intentionally depriving people
of food, water, and medical care as part of a
(07:23):
state policy that amounts to genocide under international law. United
Nations Commission of Inquiry Chair Navi Pila directly calling out
those involved while speaking with Al Jazeera.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
We've identified the President, Prime Minister Natanyahu and the former
Minister of Defense based on their statements and the orders
that they've given. So we have identified individuals, we have
not done an investigation of all the individuals involved. I
think future work by the Commission will get down to
(07:58):
that with not dropping anything. Because these three individuals were
agents of the state. Under the law, the state then
is held responsible. So we say it's a state of
Israel that has committed genocide.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
The report says this.
Speaker 4 (08:15):
The Commission finds that genocidal intent was the only reasonable
inference that could be drawn based on the person of
conduct of the Israeli authorities.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Pilae, echoing others criticism of countries standing by as Israel
continues its campaign in Gaza.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
I share the concern of all human rights defenders, activists,
journalists and so on, who are saying, this is the
worst possible times that we are going through in respect
of having multilateralism, respect for international law, justice and accountability.
So people are saying there's a one rogue state that
(08:53):
is not complying with international law, and yet the other
states seem to be helpless in doing something about it.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
A case of genocide is currently before the International Court
of Justice leveled against Israel by South Africa. This rail
maintains its actions in Gaza are self defense, labeling the
findings in this new report as biased and politically motivated.
Israel's permanent representative to the UN in Geneva has described
the report as fake.
Speaker 5 (09:22):
The report relies entirely on Hama's falsehoods, laundered and repeated
by others. These fabrications have already been thoroughly debunked, including
in an independent, in depth academic study by Bessa.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Meanwhile, the Israeli troops have encircled Gaza City, the IDF
confirming its ground operation in Gaza is now underway. They
estimate around forty percent or six hundred thousand people in
Gaza city population have left the area.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
We will of.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Course continue to update you on this story in the
news headlines. It's something so many of us have convinced
ourselves of. If I just had a little more money
than I'd finally be happy. But it was the notorious
It's the ig who said more money, more problems. So
(10:18):
which is it? How much cash do we actually need
to be happy? Well, turns out the answer is complicated.
If you ask social media, happiness has a price tag.
The magic number that guarantees a life of comfort, peace
and fulfillment. But is there really a dollar figure for joy?
(10:38):
I asked my colleagues how much cold hard cash they
need to be feeling chipper.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
I used to think a million dollars because that seemed
like a nice round number and a lot of money.
But now that the average house in certain Australian cities
is like one point whatever, that seems redundant now, so
we'd have to be like a nice round ten mil.
I think, so you've got enough in the bank to
service your one point whatever it is million mortgage and
live life and pay for all the things that are
(11:05):
now getting increasingly more expensive.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
Quite frankly, my happiness is dictated by when I have
just been paid. I do not give a heck and
hell about how much is that, just as long as
it's going to get me through the next four weeks.
Speaker 6 (11:22):
I think a million dollars because like a few hundred
thousand sure wouldn't be bad, but a million really sets
you up for like, that's fe you money you don't
need to work. You can live off like probably with
return on investment like fifty grand a year. If you
could live in a sharehouse, you don't have to work,
you can do whatever.
Speaker 7 (11:39):
Anything under five mel is probably not going to do it.
When you think about yeah, like your hex day and
like all your expenses, you already pay for it. And
then if you want to be able to travel and stuff,
I think it have to be more and maybe eight mel.
Speaker 8 (11:50):
I would love like ten mil to a billion. That's
how the spectrum is going right now. I owe my parents' money,
I have a large hec stick. I would want a lot. Listen,
I don't live my life letting cash just sit around
and not work for me. I think just like a
little safety buffer ten K. However, when we're getting upwards
(12:12):
at that it's going into an investment. I want my
money to be making money because in the long term,
that is what will make me feel the most comfortable.
