Archive for October, 2015

Episode 115: Babies are People Too! Accidental Progressive Parenting by Progteam Earthcast*

Posted: October 30, 2015 in Uncategorized
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This episode features a discussion on progressive parenting, featuring Katie, Luc and Stevie from Team Earthling animal rights podcast, and B. Their discussion covers: attachment parenting, gender and parenting eg “Mum’s groups”, consent, alternative schools and vegan parenting/kids. This discussion continues on episode 116.

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Pic is thanks to Luc 🙂

Also covered throughout this episode is: haircuts, Superman outfits, problems with Steiner schools, and why biodynamic farming is bollocks.

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Clips:

Luc and Stevie recommending ‘If You Are Happy and You Know It’, DinnerNV3 ‘If you are happy and you know it’, part 1 of parenting discussion, Frank Turner ‘Faithful Son’, part 2 of parenting discussion, Paul McCartney ‘Looking for Changes’.

You can listen to a short (9 minute) version of this episode, which features a shortened version of the discussion on gender and parenting, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

*Progteam Earthcast is thanks to Luc:

https://twitter.com/cantihaveboth/status/389661381986746368

Episode 114: Bullshit Jobs

Posted: October 26, 2015 in Uncategorized
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Nick is joined by sustainable transport advocate Jeremy Mendelson from Critical Transit and Transit Matters podcasts for the entire episode. We discuss: national politics, Bernie Sanders, Jeremy’s experience with 9-5 work, trying to escape the 9-5, anthropologist David Graeber on bullshit jobs, The Happy Movie, living vegan on a low income, the new four (vegan) food groups and basic income.

You can hear Nick on Critical Transit podcast discussing sustainable transport and how it relates to issues such as class, justice and animals. You can also hear Nick and Katie on episodes 7 and 8 of Jeremy’s other podcast, Politicized.

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Clips:

Derrick Jensen ‘Selling Fingers’ from the CD – The Other Side of Darkness, Intro5pect ‘No More Time’, Rise Against ‘401 Kill’, The Smith Street Band ‘Postcodes (for People who will not Arrest me)’, Jeffery Lewis and Helen Schreiner ‘Do They Owe Us a Living?’, Colour Me Wednesday and Perkie ‘Don’t Waste Your Breath’.

You can listen to a short (7 minute) version of this episode, which features a shortened version of Nick and Jeremy’s discussion on bullshit jobs, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

 

Episode 113: My Choice is No Crime – Abortion is a Health Issue

Posted: October 18, 2015 in Uncategorized
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On this episode Katie is joined by Jenny Ejlak from Reproductive Choice Australia. They discuss the various state and territory laws, the importance of viewing abortion as a health issue not a criminal one, exclusion zones and some people being sooo “pro life” they advocate killing doctors.

pro life indeed

Other topics covered in their discussion are: Madeline Burrows and Jenny Espino’s talk ‘Abortion Without Apology: The Case for a New Movement‘, Planned Parenthood and #shoutyourabortion.

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Clips:

Web Therapy ‘Series 2 Episode 7’ – ‘If you can believe in fairy tales why can’t I?’, FullFrontalFreedom ‘#WomensRights: A Pro-Choice Parody of Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”,’ Katie’s interview with Jenny Ejlak from Reproductive Choice Australia, Miley Cyrus ‘We Can’t Stop’.

You can listen to a short (8 minute) version of this episode, which features a shortened version of Katie’s interview with Jenny Ejlak, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

Episode 112: Malcolm Turnbull Benches Team Australia, but will the Narrative on Terrorism Change?

Posted: October 13, 2015 in Uncategorized
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Image from ABC TV: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/

You can listen to this episode above and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. You can also listen to this episode on Stitcher, Cyber Ears or download it on Archive.org (48mins, 36MB).

Nick is joined by New Matilda journalist Michael Brull, who discusses what has changed and what hasn’t in the government’s new rhetoric around Islam and terrorism, in the wake of the Parramatta shooting. See Brull’s article ‘The Parramatta Shooting: New Rhetoric, Same Old Problem?‘ for more on this.

Nick also elaborates on Turnbull’s response to the shooting, analysing this reaction in terms of dominant narratives around terrorism. For more on this, see Nick’s article ‘Malcolm Turnbull Benches Team Australia, But Will The Narrative On Terrorism Change?’ and an interview with Solomon Comissiong on the racial and religious basis for labelling and responding to terrorism, in light of the Charleston shooting (embedded below).

Also covered on the episode is: how the “love it or leave it” mentality that has been promoted in the wake of the Parramatta shooting works against confronting some of the root causes of terrorism – such as Western imperialism and police racism, the US airstrike on a Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz – you can sign an Amnesty International petition calling for an independent investigation into this bombing here, Islamophobia as the latest form of white supremacy in Australia, Scottish National Party (SNP) politician Mhairi Black’s maiden speech to parliament – as a follow-up to our discussions on the SNP in episode 111, and Nick’s article ‘Don’t judge me: Chris Brown and the real task of tackling violence against women’.

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Clips:

Turnbull’s Press Conference on Countering Violent Extremism, Rise Against ‘Life Less Frightening’, Nick’s interview with journalist Michael Brull, Scottish National Party (SNP) politician Mhairi Black’s maiden speech to parliament, RT.com ‘Interview with Solomon Comissiong’, Rinnessy (feat. Pas & Stic Man of Dead Prez) ‘Black Fa Life’.

You can listen to a short (10 minute) version of this episode, which features a shortened version of Nick’s interview with Michael Brull, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.