Posts Tagged ‘David Graeber’

Episode 283: Bullshit Jobs and Privilege – Katie vs Nick

Posted: December 19, 2022 in Uncategorized
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Do you have a bullshit job? What about a shit job? We explore David Graeber’s book Bullshit Jobs, specifically the point that younger generations are sometimes told by the Left that they can’t complain about “trivial” things like meaningless work because of privilege – many people have it worse. We also discuss our earliest experiences with paid work, as well as covering some listener feedback and reviews of our show.

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Clips:

Peep Show Season 5 Episode 4, Coal by Sole and DJ Pain 1, Peep Show Series 4 Episode 4 and Season 2 Episode 6, I Think You Should Leave Season 2 Episode 5 (Netflix), Is Piers Morgan a multi-million dollar fail? Media Watch, Hit like a girl by Meet Me @ The Altar.

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 254: Privatisation – Private Profits, Public Problems

Posted: September 7, 2020 in Uncategorized
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On this show we discuss the extension of COVID-19 restrictions in Victoria, the role of privatisation in the COVID-19 outbreak in aged care, the TV series Shaun Micallef’s On the Sauce and give some audio recommendations.

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Clips:

Sammy J ‘How to make an aged care home’ (S3 Ep31); Lowkey ‘My Sole’; Ramshackle Glory ‘Song for Next May Day’; Bugzy Malone ‘Walk With Me’; The Lonely Island, Michael Bolton and Mr Fish ‘Incredible Thoughts’; The Good Life ‘October Leaves’.

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Episode 154: Questioning Anarchism

Posted: December 19, 2016 in Uncategorized
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This episode features Adam Cardilini asking Nick questions about anarchism. These questions come out of the anarchism and animal liberation panel discussion from ICAS 2016, which we played on episodes 152 and 153. You can listen to the Q and A session following this panel discussion here. We also discuss direct democracy, consensus decision making and the Occupy movement.

For more information on anarchism, check out: Nick’s talk veganarchism (which we played on episode 134), Which Side podcast with Vegan Warrior Princesses, Anarchist FAQ, David Graeber’s book Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology and pamphlet ‘Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You!’, the documentary The Take and the TV show Mr Robot.

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Clips:

Leftover Crack ‘Corrupt Vision’, meerkatmedia ‘Consensus (Direct Democracy @ Occupy Wall Street)’, Propagandhi ‘The State Lottery’.

You can listen to a short (7 minute) version of this episode, which features a shortened version of Nick and Adam’s discussion on anarchism, here: Questioning Anarchism. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

Episode 151: Kon Karapanagiotidis at #TASA2016 – Creating a New Conversation about Refugees

Posted: December 6, 2016 in Uncategorized
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Kon Karapanagiotidis promoting http://www.whatwouldyoudo.org.au/

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This episode features a talk by Kon Karapanagiotidis from the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre on the importance of advocating for refugees by focusing on values. This talk is from the panel discussion ‘Piercing the Veil of Asylum Seeker Policy & Practice: What Can Academics Do?’ from The Australian Sociological Association conference #TASA2016. You can hear other talks from this conference here, including Nick’s talks ‘Rescuing Dogs in a Mercedes-Benz: Animal Advocacy in China’ (played on episode 174) and ‘Experimental Utopias and Social Change: Examples from Australian Non-Hegemonic Activism’ (with Dr Theresa Petray).

Also covered on the episode is safe(r) spaces (which we covered on episode 131) and the centrality (or otherwise) of queer sex in discussions on queer lives.

Book recommendation:

Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber – audio book.

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Clips:

War on Women ‘Second Wave Goodbye’, Kon Karapanagiotidis from the panel discussion ‘Piercing the Veil of Asylum Seeker Policy & Practice: What Can Academics Do?’, Lagwagon from the album ‘Live in a Dive’, Bill Hicks ‘Gifts of Forgiveness’ from Rant in E-Minor, Lowkey ‘Soundtrack to the Struggle’, Lowkey FT. MAI KHALIL ‘Ahmed (Live Version)’ – official video, behind the song.

You can listen to a short (7 minute) version of this episode, which features our book recommendation for Debt: The Economy is a Lie – Book Recommendation, Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graber. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

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