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Like I'm A Six-Year-Old

Comedian Tom Ballard sits down with politicians, activists, thinkers and comedians to try to talk, laugh, cry and argue about politics. You will learn things and get fired up and hear some swearing. Enjoy.
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Dec 6, 2016

The Greens MP for Melbourne Adam Bandt joined me for the first ever live instalment of LIASYO.

Recorded in Collingwood on Sunday afternoon at the Easy Street Concert Hall in Collingwood, Melbourne, this discussion examines how Adam, the only Greens MP ever elected to the House of Representatives, is feeling at the end of what has been, largely, a shitty year for progressive causes. 

An eternal optimist, Adam picks apart Turnbull's legacy, parliament's effectiveness, Trumpism, neoliberalism, the future of the Greens and how progressives can get better at winning. He even manages to find some good news in all of this. 

AND he tells a great story about getting a voicemail from Tony Abbott. AND he tells us what he admires about Christopher Pyne.

This will be the final ep for the year, I'm going to have a break and cry more and drink beer and get sunburnt and think more about the revolution. Never fear: the show shall return in 2017. Thanks for everything, y'all.  

My 2017 stand up show Problematic is coming to Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney

Boundless Plains To Share is coming to Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane & Melbourne

Article: Why First Contact was a ratings opportunity for SBS and a bonanza for bigots by Celeste Liddle

Article: When Indigenous Australia becomes entertainment, everybody loses by Jack Latimore

@adambandt

adambandt.com

Article: People Ask Us Why We Protested In Parliament For Refugees. We Ask, Why Didn't You? by Mara Bonacci, Sam Castro, Kat Moore & Kerry Woodward

Article: Greens in radical new drug legalisation push by Adam Gartrell

Article: Without some serious soul-searching, the Greens will never move beyond the 10% plateau by Osman Faruqi

Cause of the Week: Sea Shepherd Australia (seashepherd.org.au)

 

Nov 30, 2016

Nayuka Gorrie returns to unpack Episode 2 of First Contact with me. It's bloody tough going as the episode looks at overcrowded housing and poverty in the NT town of Elliott and survivors of the Stolen Generation. 

What does the airing of this show actually mean for Indigenous Australians? Why do some react to the stories of the Stolen Generation with blatant denialism? How can non-Indigenous people (try to) be better allies?

The World Keeps Happening is being filmed for Stan at the Comedy Theatre this Saturday December 3rd

Watch Episode 2 on SBS On Demand here

"It Throws Black People Under The Bus": Black Reactions to First Contact by Nayuka & Paul Gorrie

First Contact: Poverty Porn And Trauma TV, With Bonus Celebrities by Amy McQuire

First Contact interview: Ray Martin

StolenGenerationsTestimonies.com

A story on Richard Campbell's beautiful art is here

Cause of the Week: Indigenous Literacy Foundation (indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au)

 

Nov 29, 2016

Episode 1 of First Contact has arrived. 

The kind Nayuka Gorrie joined me for a viewing of the show and to share her thoughts. We discuss #DefineAboriginal, the difficulty in making a show like this and the issues and attitudes it exposes. 

Watch Episode 1 on SBS On Demand here

Read my piece for Guardian Australia on the show here

Hear my previous episode with Nayuka here

@nayukagorrie

Check out some discussion of the show from Indigenous voices on the NITV website here

 

Nov 22, 2016

Jamila Rizvi is a writer, commentator, former Labor staffer and political junkie. She was raised in Canberra by her immigrant public service parents, joined the Labor Party at 18 and has worked for the Rudd and Gillard governments. 

In this frank and funny chat, Jamila reflects on her political pragmatism, the "Labor tragedy" that was the Rudd/Gillard/Rudd years and what her passionate exchange with Steve Price on The Project revealed to her about trolls, debate and PC. 
 
