Breaking down stereotypes and offering genuine insight into the lives of people who live with labels. The series gives an unmediated platform to some of the most misunderstood or marginalised people in our country: short statured, wheelchair users, transgender, Muslims, ex-prisoners, fat, Indigenous, sex workers, terminally ill, and people in polyamorous relationships.
You Can't Ask That (Season 5)
Firefighters (Episode 1)
Air date: 2020-03-18
Runtime: 32 min
Overview: In the season premiere of You Can't Ask That, you'll meet nine firefighters from around the country who'll give you their raw, personal, unfiltered insights into fire, fear, heroism and more.
Nudists (Episode 2)
Air date: 2020-03-25
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: No topic is off limits in this funny and heart-felt look at body image, self love and what it means to chill in the nude.
Killed Someone (Episode 3)
Air date: 2020-04-01
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: What does it do to someone, ending a life? In this episode each of the people you'll meet woke up one morning feeling like an ordinary person, and went to bed forever changed.
Autism Spectrum (Episode 4)
Air date: 2020-04-08
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: By the end of this episode, you'll have met eight remarkable people on the autism spectrum, and been given eight unique windows into a world we rarely, if ever, hear about.
HIV Positive (Episode 5)
Air date: 2020-04-15
Runtime: 33 min
Overview: Eight people talk about what it's really like to live with HIV. While the disease is no longer life-threatening — or even contagious — with the right medication the fear and stigma it still carries for many is life changing.
Olympic and Paralympic Gold Medalists (Episode 6)
Air date: 2020-04-22
Runtime: 31 min
Overview: In this episode we ask six Olympic gold medalists and one Paralympic gold medalist about winning. Is it all it's cracked up to be? What does it take to be the best in the world? Determination? Obsession? Money? Sacrifice?
Public Housing (Episode 7)
Air date: 2020-04-29
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: We speak to eight Australians who live in public housing to ask them the tough questions such as "Why do you get a house for doing nothing?"
Kids (Episode 8)
Air date: 2020-05-06
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: In this funny, heart-warming and revealing episode, we speak to kids from around Australia - from the city to the country - about families, friendships, screen time, bullying, sex, death and the internet.
