YouthLocal

Content note: This episode discusses the death of a child, criminal investigations, murder and capital punishment.Would you bring back the death penalty? And does everyone deserve a second chance? ⚖️This week on Shoalhaven Youthlocal, the team tackles some big questions about crime, punishment and justice, investigates one of America's most controversial criminal cases, and discovers who among the crew is most likely to become a conspiracy theorist, argue with a self-checkout machine or accidentally lose a million dollars!😂 Who's Most Likely To? kicks things off with another round of hilarious accusations! Who would trip over absolutely nothing? Laugh at the worst possible moment? Reply to a text three weeks late? Get lost even with a GPS? Or become famous for something completely embarrassing? From adopting too many animals to arguing with supermarket self-checkouts, the team knows exactly who to nominate — although not everyone agrees!🕵️ Morning Cup of Mystery investigates the tragic and highly publicised Caylee Anthony case. In 2008, two-year-old Caylee disappeared in Florida, but her disappearance wasn't reported to police for 31 days. Her remains were later discovered near her family home, sparking an investigation and trial that captured international attention. Caylee's mother, Casey Anthony, was ultimately acquitted of murder, manslaughter and child abuse charges but convicted of providing false information to police. The team explores the evidence, competing explanations and questions surrounding the controversial verdict.⚖️ Hot Topic asks a confronting question: Should Australia reintroduce the death penalty? The discussion sparks one of the team's most passionate debates yet, with very different opinions about justice, punishment and whether some crimes are beyond forgiveness. They explore wrongful convictions, the possibility of rehabilitation, the rights of victims, the cost of imprisonment and whether everyone deserves a second chance. It's a fascinating conversation that reveals just how differently people can view the same issue.From ridiculous hypotheticals to serious questions about justice and human rights, this episode showcases what Youthlocal does best — giving young people the opportunity to research, question, debate and share their perspectives.Youthlocal is a Dunn Lewis Foundation youth program designed to develop youth confidence, interpersonal skills, media literacy and community connections. The team meets every Wednesday afternoon from 3:30–5:00pm.🦁 Youthlocal is proudly sponsored by the Milton Ulladulla Lions Club, supporting opportunities for local young people to learn, connect and have their voices heard.

It's sharks, zombies, murder mysteries and questionable life choices in the latest episode of Shoalhaven Youthlocal! 🎙️This week, the team discovers a shark with an extraordinary hunting technique, debates whether the Resident Evil movies live up to their video game origins, investigates one of Western Australia's most notorious serial killers, and welcomes back a familiar voice for another hilarious round of Who's Most Likely To?🦈 Tide Talk introduces the incredible thresher shark! Bella explores these fascinating predators, famous for their extraordinarily long, whip-like tails, which they use to stun schools of fish before eating them. Discover the three species of thresher shark, where they live, how they reproduce, and why overfishing poses such a serious threat to their survival. Plus, did you know some thresher sharks can leap right out of the ocean?🍿 Popcorn Perspectives is back with a zombie-filled movie marathon! The team reviews three films from the Resident Evil franchise: the original 2002 film, Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021). From questionable plot decisions and disappointing characters to impressive cinematography and faithfulness to the original video games, there's plenty to unpack. And in a surprising twist, the lowest-rated film of the three turns out to be the reviewer's favourite, earning an impressive 9/10!🕵️ Morning Cup of Mystery investigates the chilling crimes of Eric Edgar Cooke, also known as the Nedlands Monster. Between 1958 and 1963, Cooke terrorised Perth with a series of seemingly random attacks, murders and shootings. The team explores the investigation that finally led to his arrest, his eventual execution as the last person hanged in Western Australia, and the extraordinary miscarriages of justice that saw two innocent men imprisoned for crimes later linked to Cooke.😂 Who's Most Likely To? returns, and so does a familiar Youthlocal team member! The crew tackles another round of wonderfully ridiculous questions. Who would break a world record? Marry for money? Get a terrible tattoo? Be first on the microphone at karaoke? Lock themselves out of their own house? Or laugh at the worst possible moment? As usual, nobody is safe from the accusations, and the team has some very strong opinions about each other!From fascinating marine life and zombie movies to historical mysteries and plenty of laughs, it's another episode packed with curiosity, opinions and the personalities that make Youthlocal such a fun listen.Youthlocal is a youth podcasting program designed for the Dunn Lewis Foundation to develop youth confidence, interpersonal skills, media literacy and community connections. The team meets every Wednesday afternoon from 3:30–5:00pm.🦁 Youthlocal is proudly sponsored by the Milton Ulladulla Lions Club, supporting opportunities for local young people to learn, connect and have their voices heard.

