Posts Tagged ‘capitalism’

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 233: Hooked on Growth – Barriers to Meaningful Action on Climate Change

Posted: October 4, 2019 in Uncategorized
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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 (49mins, 41MB).

We discuss the Global Climate Strike and economic growth as a barrier to meaningful action on climate change.

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  • For more on the environmental problems with economic growth, you can listen to a very recent discussion Nick did on Freedom of Species with Meghan Street from Green Left Radio, which covered this topic, the Melbourne Climate Strike, plus a critical examination of environmental vegan activism: MEGHAN STREET – CONNECTING ANIMAL ACTIVISM WITH ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS.

Book Recommendation:

Fight Like A Girl by Clementine Ford.

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Clips:

Sole ‘Flood’, Austin Powers ‘Sharks with Lasers’, Akala ‘Fire in the Booth – part 1’, Kesha ‘Rich, White, Straight Men’.

If you enjoy the music we play on our show, check out our Spotify playlist ‘Progressive Podcast Australia Music and Comedy’!

Episode 221: Banks Putting Profit Before Customers? I Wouldn’t Expect That, Not Again*

Posted: February 11, 2019 in Uncategorized
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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 (54mins, 43MB).

On this episode we discuss the recommendations that came out of the Banking Royal Commission. We also discuss the shared views on economic issues amongst the different factions within the Liberal party.


  • Cartoon by Mark David / @mdavidcartoons.

We also cover a challenge to the government’s “Robo-Debt” where they try and get money out of people receiving welfare benefits without sufficient evidence. Check out our 157th episode for more on this issue. Also check out fakejustice.net for more on how the law is applied very unequally to different groups.

We finish the episode by discussing Nick’s article ‘Solidarity and Intersectionality at Invasion Day Narrm (Melbourne)’. We promoted this protest last episode #220.

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Clips:

Sole ‘Yeah’, John C. Reilly ‘Guilty As Charged’ – from the movie Walk Hard, some sound effects stolen from Threedom podcast, Spinifex Gum featuring Felix Riebl and Marliya ‘Ms Dhu’ – you can read more about this song on NITV News.

If you enjoy the music we play on our show, check out our Spotify playlist ‘Progressive Podcast Australia Music and Comedy’!

*Title inspired by a quote from the show Kath & Kim.

Episode 203: Getting Pissed on by Trickle Down Economics

Posted: February 26, 2018 in Uncategorized
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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 (41mins, 33MB).

On this episode we challenge the Australian government’s claim that tax cuts for business will lead to higher wages for workers. We also discuss concerning government influence over the ABC on this issue (see the Guardian and Media Watch for more on this) and which sector Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull serves, demonstrated by his reversal on the Banking Royal Commission once the banks requested it themselves.

We also discuss the Australian Unions campaign to Change the Rules and bring fairness back.

The episode features a great video from Juice Media on the proposed charity gag law by the Australian government, which we discussed on episode 201. Please watch and share the video here and it is also embedded below. We also encourage people to contact the Labor party to urge them to reject these laws.

Finally, you can hear Nick interviewed on the ABC discussing his article on dogs being considered property under the law. You can hear Nick at 23:20 into this episode of Evenings with Melanie Tait.

Thanks to everyone who put us well over our Crowd Funding target! We’ll be buying a new microphone to improve the sound quality of the show and we’ll also do another video podcast with our new equipment to thank everyone for their support 🙂

Clips:

Propagandhi ‘Rock for Sustainable Capitalism’, Mad As Hell ‘Businesses Passing on Profits to Workers?’, The Juice Media ‘Honest Government Ad, Charity Gag Law’, Tracy Chapman ‘Fast Car’.

Episode title inspired by a quote from Jess Ison.

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