Insight - Episode Guide

Desperate Australians are turning to controversial, unproven stem cell treatments for a whole range of illnesses. They say they're tired of waiting for the long process of clinical trials to conclude, while they get sicker and sicker. This week, Insight asks whether current stem cell treatments are cause for hope – or just misleading hype.

Born Or Made

Episode: 2014-07-21 | Airdate: Jul 21, 2014

Back From The Brink

Episode: 2014-07-28 | Airdate: Jul 28, 2014

Beauty Race

Episode: 2014-08-04 | Airdate: Aug 4, 2014

Joining the Fight

Episode: 2014-08-12 | Airdate: Aug 12, 2014

Jobs and Disability

Episode: 2014-08-18 | Airdate: Aug 18, 2014

Obsessed

Episode: 2014-08-26 | Airdate: Aug 26, 2014

Surrogacy

Episode: 2014-09-02 | Airdate: Sep 2, 2014

My Fault?

Episode: 2014-09-09 | Airdate: Sep 9, 2014

Memories

Episode: 2014-09-16 | Airdate: Sep 16, 2014

Pandemic

Episode: 2014-09-23 | Airdate: Sep 23, 2014

Like A Virgin

Episode: 2014-09-29 | Airdate: Sep 29, 2014

Marijuana

Episode: 2014-10-06 | Airdate: Oct 6, 2014

As the prospect of legalisation and clinical trials looms in several states, Insight also asks whether legal marijuana will lead to an increase of recreational use – and just what will happen to the black market. Is medicinal marijuana doing good or harm?

Conscious or not

Episode: 2014-10-13 | Airdate: Oct 13, 2014

Violent Femmes

Episode: 2014-10-21 | Airdate: Oct 21, 2014

Cyborgs

Episode: 2014-10-28 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2014

Fixing Allergies

Episode: 2014-11-04 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2014

Stopping IS

Episode: 2014-11-11 | Airdate: Nov 11, 2014

First Contact

Episode: 2014-11-19 | Airdate: Nov 19, 2014

Anxiety

Episode: 2014-11-24 | Airdate: Nov 24, 2014

Polygamy

Episode: 2014-12-01 | Airdate: Dec 1, 2014

Season 2015

Thirteen (Repeat)

Episode: 2006-04-18 | Airdate: Apr 18, 2006

Ouch!

