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Episode 283: Bullshit Jobs and Privilege – Katie vs Nick

Posted: December 19, 2022 in Uncategorized
Tags: bullshit jobs, David Graeber, Left, privilege, work

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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.

Links:

Bullshit Jobs is available in the usual formats but also as an audiobook.
You can listen to Nick’s Rotations music show All My Favourite Songs…Of 2021.
You can hear Nick interviewed on Radical Australia on 3CR Community Radio.
Check out the Homeless in Hotels series which explores the experiences of homeless people who were housed in hotels during COVID lockdowns in Victoria.

Please support our show by giving us nice reviews on iTunes, Stitcher, Audible or whatever app you listen to the show through – thanks 🙂

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 264: Positions – Won’t Somebody Please Think Of The Landlords?

Posted: May 19, 2021 in Uncategorized
Tags: affordable housing, cancel culture, class, Defund The Police, employing class, IWW, landlords, Monopoly, police, Queensland, trickle down identity politics, work, working class

Meme by Botanica: https://imgflip.com/i/3y1cvv

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 (51mins, 30MB).

We look beyond individual ethics to explore the role of various positions in society and how these different positions shape the worldview of those who hold them. We mainly focus on the role of landlords, or as they are now known in Victoria, “rental providers”. We also cover the roles of the police, military and the employing class.

We finish the show by discussing our recent trip to Queensland and Trump supporters, cancel culture, Monopoly and the catchphrase for the pandemic.

Links:

‘All Lords Are Bastards’ (episode 212 of Srsly Wrong podcast).
‘The ABC’s of Revolutionary Unionism’ (flyer from the Industrial Workers of the World – IWW).
‘Bullshit Jobs’ (book by David Graeber – also available as an audiobook).

‘Questioning Trickle Down Identity Politics’ (article by Nick on our blog).
‘1 in 3 People Support Plant-Based Diets – Progress for the Vegan Movement!’ (Freedom of Species radio show episode with the two of us).

No, Dr Seuss and Mr Potato Head haven't been 'cancelled'. Here's the difference | Akin Olla
'As is usual with outrage over cancel culture, the discussion is devoid of facts, and aimed at a phantom leftwing mob that mainly exists in conservatives’ minds'. https://t.co/RXuXL9NlVG
— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) March 21, 2021

Please support our show by giving us nice reviews on iTunes and Stitcher – thanks 🙂

Clips:

Ariana Grande ‘Positions’, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me ‘SILENCE!!’, Peep Show ‘Sophie Leaves Mark’, Bill Hicks ‘Sleep and the Message’ – from the album ‘Salvation’, Weezer ‘Island In The Sun’, Stella Donnelly ‘U Owe Me’, Songbird.

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 262: Re-evaluating and Recommending During the Pandemic

Posted: February 22, 2021 in Uncategorized
Tags: class, Coronavirus, gender, Greta Gerwig, Joel Creasey, Noah Baumbach, Promising Young Woman, quiz/panel shows, recommendations, The Prom, work

Image from: http://www.roxiespowderroom.com/2018/12/its-re-evaluating-season.html

We discuss the phenomenon of people re-evaluating their work, where they live and their lives generally during the pandemic. We also cover the way that class and gender has impacted people’s experiences of the pandemic and lockdowns. The episode finishes with some recommendations for books, movies and podcasts.

You could discuss how pandemic and lockdown exposes and exacerbates inequality. The mainstream media is not reporting on this. Service vs office worker experience. Poor kids vs rich kids studying from home. Stock market further delinking from the economy etc
— ItSpreadsLikeSmoke😷 (@DaddyD0dd) January 19, 2021

Links:

Quote from Liz Jensen, of Kay & Burton Portsea (from an article on domain.com.au).
Tyler, I., 2015. ‘Classificatory struggles: Class, culture and inequality in neoliberal times’, The Sociological Review, 63(2), pp. 493-511.

‘Tradies allowed to move between sites as stage four building rules altered’ (article by Rachel Eddie on theage.com.au).
‘The Government’s HomeBuilder scheme offers $25k for home renovations — but not everyone will qualify’ (article by Jordan Hayne on abc.net.au).
‘‘There is a lot of distrust’: why women in their 30s are hesitant about the Covid vaccine’ (article by Lucia Osborne-Crowley on theguardian.com).