The World Keeps Happening is being filmed for Stan at the Comedy Theatre on Saturday December 3rd
 
First Contact series 2 starts Tuesday November 29th on SBS 
 
jamilarizvi.com.au
 
@jamilarizvi
 
Jamila's writing on Mamamia
 
Jamila's writing on news.com.au
 
change.org petition: Call for The Project to apologise to Steve Price live on air
 
A message to Steve Price and his supporters: grow up and get over it by Clementine Ford 
 
Cause of the Week: CARE Australia (care.org.au)
 
Nov 16, 2016

On the dancefloor at Mardi Gras this year, I met Tim Rosenberger. He is a gay, conservative, Republican law grad from Ohio. And he has supported Donald Trump's candidacy for President of the United States. That candidacy was successful. And now we're here. 

Here I have a lengthy chat with Tim via Skype about why he thinks Trump and Pence will be good for LGBTIQ+ Americans, racial politics, "pussy-gate", the electoral college, Clinton, climate change PC, identity politics and much more. I listened. It was hard and frustrating. But useful. I hope. #MAGA

The World Keeps Happening is being filmed for Stan at the Comedy Theatre on Saturday December 3rd

Boundless Plains To Share at Belvoir Theatre in January 2017

Boundless Plains to Share at Adelaide Fringe in February 2017

@TimJRJR

@twinksfortrump

Article: Aftermath - 16 writers on Trump's America in The New Yorker

Article: Trump warms to Electoral College, 4 Years After Calling it a "Disaster For Democracy"

Article: Reports of anti-LGBTQ extremists tapped for major roles on President-Elect Trump's transition

Article: Trump's Muslim register database - an explainer on Vox

Article: The Democrats are screwing up the resistance to Donald Trump by Jamelle Bouie

Article: Bursting the Facebook bubble - we asked voters on the left and right to swap feeds

Article: Virginia's governor restores voting rights for 13,000 felons

Article: China will soon trump America: the country is now the global leader in climate change reform 

Article: Trump in the White House - an interview with Noam Chomsky

Cause of the Week: Safe Schools Coalition (safeschoolscoalition.org.au), Log Cabin Republicans (logcabin.org)

 

Nov 10, 2016

It happened. Donald J. Trump is going to be the next President of the United States. 

I am very sad. 

I don't know about you, but I want to help. I want to make things better. 

Support queer rights by donating to allout.org

Support refugees by donating to UNHCR Australia

Support the fight against climate change by donating to 350.org 

Support gender equality by donating to Emily's List Australia

Slate's Trumpcast

The Republic Repeals Itself by Andrew Sullivan

It was the rise of the Davos class that sealed America's fate by Naomi Klein

Democrats, Trump, and the Ongoing, Dangerous Refusal to Learn the Lesson of Brexit by Glenn Greenwald

The Terrorists Have Won - Keith Olbermann

The US has elected its most dangerous leader. We all have plenty to fear by Jonathan Freedland

Stephen Colbert tries to make sense of all this

 

Nov 8, 2016

Nur Warsame is Australia's first openly gay imam. 

Yep. 

He's an incredible man with a fascinating story that I think is really important to hear. If you're like me and want to call out and stand up against any religious bigotry towards queer people BUT you also don't want to pile on to the current shitstorm of Islamophobia that's swirling around this country at the moment, there's a lot to be learnt here from Nur. Here we discuss his journey to coming out publicly, what that decision has cost him, how he reconciles his faith with his sexuality and how we can have better conversations about critiquing Islam and certain oppressive cultural attitudes. 

The World Keeps Happening is being filmed for Stan at the Comedy Theatre on Saturday December 3rd

Boundless Plains To Share at Belvoir Theatre in January 2017

Boundless Plains to Share at Adelaide Fringe in February 2017

Meet Australia's First Openly Gay Imam on SBS's The Feed

Article: Nur Warsame: Australia's First Openly Gay Imam

Article: The secret mosques opening their doors to LGBTI Muslims 

Nur on SBS's Insight: How Do People Make High Stakes Decisions? 

Fields of Blood: Religion & The History of Violence by Karen Armstrong

Article: New national snapshot finds 60% of Australians would be concerned if a relative married a Muslim 

Article: Half of all British Muslims think homosexuality should be illegal, poll finds

Cause of the Week: Marhaba (@marhaba_Melb)

 

Nov 1, 2016

Activist, writer, engineer, motoring enthusiast and outspoken young Muslim woman of colour Yassmin Abdel-Magied is kicking arse on multiple levels right now and I felt very lucky indeed to have this opportunity to chat with her.

