Posts Tagged ‘basic income’

Episode 234: UBI – Better Than A UTI?

Posted: October 28, 2019 in Uncategorized
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On this show we give our take on Universal Basic Income (UBI), which is where every citizen gets a sum of money from the government.

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You can hear us discuss our experiences with Centrelink (Australia’s social security agency) on our 232nd episode.

Clips:

Mad As Hell ‘Cadburial’ and ‘Businesses Passing on Profits to Workers?’, Sole ft DJ Pain 1 and Church Fire ‘Generation Fucked’.

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Episode 232: Times is Hard – Our Experiences with Centrelink

Posted: September 13, 2019 in Uncategorized
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We discuss our experiences with Centrelink (Australia’s social security agency) and shifts towards a gig economy.

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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’.

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Episode 114: Bullshit Jobs

Posted: October 26, 2015 in Uncategorized
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on bullshit jobs

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Nick is joined by sustainable transport advocate Jeremy Mendelson from Critical Transit and Transit Matters podcasts for the entire episode. We discuss: national politics, Bernie Sanders, Jeremy’s experience with 9-5 work, trying to escape the 9-5, anthropologist David Graeber on bullshit jobs, The Happy Movie, living vegan on a low income, the new four (vegan) food groups and basic income.

You can hear Nick on Critical Transit podcast discussing sustainable transport and how it relates to issues such as class, justice and animals. You can also hear Nick and Katie on episodes 7 and 8 of Jeremy’s other podcast, Politicized.

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Clips:

Derrick Jensen ‘Selling Fingers’ from the CD – The Other Side of Darkness, Intro5pect ‘No More Time’, Rise Against ‘401 Kill’, The Smith Street Band ‘Postcodes (for People who will not Arrest me)’, Jeffery Lewis and Helen Schreiner ‘Do They Owe Us a Living?’, Colour Me Wednesday and Perkie ‘Don’t Waste Your Breath’.

You can listen to a short (7 minute) version of this episode, which features a shortened version of Nick and Jeremy’s discussion on bullshit jobs, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.