Episode: 2015-02-17 | Airdate: Feb 17, 2015

Saving Health

Episode: 2015-02-24 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2015

Leadership

Episode: 2015-03-03 | Airdate: Mar 3, 2015

Puppy Love

Episode: 2015-03-10 | Airdate: Mar 10, 2015

Childcare

Episode: 2015-03-17 | Airdate: Mar 17, 2015

Inside Violent Families

Episode: 2015-03-24 | Airdate: Mar 24, 2015

Holroyd High

Episode: 2015-03-31 | Airdate: Mar 31, 2015

Siblings Showdown

Episode: 2015-04-07 | Airdate: Apr 7, 2015

Anger

Episode: 2015-04-14 | Airdate: Apr 14, 2015

Trusting Robots

Episode: 2015-04-21 | Airdate: Apr 21, 2015

Dancing with Dementia

Episode: 2015-04-28 | Airdate: Apr 28, 2015

Keeping Secrets

Episode: 2015-05-05 | Airdate: May 5, 2015

Sexual Harassment

Episode: 2015-05-12 | Airdate: May 12, 2015

Windfall

Episode: 2015-05-19 | Airdate: May 19, 2015

Shepparton 3630

Episode: 2015-05-26 | Airdate: May 26, 2015

Matchmakers

Episode: 2015-06-02 | Airdate: Jun 2, 2015

Survival Part 1

Episode: 2015-06-09 | Airdate: Jun 9, 2015

Survival Part 2

Episode: 2015-06-16 | Airdate: Jun 16, 2015

Home Sweet Home

Episode: 2015-06-23 | Airdate: Jun 23, 2015

Indonesia

Episode: 2015-06-30 | Airdate: Jun 30, 2015

Edge Of Life

Episode: 2015-07-07 | Airdate: Jul 7, 2015

Euro Division

Episode: 2015-07-14 | Airdate: Jul 14, 2015

Obsessed

Episode: 2015-07-21 | Airdate: Jul 21, 2015

Bloodlines Part 1

Episode: 2015-08-04 | Airdate: Aug 4, 2015

Bloodlines Part 2

Episode: 2015-08-11 | Airdate: Aug 11, 2015

Child Free

Episode: 2015-08-18 | Airdate: Aug 18, 2015

When Mining Comes to Town

Episode: 2015-08-25 | Airdate: Aug 25, 2015

Twenty Two

Episode: 2015-09-01 | Airdate: Sep 1, 2015

Where There's A Will

Episode: 2015-09-08 | Airdate: Sep 8, 2015

Fight Club

Episode: 2015-09-15 | Airdate: Sep 15, 2015

Heartbreak

Episode: 2015-09-22 | Airdate: Sep 22, 2015

Shark!

Episode: 2015-09-29 | Airdate: Sep 29, 2015

Ice Breaker

Episode: 2015-10-06 | Airdate: Oct 6, 2015

Sensational

Episode: 2015-10-13 | Airdate: Oct 13, 2015

Dating Race

Episode: 2015-10-20 | Airdate: Oct 20, 2015

Boys to Men

Episode: 2015-10-27 | Airdate: Oct 27, 2015

Making Amends

Episode: 2015-11-03 | Airdate: Nov 3, 2015

Do Not Resuscitate

Episode: 2015-11-11 | Airdate: Nov 11, 2015

Do you want to be resuscitated regardless of the outcome? This week on Insight, we look at when it's wise to use CPR and when you're better off without it.

Cyborgs

Episode: 2015-11-18 | Airdate: Nov 18, 2015

Season 2016

Love Conquers

Episode: 2016-02-09 | Airdate: Feb 9, 2016

Line of Fire

Episode: 2016-02-16 | Airdate: Feb 16, 2016

Placebo

Episode: 2016-02-23 | Airdate: Feb 23, 2016

Beating Diabetes

Episode: 2016-03-01 | Airdate: Mar 1, 2016

Diabetes is one of Australia's greatest health dilemmas. Every day, 280 people develop the condition. But can you get rid of it? Insight sits down with Dr Michael Mosley to investigate why this has become such an issue for Australians, how the food you eat impacts your blood sugar levels, and the plan he believes will reverse the disease in many sufferers.

Love Transformed

Episode: 2016-03-08 | Airdate: Mar 8, 2016

Twins

Episode: 2016-03-22 | Airdate: Mar 22, 2016

Guns

Episode: 2016-04-05 | Airdate: Apr 5, 2016

Sex and Disability

Episode: 2016-04-12 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2016

Looking After the Kids

Episode: 2016-04-19 | Airdate: Apr 19, 2016

Puppy Love

Episode: 2016-04-26 | Airdate: Apr 26, 2016

That Old Question

Episode: 2016-05-03 | Airdate: May 3, 2016

Sleep

Episode: 2016-05-10 | Airdate: May 10, 2016

Family Secrets

Episode: 2016-05-17 | Airdate: May 17, 2016

Windfall

Episode: 2016-05-24 | Airdate: May 24, 2016

Parental Child Abduction

Episode: 2016-05-31 | Airdate: May 31, 2016

Insight investigates what happens to the children who are caught up in international custody battles, and if there's a better way to solve the dispute.

Mothers Who Leave

Episode: 2016-06-07 | Airdate: Jun 7, 2016

Insight explores one of the greatest taboos in parenting: mothers who leave. We investigate the complex reasons women make the heart-wrenching decision to walk away from family life. Insight is an Australian current affairs forum, with lively debate and powerful first-person stories. Hosted by award-winning journalist Jenny Brockie.

First on the Scene

Episode: 2016-06-14 | Airdate: Jun 14, 2016

How do people deal with tragedy and disasters when they're first on the scene? From everyday reluctant heroes who put themselves in danger to save others, to rescue workers who put their lives at risk doing their jobs, and bystanders who freeze rather than act when witnessing an unfolding crisis: Insight hears from them and others. Australian current affairs forum, with lively debate and powerful first-person stories. Hosted by award-winning journalist Jenny Brockie.

My First Vote

Episode: 2016-06-21 | Airdate: Jun 21, 2016

Insight will hear from recent immigrants, all of them granted Australian citizenship in the three years since the last federal election, about the issues that matter most to them. These voters have a unique perspective on the Australian election process and how it compares to the political systems in their native countries.

