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CLEAN VERSION: This version of the podcast does not contain any trigger sounds. From when I was about 5 or 6, my dad, sister and I would sit at the dining table during dinner and practice our multiplication tables. We did this for a number of years until one day I remember I couldn’t do it anymore, and that was because I started to notice the sounds my dad would make with his mouth during dinner. These noises didn't just annoy me, they enraged me and it only became worse as time went on. Speakers: Lesley and Stephen. Ian Ellis. Josephine Paparo - Clinical Pyschologist at the University of Technology Sydney. Phillip Gander - Assistant Research Scientist in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Iowa. Producer/Presenter: Jake Morcom.

TRIGGER WARNING: For those with a sensitivity to particular sounds. From when I was about 5 or 6, my dad, sister and I would sit at the dining table during dinner and practice our multiplication tables. We did this for a number of years until one day I remember I couldn’t do it anymore, and that was because I started to notice the sounds my dad would make with his mouth during dinner. These noises didn't just annoy me, they enraged me and it only became worse as time went on. Speakers: Lesley and Stephen. Ian Ellis. Josephine Paparo - Clinical Pyschologist at the University of Technology Sydney. Phillip Gander - Assistant Research Scientist in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Iowa. Producer/Presenter: Jake Morcom.

This show originally aired on Think: Sustainability. Noise pollution is the only cardiovascular risk that can't be resolved by doctors or medications, it's purely up to the politicians. Speakers: Kirsten Parris - Associate Professor of Urban Ecology at the University of Melbourne. Thomas Muenzel - Chief in Caridology in the University Hospital in Mainz, Germany. Dino Pisaniello - Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health at the School of Public Health at University of Adelaide. Xiaojun Qiu - Director of the Centre for Audio-acoustics and Vibration at the University of Technology Sydney. Producer: Miles Herbert, Jake Morcom. Presenter: Jake Morcom.

Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the country with more than 70,000 notifications of the infection in 2016 alone. These statistics come from the Kirby Institute’s latest paper looking at the state of Australia’s sexual health. But unlike other sexually transmitted infections such as gonorrhoea and hepatitis, the symptoms of chlamydia aren’t always recognisable and when it comes to treating the long term effects of the infection, our current treatments are falling short. Speakers: Willa Huston - Senior Lecturer in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney. Garry Myers - Associate Professor in the iThree Institute at the University of Technology Sydney. Presenter/Producer: Jake Morcom.

You’ve probably heard the expression ‘the eye is the window to the soul’, but what about ‘the eye is a window to what’s happening in your brain’? A growing body of research is looking to the eye as an indicator of neurological disease expressed through something called bio-markers. These markers could represent the presence of a disease in the body, and for Motjaba Golzan from the University of Technology Sydney and his research, they could potentially indicate the onset of Alzheimers. Presenter/Producer: Jake Morcom.

Not very often is it that a new field emerges in the world of medical science, let alone one to this scale. Mechanobiology understands the body as a dynamic system, measured by the mechanical forces which form it - your heartbeat, your blood pressure and the signals being sent to the brain. When adopted in practice, mechanobiology could teach us even more about our cells and tissue and provide insight into treatments for diseases like cancer and diabetes. Presenter/Producer: Jake Morcom.

On any given night, more than 100,000 Australians are homeless with more than one third of those being between the ages of 12 and 25. Although we have an equipped understanding of why youth become homeless, the data around their physical and mental wellbeing continues to fall through the cracks. Presenter: Jake Morcom. Producer: Miles Herbert.