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Episode 146: Trump’s Missiles Are Flying

Posted: October 16, 2016 in Uncategorized
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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 (61mins, 45MB).

This episode features politics professor Jason Brownlee on the US election. He discusses: how Trump is getting away with claiming he is challenging the elites; the dangers of a Trump presidency; Trump is not less imperialist than Clinton, despite his claims about rejecting the Iraq invasion; and Trump, Clinton and #BlackLivesMatter. This discussion continues on episode 147.

Also mentioned throughout the episode is: Nick’s article on two-party dominance in Australia, Ward Churchill on police repression in the US and the documentary Herman’s House.

You can hear all of the talks from the 2016 Institute for Critical Animal Studies (Oceania) conference here. We will do a recap of this conference soon – follow our blog and/or subscribe to our podcast on iTunes or Stitcher to be notified once this episode is out.

Clips:

Rap News ‘Presidential Rap Debates: HILLARY vs TRUMP + Jill Stein & Gary Johnson’, The Feed ‘US Presidential Debate’, The 7.30 Report Interview: Civil rights lawyer Nana Gyamfi, The Dead Zone ‘The Missiles Are Flying’, Saturday Night Live ‘Ed Glosser: Trivial Physic’, CNN ‘Mothers of the Movement – from the DNC convention’, Dave Stewart, Saul Williams, Nadirah X, Asdru Sierra, Dana Glover, Tina Schlieske and Derrick Ashong ‘Angola 3’.

You can listen to a short (8 minute) version of this episode, which features a shortened version of our discussion on the dangers of a Trump presidency, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

Episode 145: Fucking the Patriarchy…Literally

Posted: September 18, 2016 in Uncategorized
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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 (53mins, 38MB).

This episode features writer Ariella Van Luyn and sociologist Dr Theresa Petray. They discuss Ariella’s book Treading Air, as well as sex work, feminism and fiction, and sex positivity.

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Clips:

Colour Me Wednesday ‘Sugar Coated’, Sex Pistols ‘No Fun’, Billie Holiday ‘I Cover the Waterfront’.

You can listen to a short (10 minute) version of this episode, which features a shortened version of our discussion with Ariella and Theresa, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

Episode 144: Reverse Ridiculousness – Cry Baby Men and White Devils

Posted: September 10, 2016 in Uncategorized
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Image from MrMadness Sotomayor on youtube.com

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 (60mins, 46MB).

On this episode we take on the idea that reverse “sexism” (against men) and reverse “racism” (against white people) are real things.

In our discussion of reverse “sexism” and “racism”, we cover Glastonbury Music Festival, Sad Grrrls Fest Melbourne, Becky’s and ‘Study Finds That White Privilege Makes Up For White Guilt’.

Also covered throughout the episode is: Celeste Liddle’s article ‘Fighting for Sovereignty and Treaties over Recognition’, which covers some Indigenous criticisms of Constitutional Recognition, and Katie promotes the app Carousell.

Follow us on Twitter @ProgPodcast to get tweets from Katie about the footy (mate).

Clips:

War on Women ‘Glass City’, The Feed ‘Jon Snow calls out sexism???’, Portlandia Series 5, Episode 7 ‘Doug Becomes a Feminist’, Howard on Menzies, Aamer Rahman ‘Reverse Racism’, Married at First Sight ‘Nick’s One Downside’, Lowkey ‘Ahmed’.

You can listen to a short (10 minute) version of this episode, which features a shortened version of our discussion on reverse “sexism”, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

Episode 143: Is Effective Altruism Pissing in the Wind?

Posted: August 30, 2016 in Uncategorized
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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 (51mins, 39MB).

We are again joined by politics professor Jason Brownlee. This is a continuation of our discussion with Jason from last episode (#142), where he introduced Peter Singer’s work on effective altruism and discussed some of the positive aspects. On this episode Jason discusses some critiques of Singer’s effective altruism, focusing mainly on a failure to address the structural causes of poverty, such as capitalism and neoliberal institutions like the International Monetary Fund.

Chumbawamba

*Image from Chumbawamba’s album ‘First 2’ – see ‘Clips’ below for a link to buy this album.

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Clips:

That Mitchell and Webb Sound, Series 1 ‘Just 3 Pounds a Month’, Chumbawamba ‘Invasion’, ‘How to get your Band on Television’ and ‘More Whitewashing’ – all from the album First 2, Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott ‘When I Get Back to Blighty’.

You can listen to a short (9 minute) version of this episode, which features a shortened version of Nick’s discussion with Jason on critiques of effective altruism, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

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