Posts Tagged ‘activist burnout’

Episode 275: Don’t Look Up…Actually You Probably Should! Re-Engaging with the Climate Crisis

Posted: January 18, 2022 in Uncategorized
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Image from media.netflix.com

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We discuss the movie Don’t Look Up (Netflix), putting our energy back into climate action after the movement has lost momentum during the pandemic and avoiding burnout when coping with the reality of the climate crisis.

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Clips:

DON’T LOOK UP, Official Teaser Trailer – Netflix; Just Look Up (From Don’t Look Up) by Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi; 2 clips from Don’t Look Up (Netflix); Pink Convertible by MARINA;  I haven’t been taking care of myself by Alex Lahey.

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Episode 269: The Biloela Family and Progress for the Refugee Rights Movement

Posted: July 17, 2021 in Uncategorized
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Tharunicaa and Kopika Murugappan, from “the Biloela family”. Photo from change.org

You can listen to this episode above, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and add us to your favourites on Stitcher. You can also listen to it on Cyber Ears or download it on Archive.org (37mins, 24MB).

We discuss the Biloela family, including Tharunicaa and Kopika picture above, who came to Australia from Sri Lanka due to the persecution of the Tamil people. We also discuss refugee law, as well as the state of the refugee issue and refugee rights activism in Australia.

We finish the episode by promoting the upcoming Rally for Refugee Rights: Permanent Visas not Discrimination. This rally is on the 25th of July around Australia. Here is the Facebook page for the Melbourne event – for those outside of Melbourne, look online to find a rally near you!

Poster for the rally mentioned above.

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Clips:

Blue King Brown and Diafrix ‘Streets are Getting Hot’ – from the Key of Sea project, The Feed SBS ‘Are we the opposition’, Combat Wombat ‘Asylum’.

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’.

Episode 265: Disrupting An Ableist, Capitalist Mindset Within Social Movements – Featuring Two Nic’s

Posted: May 29, 2021 in Uncategorized
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Nic looks on as Nick shows a standard week from his overloaded 2020 diary/to-do list.

You can listen to this episode above, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and add us to your favourites on Stitcher. You can also listen to it on Cyber Ears or download it on Archive.org (52mins, 29MB).

Nick is joined by Nic from Pynk Spots to discuss the importance of including a wide range of ways to make change within social movements, to reduce burnout and challenge ableism.

This discussion is also available in video form on Youtube here and below:

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  • Video from Will Potter on mental health, journalism and activism.
  • Check out The Rosie Project book series for more on neurodiversity, especially the third book in this series The Rosie Result.

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Clips:

Petrol Girls ‘Strike’, Solidarity Not Silence ‘This is Sisterhood’.

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Episode 260: Apathy and Exhaustion

Posted: January 4, 2021 in Uncategorized
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The episode title is taken from this album from The Lawrence Arms.

You can listen to this episode above, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and add us to your favourites on Stitcher. You can also listen to it on Cyber Ears or download it on Archive.org (61mins, 46MB).

We discuss the constant tension in activism and life generally of feeling like you’re not doing enough versus way too much. We also cover advice on getting on top of your email inbox, playing the metaphorical keyboard and nonsensical analogies about call out culture.

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Us saying fuck off to 2020. If you haven’t already had enough of 2020, you can check out a bunch of comedy recaps of the year, such as The War on 2020 by The Chaser (YouTube), Death to 2020 by the Black Mirror creators (Netflix), Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell Pagan Holiday Special (ABC iview) and The Yearly With Charlie Pickering 2020 (ABC iview).
  • Listen to Nick’s 3CR Summer Special ‘Music for Change’ on Sunday 10 January 2021, 1-2pm Melbourne/AEST time – listen in live via 3cr.org.au.
  • The health risks of drinking alcohol even at low levels – see breastcancer.org and the video below for more on this. This discussion on alcohol is a continuation from our discussion on the topic on episode 254.

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Clips:

Malcolm Tucker: “I’ve got a to-do list…” – from The Thick Of It, The Lawrence Arms ‘I’ll Take What’s In The Box, Monty’, Blackadder ‘Series 4Series 4Series 4’, Lowkey ‘In My Lifetime’, Frank Turner ‘My Kingdom For A Horse’.

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