Posts Tagged ‘hip hop’

Episode 155: Musicians Doin’ It for the Cause

Posted: December 22, 2016 in Uncategorized
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Melbourne band Camp Cope. Photo by Matt Warrell, from abc.net.au

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On this episode, which marks 5 years of the podcast and the launch of our crowdfunding campaign, the main theme is political music. We discuss Camp Cope and their feminist message in their lyrics and beyond.

We also discuss Akala, hip hop and Shakespeare.

Other stuff covered throughout the episode is: homophobic actors, Katie’s reviews on Happy Cow, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Star Wars Rogue One and further discussion on why reverse “sexism” is BS.

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Clips:

Akala ‘Comedy, Tragedy, History’, Extras ‘Season 2, Episode 5’, NOFX ‘The Cause’, Camp Cope ‘Jet Fuel Can’t Melt Steel Beams’.

You can listen to a short (7 minute) version of this episode, which features us discussing our Crowd Funding campaign, here: Support us to put out 50 Episodes in 2017. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

Episode 84: This Episode is #RupertsFault

Posted: January 27, 2015 in Uncategorized
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Comedian Aziz Ansari mocked Rupert Murdoch for the anti-Muslim comments he made after the Charlie Hedbo attacks. Image from The Young Turks.

Listen to this episode and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. You can also listen to this episode on Stitcher, Cyber Ears or download it on Archive.org (52 mins, 28MB). 

On this episode we discuss terrorism, Islamophobia, free speech and Charlie Hedbo. We discuss the way Rupert Murdoch was mocked by comedian Aziz Ansari and writer JK Rowling (and so many others!) for the anti-Muslim comments he made after the Charlie Hedbo attacks. We also read comedian Aaamer Rahman’s great article ‘Fears escalate as more young Australians enlist in overseas terror campaign’, which flips the roles in discussions around terrorism and who has to condemn it. For more on these issues, check out Nick’s article ‘When Will Moderate Whites Condemn the NAACP Bombing?’.

We also mention Aamer Rahman’s criticisms of Iggy Azalea and have a discussion on her hip hop, analysed through the lens of race, gender and class. Other stuff covered on the episode is: our 2014 Annual WordPress Report, New Internationalist’s 2015 diary, the market vs the environment (in cartoon form!), terrorism and increasing state powers, and criticisms of the I’ll Ride With You campaign.

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Clips:

Less than Jake ‘All My Best Friends are Metal Heads’, Aziz Ansari ‘Are White People Psyched All The Time?’, Atheists being Dicks, Austin Powers, Legally Brown ‘The Brown Radio Shock Jock’, The Smith Street Band ‘Wipe That Shit Eating Grin Off Your Punchable Face’.

You can listen to a short (8 minute) version of this episode, which features our opening discussion on terrorism, Islamophobia, free speech and Charlie Hedbo, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

Episode 23: News Flash – Victim Blaming and Rape Culture Exist in the West Too

Posted: January 27, 2013 in Uncategorized
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Image from The Sociological Cinema.

Listen to this episode and/or download an MP3 file for it on Archive.org here (35MB).

In this episode we talk about the recent widespread coverage of victim blaming and rape culture in India and link this back to similar problems in the West. To help us discuss this, we are joined by feminist activist Anita Creasey, who is a member of the Feminist Action Network (though is not speaking on behalf of this organisation in this interview). We also discuss the article ‘Delhi Gang-Rape: Look Westward in Disgust’ by Emma O’Toole, as well as an ignored sexual assault in the U.S. that Anonymous has taken action on, sexual assault in reaction to the Idle No More movement, how racism is bad for the health of people of colour, The One Billion Rising march, tips to prevent sexual assault (focussed on the perpetrators rather than the victims), and rape culture in the West – including in horrible comedy clubs and music. There’s also plenty of rants from Katie about her experiences with sexism.

Clips:

Fugazi ‘Suggestion’ – featuring Amy Pickering from Fire Party, Interview with Anita Creasey on Perth Indymedia on RTR 92.1FM – with Katie, Bill Hicks ‘Politics in America’, Catherine Deveny – from the 2010 Global Atheist Convention, Flight of the Conchords ‘Season 2, Episode 1’, The Chaser’s War on Everything, Flight of the Conchords ‘Season 1, Episode 7’, Peep Show (Series 5, episode 6), Lupe Fiasco ‘Bitch Bad’.