Earlier this year, Yassmin sparked a large controversy in the literary world when she walked out on author Lionel Shriver's speech on cultural appropriation at the Brisbane Writers Festival. Here she reflects on that experience and further explores her thoughts on why an awareness of what cultural appropriation is and how it works is important. 

Last week's guest Gay Alcorn had a different take on this subject; you can listen back to that episode here

The World Keeps Happening is being filmed for Stan at the Comedy Theatre on Saturday December 3rd

Boundless Plains To Share at Belvoir Theatre in January 2017

The Greens' petition against the lifetime visa ban for people seeking asylum

Welcome to Eltham's video 

@yassmin_a

Why does my headscarf mean to you? Yassmin's TED talk

Lionel Shriver's speech in full: I hope the concept of cultural appropriation is a passing fad

I walked out of the Brisbane Writers Festival keynote address this is why by Yassmin Abdel-Magied

We need to talk about cultural appropriation: why Lionel Shriver's speech touched a nerve by Stephanie Convery

What happened in Brisbane by Suki Kim 

Identity politics doesn't deserve Lionel Shriver's contempt, but it can be limiting by Nesrine Malik

Will the Left survive the Millenials? by Lionel Shriver

A call for difficult conversations not censorship by Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Why the shaming of Lionel Shriver leads to a literary ghetto by Anson Cameron

Confronting Lionel Shriver by Maxine Beneba Clarke

White Fragility: why it's so hard to talk to white people about racism by Dr. Robin DiAngelo

White Nonsense Round Up on Facebook

Cause of the Week: Mumtaza (mumtaza.agency

 

Oct 25, 2016

Gay Alcorn has been a journalist for over 25 years. She's been a Washington correspondent, edited The Sunday Age, won three Walkley Awards and is now the Melbourne editor for Guardian Australia.

I wanted to talk with Gay about a whole many things (we began by talking about this week's 4Corners report on the refugee children of Nauru and the roles and biases of journalism), but the bulk of our chat became focussed on the notion of "political correctness": the nature of our public discourse, section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, identity politics and cultural appropriation.

Gay describes herself as a progressive person but is a staunch advocate of the freedom of speech and has concerns about the way we go about talking with each other. Is it now longer possible for us to "reasonably disagree"? 

This piece by Gay on PC is the basic starting point for our chat, I'd recommend reading that first before listening here. We also got on to Lionel Shriver's speech at the Brisbane Writer's Festival and the ensuing furore; this will also be the focus of next week's episode with Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Boundless Plains To Share at Belvoir Theatre in January 2017

The World Keeps Happening is being filmed for Stan at the Comedy Theatre on Saturday December 3rd; details on comedy.com.au

@gay_alcorn

Gay's writing at Guardian Australia

The Media's Moment of Truth by Frank Bruni 

Hunt For The Radical Centre: Confronting Welfare Dependency by Noel Pearson 

The Pacific Solution's brutal fact: we need it by Jonathan Holmes

Those fighting offshore detention don't need all the answers by me 

Section 18C Explainer: What is it, and why do some politicians want it changed? by Luke McNamara

We need to talk about cultural appropriation: why Lionel Shriver's speech touched a nerve by Stephanie Convery

Cause of the Week: Guardian Australia (theguardian.com/au), Oxfam Australia (oxfam.org.au)

 

Oct 18, 2016

TIME TO MEET ANOTHER HERO, EVERYONE! Shen Narayanasamy is the Human Rights Campaign Director at GetUp!. She's an outspoken activist for refugee and migrant rights who is seriously shaking shit up at the moment and she was nice enough to explain to me why (and how) she's doing it. 

From her Di Gribble address on "The Great Immigration Con" to taking on the private companies that are complicit in human rights abuses through the operation of offshore detention centres to the task of defeating the philosophy behind the "detention regime" in its totality, I reckon this is a really illuminating and (mildly) hopeful discussion. 

