Episodes
5 February, 2026
How Generation X Will Shape Australia’s Housing Market in the Decade Ahead
Today we shine a spotlight on a generation that rarely asks for attention but quietly shapes enormous parts of Australia’s economy and real estate landscape. I'm talking about Generation X - that cohort born between 1965 and 1980. While Millennials dominate headlines and Boomers dominate balance sheets, Gen X has…
29 January, 2026
How high do we want property prices to keep rising? Who wins and who loses?
Today we ask a question almost no one in property likes to touch - not “will housing prices keep rising?” but “how expensive do we actually want housing to be?” For decades we’ve celebrated rising house prices in Australia. If your home was worth more this year than last, life…
26 January, 2026
The Scorecard: Which Big Demographic Calls Actually Came True?
At the end of last year, Simon Kuestenmacher published a detailed set of demographic predictions about Australia’s future – covering everything from migration and ageing, to housing affordability, consumer behaviour and where population growth would show up. And instead of quietly moving on, he’s come back twelve months later to…
15 January, 2026
The Hidden Trends Reshaping Australia
In today’s show we delve into a fresh set of data from the HILDA survey - one of Australia’s longest-running studies tracking how real households are living, working, earning, spending, and socialising. Our aim is to help you make sense of what’s coming next — so you can make smarter…
11 January, 2026
How Australia is Changing: Richer, Older, Lonelier
In today’s show, we delve into the latest findings from the Hilda report, exploring the significant demographic shifts in Australia. We discuss how Australians are becoming richer yet feeling poorer due to rising costs, the impact of these economic realities on family planning, and the implications of an aging workforce…
1 January, 2026
Six Years Later: What Covid Did to Our Population, Jobs, and Future
In March 2020, we all wondered how COVID would change us. Would it be just a temporary shock, or would it reshape society forever? Well, six years on, the data is in – and it turns out the pandemic didn’t rewrite Australia’s destiny, but it did press fast-forward on changes…
18 December, 2025
How to Get Older Without Getting Old – Rules for Ageing Well
What does it actually mean to age well? We all know people who seem to get older but never old – they’re curious, kind, and somehow more alive with each passing decade. And then there are others who retreat, complain, and shrink their world. Today we’re decoding what it really…
11 December, 2025
8 Boomer Habits That Drive Younger Aussies Mad – And What It Says About Our Future
Today we’re having a bit of fun – but there’s a serious insight behind it too. We’re going to be talking about “8 things Boomers refuse to stop doing that drive younger generations absolutely crazy.” Now you’ve probably seen those memes and TikToks poking fun at Boomer habits – from…
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