# The growing evidence of brain disease in the AFL

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-daily-504641/the-growing-evidence-of-brain-disease-in-the-afl
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-daily-504641/the-growing-evidence-of-brain-disease-in-the-afl.md
Podcast: [ABC News Daily](https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-daily-504641)
Published: 2026-06-28T16:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/abc-news-daily/the-growing-evidence-of-brain-disease-in-the-afl/106846814
Audio file: https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/lt/Z/p7.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/abc-news-daily-504641/episodes/the-growing-evidence-of-brain-disease-in-the-afl
Duration seconds: 969

## Resource

We love Aussie rules football, but like other contact sports it comes with risk of head knocks for the players. New figures based on analysis of the brains of deceased players, reveal a big increase in the number of them known to have the degenerative brain disease CTE. Is the AFL doing enough to support families after a tragedy and inform players at all levels of the game about the risks associated with football? Today, Four Corners reporter Jess Halloran on her investigation into CTE and the AFL. Be aware, this episode discusses mental health and suicide. If you or anyone you know needs help, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14 Featured: Jess Halloran, Four Corners reporter

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/abc-news-daily-504641/episodes/the-growing-evidence-of-brain-disease-in-the-afl/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-daily-504641/the-growing-evidence-of-brain-disease-in-the-afl.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.