I've written a new article for our blog where I discuss #privilege and how this relates to getting to identify vs being identified by others, and how this can help to explain backlash against #IdentityPolitics ~ N #identity https://t.co/yKpfHNUH5j
— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) January 29, 2021

‘“No Blackface” And Other Good Tips For Aussie Satire, From Mark Humphries And Evan Williams’ (interview by Cameron Williams on junkee.com).
This episode builds on themes covered on our previous episodes #260: Apathy and Exhaustion and #214: Mad As Hell about being in a TV Audience…Coconut!

Some of our fav #podcasts if anyone is looking for #recommendations:
Broccoli and Ice Cream + The Faucet by @myqkaplan
The @ezraklein Show@FactuallyPod @GilmoreGuysShow @themonkeycage @PynkSpots @RevLeftRadio @sciencevs @threedomusa
TOAP with @leftfordamian @vegan_vanguard
— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) February 7, 2021

Book recommendation: Thirsty: Confessions of a Fame Whore by comedian Joel Creasey, available as an audio book as well.

Some of our fav Twitter accounts others may want to follow – a mix of the politics and the comedy, and political comedy 🙂@3CR @chaser @IndigenousX @jammi_dodger94 @Lowkey0nline @markhumphries @mexieYT @mrbenjaminlaw @myqkaplan @senthorun @thejuicemedia @TheShovel @Utopiana
— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) February 7, 2021

Movie recommendations: The Prom (Netflix) and Promising Young Woman.

One thing that helped us through the LONG second wave lockdown was a bunch of Noah Baumbach/Greta Gerwig movies, so sharing our top 4 if you're looking for stuff to watch during the #melbournelockdown 🙂
1.Greenberg.
2.While We're Young.
3.Lady Bird.
4.Mistress America.
— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) February 13, 2021

Please support our show by giving us nice reviews on iTunes and Stitcher – thanks 🙂

Clips:

Dollar Signs ‘Tears/Beers/Fears’, Bo Burnham ‘Intro’ from What?, Stella Donnelly ‘Beware of the Dogs‘.

That lyric also doubles as an A+ morning mantra
— DOLLAR SIGNS (@DollarSignsBand) February 17, 2021

Episode 243: Corona, Casualisation and Capitalism

Posted: March 14, 2020 in Uncategorized
Tags: capitalism, casualisation, Coronavirus, economic growth, Emil Raji, gig economy, global inequalities, globalisation, health, Marxism, Scott Morrison, social distancing, work

Image from the article ‘Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now’ which we link to below.

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 (46mins, 35MB).

On this show Nick is joined by his cousin Emil Raji who is currently in Jakarta and we discuss the Coronavirus and the substantial impacts that it will have, particularly on the casualised workforce and small business owners.

We really encourage people to check out the article ‘Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now’ on the importance of social distancing and isolating yourself to prevent the spread of the corona virus. The more people do this and the sooner, the more controllable the virus will be.

It's important to stay at home as much as you can, work from home if possible etc – social distancing is the key to controlling the outbreak #Covid_19 #CoronavirusPandemic https://t.co/eKM8S7Fu3W
— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) March 13, 2020

If you’re in Australia and you think that you might have Corona virus, you can do a symptom check on healthdirect.gov.au and you can also call 1800 022 222 to speak to a registered nurse. For general information about the virus, call the Australian Government’s Coronavirus Health Information Line on 1800 020 080.

#StayTheFuckHome A Movement to Stop the COVID-19 Pandemic #CoronavirusPandemic #coronavirus https://t.co/7pP11Qtn7Q
— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) March 13, 2020

Please spread the word about our show, for example by sharing our episodes on Facebook and Twitter, so they reach more people. Our most recent episode is always our pinned post at the top. Thanks and we also encourage people to share the article ‘Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now’ that we discuss on this show.

I just signed a petition to demand paid special leave for all Australian workers affected by Covid-19 #coronavirus #auspol Pls sign & RT >> https://t.co/TLjXiD4db9 via @MegaphoneAU
— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) March 14, 2020

Clips:

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ‘When Rehearsal Becomes The Show: Stephen Colbert’s First-Ever No-Audience Late Show Monologue’, Morrissey ‘I’m Okay By Myself’.

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

Once a vaccine for coronavirus is developed, it should be free.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) March 8, 2020

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Episode 283: Bullshit Jobs and Privilege – Katie vs Nick

Episode 264: Positions – Won’t Somebody Please Think Of The Landlords?

Episode 262: Re-evaluating and Recommending During the Pandemic