Speaker 9 (12:22):
As someone who's about to go on maternity leave. I
definitely don't feel like I have enough money saved in
the bank for the uncertainties of the chapter of my
life I'm about to enter. So that's something I'm going
to need to think about.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
Over the past decade, studies around the world, including in Australia,
have suggested there is a financial sweet spot for happiness,
enough to afford a home, cover the bills, and enjoy
life's simple pleasures, but not so much that extra money
brings extra satisfaction. Some research out of the US pegs
that number at around one hundred and twelve thousand to
(13:00):
one hundred and fifty thousand Ousie dollars per year, though
other studies suggest it's higher in big cities where the
cost of living is through the roof. But happiness experts
say the relationship between money and contentment is more complicated. Yes,
financial security relieves stress and opens doors, but more isn't
always necessarily better. Above a certain threshold, extra income doesn't
(13:24):
make us significantly happier. Instead, social connections, purpose, and time
for rest make a bigger difference. People also tend to
compare their finances to others that notorious comparison trap, so
even as incomes rise, expectations often rise with them. You know,
like Biggie said, more money, more problems. When we talk
(13:46):
about money and happiness, it's maybe not so much the
concept of cold, hard cash, but rather what that dough
can unlock, stability, experiences, and the freedom to say yes
to what matters most. So, how much money do you
actually need to be happy. Well, I'm sorry to say,
but the answer isn't just a budget calculation. It's a
combination of financial comfort, fulfilling relationship, yeb's meaningful work, and time,
(14:11):
of course to enjoy it all. And while the magic
number makes headlines, the truth is happiness is worse about
salary and more about finding value in a life that
feels rich. Whatever tax bracket you find yourself in. Thanks
for taking some time to feed your mind with us today.
The quickie is produced by me Table Strano and Claire Murphy,
(14:33):
with audio production by Lou Hill.
You're listening to a Muma Mia podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges
the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast
is recorded on.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Hey, I'm Taylor Strano. This is Mamma Mir's twice daily
news podcast, The Quickie. Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
That's according to a new report from an independent United
Nations commission. We'll unpack what that actually means and where
to from here. Plus how much money do you think
you'd need to consider yourself happy? The answer is well complicated,
(00:45):
but it might make you feel more content after all.
Before we get there, here's Clare Murphy with the latest
from the Quicki newsroom for Thursday September eighteenth.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Thanks Taylor. Prime Minister Anthony Albnezi insists the delay in
signing the Crocodile defense treaty with PNG has no downside,
brushing aside, claims it's an embarrassment for Australia. He left
Port Moresby on Wednesday without the hoped for defense packed
after the he and g government's cabinet failed to reach
a quorum to sign off on the landmark agreement. Instead,
mister Alberizi and counterpart James Marape only managed to communicate
(01:18):
laying out the key tenants of the pact. Mister Albinizi
also returned empty handed from a visit to Vanuatu last week,
failing to land a five hundred million dollar deal that
would have given Australia veto power over Chinese investment in
critical infrastructure. Mister Albanezi told reporters in Port Moresby after
Wednesday's signing of the Communicay Australia expects the pack to
(01:39):
be finalized in coming weeks. Papua New Guinea PM James
Marape also saying there was no sticking point holding up
the signing and he expects a quick turnaround for his
cabinet to approve it. Donald Trump has kicked off his
historic second state visit to the UK amid unprecedented pomp,
intense security and protests as King Charles and other royals
welcome the US President. The UK laid on what is
(02:01):
said to be the largest military ceremonial welcome for a
state visit in living memory, and Trump, an overt royal fan,
has made little secret of his delight at being not
just the first US leader, but the first elected politician
to be invited for two state visits. Crowds of Trump
supporters gathered in Windsor, but in London, thousands marched to
protest against the visit. Earlier this week, four people were
(02:24):
arrested for projecting a picture of the President with convicted
child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein onto the wall of Windsor Castle.
The UK Prime Minister also recently firing the UK ambassador
to Washington over his ties to Epstein. Trump and Milania
joined Charles's wife, Queen Camilla, and other royals and dignitaries
for a carriage procession along a route lined with thirteen
(02:44):
hundred UK service personnel. The President, occasionally chatting and smiling
with the King, then inspected a guard of soldiers before
moving on to view historical items from the royal collection
relating to the United States. The president shown a letter
sent from President Abraham Lincoln to Queen Victoria in eighteen
sixty two expressing his condolences after the death of Prince Albert.