Slavery

Episode: 2016-06-28 | Airdate: Jun 28, 2016

Labour exploitation has overtaken sex slavery as the most common form of human trafficking in Australia. This week on Insight we hear from migrant workers from various industries across the country, brought here on a range of different visas. They share their experience of underpayment, long hours, unsafe working conditions, threats and abuse.

Episode 20

Episode: 2016-07-05 | Airdate: Jul 5, 2016

Episode 21

Episode: 2016-07-12 | Airdate: Jul 12, 2016

Episode 22

Episode: 2016-07-19 | Airdate: Jul 19, 2016

Episode 23

Episode: 2016-07-26 | Airdate: Jul 26, 2016

Episode 24

Episode: 2016-08-02 | Airdate: Aug 2, 2016

Minority Report

Episode: 2016-08-30 | Airdate: Aug 30, 2016

A Family Concern

Episode: 2016-02-25 | Airdate: Feb 25, 2016

Picture Perfect

Episode: 2016-09-28 | Airdate: Sep 28, 2016

Season 2017

The Family Business

Episode: 2017-03-28 | Airdate: Mar 28, 2017

How is the dowry custom evolving in Australia?

Episode: 2017-05-02 | Airdate: May 2, 2017

Dowry practices are alive and well in Australia, not only in sections of the Indian community, but dowry or bride price is widespread amongst the African and Islamic communities too.

In Melbourne, South Sudanese man Chol Goch was proud to negotiate and pay a high price for his new wife Ajah Wuoi. Ajah grew up expecting a dowry and felt more respected by her community after she recently brought in the price of $70,000.

Salpha Dut, from the same community, has been working 11 hours a day, seven days a week for the past three years in Hobart to save up for his wife who is waiting for him to afford the dowry of 250 cows before her family will let her move to Australia. Despite the hardship, Salpha doesn't have a problem with paying for a wife.

But not everyone within the community is happy to accept the traditional way of doing things without challenging it. South Sudanese lawyer Nyadol Nyuon is against dowry and says it promotes gender imbalance. She'd like to see it abolished but she recently married and accepted her husband paying a large price for her to keep her family happy. She says this highlights the cultural clash within new communities in Australia as they negotiate old traditions in a new setting.

In Sydney, Sheron Sultan, a model from a South African background, asked her Austrian boyfriend Nick Toth to pay lobola, the bride price, as she wanted to uphold her culture and keep her ancestors and family happy. But the couple struggled with the concept of paying for a wife until they interpreted the tradition in a new way to make it their own.

Similarly in Brisbane, Naseema Mustapha personalised her Islamic dowry by requesting her husband-to-be Mohamed to buy and slaughter a goat to cook it and feed the poor. And we hear from a young Indian woman in Melbourne, Roopa, who describes how the dowry custom destroyed her arranged marriage.

This week on Insight we examine the future of dowry in Australia and hear the stories of new communities struggling with old traditions.

How is mental illness managed in the workplace?

Episode: 2017-05-09 | Airdate: May 9, 2017

Navigating the workplace with a mental illness can be challenging.

Do you tell your boss about an illness? If you do, how will they react? And, what happens if your mental illness might affect your ability to do the job?

Dave Westgate was hesitant to tell his boss out of concern his corporate career would be killed with kindness.

His feared reaction: "We won't put Dave on the next big pitch or whatever because it might be too much pressure for him."

For Carol Scherret, choosing to disclose her mental illness hasn't always helped her in the workplace.

"I'm either asked to leave, I leave because I'm sick … and some places have taken the opportunity when I'm off sick to restructure and then sort of say … 'there's no job for you anymore'."

John McCormack, a NSW paramedic, says he worried about his decision-making at work when he was struggling with a mental illness: "When I was at my worst, I would get complaints that I was rude and abrupt."

Mental illness can be difficult territory for employers too.

For small business owners like Alex Colls, the adjustments required to support people with a mental illness can negatively impact the bottom line.

"Absenteeism … crept up to about 50 per cent which hurt such a small team on such a regular basis."

And for others, like Andrew Campbell, it's about ensuring that employees in the construction industry are well enough to stay safe on the job.

