Secrets We Keep

Should I Spit? - Episode 1 - The Beacon

While working on a cybersecurity podcast, journalist Claire Aird reads a startling statistic: Ninety per cent of people with European ancestry in the US are identifiable because of DNA data their relatives have uploaded to a family history database. Claire’s curiosity soon becomes an investigation into how our DNA is being used for power and profit. In this episode of Should I Spit?, Claire finds out that the DNA data on genealogy sites is never fully anonymous, so she starts to interrogate how police really use these sites to hunt for criminals, overseas and in Australia. <a href="https://www.lifeline.org.au/">Lifeline</a> 13 11 14 <a data-sb="/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https://www.beyondblue.org.au/&amp;ved=2ahUKEwil8dv3yqiLAxVDzDgGHTG7B7sQFnoECAkQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw3r7K8NwMlqfjifRlGw6s7k" data-ved="2ahUKEwil8dv3yqiLAxVDzDgGHTG7B7sQFnoECAkQAQ" href="https://www.beyondblue.org.au/">Beyond Blue</a> 1300 22 4636 Credits: Creator, writer, researcher - Claire Aird Senior Producer - Claudianna Blanco Producers - Holly Mithcell, Romy Sher Executive Producer - Greg Muller, Emma Lancaster, Belinda Lopez and Jen Goggin.  Sound Design - Nial Fernandes  See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Each season, Secrets We Keep investigates a different Australian secret.   
Secrets We Keep: Uncovered (Season 9): takes you inside some of the most important investigations of our time, with our expanding network of journalists and sources from around Australia and beyond. Every week, Uncovered pulls back the curtain on the stories powerful people hoped would stay buried, by speaking directly to those who lived and breathed them.
Jailbreak (Season 8): Journalist Tim Elliott details the extraordinary story of Darko Desic, a fugitive who lived for 30 years on the Northern Beaches of Sydney.
Lone Actor (Season 7): Joey Watson traces the radicalisation trajectory of the Christchurch terrorist, asking the question - did he really act alone? 
By Any Means (Season 6): An investigation into the modern fertility landscape, confronting complex questions about consent, identity and human rights. 
Should I Spit? (Season 5): The origin story of the multibillion dollar consumer DNA industry. From police hoping to solve cold murder cases, to one of the most powerful churches in the world, everyone seems to want a piece of what makes you, you. 
Pray Harder (Season 4): investigative journalist Richard Baker uncovers the unbelievable and compelling true story of Australia’s oldest and most hard line Pentecostal Church, the Geelong Revival Centre. 
Baghdad Nights (Season 3): Richard Baker takes you inside Australia's biggest corruption scandal, finding out how Australia funded a dictator in the lead up to the Iraq War. 
Nest of Traitors (Season 2): Joey Watson is pulled into the world of espionage, attempting to track down an Australian spy who turned to work for the enemy during the Cold War. 
Shame Lies &amp; Family (Season 1): A mystery photo of Amelia Oberhardt’s mum exposes the practice of shotgun marriages, forced adoption, and quiet abortions carried out in Australia until the 1980s.