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Episode 270: The Government Says You Better Be Having Sex! Lockdown Rules and Loopholes

Posted: September 7, 2021 in Uncategorized
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Image from ABC News.

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Nick is joined by Lottie to discuss political and social issues around lockdowns, as well as some media recommendations. We have some political discussions around vaccinations, civil liberties, health and business. We also touch on some social aspects of the lockdowns including single bubbles, intimate partners and dating.

Lottie’s recommendations:

TV shows: Miracle Workers (Stan), Lupin (Netflix).

Books: The Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemison, A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers.

Nick’s recommendations:

Movie: They Came Together (Google Play/Apple TV).

TV shows: Upstart Crow (Stan) and particularly the Upstart Crow Christmas Special 2020 (Prime Video), I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (Netflix) – series 2 now out! You can join our Twitter thread discussing our favourite I Think You Should Leave sketches 🙂

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Clips:

Songbird movie; Bo Burnham ‘Looks Who’s Inside Again’ – from ‘Inside’ (Netflix); Songbird movie; Ghost Tour sketch from ‘I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson’ (Netflix) – Season 2, Episode 1; Weezer ‘Aloo Gobi’; The Office US – Season 4 Episode 18; The Lonely Island (feat. Adam Levine) ‘I’m So Humble’; Babysitter sketch from I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (Netflix) – Season 1 Episode 5.

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 259: Reflections On One Of The World’s Longest Lockdowns – Are We All In This Together?

Posted: December 4, 2020 in Uncategorized
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We saw this on a back of a car near our place recently.

You can listen to this episode above, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and add us to your favourites on Stitcher. You can also listen to it on Cyber Ears or download it on Archive.org (56mins, 42MB).

Nick is joined by Lottie to discuss Melbourne’s lockdown – what it was like, implications for work and life generally going forward, and our evaluation of how the Andrews government has handled the pandemic.

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Clips:

The Lonely Island ‘YOLO’, Lowkey ‘Ghosts of Grenfell 2’.

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

Episode 257: Moving Beyond Privilege and Nazi Analogies in Discussions on Voting

Posted: October 30, 2020 in Uncategorized
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Nick is joined by Lottie who gives some feedback on our last episode, critiquing Noam Chomsky’s take on the US election, as well as accusations of privilege in discussions on voting. We also discuss voter suppression and healthcare.

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Clips:

Akala ‘Mr Fire in the Booth’, That Mitchell and Webb Sound – Series 1 ‘Labour vs Conservative’, Frank Turner ‘1933’ – analysis of the song from theedgesusu.co.uk.

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

Episode 254: Privatisation – Private Profits, Public Problems

Posted: September 7, 2020 in Uncategorized
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Image from: https://www.globalresearch.ca/public-transit-privatization-and-the-canada-infrastructure-bank/5599687

You can listen to this episode above, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and add us to your favourites on Stitcher. You can also listen to it on Cyber Ears or download it on Archive.org (61mins, 47MB).

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’.

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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