Nick Ruins Katie’s Favourite TV Shows

Posted: June 27, 2023 in Uncategorized
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Image of the queen from the TV show Bridgerton. Credit: Liam Daniels/Netflix.

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On episode 294 we discuss portrayals of the monarchy and the military in the TV shows Bridgerton, Riverdale and Good Trouble.

We also discuss Dylan Alcott and representation of people with disabilities, plus the documentary Disclosure (Netflix) on trans representation in pop culture. For more on trans issues and feminism, see the article ‘There is so much more for us to worry about than men masquerading as women to access single-sex spaces’ by Kathryn Bromwich.

Another thing we cover is the movie You People (Netflix) and critiques of Robin DiAngelo’s book White Fragility.

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Intro music: Embrace by ItsWatR.

Outro music: The Blackest Bouquet by Leonell Cassio.

Check out our Spotify playlist ‘Progressive Podcast Australia Music and Comedy’, which features music we’ve played on the show. Nick also gives daily music recommendations on the Spotify playlist ‘Song of the Day by NicksSong’.

Learn Respect: I Think You Should Leave Class of 2023

Posted: June 11, 2023 in Uncategorized
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Learn respect picture and a "computer".
We asked Hayden to draw this even though he said he doesn’t do computers.

You can listen to this episode above, on Libysn and you can also download it on Archive.org (41mins, 28MB). Subscribe to our podcast on your favourite app – we’re on a bunch including Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music/Audible and Podcast Addict.

On episode 293 Nick, Lottie and Hayden discuss their favourite sketches from I Think You Should Leave, series 3 (Netflix). The sketches that we cover are: purple feather, doggie door and banana breath.

We also cover the politics of series 3 (building on our discussions on the politics of series 1 and 2), our ITYSL emoji game and Nick’s reviews for the swayzine store on Etsy. For more ITYSL series 3 interviews and commentary, make sure you check out our friends over at That’s A Chunky, a podcast about I Think You Should Leave!

We hope you enjoy the show. It was such a good time for us that we’re going to do shirts for this episode – a fun shirt that we design that says “Learn Respect, I Think You Should Leave Class of 2023” and underneath it says: “Back away, banana breath”. Does anyone want a t-shirt? You can always get it big and use it as a night shirt. Please let us know how big your body is.

Intro music: Embrace by ItsWatR.

Outro music: The Blackest Bouquet by Leonell Cassio.

You can hear the above song 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’.

Episode 292: Long Live the King? Debating Harry and Meghan’s Politics

Posted: May 14, 2023 in Uncategorized
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Protest banner reading: Abolish the monarchy, not the right to protest.
Image from @RepublicStaff on Twitter.

You can listen to this episode above, on Libysn and you can also download it on Archive.org (34mins, 24MB). Subscribe to our podcast on your favourite app – we’re on a bunch including Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music/Audible and Podcast Addict.

We discuss the Coronation and the monarchy, as well as debating Harry and Meghan’s politics. We look into Harry’s book Spare and the documentary Harry & Meghan (Netflix). For more on some of the critiques Nick raised on this episode, check out the Revolutionary Left Radio episode: Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else).

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A relevant song we mentioned but didn’t play was Fireball by the Flatliners. This song is on our Spotify playlist ‘Progressive Podcast Australia Music and Comedy’. Nick also gives daily music recommendations on Twitter @NicksSong and on the Spotify playlist ‘Song of the Day by NicksSong’.

Episode 291: Myq Kaplan on Belonging with other Genre-Fluid Weirdos

Posted: April 2, 2023 in Uncategorized
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Photo of our guest, comedian Myq Kaplan.
Myq Kaplan.

You can listen to this episode above, on Libysn and you can also download it on Archive.org (68mins, 52MB). This discussion is also available in video form on Youtube here and embedded below. Subscribe to our podcast on your favourite app – we’re on a bunch including Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music/Audible and Podcast Addict.

Comedian Myq Kaplan joins us between albums to discuss his new album Live in Between Albums! We also cover: fitting in versus belonging, normalos and weirdos, and punk rock.

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Music:

Fast Ones by Codefendants feat. The DOC.

If you enjoy the music we play on our show, check out our Spotify playlist ‘Progressive Podcast Australia Music and Comedy’! Nick also gives daily music recommendations on Twitter @NicksSong and on the Spotify playlist ‘Song of the Day by NicksSong’.

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