Boundless Plains To Share at the Belvoir Theatre, January 2017

Walk Together 2016 is happening THIS SATURDAY October 22nd

Trailer for Netflix's 13th

@GetUp

ABC's Q&A: Australia's Sovereign Borders

Article: Burning The Stakeholders by Chloe Hooper

Article: Lunch with lawyer and asylum seeker advocate Shen Narayanasamy

Article: A solution to our refugee crisis by Robert Manne, Tim Costello, Frank Brennan & John Menadue

GetUp!'s #BringThemHere campaign

Pathways to Protection: A human rights-based approach to the flight of asylum seekers by sea by the Australian Human Rights Commission

Cause of the Week: No Business In Abuse (nobusinessinabuse.org)

 

Oct 11, 2016

He used to co-host Australian Idol but this year James Mathison ran against former prime minister Tony Abbott for the federal seat of Waringah as an independent.

In this chat James explains why he decided to run, his frustrations with the current political deadlock in Australia, the limitations of election campaigns and his predictions of a new progressive movement on the horizon.

Plus he shamelessly advertises Coke.   

Boundless Plains To Share at the Belvoir Theatre, January 2017

Comedy 4 Karma in Daylesford, Saturday October 15th

I'll be appearing in season 2 of SBS's First Contact in November

Walk Together 2016 is happening on Saturday October 22nd

#OurBrothersOurSisters on raisely.com

Me on Guardian's Token podcast

Me on Brendon Burns' Dumb White Guy podcast, Part 1 // Part 2

@jamesmathison

jamesmathison.com.au

This week's episode of Q&A

Article: CEOs bank on bonuses as average Australian worker left to flounder  

Article: We're two-faced about 'wasting' money on welfare

Article: James Mathison wants to create a new progressive political movement to target the far right

Article: Thoughts on Junket 2016

Article: Leaked UNHCR report - Manus Island's world's worst  

Cause of the Week: Barnados (barnados.org.au)

 

Oct 4, 2016

22-year-old student Brendan Busch is angry and frustrated about Australian racism and denial, particularly in relation to First Nations peoples.

He's spoken out against Andrew Bolt receiving a platform at the 2016 Festival of Dangerous Ideas and garnered some media attention last month when he offered to give away his Falls Festival ticket to anyone who could prove they had convinced radio station triple j to change the date of their massive annual song countdown, the Hottest 100, from "Australia Day" on January 26th.

Here Brendan (eloquently) explains his thinking and the ideas behind the #changethedate movement, reacts to the subsequent response from triple j and the public and discusses the murky distinctions between the expression of "challenging views" and hate speech, holding our public institutions to account and how we balance the importance of calling out racism with the goal of actually changing people's minds. 

Boundless Plains To Share at the Belvoir Theatre, January 2017

Comedy 4 Karma in Daylesford, Saturday October 15th

Brendan's letter in Independent Australia: An Open Letter to Creators of the Festival of Dangerous Ideas 

Footage of Andrew Bolt's session at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas

Article: triple j Hottest 100 Man Starts Competition to Change The Date

Article: Briggs Reckons triple j Should Change The Hottest 100 Date 

triple j statement: triple j's Hottest 100 is staying on January 26...for now. And here's why.  

January 26th by A.B. Original on YouTube

Hack Live: Aussie Patriots

change.org petition: triple j, change the date of the Hottest 100 

Article: White Fragility: Why It's So Hard To Talk To White People About Racism 

@JusticeForDhu

Cause of the Week: Clinton's Walk For Justice (clintonswalkforjustice.org), on StartSomeGood, on FB

 

Sep 27, 2016

Comedian Josie Long makes me feel better about the world. She is a ball of delightful, charming and passionate energy whose comedy is hilarious and socially conscious and life-affirming.

In this chat, recorded backstage at the lovely Soho Theatre, Josie and I chat about how she became more politically active, the trickiness of “helping” in the right way, the UK Labour leadership, austerity, art, privilege and voting for what you believe in.

Plus a few Kurt Vonnegut quotes for good measure.