Season 7 of Shoalhaven Youthlocal continues! 🎙️This week, the team explores Australian history and one of the country's most beloved dogs, meets some incredibly clever marine mammals, investigates the risks of sharing farm data with artificial intelligence, and asks a question every student has an opinion on: What makes a good teacher?📚 Book Nook delivers another double review! Arlo explores Australia: A History by former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, discussing Australia's convict beginnings, political development and the author's approach to telling our national story. Then it's on to Red Dog, a book that brings together stories and memories of the legendary Australian dog, revealing more about the characters and events behind the much-loved film. Both books earn a respectable four stars!🦦 Tide Talk introduces the adorable and surprisingly clever sea otter! Bella explores how these fluffy marine mammals survive in chilly northern waters, use rocks to crack open shellfish, store their favourite pebbles in little skin pockets, and sometimes hold paws or wrap themselves in kelp to avoid drifting away. Plus, discover why sea otters play such an important role in keeping underwater kelp forests healthy.🤖 AgriNews asks whether farmers could be putting their businesses at risk by sharing information with AI. Arlo explores growing concerns about agricultural data privacy, including how farm records, fertiliser use and production information could potentially be valuable to other businesses. The team discusses the benefits of AI for farmers and the importance of understanding what happens to information shared with these platforms.🍎 Hot Topic asks: What makes a good teacher? The team has some very definite opinions about teaching styles, classroom management, textbooks, technology and the difference between being strict and being effective. They also reveal what makes a bad teacher — and whether any of them would ever consider stepping into the classroom themselves!From Australian history and clever otters to emerging technology and classroom debates, it's another episode full of curious facts, strong opinions and plenty of classic Youthlocal humour.Youthlocal is a Dunn Lewis Foundation youth program designed to develop youth confidence, interpersonal skills, media literacy and community connections. The team meets every Wednesday afternoon from 3:30–5:00pm.🦁 Youthlocal is proudly sponsored by the Milton Ulladulla Lions Club, supporting opportunities for local young people to learn, connect and have their voices heard.

Shoalhaven Youthlocal is back for Season 7! 🎉The team kicks off a brand-new season with book reviews, underwater adventures, a fascinating Australian true crime case, some big questions about organic farming, and plenty of laughs as they welcome a new member to the Youthlocal crew!📚 Book Nook delivers a double review! Arlo explores Deep Work by Cal Newport, a book about finding focus and avoiding distractions in an increasingly busy world, before turning to George Orwell's classic Animal Farm. From productivity and concentration to power, politics and freedom of speech, both books earn an impressive five-star rating!😂 Who's Most Likely To? returns, and this time there's a new voice in the studio! The team welcomes Jess before tackling some wonderfully ridiculous questions. Who would move into a lighthouse just for the aesthetic? Join a pirate crew? Live off-grid with goats? Start a not-for-profit? Or host a talent show for their pets? As usual, the team has some very strong opinions about each other!🤿 Tide Talk gets personal as Bella shares her incredible scuba diving adventures! From swimming alongside grey nurse sharks, Port Jackson sharks, wobbegongs and seals to encountering humpback whales, Bella takes us beneath the surface. She also shares what she's learning through her scuba diving certification, including dive safety, underwater pressure and why breathing properly is so important when you're exploring the ocean.🕵️ Morning Cup of Mystery investigates the chilling Sundown Murders of 1957. When three travellers disappeared in remote South Australia, the discovery of their bodies sparked a major police investigation. Raymond John Bailey was eventually convicted and executed, but questions about his confession, the forensic evidence and the investigation have continued to raise doubts about the case.🌱 AgriNews asks an interesting question: Does natural always mean safer? Arlo takes a closer look at pesticides and fungicides used in organic farming, including copper sulphate, and compares their potential environmental and health risks with synthetic alternatives such as glyphosate. The discussion sparks a lively debate about agricultural chemicals, environmental impacts and the assumptions we make about organic products.From swimming with sharks to political satire, farming science to historical mysteries, Season 7 is off to a wonderfully curious start!Youthlocal is a Dunn Lewis Foundation youth program designed to develop youth confidence, interpersonal skills, media literacy and community connections. The team meets every Wednesday afternoon from 3:30–5:00pm.

