Gina Rushton

Apple Podcasts • 29th July 2025

Matrescence | All About Women 2025

Acclaimed science journalist and author Lucy Jones (UK), explores the emerging concept of matrescence and how motherhood causes more physiological and psychological changes than we have been led to believe. Part memoir and part journalism, her latest...

ABC listen • 26th June 2025

Baby boycott — the fertility crisis and the big decision - ABC listen

When you enter your childbearing years, it can feel like everyone from the treasurer, your mum, and probably your Instagram reels really wants you to have a kid. But is it the right decision? Few women escape this conundrum of modern family-making,...

Apple Podcasts • 24th April 2024

‎Ideas at the House: Maybe Baby | All About Women 2023 on

Unsure about parenthood? You're not alone. There's a lot to consider when it comes to reproductive choice, evolving social norms mean that women don't have to follow a one-way path to motherhood. Either flying solo or coupled, hetero or queer, when...

5th December 2023

18. Books To Get You Out of a Reading Rut and Deciding if You Want Children with Gina Rushton - Cool Story with Bri & Bridie

This week Bridie sits down with journalist and author Gina Rushton who has just had her book reviewed in the New Yorker! They discuss horny books to get you out of a reading rut; the different things freaking women out about becoming mothers in...

19th September 2023

The Parenthood Dilemma: a big question with a complex answer | The Briefing

Should I have a baby? That’s the big question Gina Rushton grapples with in her new book, The Parenthood Dilemma. She delves into some of the existential issues: whether it’s responsible to have children while our climate continues to heat up at a...

13th July 2022

Where on earth does Australia stand on abortion rights? - Under The Gloss with Phoebe Burgess

Reproductive and abortion rights are back on the news agenda in the wake of the US Supreme Courts landmark over-turning of Roe v Wade. In this episode, Phoebe chats to award-winning journalist and author Gina Rushton about how this decision has been...

The Wheeler Centre • 23rd June 2022

The Maternal Question - The Wheeler Centre

“I think a lot of the choice around having children or not is completely illusory. I don’t think we have as many choices as we think.” The way we live is ever-changing, but societal expectations about women’s relationships to motherhood have...

Keep it Cleaner • 10th May 2022

Episode #146: How do I know if I ACTUALLY want kids?

On this episode of the KICPOD, Steph and Laura spoke to journalist and published author Gina Rushton. After being faced with the decision about whether she herself wanted children, Gina was inspired to investigate why we now feel so unsure of whether...

Apple Podcasts • 17th April 2022

‎Life Matters - Full program podcast: Nature and grief, rethinking motherhood

Indira Naidoo on losing her sister, and how time spent in nature helped her through the grief process. Plus journalist Gina Rushton spent nine months reconsidering her earlier decision not to have children, after a medical emergency threatened her own...

Apple Podcasts • 30th March 2022

‎Shameless: The Slap

On today's show: A jam-packed quick and dirty! Zendaya stuns on the Oscars red carpet, influencer Ruby Tuesday Matthews finds herself in a slightly awkward public predicament and the rise of short kings. And then? Oh, you already KNOW what's coming...

Mixcloud • 12th February 2021

Tom Whyman - Time Out of Joint with Josie Long, Emily Braughan and Gina Rushton.

Philosopher Tom Whyman (Infinitely Full of Hope), hosts a panel discussion show Time Out Of Joint.

Ideas at the House • 19th August 2020

Abusive Cultures at All About Women 2020

Jess Hill and Sanam Maher, expert journalists on gendered abuse, come together in a cross cultural discussion about the universal emergency of violence against women. Hosted by Gina Rushton, as part of All About Women 2020.

13th August 2020

Changing the conversation on violence against women from WalkleyTalks Podcast

Statistics show that in Australia, on average, one woman a week is murdered by her current or former partner. With gender-based violence at such critical levels, how influential can the media be in educating Australians, and ultimately changing...

Mamamia • 13th August 2020

The Signs In Doctors' Surgeries That Have Women Worried - The Quicky

Over the past few months, signs have been appearing in doctors' surgeries telling women in no uncertain terms that their family planning won't be catered for by the health professional they've come to see.  So how often are these signs popping up?...

7am • 22nd July 2020

Scott Morrison and the invisible woman

The decision to pull subsidies from childcare has caused alarm in the sector - especially because it is the first place the government cut support. 7am is a daily show from The Monthly and The Saturday Paper. It’s produced by Ruby Schwartz, Atticus...

7am • 7th June 2020

Killed during the pandemic

From the beginning of the lockdown, domestic violence workers warned of the heightened risk of abuse – especially for women on temporary visas. Last month, a woman was killed in exactly that situation. Gina Rushton on how the sector has...