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Episode 232: Times is Hard – Our Experiences with Centrelink

Posted: September 13, 2019 in Uncategorized
Tags: Access Health and Community, affordable housing, basic income, bullshit jobs, Centrelink, class, gig economy, Liberal party, social security, welfare, work

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, 44MB).

We discuss our experiences with Centrelink (Australia’s social security agency) and shifts towards a gig economy.

Links:

Black Comedy – Dole Dance sketch.
The Cracked Podcast – on why we love apocalypse movies.
Jobs of the future: what will yours be? (The Feed).

“Bullshit jobs” and Universal Basic Income (UBI) – covered on our 114^th episode. Stay tuned for a whole episode on UBI coming soon(ish!).
Graduating university is no longer a “Golden Ticket” to a full-time job (Graduate Careers Australia, 2015).
Public vs Social vs Affordable Housing – discussed on our 218^th episode.
Access Health and Community.
The National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS).

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Clips:

Sweeney Todd ‘The Worst Pies in London’, Good Will Hunting ‘It’s Not Your Fault’, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory ‘I’ve Got a Golden Ticket’, The Society Season 1 Episode 9 – ‘New Names’ Reaction, The Last Kinection ‘Broke’.

If you enjoy the music we play on our show, check out our Spotify playlist ‘Progressive Podcast Australia Music and Comedy’!

Episode 231: Pop Culture and Politics

Posted: August 2, 2019 in Uncategorized
Tags: Australian politics, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, identity politics, intersectionality, israel palestine conflict, media, pop culture, representation, television, The Bold Type, The Society, the state

We discuss the TV shows The Society, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and The Bold Type, plus some politics stuff:

People who don’t ‘class themselves as the top end of town’ – from ‘Election results in Victoria keep status quo; Corangamite and Dunkley change after boundary shifts’ (ABC).

50% of Australia's population live on 45k or less. Talking about those earning 200k getting a tax cut is so out of touch #TheDrum
— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) June 25, 2019

‘Do you understand the Hecs changes? Read this and be afraid for the entire economy’ by Naaman Zhou (The Guardian).
Scott Morrison walks through windows – from Doorstop – Osaka, Japan.
Our analysis of media coverage of Palestine-Israel.
Representation in the media.

https://twitter.com/rubyhamad/status/1156439918786183175

Recommendations:

Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack podcast – for more media analysis.
Freedom of Species animal advocacy radio show – for more from Nick and occasionally Katie.

Our show on "humane" animal products and the marketing of animal products is now up online #HumaneWashing: https://t.co/F28d52y7zW @3CR
— Freedom of Species (@FOSradio) July 2, 2019

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Clips:

Onsind ‘Immature’, Secular Talk ‘Infowars Pulls Video After Random Woman Trolls Them To Perfection’, Peep Show ‘Sod You All’, Austin Powers, Peep Show ‘Mark’s Presentation’, Petrol Girls ‘Big Mouth’.

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Episode 230: We Stand With Adam

Posted: July 21, 2019 in Uncategorized
Tags: Adam Goodes, anti-racism, documentary, Donald Trump, football, implicit bias, media, race, racism, sport, The Final Quarter, Waleed Aly, white fragility, white privilege

https://thefinalquarterfilm.com.au/

We discuss the powerful documentary The Final Quarter which covers the racism that AFL footballer Adam Goodes received at the end of his career. You can watch this documentary here.

If you missed #TheFinalQuarter, you can catch up here: https://t.co/0FcIpNNmWj
— Channel 10 (@Channel10AU) July 18, 2019

Further sources relevant to this documentary and the treatment of Adam Goodes:

Professor Tim Soutphommasane: ‘Racism is the cause of division, anti-racism is what we need to combat it’ – analysis of The Final Quarter (video).

Adam Goodes: Let's work together in a positive manner to heal old wounds.

People: Why are you spreading hatred? #TheFinalQuarter
— Titus O'Reily (@TitusOReily) July 18, 2019

Lies spread in the media about Adam Goodes: Waleed Aly on The Project (video).

https://twitter.com/suzannedredge/status/1151805983007449088

GO Foundation: Adam Goodes and Mick O’Loughlin started GO to give Indigenous students a better future through education.

This isn't just an AFL issue, it's an example on how Australia deals with racism and the dialogue it has with Blackfullas. Racism is in every facet of industry because it's in the fabric of the Nation. It's an opportunity to ask yourself; where do you stand? #TheFinalQuarterFilm
— Senator Briggs (Biblically Accurate) (@Briggs) July 18, 2019

We also discuss Waleed Aly’s article ‘Trump’s racist tweets have parallels to the abuse of Adam Goodes’; the talk ‘White Fragility’ by Robin DiAngelo; Miranda Tapsell and Nakkiah Lui on Series 2, Episode 8 of Get Krack!n; and studies showing widespread bias based on race (US, Australia) and gender.

Clips:

Treaty ’18 ft Baker Boy – Yothu Yindi & Gavin Campbell, Aamer Rahman ‘Adam Goodes’, The Final Quarter ‘Waleed Aly reacts’, Plasmo ‘Episode 10: Balance in the Universe’, Warumpi Band ‘Black Fella White Fella’, Guardian News ‘US house condemns Trump over racist comments’, Treaty ’18 ft Baker Boy – Yothu Yindi & Gavin Campbell.

If you enjoy the music we play on our show, check out our Spotify playlist ‘Progressive Podcast Australia Music and Comedy’!

Episode 229: From Wailing to Action for the Climate

Posted: May 26, 2019 in Uncategorized
Tags: 2019 federal election, activist tactics, Australian politics, climate action, climate change, climate emergency, disability, environmental veganism, Extinction Rebellion, Violet

Image from the Climate Emergency XR Snap Rally in Melbourne that we discuss on this episode. Pic from: https://www.facebook.com/XRVictoria/

We commiserate about the election result and bring you speeches and music from the Climate Emergency XR Snap Rally in Melbourne. We play a speech from Violet (pictured in the small Mixcloud pic above) and music from Steven and Mark. You can listen to our full recording of the event here. You can get active with Extinction Rebellion, The Global General Strike to Save the Planet and The City Roars, an upcoming rally for climate action in Melbourne.

Good to see the Simpsons references still going strong!

We also discuss animal agriculture, veganism and the climate emergency. For more on this you can hear our 172^nd episode and ‘Achieving Environmental Liberation Through Animal Liberation’ on Freedom of Species.

Good to see a bunch of people highlighting the environmental impact of animal agriculture at the #ExtinctionRebellion march #vegan pic.twitter.com/ntTeztC1bd
— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) May 24, 2019

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Clips:

The Simpson’s in Australia ‘It’s an emergency’, Steven and Mark from the Climate Emergency XR Snap Rally in Melbourne ‘Stand Up, Fight Back’, Peep Show ‘Jez Forgets The Turkey’, Violet’s speech from the rally, Steven and Mark from the rally ‘What you gonna do?’, Steven and Mark from the rally ‘Never Doubt’.

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