This week on Shoalhaven Youthlocal, the team heads back to the First World War, asks whether schools should teach young people about inequality, investigates one of America’s most famous unsolved cases, and discovers exactly who among the Youthlocal crew is most likely to swim with sharks!📚 Book Nook reviews The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse by Peter FitzSimons. Arlo gives this one an impressive six stars out of five, praising its research and storytelling as he explores the Australian Light Horse, the soldiers and horses who served in the Middle East during World War I, and the enormous logistics involved in moving and caring for so many horses during wartime.💬 Hot Topic asks: Should schools teach students about inequality? The team discusses whether these conversations belong in the classroom, the inequality young people can encounter themselves, marginalised voices, representation in sport, and whether schools have a responsibility to help students understand experiences beyond their own. As always, there are plenty of different opinions along the way!🕵️ Morning Cup of Mystery examines the still-unsolved murder of JonBenét Ramsey. The six-year-old was found dead in her family’s Colorado home in 1996 after her parents discovered a ransom note that morning. The team walks through the crime scene, the ransom note, the investigation, DNA evidence and the questions that have kept the case in the public eye for decades. No one has ever been charged, and the homicide investigation remains open.😂 Who’s Most Likely To? is back! Who would accidentally become the face of a major cause? Break a bone doing something simple? Take up an extreme sport? Scream in a haunted house? Throw a birthday party for their pet? Swim with sharks? Become a farmer? And who has the greatest chance of ending up with an embarrassing tattoo? The team knows each other pretty well by now — although they definitely don’t always agree!It’s another episode packed with history, big questions, mystery, laughter and young people sharing what they really think.Youthlocal is a Dunn Lewis Foundation youth program designed to develop youth confidence, interpersonal skills, media literacy and community connections. The team meets every Wednesday afternoon from 3:30–5:00pm.🦁 Youthlocal is proudly sponsored by the Milton Ulladulla Lions Club, supporting local young people to build skills, connect with their community and have their voices heard.

This week on Shoalhaven Youthlocal, the team meets a coral that refuses to follow the rules, debates whether smartphones are actually making us less smart, looks at the future of farming technology, and investigates one of the most famous kidnappings of the 20th century.🌊 Tide Talk introduces the colourful and slightly chaotic sun coral. Unlike most corals, sun coral doesn’t rely on sunlight for energy — instead, it comes alive at night and catches plankton and other tiny creatures with its tentacles. Bella explores what makes this carnivorous coral so unusual, why it can become invasive, and how something so beautiful can cause problems when it turns up where it doesn’t belong.📱 Hot Topic asks a big question: Are smartphones making us less smart? The team debates AI, distraction, deep thinking, personal responsibility and whether having unlimited information at our fingertips is actually helping us think — or encouraging us to think less. Bella even brings some real-world customer service experience into the debate!🚁 AgriNews heads into the future with a look at helicopter-sized agricultural drones. Arlo explores how larger, petrol-powered autonomous aircraft could be used for crop spraying, seeding, mustering, firefighting, deliveries and work on remote properties — and whether a machine costing well over $100,000 could actually be a worthwhile investment for farmers.🕵️ Morning Cup of Mystery Mia investigates the infamous Lindbergh baby kidnapping of 1932. The disappearance of 20-month-old Charles Lindbergh Jr. triggered a huge investigation involving ransom notes, marked money, a homemade ladder and a suspect who maintained his innocence until his execution. The team explores the evidence that led to the conviction — and the questions that have kept people debating the case ever since.From carnivorous coral and smartphones to flying farm machinery and historic mysteries, it’s another episode packed with curiosity, strong opinions and young people exploring the world around them.Youthlocal is a Dunn Lewis Foundation youth program designed to develop youth confidence, interpersonal skills, media literacy and community connections. The team meets every Wednesday afternoon from 3:30–5:00pm.🦁 Youthlocal is proudly sponsored by the Milton Ulladulla Lions Club, supporting local young people to build skills, connect with their community and have their voices heard.

