Posts Tagged ‘commitment ceremony’

Episode 200: Our “Poultry” Imitation of an Oppressive Institution

Posted: January 30, 2018 in Uncategorized
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Us with comedian Simon Taylor, who MC’d the reception of our commitment ceremony.

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Our 200th episode special covers the reception of our commitment ceremony. You can see some photos from the night here. You can also listen to us discussing the ceremony part back on episode 100 – we’ve also added a video of our commitment ceremony to the notes of that episode.

The episode features a return of the segment ‘When Karl Pilkington Makes Sense’ – this time on weddings. We also cover bizarre wedding traditions, regular guest (Mother) Theresa’s wedding – you can read more about her wedding on her blog and Offbeat Bride, Crimethinc podcast on anarcha-feminism and celebrating relationships and Alain De Botton’s book Religion for Atheists.

After our atheist “wedding”, Nick had a religious conversion.

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Charlie the Super Dog got his own introduction to the song below.

Clips:

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes ‘Who Put the Bomp’, Steven Merchant from the stand-up show ‘Hello Ladies’, Crimethinc podcast episode 28, Ricky Gervais podcast, Ricky Gervais Show ‘Season 3, Episode 4’, Portlandia on alternative weddings, Whitest Kids U’ Know ‘Super Dog’, That Mitchell and Webb Look s03e03 ‘Best Man Wedding Speech’, Kool & The Gang ‘Celebration’, Nerina Pallot ‘Geek Love’.

Episode 193: Summer Plovin’ and Other Tales From Under the Marriage Equality Bus

Posted: December 14, 2017 in Uncategorized
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Image from wildgender.com

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On this episode Nick is joined by Kyna Reddan aka “The Poly Guru” to discuss same-sex marriage becoming legal in Australia and the marriage equality campaign. We also cover different forms of consensual non-monogamy, including polyamory and relationship anarchy. This discussion continues on our next episode #194.

Other topics discussed on this episode include: critiques of marriage, alternative commitment ceremonies and pansexuality.

Check out our 190th episode for more on same-sex marriage and the marriage equality campaign.

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Clips:

Petrol Girls ‘Phallocentric’, Miranda Lambert ‘Guilty In Here’, Alex the Astronaut ‘Not Worth Hiding’.

Episode 100: Our “Oddball” Commitment Ceremony – Anarchist, Atheist, Pro-Queer, Pro-Feminist, Vegan, Straight Edge…

Posted: May 31, 2015 in Uncategorized
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Us at the end of our commitment ceremony – on our way to the reception.

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 (79mins, 62MB).

This is our 100th episode special and we discuss our commitment ceremony and the way it incorporated our political beliefs. This includes our anarchist, atheist, pro-queer, pro-feminist, vegan and level 5 (or 6) straight edge (drug free) ideologies. We cover the reception of this commitment ceremony on episode 200.

The episode features a return of the segment ‘When Karl Pilkington Makes Sense’ – this time it is on overseas weddings. We also discuss our wedsite (password: seashells), some of the wedding traditions we threw out the window, our commitment rings (Katie’s, Nick’s), and a voicemail from “the usual Jon” on why he doesn’t want a marriage OR a commitment ceremony. You can view some pictures from our ceremony here. See Offbeat Bride for more on alternative weddings/commitment ceremonies.

For more on why we reject marriage, check out our discussion below – taken from episode 28:

This episode is brought to you by “Jolly Jazz aka Santa Claus”. You can hear Jazz and other members of the Melbourne Street Medic Collective on episode 29. Be sure to like Melb SMC on Facebook and follow them on Twitter for lots of important information for activists! Thanks a lot to Jazz for becoming a member of our show – you can become a member and sponsor an episode too! Also thanks to all of our listeners for your support over the last 100 episodes!

Clips:

Nick’s dad’s speech at our commitment ceremony reception, The Sex Pistols ‘My Way’, Fresh Meat ‘Series 3, Episode 2’, Ricky Gervais podcast, The Moaning of Life ‘Episode 1’, Bill Hicks ‘Alcohol is a Drug’, CollegeHumor ‘Why Engagement Rings Are A Scam’, Dashboard Confessional ‘Stolen’, Our commitment ceremony, Counting Crows ‘Accidentally in Love’, Jamie Kilstein ‘Soulmates’, Father of the Bride, Voicemail from “the usual Jon”, Social Distortion ‘Faithless’.

You can listen to a short (11 minute) version of this episode, which features our commitment ceremony, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.