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Appendix W is the podcast where we dive deep into the science of society. Brought to you by Wallis Social Research, each episode we will explore the ideas, data, and/or people shaping our understanding of human behaviour, policy, and culture. Join us as we unpack the stories behind the studies, challenge assumptions, and uncover what makes our world tick.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Appendix W connects Australian social research to the choices, policies and assumptions shaping everyday life.
Anthony Frosch turns social research into a series of focused conversations about how evidence meets ordinary life and public policy. Appendix W moves from responsibility for cybersecurity breaches to confusion over food date labels, then considers persistent loneliness, youth…
A fridge label becomes a small referendum on your confidence in what 'best before' means.
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A measured privacy discussion that ties cybersecurity to shared public and private responsibility.
This episode treats privacy as a practical question, not an abstract one, by asking who actually pays when data protection fails. Its strongest thread is the way privacy, cybersecurity, and corporate responsibility are kept in the same frame, with a clear split between what…
A clear, useful look at why tiny labels still shape what gets thrown away.
Food date labels are a small piece of packaging, but the episode treats them as a practical test of everyday judgment: how people read "use by" and "best before," why those labels blur in busy households, and how that confusion can turn into avoidable waste.
A careful account of loneliness as history, expectation, and public health.
The piece frames loneliness as more than a passing mood, linking it to history, public health, and shifting social expectations. It moves from Homer's Odyssey to Australian survey data, showing loneliness as both common and, for some, enduring.
A three-decade youth survey turns everyday transitions into policy evidence.
The episode gets its force from three decades of longitudinal youth data. It traces ordinary steps into adulthood with useful clarity: staying in education longer, leaning on family support, moving through degrees or apprenticeships, and taking more time to become fully…
A steady look at how caution has spread across youth life, from drinking to driving.
It reads youth risk as a broader shift in behavior, not a simple panic about the young. The discussion starts with the old case for living dangerously, then sets it against lower alcohol use, years of decline in tobacco use, and other risk measures.
Canarian community radio for poetry, justice, education, and democratic culture.
Care, systems, survival, and social change.
Workplace truth with lived-experience clarity.
A panel discussion exploring the complex trade-offs between personal privacy, data protection, and innovation in the digital age.
Host Anthony Frosch interviews Associate Professor Lucas Parker about his RMIT research into how Australians misunderstand food date labels, exploring the massive scale of global food waste, consumer confusion between 'use by' and 'best before' dates, and innovative packaging design solutions aimed at reducing household food waste.
Host Anthony Frosch interviews Professor Michelle Lim, a psychologist and CEO of Ending Loneliness Together, about the loneliness epidemic as a public health crisis.
Host Anthony Frosch interviews Dr.
Anthony Frosch uses the final chapter of the longitudinal surveys of Australian youth, ELSEI, to look back on what three decades of tracking have revealed about growing up in Australia.
Carol Vale says First Nations researchers need technical authority, not merely a liaison role.
Rigid Man Box attitudes were linked to men being more than twice as likely to experience suicidal ideation.
Jackie Coates says 1.2 million young Australians lack essential learning devices despite the research being conducted online.
Seventy-five percent of surveyed older Victorians considered climate change important in energy decisions.