{"podcast":{"title":"The Daily Aus","slug":"the-daily-aus-2137001","podcast_index_feed_id":2137001,"rss_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/3beb6a7f-7830-4fcc-9c67-b3fa00934bca/1511e96c-a349-4f26-8c74-b40801842a46/4e2f91e5-8b34-49d6-98c3-b40801842a5b/podcast.rss","website_url":"https://www.thedailyaus.com.au/","image_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/3beb6a7f-7830-4fcc-9c67-b3fa00934bca/1511e96c-a349-4f26-8c74-b40801842a46/4e2f91e5-8b34-49d6-98c3-b40801842a5b/image.jpg?t=1773099202&size=Large","author":"The Daily Aus","episode_count":1899,"summary":"This is a daily news podcast for young people in Australia. Join The Daily Aus team every weekday morning as we cover the news in your language. We’re a newsroom of young journalists, delivering news for young people. TDA is completely independent. We are not owned by any larger media company.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T16:17:47.391625+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-aus-2137001"},"episode":{"title":"The rise of head injuries in AFL","slug":"the-rise-of-head-injuries-in-afl","published_at":"2026-07-07T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-aus-2137001/the-rise-of-head-injuries-in-afl","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-aus-2137001","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/the-daily-aus-1/the-rise-of-head-injuries-in-afl","audio_url":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/3beb6a7f-7830-4fcc-9c67-b3fa00934bca/1511e96c-a349-4f26-8c74-b40801842a46/9697d9d4-e7ca-4302-b819-b4800069249a/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=4e2f91e5-8b34-49d6-98c3-b40801842a5b","summary":"The death of a young Melbourne teacher on a suburban footy field has reignited conversations about player safety and intensified growing scrutiny of the AFL's concussion record. In today's deep dive, we'll unpack this tragedy, and the bigger reckoning about brain injuries in our national game. Sign up to TDA's Sport Newsletter here . Hosts: Emma Gillespie and Billi FitzSimons Producer: Orla Maher Video Editor: Rosa Bowden Shot on Fujifilm . Want to support The Daily Aus? That's so kind! The best way to do that is to click ‘follow’ on Spotify or Apple and to leave us a five-star review. We would be so grateful. The Daily Aus is a media company focused on delivering accessible and digestible news to young people. We are completely independent. Want more from TDA? Subscribe to The Daily Aus newsletter Subscribe to The Daily Aus’ YouTube Channel Have feedback for us? We’re always looking for new ways to improve what we do. If you’ve got feedback, we’re all ears.  Tell us here . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.","meta_description":"The death of a young Melbourne teacher on a suburban footy field has reignited conversations about player safety and intensified growing scrutiny of the A…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1484,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-daily-aus-2137001/episodes/the-rise-of-head-injuries-in-afl/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-aus-2137001/the-rise-of-head-injuries-in-afl.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}