This week on Shoalhaven Youthlocal, the team meets one of the ocean’s most charismatic whales, investigates a dark chapter of Australian crime, takes issue with the weather app, and gets very real about our relationship with our phones.🐋 Tide Talk heads to the Arctic to discover the fascinating world of beluga whales. Bella explores why these social white whales are such incredible communicators, how they survive icy Arctic conditions, and some amazing stories of belugas mimicking human speech, copying dolphins and even retrieving a dropped phone from the ocean!🕵️ Morning Cup of Mystery examines the disturbing case of John Balaban, a Romanian-born chemist convicted of murder in Adelaide in 1953. The team looks at the investigation that connected his crimes in Australia with an earlier unsolved killing in Paris, eventually leading to his conviction and execution at Adelaide Gaol.☀️ Arlo Has a Complaint — or perhaps the beginning of a brand-new Sternly Worded Letters segment! Arlo takes aim at the Apple Weather app for describing rising barometric pressure as an “improvement” in the weather. But is sunshine always good weather when farmers need rain, tanks are running dry and bushfire conditions are worsening? An unexpected debate about the language we use to describe something as ordinary as the weather.📱 Living Skillfully tackles phone management and phone addiction. Mia and Lillian have an honest conversation about social media, screen time, staying connected with friends, phone-free time and the tools they use to manage their own habits. They also share their perspectives on school phone bans, including what they think works, what doesn’t, and why young people may sometimes need access to their phones for support and communication.It’s an episode full of fascinating facts, strong opinions and the kind of conversations that happen when young people get the chance to explore the issues that matter to them.Youthlocal is a Dunn Lewis Foundation youth program designed to develop youth confidence, interpersonal skills, media literacy and community connections. The team meets every Wednesday afternoon from 3:30–5:00pm.🦁 Youthlocal is proudly sponsored by the Milton Ulladulla Lions Club, supporting local young people to build skills, connect with their community and have their voices heard.

This week on Shoalhaven Youthlocal, the team explores business advice, one of Sydney’s strangest unsolved mysteries, and the incredible science behind creatures that glow in the dark.📚 Book Nook takes on The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life by Steven Bartlett. Arlo finds plenty of useful ideas about business, leadership, standing out from the crowd and managing a team — but does one disappointing ending really justify a zero-star review? You’ll have to listen to find out!🦈 Morning Cup of Mystery investigates the incredible Shark Arm Case of 1935. When a tiger shark at a Sydney aquarium unexpectedly regurgitated a human arm, police were drawn into a bizarre murder investigation involving a missing boxer, criminals, blackmail, another mysterious death — and an arm that had apparently been swallowed by one shark before that shark was eaten by another. Nearly a century later, the case remains officially unsolved.✨ Tide Talk lights up the ocean with a deep dive into bioluminescence. Bella explores how creatures create their own light, why glowing can help animals hunt, hide, communicate and defend themselves, and how bioluminescent plankton can transform the water into a spectacular blue glow — including right here in Jervis Bay.It’s another episode full of curious facts, lively opinions, strange history and plenty of Youthlocal humour.Youthlocal is a Dunn Lewis Foundation youth program designed to develop youth confidence, interpersonal skills, media literacy and community connections. The team meets every Wednesday afternoon from 3:30–5:00pm.Youthlocal is proudly sponsored by the Milton Ulladulla Lions Club, supporting local young people to build skills, connect with their community and have their voices heard.