(03:05):
The US President and his wife then visited Saint George's Chapel,
the final resting player of Queen Elizabeth, who hosted Trump
for his first state visit in twenty nineteen to lay
a wreath on her tomb. There was a further military
parade and a fly past of the UK Red Arrows
aerobatics team before the Trumps also found time for a
private meeting with Prince William, who Trump called very handsome,
(03:25):
and the Princess of Wales, which was described by the
Prince's spokesperson as warm and friendly. Christian Bruckner, a suspect
in the two thousand and seven disappearance of toddler Madeline McCann,
has been released from a German prison after serving a
seven year sentence for an unrelated sex crime. German prosecutors
first named Bruckner as a suspect in twenty twenty, when
he was already serving the sentence for raping a seventy
(03:48):
two year old woman in the same part of Portugal's
Algave region where McCann went missing. His lawyer denies his client,
who has convictions for child abuse and drug trafficking in
addition to the rape of the woman who since died,
has any connection with the McCann case. Bruckner lived in
the Algave region where Madeline went missing between nineteen ninety
five and two thousand and seven. According to court documents
(04:10):
he burgled hotels and holiday flats. Police in the UK,
Germany and Portugal, who've all identified Bruckner as their main suspect,
have long sought evidence to link him conclusively to the case,
but despite spending four days digging for evidence in the
Algave region in June, no such evidence has been found.
UK police said on Monday that Bruckna declined their requests
(04:31):
for an interview in connection with Madeline's disappearance. Prosecutors said
on Bruckner's release that he'll need to wear an electronic
tag for five years, meet his prole officer at least
once a month, and declare to the court any changes
to his living situation. Any violation of those conditions could
lead to a fine or up to three years in prison.
Bruckner's passport has also been canceled. Netflix's animated musical K
(04:54):
pop demon Hunters has become the first film on the
platform to surpass three hundred million views. The movie, released
on June twenty, has logged more than three hundred and
fourteen point two million views globally. Produced by Sony Pictures Animation,
the fantasy follows the K pop girlband Hunters. Three young
women who lead double lives as demon hunters. Their mission
is complicated when a rival boy band appears whose members
(05:16):
turn out to be demons themselves. The film's runaway popularity
has propelled its K pop infused soundtrack, including lyrics in Korean,
into the top of music charts worldwide. Netflix and Sony
Pictures are now reportedly in talks to produce a sequel.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Thanks Claire Next, Unpacking the new report on Gaza. A
United Nations report has confirmed what human rights advocates and
aid agencies have been warning for months. Israel has and
is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Now
(05:54):
it's important to note this report comes from a United
Nations Commission of Inquiry established by the UN Human Rights Council.
The commission concluded four or five genocidal acts under the
nineteen forty eight Convention have been committed by Israeli authorities
and secure forces. Those four acts are killing members of
the group, causing serious bodily or mental harm to members
(06:17):
of the group, deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of
life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole
or in part, and imposing measures intended to prevent births
within the group. The group, of course, is Palestinians. This
report followed on from last month, when the Integrated Food
(06:37):
Security Phase Classification Analysis concluded more than half a million
people in Gaza are trapped in famine. The Commission also
found what they call compelling evidence that Israeli forces in
their ongoing war with her Mass have systematically targeted Palestinian
civilians through indiscriminate bombing, the destruction of infrastructure, and deliberate
obstruction of desperately needed humanitarian aid. The reports say these
(07:00):
facts have led to tens of thousands of deaths, widespread hunger,
the destruction of Gaza's ability to sustain itself, and a
concerted effort to make the region unlivable for Palestinians. The
report points to inflammatory rhetoric from Israeli leaders, the displacement
of entire communities, and a pattern of intentionally depriving people
of food, water, and medical care as part of a
(07:23):
state policy that amounts to genocide under international law. United
Nations Commission of Inquiry Chair Navi Pila directly calling out
those involved while speaking with Al Jazeera.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
We've identified the President, Prime Minister Natanyahu and the former
Minister of Defense based on their statements and the orders
that they've given. So we have identified individuals, we have
not done an investigation of all the individuals involved. I
think future work by the Commission will get down to
(07:58):
that with not dropping anything. Because these three individuals were
agents of the state. Under the law, the state then
is held responsible. So we say it's a state of
Israel that has committed genocide.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
The report says this.
Speaker 4 (08:15):
The Commission finds that genocidal intent was the only reasonable
inference that could be drawn based on the person of
conduct of the Israeli authorities.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Pilae, echoing others criticism of countries standing by as Israel
continues its campaign in Gaza.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
I share the concern of all human rights defenders, activists,
journalists and so on, who are saying, this is the
worst possible times that we are going through in respect
of having multilateralism, respect for international law, justice and accountability.
So people are saying there's a one rogue state that
(08:53):
is not complying with international law, and yet the other
states seem to be helpless in doing something about it.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
A case of genocide is currently before the International Court
of Justice leveled against Israel by South Africa. This rail
maintains its actions in Gaza are self defense, labeling the
findings in this new report as biased and politically motivated.
