Y IS IT SO

Time for Singing Christmas Songs: A Festive Farewell

Join me and Vince in 12 minutes of light-hearted year-end special of Why Is It So? featuring laughter, festive style Christmas songs, reflections on 2025, gratitude to listeners, and warm wishes for Christmas and the New Year. Enjoy Paul

Knowing Your Prostate: Modern Answers and Life-Saving Screening

Today’s guest is someone exceptionally qualified to bring clarity and insight to the world of urological cancer. In this episode of Y Is It So, Professor Nathan Lawrentschuk explains where the prostate is, how it works, and why PSA testing matters. He outlines the latest advances in prostate screening, MRI and PSMA PET imaging, active surveillance, focal therapy, robotic surgery.  Professor Lawrentschuk emphasises informed conversations with your GP, knowing your family history, and the benefits of early detection to improve outcomes while minimising unnecessary treatment and side effects.

The Man Who Was Scared to Death: Living with the Fear of Non-Existence

In this episode I have a chat with Phillip Othen, a London-based podcaster who has thought about death and non-existence daily since his early teens. Phillip shares how insomnia sparked a lifelong fear of not existing, how he channels that anxiety into his podcast "The Man Who Was Scared to Death", and how therapy and coping strategies have shaped his life. The conversation explores Death Cafés, a movement all around the world, interviews with people who work around death, and whether talking openly about mortality can make the subject less frightening and more constructive.

Melbourne Cup & the State of Aussie Sport:

Hello to everyone, Vince and I recap a memorable and historic Melbourne Cup day, and congratulate Jamie Melham, nee Kah,  who galloped into the history books as the first female jockey to win the Caulfield-Melbourne Cup double.  We also trace the decline of harness racing and suggest ways to glamorise and market it, while debating how shortened formats like T20 cricket and Live Golf are reshaping fan interest and discuss cricket’s cultural shifts, players’ political voices, and broader challenges and opportunities for Australian sport going forward.

Everyday Trauma You Never Knew You Had

Welcome to Y IS IT SO, I am your host Paul, today we will be looking at a Mental Health problem, that people would think they understand.                                               Unfortunately, Trauma is far more misunderstood, trauma isn’t dramatic events but often the subtle, experiences that overwhelm the nervous system, affect the body, and pass between generations.                                                                                                           Joining me today is Laura Giles, a seasoned trauma therapist and educator who has spent years helping people uncover and heal from the kind of Trauma they didn’t even know they had.                                                                                                                                                            If you’ve ever wondered why you react the way you do....or why certain patterns keep showing up in your life, this episode his going to open your eyes in ways you did not except.