"Because our industry is so high risk, you know, the last thing we want is someone that's not doing well that day and going to a high risk job and die because of it."

The prevalence of Australians living with a mental illness means that this is an issue that both employees and employers are increasingly dealing with.

An employee's mental health impacts business profit too. It's estimated that mental health conditions cost Australian workplaces $10.9 billion dollars each year. And for approximately every $1 a workplace spends on mental health, they'll see a $2.30 return on the investment.

This week Insight hears from employees and employers about how mental illness is being managed in the workplace. And asks, how can it be better managed?

How would you react in an emergency?

Episode: 2017-05-16 | Airdate: May 16, 2017

Episode 15

Episode: 2017-05-23 | Airdate: May 23, 2017

Episode 16

Episode: 2017-05-30 | Airdate: May 30, 2017

Gut Feeling

Episode: 2017-06-07 | Airdate: Jun 7, 2017

The Health Obsession

Episode: 2017-09-05 | Airdate: Sep 5, 2017

What happens when trying to be healthy becomes unhealthy? This week on Insight, we hear from people whose healthy habits have strayed into the dangerous territory of disordered eating. At what point did they tip over into being unhealthy? And how have they dealt with it?

Unresolved

Episode: 2017-09-12 | Airdate: Sep 12, 2017

Australia has around 1,800 long-term missing people. For their families and loved ones, the ambiguity surrounding their fate can be a living nightmare. This week on Insight: living with the unknown when someone you love goes missing.

Bouncing Back

Episode: 2017-09-19 | Airdate: Sep 19, 2017

Failure – we fret it, we shun it, and we question ourselves whenever it happens. This week on Insight: How do you rebound from failure?

Older Parents

Episode: 2017-09-26 | Airdate: Sep 26, 2017

How old is too old to have a child?

On Trial

Episode: 2017-10-03 | Airdate: Oct 3, 2017

What is the impact of working on criminal trials?

Wine O'clock

Episode: 2017-10-10 | Airdate: Oct 10, 2017

Why are women over 40 drinking more?

The Late Shift

Episode: 2017-10-17 | Airdate: Oct 17, 2017

Are we entering the age of no retirement?

Sexual Harassment

Episode: 2017-10-24 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2017

Where do women draw the line on sexual harassment in the workplace?

Stepkids

Episode: 2017-10-31 | Airdate: Oct 31, 2017

What's it like growing up in a stepfamily?

Intersex

Episode: 2017-11-07 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2017

Insight finds out how Intersex people navigate life and the medical system.

Tick Sick

Episode: 2017-11-14 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2017

How sick can you get from a tick?

Pushing the Limits

Episode: 2017-11-21 | Airdate: Nov 21, 2017

Insight explores what drives people to push their physical limits? What are the consequences?

Season 2018

Unplanned

Episode: 2018-02-13 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2018

What is it like having an unplanned child with someone you hardly know? Insight talks to men and women about the decisions they've made with - or without - partners they've just met. Hosted by award-winning journalist Jenny Brockie.

Cancer Sucks

Episode: 2018-02-20 | Airdate: Feb 20, 2018

Insight examines why dealing with cancer is different for young people. We ask what it's like dealing with the physical and emotional scars left by what could have killed you, and does that experience change when you still have so much life left ahead of you?

International Online Dating

Episode: 2018-03-26 | Airdate: Mar 26, 2018

Gut Feeling

Episode: 2018-03-13 | Airdate: Mar 13, 2018

His Other Life

Episode: 2018-03-20 | Airdate: Mar 20, 2018

Witness Part I

Episode: 2018-04-03 | Airdate: Apr 3, 2018

Witness Part 2

Episode: 2018-04-10 | Airdate: Apr 10, 2018

Weddings, Dollars and Dowries

Episode: 2018-04-17 | Airdate: Apr 17, 2018

Open Relationships

Episode: 2018-05-01 | Airdate: May 1, 2018

Joint Operation

Episode: 2018-05-15 | Airdate: May 15, 2018

Insight cuts through the confusion to ask how patients, surgeons and other specialists can make a joint decision about when to operate – or not.