Israel's permanent representative to the UN in Geneva has described
the report as fake.
Speaker 5 (09:22):
The report relies entirely on Hama's falsehoods, laundered and repeated
by others. These fabrications have already been thoroughly debunked, including
in an independent, in depth academic study by Bessa.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Meanwhile, the Israeli troops have encircled Gaza City, the IDF
confirming its ground operation in Gaza is now underway. They
estimate around forty percent or six hundred thousand people in
Gaza city population have left the area.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
We will of.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Course continue to update you on this story in the
news headlines. It's something so many of us have convinced
ourselves of. If I just had a little more money
than I'd finally be happy. But it was the notorious
It's the ig who said more money, more problems. So
(10:18):
which is it? How much cash do we actually need
to be happy? Well, turns out the answer is complicated.
If you ask social media, happiness has a price tag.
The magic number that guarantees a life of comfort, peace
and fulfillment. But is there really a dollar figure for joy?
(10:38):
I asked my colleagues how much cold hard cash they
need to be feeling chipper.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
I used to think a million dollars because that seemed
like a nice round number and a lot of money.
But now that the average house in certain Australian cities
is like one point whatever, that seems redundant now, so
we'd have to be like a nice round ten mil.
I think, so you've got enough in the bank to
service your one point whatever it is million mortgage and
live life and pay for all the things that are
(11:05):
now getting increasingly more expensive.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
Quite frankly, my happiness is dictated by when I have
just been paid. I do not give a heck and
hell about how much is that, just as long as
it's going to get me through the next four weeks.
Speaker 6 (11:22):
I think a million dollars because like a few hundred
thousand sure wouldn't be bad, but a million really sets
you up for like, that's fe you money you don't
need to work. You can live off like probably with
return on investment like fifty grand a year. If you
could live in a sharehouse, you don't have to work,
you can do whatever.
Speaker 7 (11:39):
Anything under five mel is probably not going to do it.
When you think about yeah, like your hex day and
like all your expenses, you already pay for it. And
then if you want to be able to travel and stuff,
I think it have to be more and maybe eight mel.
Speaker 8 (11:50):
I would love like ten mil to a billion. That's
how the spectrum is going right now. I owe my parents' money,
I have a large hec stick. I would want a lot. Listen,
I don't live my life letting cash just sit around
and not work for me. I think just like a
little safety buffer ten K. However, when we're getting upwards
(12:12):
at that it's going into an investment. I want my
money to be making money because in the long term,
that is what will make me feel the most comfortable.
Speaker 9 (12:22):
As someone who's about to go on maternity leave. I
definitely don't feel like I have enough money saved in
the bank for the uncertainties of the chapter of my
life I'm about to enter. So that's something I'm going
to need to think about.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
Over the past decade, studies around the world, including in Australia,
have suggested there is a financial sweet spot for happiness,
enough to afford a home, cover the bills, and enjoy
life's simple pleasures, but not so much that extra money
brings extra satisfaction. Some research out of the US pegs
that number at around one hundred and twelve thousand to
(13:00):
one hundred and fifty thousand Ousie dollars per year, though
other studies suggest it's higher in big cities where the
cost of living is through the roof. But happiness experts
say the relationship between money and contentment is more complicated. Yes,
financial security relieves stress and opens doors, but more isn't
always necessarily better. Above a certain threshold, extra income doesn't
(13:24):
make us significantly happier. Instead, social connections, purpose, and time
for rest make a bigger difference. People also tend to
compare their finances to others that notorious comparison trap, so
even as incomes rise, expectations often rise with them. You know,
like Biggie said, more money, more problems. When we talk
(13:46):
about money and happiness, it's maybe not so much the
concept of cold, hard cash, but rather what that dough
can unlock, stability, experiences, and the freedom to say yes
to what matters most. So, how much money do you
actually need to be happy. Well, I'm sorry to say,
but the answer isn't just a budget calculation. It's a
combination of financial comfort, fulfilling relationship, yeb's meaningful work, and time,
(14:11):
of course to enjoy it all. And while the magic
number makes headlines, the truth is happiness is worse about
salary and more about finding value in a life that
feels rich. Whatever tax bracket you find yourself in. Thanks
for taking some time to feed your mind with us today.
The quickie is produced by me Table Strano and Claire Murphy,
(14:33):
with audio production by Lou Hill.
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