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Episode 247: Comparing the Family Violence COVID-19 Experience from Australia to France

Posted: May 31, 2020 in Uncategorized
Tags: Australia, Coronavirus, cultural change, family violence, feminism, France, gendered violence, male privilege, patriarchy, Sarah McGrath, Women for Women France

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Katie is joined by Sarah McGrath from Women for Women France and they discuss increased rates of family violence during the coronavirus lockdown and the different responses to the issue in France compared to Australia.

Other topics covered in the discussion are: the many different forms that family violence takes and the importance of cultural change, as well as services and education focusing on perpetrators.

Katie also briefly mentions the Australian Unions campaign for rebuilding the economy and restoring secure jobs in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.

Clips:

NOFX ‘The Marxist Brothers’, Maisie Peters ‘Smile’.

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

Episode 241: Pop Culture and Feminism

Posted: February 24, 2020 in Uncategorized
Tags: Big Little Lies, Bombshell, family violence, feminism, gender, gendered violence, media, pop culture, Riverdale, sexual assault, social media, television, the monster myth, The Morning Show, You

The characters Cheryl and Betty from the show *Riverdale* (Photo: Diyah Pera/The CW).

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 (46mins, 35MB).

We analyse the representations of gender in the TV shows Riverdale, The Morning Show, Big Little Lies and You, as well as the movie Bombshell.

Links for the main topic:

‘The Facts About ‘False’ Rape Allegations’ (article on newmatilda.com).
Crowd Funding Campaign: Women facing defamation case for speaking up by Solidarity Not Silence.
‘Myths of War — Vietnam: the war’s forgotten supporters’ (ABC radio show by Dr Mark Dapin).

Great first show, I look forward to hearing more – check it out everyone! N https://t.co/AxfL2jjjS7
— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) February 20, 2020

Other links:

Nick interviewed about his research on activism on How to Start a Riot podcast and on how animals have been affected by the bushfires for 3CR Monday Breakfast (Nick is on at 45:23 into this show).
Freedom of Species ‘Representing Agricultural Transition in the Climate Movement’ (radio show).
The Vegan Vanguard ‘“Form Over Substance”: Marketing Yourself Under Capitalism’ (podcast episode).
Our audio of recordings from the Climate Crisis: National Day of Action- Melbourne and Melbourne Invasion Day 2020.

Full audio of the opening speeches from the #ClimateCrisis: National Day of Action- Melbourne. Some powerful speeches on supporting Aboriginal people to protect the environment, just transitions for workers in fossil fuel industries etc #ClimateEmergency https://t.co/GYskHddJK3 pic.twitter.com/qYuvTAruXA
— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) February 23, 2020

Clips:

Taylor Swift ‘The Man’, Petrol Girls ‘Survivor’.

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

Episode 236: Making the Rainbow Connection – Don’t Drop the T!

Posted: December 5, 2019 in Uncategorized
Tags: allies, bisexuality, Donald Trump, family violence, gender, intersex, LGB Alliance, queer, queer movement, radical feminism, religion, Sally Goldner, transgender, transphobia

Image from: https://gcn.ie/lgb-alliance-slammed-anti-trans/

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 (59mins, 48MB).

On this show we’re joined by Sally Goldner, host of Out of the Pan on 3CR radio and educator on rainbow issues, to challenge the transphobia of the newly formed LGB Alliance in the UK.

Links from the Discussion with Sally:

Sally’s Midsumma Festival show One Pan Cooking.
Transgender Victoria.
Bisexual Alliance Victoria.
Intersex Human Rights Australia.
A Map of Gender-Diverse Cultures (PBS).
You can hear Sally on our podcast reflecting on the marriage equality campaign on Episode 212: It’s More Complex Than Yes – We Can’t Stop After Marriage.

The pan is really firing up for Melbourne's Midsumma queer arts and culture festival…

I'm doing a solo performance show!https://t.co/2xoPbKqGIy pic.twitter.com/dIGjKFldCZ
— Sally Goldner AM (@salgoldsaidso) November 24, 2019

Additional links from the show:

Nick’s article ‘Don’t shoot the messenger, Environmentalism and hypocrisy’ (Independent Australia).
Nick interviewed on 3CR Tuesday Breakfast on the Melbourne Cup and other animal issues.
You can watch videos of the talks from the recent Liberated Futures conference on the Institute for Critical Animal Studies, Oceania Facebook page.

I've got an article up on @independentaus challenging the constant claims of hypocrisy made against #environmental activists. Please RT! Nick https://t.co/OPdCwdtrzB
— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) November 8, 2019

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Clips:

Shea Diamond ‘I Am Her’, Rainbow Connection by Kermit the Frog from The Muppet Movie, Austin Powers, Lowkey ‘McDonald Trump’.

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

Episode 216: Building Our New World in the Shell of the Old – Transformative Justice

Posted: November 1, 2018 in Uncategorized
Tags: animal activism, Anne-lise Ah-fat, anti-fascism, anti-psychiatry movement, creative activism, family violence, horse racing, me too, medication, mental health, police, prison abolition, sexual assault, The Melbourne Cup, transformative justice, Undercurrent, utopias

Me Too and Transformative Justice, Anne-lise, Jess and Beth

Anne-lise Ah-fat (on the left) who is featured on this episode.

This episode features Anne-lise Ah-fat on her work with Undercurrent doing transformative justice in the community, as an alternative to police and prisons.

We also discuss creative activism against fascism and for animals.

Love the creativity of this action against the #MelbourneCup #NupToTheCup https://t.co/uRDoDUzCD4 pic.twitter.com/LeBPTf3gAH

— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) October 31, 2018

Links:

Annal-lise’s talk is from the panel discussion ‘Transformative Justice and Me Too’. This is from the Community As Activism event which we covered on episode 213. You can listen to audio of all of the sessions from this event here.
Farshans on the Field – Melbourne Cup Protest! See this year’s event on Facebook and this site + you can read about last year’s event.
Revolutionary Left Radio: Demand Utopia & PopMob: Art, Imagination, & Coalition Building on the Left Coast.
We discussed anti-fascist activism on episode 94.
Check out the documentary Charlottesville: Documenting Hate on SBS On Demand.
Please share around our Melbourne Cup betting “ad” (shown below) on Facebook and Twitter.

We wouldn’t usually encourage people to bet on the #MelbourneCup but we’re making an exception here!

Which horse will be killed first?

Best odds:
Marmelo 4
Jameka 12
Magic Circle 26
Yucatan 34

Place your bet at: https://t.co/s7GwgbHFCt pic.twitter.com/aEPlg0IiNg

— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) November 1, 2018

Here are some recent Freedom of Species episodes Nick has done. This is an animal advocacy radio show and you can hear all of these episodes at freedomofspecies.org and on iTunes:

Horse Racing Kills – Protect Horses.
Single Issue Campaigns and Veganism.
Esther Alloun – Animal Activism in Palestine/Israel (also featuring Katie!).

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Clips:

Ramshackle Glory ‘From Here to Utopia’, Wingnut Dishwashers Union ‘My Idea of Fun’, Anne-lise Ah-fat from the panel discussion ‘Transformative Justice and Me Too’, Peep Show ‘Sectioning’.

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

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Posts Tagged ‘family violence’

Episode 247: Comparing the Family Violence COVID-19 Experience from Australia to France

Episode 236: Making the Rainbow Connection – Don’t Drop the T!

Episode 216: Building Our New World in the Shell of the Old – Transformative Justice