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Episode 196: Designing a way out of the White Capitalist Patriarchy

Posted: January 2, 2018 in Uncategorized
Tags: anti-capitalism, anti-racism, capitalism, design, gender inequality, Melbourne, Michael Palmyre, social justice, Sydney

Michael Palmyre giving his talk ‘Are We Using Design to Make the World a Less Valuable Place?’, which is featured on this episode.

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 (64mins, 46MB).

This episode features a talk by designer and anthropologist Michael Palmyre: ‘Are We Using Design to Make the World a Less Valuable Place?’. You can watch this talk here and it is also embedded below.

We’re also joined by Mike for an additional discussion on some background for the talk, the importance of challenging dominant narratives and ideologies, and the all-important Sydney versus Melbourne debate.

This discussion continues on episodes 197 and 198, focusing on reactions to the talk and elaborating on some of the themes covered.

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Clips:

Martha ‘Precarious (The Supermarket Song)’, Michael Palmyre ‘Are We Using Design to Make the World a Less Valuable Place?’, Gil-Scot Heron ‘New York is Killing Me’.

Episode 195: Donating Money and Cuddles

Posted: December 21, 2017 in Uncategorized
Tags: abortion, adopt dont shop, charity, Children by Choice, Christmas, companion animals, consumerism, donating, effective altruism, family violence, homeless advocacy, Homeless Hounds, homelessness, Marie Stopes, Safe Steps

Our two new rescued dogs Sophie and Penny, saved from death row – they were going to be killed at the pound in the next day or two.

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 (37mins, 35MB).

On this episode we discuss how people can make a difference and save lives around Christmas time and beyond. Some great organisations to donate to are:

Safe Steps: helping women and children live free of family violence.
Abortion funds Children by Choice and Marie Stopes.
Animal rescue and adoption organisations like Homeless Hounds. If you’re in Australia, you can also find a companion animal to adopt on petrescue.com.au

To hear more about the themes discussed on this episode, check out our Buy Nothing Christmas episode (#43), our episode on homelessness featuring the Homeless Persons Union (#160), and our episodes on effective altruism and charity versus change (#142 and #143). Also check out Adam Ruins Giving!

Please support our show by giving us nice reviews on iTunes, Stitcher and Facebook – thanks 🙂

Clips:

Kesha ‘Woman’, The Tuts ‘Christmas is in the Air’.

Episode 194: The Poly Guru Explains How it Works

Posted: December 18, 2017 in Uncategorized
Tags: consensual non-monogamy, demisexual, jealousy, Kyna Reddan, marriage equality, monogamy, polyamory, polygamy, queer critiques of same-sex marriage, relationship anarchy

As with last episode #193, Nick is joined by author, poet and sexual health nurse Kyna Reddan aka “The Poly Guru” to discuss consensual non-monogamy and the campaign for marriage equality. More specifically, we cover jealousy in non-monogamous and monogamous relationships, how polyamory works, demisexuality, polygamy and queer critiques of the campaign for marriage equality.

Critique of the #MarriageEquality campaign from within the queer community – some people more accepted but those outside of certain norms are further marginalised.
Jess Ison: "straight people are ready to embrace good gays and lesbians of a certain ilk".https://t.co/48JiUbnXod

— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) December 15, 2017

For more on polyamory, Kyna recommends:

Comics by Kimchi Cuddles.
The article ‘What Polyamory Isn’t To Me’ by Poly Momma.
The Hang Out With Me podcast episode ‘Jonathan’s Society’ featuring Myq Kaplan and other polyamorous comedians.
The TV show ‘You Can’t Ask That’ on Polyamory.
Nick also recommends Dr Niko Antalffy’s work on the sociology of consensual non-monogamy: academic articles, non-academic articles.
Also check out Kyna’s payhip and Dawson’s Creek blog!

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Clips:

NOFX ‘I’m a Transvest-lite’, Georgia Maq ‘What do you mean?’.

Episode 193: Summer Plovin’ and Other Tales From Under the Marriage Equality Bus

Posted: December 14, 2017 in Uncategorized
Tags: commitment ceremony, consensual non-monogamy, Kyna Reddan, marriage, marriage equality, marriage postal survey, monogamy, pansexual, polyamory, queer, queer critiques of same-sex marriage, relationship anarchy, same-sex marriage

Image from wildgender.com

On this episode Nick is joined by Kyna Reddan aka “The Poly Guru” to discuss same-sex marriage becoming legal in Australia and the marriage equality campaign. We also cover different forms of consensual non-monogamy, including polyamory and relationship anarchy. This discussion continues on our next episode #194.

Abigail Michell: 'To the rich, white, cis gendered, attractive, able bodied, gender normative, monogamous marriage equality campaign : can we come out from under the bus yet?' https://t.co/cFZmF7QyrH

— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) December 14, 2017

Other topics discussed on this episode include: critiques of marriage, alternative commitment ceremonies and pansexuality.

Lisa Duggan: ‘The critique of marriage I support is NOT a criticism of folks who decide to marry, given the current legal realities’.

It's more about challenging the unfair system: pic.twitter.com/i6h0kfqJhV

— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) December 14, 2017

Check out our 190^th episode for more on same-sex marriage and the marriage equality campaign.

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Clips:

Petrol Girls ‘Phallocentric’, Miranda Lambert ‘Guilty In Here’, Alex the Astronaut ‘Not Worth Hiding’.

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