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Binging Fox News: Getting a Gutful of Gutfeld!

Posted: October 13, 2024 in Uncategorized
Tags: cancel culture, Fox News, free speech, Gutfeld!, Left, mainstream media, political comedy, representation, satire

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On episode 302 we discuss the time we watched a lot of Fox News – particularly the show Gutfeld! This is a Right-wing alternative to more liberal late-night talk shows like Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

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Intro music: Embrace by ItsWatR.

Outro music: The Blackest Bouquet by Leonell Cassio.

Feminist Pranks? Intention Versus Impact

Posted: October 6, 2024 in Uncategorized
Tags: Andy Kaufman, Antoinette Lattouf, Art, call in culture, call out culture, cancel culture, Clementine Ford, comedy, feminism, Lottie, political comedy, pranks, The Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers, Tim Robinson

Antoinette Lattouf (left) with members of The Inspired Unemployed. Image from news.com.au.

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On episode 301 Lottie and Nick do a deep dive into a prank gone wrong from The Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers in collaboration with Clementine Ford, Antoinette Lattouf and Yumi Stynes. We discuss the politics of pranking and comedy, focusing on intention versus impact and call in versus call out culture. We also reflect on some of the prank-like things we’ve done on this podcast and similarities with the Jokers/feminist panel prank.

Links:

Antoinette Lattouf explains the prank on her podcast: A Prank. 3 Feminists. Outrage. The Politics of Apologies.
Article on Lattouf’s explanation on Pedestrian TV.
Naomi Gall’s article on The AU Review: I had a front row seat to the feminist event turned prank Love Unboxed, and yes, it was a shit-show.
Heath Parkes-Hupton’s article on News.com.au: Journalist ‘mortified’ by reaction to Inspired Unemployed prank at feminist event.
Karl Quinn’s article on The Sydney Morning Herald: Three feminists and a comedian hosted an event. It went horribly wrong.
Life Uncut podcast analysis of the prank: Living In a Glass House of Accountability, a Feminist Talk and the Inspired Unemployed.
Article on the Guardian: Ricky Gervais skit shown in hearing for men accused of Nazi salute outside Sydney Jewish Museum.
Nick and Lottie have done a bunch of Freedom of Species shows recently – here is one featuring Katie as well: Is Veganism A Cult?

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Intro music: Embrace by ItsWatR.

Outro music: The Blackest Bouquet by Leonell Cassio.

300 Episodes Of Generic Interviews To Kill Time While You’re On The Train

Posted: September 1, 2024 in Uncategorized
Tags: content creation, disability, Israel, Naomi Klein, palestine, podcasting, pop culture, representation, social media, The Curse, The Traitors

You can listen to this episode above, on Libysn and you can also download it on Archive.org (40mins, 27MB). Subscribe to our podcast on your favourite app – we’re on a bunch including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music/Audible and Podcast Addict.

We’re back to keep the Progressive Podcast Australia brand alive with our 300^th episode special! The show covers a wide range of topics with a bunch of pop culture stuff, a little bit of politics and some meta podcasting about podcasting.

We discuss the books Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World Book by Naomi Klein and How We Love by Clementine Ford; the TV shows The Curse and The Traitors (with a focus on disability representation); and the movie Guns Akimbo.

We finish the show with a quote that was featured in the Propaganda exhibition in London, which we visited in about 2010! We discuss the quote in light of the actions of the Israeli government towards Palestinians.

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Intro music: Embrace by ItsWatR.

Outro music: The Blackest Bouquet by Leonell Cassio.

Capitalism is a Pyramid Scheme! Exploring Anti-Capitalist Alternatives

Posted: January 16, 2024 in Uncategorized
Tags: anarcha feminism, anarchism, anti-capitalism, hierarchy, Lottie, Marxism, Meg, Office Space, On Becoming a God in Central Florida, socialism, work

You can listen to this episode above, on Libysn and you can also download it on Archive.org (50mins, 35MB). Subscribe to our podcast on your favourite app – we’re on a bunch including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music/Audible and Podcast Addict.

On episode 299 Nick is joined by Meg and Lottie to discuss anti-capitalist alternatives, with a focus on socialism and anarchism.

This show is a Summer Special from 3CR Community Radio – you can hear this discussion with the music included on the Freedom of Species page on the 3CR website.

Additional resources:

Free Women of Spain: Anarchism and the struggle for the emancipation of women by Martha Ackelsberg.
Library Socialism & Usufruct by Srsly Wrong podcast:
Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You! By David Graeber.
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin.
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers.

Movies and TV shows referred to:

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson.
Peep Show.
Office Space.
On Becoming a God in Central Florida.

You can listen to the 3CR Palestine Special mentioned during this show here.

Intro music: Embrace by ItsWatR.

Relevant songs that we mentioned but didn’t play were Everything I Am by Lowkey and The Wasteland by Chumbawamba. You can hear these songs on the Freedom of Species page as mentioned above, as well as on our Spotify playlist ‘Progressive Podcast Australia Music and Comedy’. Nick also gives daily music recommendations on the Spotify playlist ‘Song of the Day by NicksSong’.

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