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Season 4, Episode 6 - Drinks at the Footy, Hillsborough Disaster, Australian Native Food, Burgers, New Wave Rap Collective,
Thank you for being with us this season! In this final episode of this season, we are looking at some new and old Melbourne additions and traditions. We're looking at ...
Season 4, Episode 5: The Tote, a Bachelorette Bar, Toxic Soil in Bulla, Rave Revival in Melbourne
Welcome to episode 5 of the Under Cover podcast! In this episode, we'll be looking at the stories behind entertainment and music venues in Melbourne. From the city's f...
Season 4, Episode 4: Ghosts, Young Liberals, Wonki, Rone and AFL Drugs Policy
This episode of Under Cover goes deep into mysterious places of Melbourne and tell stories about the characters in them. From a ghost in a haunted theatre, the mysteri...
Season 4, Episode 3: Live Music, Caribbean Food, Jag Jeans and Journalism After Covid
In this week’s episode, our reporters look at the revival of live music performances in the Mornington Peninsula, and the small but zesty Caribbean food community in M...
Season 4, Episode 2: Melbourne Traffic, Playground Design, Young Players in AFL, Chinese Women Studying Abroad and Speed Dating in Melbourne
In this week's episode, our reporters look at the issues surrounding traffic and congestion in Melbourne, a dive into the thinking processes behind playground construc...
Season 4, Episode 1: BookTok, Fairy Floss, Digital Drivers' Licence, Concussion in AFL and the future of Brunetti in Melbourne
Welcome back to Under Cover! We are now in our fourth season as we continue to report on stories about our digital and non-digital lives in post pandemic Melbourne. Fo...
Season 3 Episode 9 - Digital Technologies, Shark Liver, Books vs Streets, Web3 and Australian Natural Disaster Predictions
In today's episode, we will be exploring screen addiction among young people in Australia, shark liver harvesting in the cosmetics industry, 'booksmart' vs 'streetsmar...
Season 3 Episode 8 - Green Washing, Climate Change and Wineries in Australia, Psychology of Nature, Lockdown & Ghosting
In this week's episode, we will be looking at the phenomenon of green washing, but we will also look at the psychology of seeing a lot of green and how going to locati...
Season 3 Episode 7 - Russians in Melbourne, Ex-prisoners Ventures, Post-COVID Music Taste and Lives of People with Disabilities
Welcome back! In this episode, we will hear about the experience of Russians in Melbourne who are struggling with how people treat them as a result of the war in Ukrai...
Season 3 Episode 6: Ukrainian Australians, Bells Beach, Online Dating
In this episode, we will explore the experiences of Australians with Ukrainian heritage during the Russian Invasion, the protection of Bells Beach, one of Australia’s ...
Season 3 Episode 5: Women in Sport, Climate Change and Mental Health, Dungeons and Dragons, AFLW and Heat Island Effect in Melbourne
WARNING THIS EPISODE CONTAINS MENTIONS OF SELF HARM AND VIOLENCE. Welcome back! In this week's episode, we take a look at why Australian girls are dropping out of ...
Season 3 - Episode 4: Bottled water, remote health, independent women, homelessness
Welcome back! In this episode we look at groundwater extraction for bottled water in the small town of Musk, the cost for care in remote, regional and metropolitan are...
Episode 3 - Climate change, shoes and teen pregnancy
Welcome to the third episode of the third season of Under Cover!
Season 3 - Episode 2: Male Pills, Indonesian AFL and Music in COVID
In this episode, we look at male contraceptive pills, Indonesian AFL, music and life after lockdown.
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Fishing, Endometriosis and Price of Living.
Welcome back! In this episode, we look at what's happening with the ban on commercial fishing on Port Phillip in Melbourne, Victoria; we hear the stories of Australian...
Season 2 - Episode 7
This week’s full of interesting stories, so much so that we’ve decided to split the show into two parts. Part One explores the theme of family. We looked at the impact...
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Ideology
In today’s episode we will be exploring the intersection between political ideology and vaccine hesitancy. What fuels vaccine hesitancy? Who is affected by it and what...
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Fear
Misinformation not only spreads false or misleading claims, it spreads fear. In episode 5, RMIT’s third-year journalism students address the existing fear circulating ...
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Digital
In this episode we're looking at the world of digital misinformation and its relationships with broader health issues. Continuing from previous episodes, we’re also co...
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Rollout
Australia’s rollout of the vaccine has failed to meet its deadline. The Morrison government announced four million people would be vaccinated by the end of march. I...
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Influence
Misinformation can be a constant battle between social media platforms, information consumers, journalists and content creators. In Episode 2 RMIT Journalists look at ...
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Community
Our communities make up a substantial part of who we are; it helps us feel secure and gives us a sense of identity within the larger world. The communities we find our...
Interview with Eve Barlow - Bonus
If you’re into music reviews, interviews with artists, and music journalism, you know Eve Barlow… or at least you know her work. You might also know her as the journal...
Episode 8 - Reality Now
What will the new normal look like after the corona-virus? What does normal look like for us, right now? This episode we’ll be arming you with stories to quell your qu...
Episode 7 - New Normal
This episode, we’re looking at how things have changed from what we’re used to, from the media landscape to volunteering. How has the news industry changed and will th...
Episode 6 - Change (Full Episode)
In this episode of the podcast, we explore the topic of ‘change’. How have our lives changed since the pandemic started, and what might the future look like? We look a...
Episode 5 - Bonus Story - Saba's Ramadan in Isolation
For reporter Saba Hashmi and her family, Ramadan is not only about fasting; it is also a time for giving and undertaking charity work, spending time with family and fr...
Episode 5 - Odd Jobs (Full Episode)
This episode, we explore the world of “odd jobs” during the coronavirus pandemic. Many people don’t conform to the banalities of the 9-5, and it’s these sole traders t...
Episode 4 Bonus Story: Interview with Washington Post reporter Harry Stevens
Have you read the Washington Post's story on flattening the curve? The one with dots bouncing off each other? That's the work of reporter Harry Stevens, one of the man...
Episode 4 - Reset (Full Episode)
On this episode of the Undercover Podcast it’s time to reset. We share with you the stories of people and businesses who have been forced to completely rethink the way...