ABOUT THIS EPISODE
We spend our whole lives in relationships, but why can they feel so hard?
From loneliness and friendship to digital life and human connection, we explore what helps us relate to one another and whether our relationships are something we can learn, practise and improve.
Welcome to Are We Good? – a six-part podcast series from Relationships Australia NSW.
Journalist Marina Pliatsikas speaks with researchers, psychologists, relationship experts and people with lived experience about why connection matters – and what gets in the way.
In the trailer, Marina and her guests begin to explore the messy and complicated business of relating to one another.
Across the series, we’ll explore how technology is changing our connections, what it means to take accountability when we hurt someone, and how small moments can build friendship and community.
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Featured voices
With thanks to the guests featured in this trailer:
- Dr Anna Machin – Evolutionary anthropologist specialising in human relationships
- Hugh Mackay – Social psychologist, author and researcher
- Ros Thomas – Journalist and creator of The Loneliness Project
- Professor Michelle Lim – Clinical psychologist and CEO and Scientific Chair of Ending Loneliness Together
- Milly Rose Bannister – Youth mental health advocate and founder and CEO of ALLKND
- Professor Toby Walsh – Chief Scientist at the UNSW AI Institute
- Ben Vasiliou – CEO of The Man Cave
- Dr Raquel Peel – Researcher and relationship expert at Central Queensland University
- Simone Heng – Human connection specialist and author of Let’s Talk About Loneliness
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Credits
- Hosted by Marina Pliatsikas
- Produced by Emily Dufton
- Edited by Liz Keen, Headline Productions
Support and resources
If anything in this podcast brings up difficult feelings or concerns about your relationships, support is available.
- Relationships Australia NSW offers counselling for individuals, couples and families across NSW. Call 1300 364 277 or visit our website to enquire or book. RANSW is not a crisis service.
- Lifeline: Call 13 11 14 or text 0477 13 11 14 for crisis support, available 24/7 across Australia.
- Beyond Blue: Call 1300 224 636 or access online counselling for mental health support, available 24/7 across Australia.
- 13YARN: Call 13 92 76 for free, confidential, culturally safe crisis support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, available 24/7.
- 1800RESPECT: Call 1800 737 732 for support with domestic, family or sexual violence, available 24/7 across Australia.
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 000.