Screens at School

Episode: 2018-06-05 | Airdate: Jun 5, 2018

How To Exercise

Episode: 2018-06-26 | Airdate: Jun 26, 2018

The Exercise Pill

Episode: 2018-07-03 | Airdate: Jul 3, 2018

Attention Span

Episode: 2018-07-17 | Airdate: Jul 17, 2018

Growing Up In Isolation

Episode: 2018-07-31 | Airdate: Jul 31, 2018

Game On

Episode: 2018-08-07 | Airdate: Aug 7, 2018

On Trial

Episode: 2018-08-28 | Airdate: Aug 28, 2018

Life Changing Injuries

Episode: 2018-09-04 | Airdate: Sep 4, 2018

To Have and Withhold

Episode: 2018-09-11 | Airdate: Sep 11, 2018

Dating After 60

Episode: 2018-10-09 | Airdate: Oct 9, 2018

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Episode: 2018-10-16 | Airdate: Oct 16, 2018

DNA Surprises

Episode: 2018-10-23 | Airdate: Oct 23, 2018

Children of Prisoners

Episode: 2018-10-30 | Airdate: Oct 30, 2018

Beating Anxiety

Episode: 2018-11-06 | Airdate: Nov 6, 2018

Gifted

Episode: 2018-11-13 | Airdate: Nov 13, 2018

Endometriosis

Episode: 2018-11-20 | Airdate: Nov 20, 2018

Season 2019

The Pill Gamble

Episode: 2019-01-17 | Airdate: Jan 17, 2019

A Stranger Saved My Life

Episode: 2019-02-26 | Airdate: Feb 26, 2019

Kids' Sports Injuries

Episode: 2019-02-05 | Airdate: Feb 5, 2019

Vitamins & Supplements

Episode: 2019-03-12 | Airdate: Mar 12, 2019

Overcoming Loneliness

Episode: 2019-03-19 | Airdate: Mar 19, 2019

Stopping School Bullying

Episode: 2019-03-26 | Airdate: Mar 26, 2019

HIV Positive

Episode: 2019-04-02 | Airdate: Apr 2, 2019

Faith vs Family

Episode: 2019-04-10 | Airdate: Apr 10, 2019

Preventing Bowel Cancer

Episode: 2019-04-16 | Airdate: Apr 16, 2019

Cost of Living

Episode: 2019-04-30 | Airdate: Apr 30, 2019

Preventing Teen Suicide

Episode: 2019-05-07 | Airdate: May 7, 2019

Promised Brides

Episode: 2019-05-14 | Airdate: May 14, 2019

Transgender Teenagers

Episode: 2019-05-28 | Airdate: May 28, 2019

Pet Power

Episode: 2019-06-11 | Airdate: Jun 11, 2019

Remorse

Episode: 2019-06-18 | Airdate: Jun 18, 2019

Financial Scams

Episode: 2019-06-25 | Airdate: Jun 25, 2019

Family Secrets

Episode: 2019-07-02 | Airdate: Jul 2, 2019

Deadly Future

Episode: 2019-07-09 | Airdate: Jul 9, 2019

Quads and Quins

Episode: 2019-07-23 | Airdate: Jul 23, 2019

Speaking Up

Episode: 2019-07-30 | Airdate: Jul 30, 2019

Back With The Ex

Episode: 2019-08-06 | Airdate: Aug 6, 2019

Multiple Sclerosis

Episode: 2019-08-20 | Airdate: Aug 20, 2019

Wrongfully Convicted Part One

Episode: 2019-08-27 | Airdate: Aug 27, 2019

Wrongfully Convicted Part Two

Episode: 2019-08-27 | Airdate: Aug 27, 2019

Female Firsts

Episode: 2019-09-10 | Airdate: Sep 10, 2019

Family Estrangement

Episode: 2019-09-17 | Airdate: Sep 17, 2019

Out of Pocket

Episode: 2019-09-24 | Airdate: Sep 24, 2019

Adopted Abroad

Episode: 2019-10-01 | Airdate: Oct 1, 2019

Footy Concussions

Episode: 2019-10-08 | Airdate: Oct 8, 2019

Divorcing Well

Episode: 2019-10-15 | Airdate: Oct 15, 2019

Inconceivable

Episode: 2019-10-22 | Airdate: Oct 22, 2019

Burnout

Episode: 2019-10-29 | Airdate: Oct 29, 2019

Dating Race

Episode: 2019-11-12 | Airdate: Nov 12, 2019