Boundless Plains To Share at the Belvoir Theatre, January 2017

The Little Dum Dum Club LIVE in Adelaide

@josielong

josielong.com

Hope In The Dark by Rebecca Solnit

Hack Live: Aussie Patriots

Cause of the Week: Arts Emergency (arts-emergency.org)

 

Sep 21, 2016

Backstage at the Soho Theatre I got to sit down with journalist Johann Hari to discuss how the media corrupts our public debate, Australian television and his powerful book, Chasing the Scream: The First & Last Days of the Drug War

What is addiction? Why is the drug war still continuing? What is it costing us? Is there a better way?   

Article: Half of all Australians want to ban Muslim immigration, says poll

Boundless Plains To Share at the Belvoir Theatre, January 2017

Andrew Denton's podcast series for the Wheeler Centre, Better Off Dead

bethebill.com

@johannhari101

chasingthescream.com

Johann's TED Talk: Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong 

In A Nutshell: Addiction

A Small Book About Drugs by Lisa Pryor

Cause of the Week: Unharm (unharm.org)

 

Sep 13, 2016

Finally! An actual new ep!

And what an ep it is. Comedian, writer and broadcaster Nish Kumar hosts topical comedy show Newsjack on the BBC and has been twice nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award. He writes very smart, politically charged comedy and his laugh is glorious to behold.

Here Nish and I discuss the current "spicy meatball" of a political period the UK is experiencing. From the concept of "right-wing comedy" to post-Brexit xenophobia to Jeremy Corbyn to Jo Cox to Trump to Hanson, this has got everything you've been craving. 

The World Keeps Happening at the Soho Theatre

Campaign for Australian Aid’s Comedy Gala Who The Bloody Hell Are We?

Boundless Plains To Share at the Belvoir Theatre, January 2017

Article: Why triple j moving the Hottest 100 could reset the convo around Australia Day by Chloe Sargeant

@MrNishKumar

nishkumar.co.uk

Nish's 2016 tour dates

Newsjack on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Article: Brexit: a disaster decades in the making by Gary Younge

Fences: A Brexit Diary by Zadie Smith

Article: No one told me to go home for 16 years then we voted for Brexit by Nish Kumar 

Video: What can a satirist do with our post-truth politics? by Nish Kumar

Cause of the Week: We Love Immigration: A Comedy Night for Migrant Rights Network, Help Refugees UK (helprefugees.org.uk)

 

Sep 2, 2016

Just a small message to say that this podcast is still happening and everything, I just got distracted and tired and drunk at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Sorry lol. 

New episodes coming soon! 

The World Keeps Happening is at London's Soho Theatre from September 12th

Me on Something Wonky

Campaign for Australian Aid's Comedy Gala Who The Bloody Hell Are We?

Thank youse. 

 

 

Jul 19, 2016

In a week of Sonia Kruger and Pauline Hanson nonsense, let's talk to someone who's actually doing something GOOD for immigrants and refugees and people of colour.

David Manne is a human rights lawyer and the Executive Director of Refugee Legal (formerly the Refugee Immigration Legal Centre or RILC). He's passionate about helping people who ask our country for - and are deserving of - legal protection.

David gave me the lowdown on the Australian refugee crisis as he sees it: where we're at, what laws we're breaking, just how generous we are and what should (and can) happen next - an immediate evacuation of people languishing in our offshore detention centres. 

You can catch me at the Splendour In The Grass Comedy Club

Comedy Central's Roast Battle @ JFL 2016

The World Keeps Happening at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Five facts to fight Sonia Kruger's fear of Muslims by Jamila Rizvi

factcheckonenation.com.au

@david_manne

@RefugeeLegal

Human Rights with Philip Ruddock - The Wheeler Centre's Fifth Estate Podcast

Cause of the Week: Refugee Legal (rilc.org.au)

 

Jul 12, 2016

It's episode 69 so let's talk about LOVE.

Writer and philosopher Alain de Botton is in the country to promote his (brilliant) new book The Course of Love: an exploration of the confusing ideas romanticism serves up for us. He thinks love is a serious matter indeed and one worth examining closely, and in this chat we talk about its effects, its position in our hard-wiring and its many forms. 

Also, in the wake of Brexit and Trump, Alain reflects on how emotional intelligence might better inform our public debate. 

