Posts Tagged ‘Naomi Klein’

A Reddit Story about Chronic Fatigue. You won’t believe what happens next!

Posted: November 4, 2025 in Uncategorized
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You can listen to this episode above, on Libysn and you can also download it on Archive.org (42mins, 29MB). Subscribe to our podcast on your favourite app – we’re on a bunch including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music/Audible and Podcast Addict.

Episode 307 features a Reddit story about chronic fatigue as a starting point for a broader discussion about privilege, oppression and the Left.

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Intro music: Embrace by ItsWatR.

Outro music: The Blackest Bouquet by Leonell Cassio.

Belle Gibson, Apple Cider Vinegar, Influencers and Grifters

Posted: February 23, 2025 in Uncategorized
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Image from Netflix showing Belle Gibson wearing sunglasses to court (to hide the fact she’s always lying).

You can listen to this episode above, on Libysn and you can also download it on Archive.org (60mins, 41MB). Subscribe to our podcast on your favourite app – we’re on a bunch including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music/Audible and Podcast Addict.

On episode 305 we discuss the story of “illness influencer” Belle Gibson and the TV series Apple Cider Vinegar (Netflix). We also cover broader themes of “conspirituality” (drawing on Naomi Klein’s book Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World), evidence-based versus non-evidence-based medicine, influencers and grifters.

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Clips: The Adventures of Lano & Woodley: Season 1, Episode 1 – The Girlfriend.

Intro music: Embrace by ItsWatR.

Outro music: The Blackest Bouquet by Leonell Cassio.

300 Episodes Of Generic Interviews To Kill Time While You’re On The Train

Posted: September 1, 2024 in Uncategorized
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Cut us and we bleed merch!

You can listen to this episode above, on Libysn and you can also download it on Archive.org (40mins, 27MB). Subscribe to our podcast on your favourite app – we’re on a bunch including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music/Audible and Podcast Addict.

We’re back to keep the Progressive Podcast Australia brand alive with our 300th episode special! The show covers a wide range of topics with a bunch of pop culture stuff, a little bit of politics and some meta podcasting about podcasting.

We discuss the books Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World Book by Naomi Klein and How We Love by Clementine Ford; the TV shows The Curse and The Traitors (with a focus on disability representation); and the movie Guns Akimbo.

We finish the show with a quote that was featured in the Propaganda exhibition in London, which we visited in about 2010! We discuss the quote in light of the actions of the Israeli government towards Palestinians.

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Intro music: Embrace by ItsWatR.

Outro music: The Blackest Bouquet by Leonell Cassio.

Episode 286: Questioning Trickle Down Identity Politics

Posted: January 17, 2023 in Uncategorized
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You can listen to this episode above, on Libysn and you can also download it on Archive.org (60mins, 33MB). Subscribe to our podcast on your favourite app – we’re on a bunch including Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music/Audible and Podcast Addict.

Nick and Lottie discuss what journalist Naomi Klein refers to as trickle down identity politics. This form of identity politics, typified by people such as Hillary Clinton, prioritises achieving a more diverse range of people in positions of power, with the argument that if more people from marginalised groups get into positions of power, these benefits will eventually “trickle down” to that group as a whole.

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Why Are You Like This? Season 1 Episode 6 I Will Not Speak for the Entire Queer Community, Racist Sexist Boy by The Linda Lindas, American Tune by AJJ, Not Black Enough by Proper, How the World Works by Bo Burnham.

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