 

You can catch me at the Splendour In The Grass Comedy Club

The World Keeps Happening at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Article: "Classwashing" Australia's racism problem won't make it disappear by Ruby Hamad 

@alaindebotton

alaindebotton.com

The Course of Love

Video: In Praise of Short-Term Love

Cause of the Week: The School of Life (schooloflife.com - Sydney, Melbourne)

 

Jul 4, 2016

How about that election, hey?!?!?!?!

As the votes continue to be counted and we all wait to see what happens next, half of the brilliant Something Wonky podcast Jeremy Sear joined me to discuss what it all means. He told me how he came to be a progressive person, negative gearing, tax cuts, Hanson, the plebiscite, humanising politicians and a whole new way of thinking about our electoral system. Good times! 

The World Keeps Happening at the Sydney Comedy Store, July 9th

You can catch me at the Splendour In The Grass Comedy Club

The World Keeps Happening at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival

@jeremysear

@somethingwonky

somethingwonky.com

The ABC's Election blog

Article: Pauline Hanson's back, and the disaffection genie is well and truly out of the bottle by Katharine Murphy

Article: AEC Admit They've Lost Count And Will Have To Start Again by The Backburner

Cause of the Week: Refugee Legal (rilc.org.au)

 

Jun 28, 2016

I’m back! And the election is upon us! Before the big day, I sat down with Jason Ball, the Greens candidate for the seat of Higgins. Some polling suggests the Liberal Party’s primary vote has fallen sharply and the blue ribbon seat could change hands on Saturday, which would be, to put it mildly, fucking remarkable.

Here Jason explains why he thinks he could be in with a shot, what it’s like to be involved in such a campaign, how progressive Australia really is, homophobia in the AFL and in wider society, some of his run-ins with potential voters and whether he’d actually be ready to be an MP if he actually wins.

The World Keeps Happening at the Sydney Comedy Store, July 9th

You can catch me at the Splendour In The Grass Comedy Club

The World Keeps Happening at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Stand Up 4 Orlando at the Comedy Theatre, Melbourne

jasonball.com.au

@greensjason

Article: The Battle for the Electorate of Higgins by Vice magazine

Article: Greens candidate Jason Ball hits back at homophobic graffiti

Please vote good and proper! Head to aec.gov.au for all the info about the election

Cause of the Week: beyondblue (beyondblue.org.au)

 

Jun 7, 2016

Sami Shah is a comedian who just so happens to be an ex-Muslim atheist "militant leftist". Raised in conservative Karachi, Pakistan, and now living in Melbourne (after 5 years living in regional WA), Sami has appeared on QI and Australian Story and regularly performs stand-up all across the country. 

Here Sami explains how a book made him a revolutionary and discusses Pakistani politics, the difficulties in criticising Islam and the failures of the refugee rights movement in Australia. 

The World Keeps Happening at the Sydney Comedy Store, July 9th

The World Keeps Happening at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival

samishah.com

@samishah

Sami Shah on Facebook

Sami's podcast Sami Says on iTunes 

Sami's YouTube channel

Sami's episode of QI

"Northern Exposure", Sami's Australian Story

How to fail at being brown by Sami Shah

Dan Carlin's Hardcore Histories

Sami Shah's second life as a comedian  

Article: Asylum Seeker Resource Centre in turmoil amid toxic culture claims

Cause of the Week: Edhi Foundation (edhi.org)

 

May 31, 2016

Eva Orner is an Academy Award-winning documentarian who is exposing Australia's shameful offshore detention regime with her new film Chasing Asylum. The documentary features never-before-seen footage from inside the camps on Nauru and Manus Island and brave whistleblowers speaking out about the horrific things they've witnessed. 

I've seen it and (unsurprisingly) it made me cry and it made me even more furious.

Here Eva details her motivation to make work that speaks to power, torture, her frustrations with the refugee debate in Australia, the parallels between the persecution of Jews under Nazi Germany and Australia's detention system today, government secrecy and what might just help change the conversation. 

The World Keeps Happening at the Sydney Comedy Store, July 9th

The World Keeps Happening at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival

@evaorner

@chasingasylum

chasingasylum.com.au

Chasing Asylum screenings

Take Action

GetUp petition - Bring Them Here

It's Okay To Compare Australia In 2016 With Nazi Germany, And Here’s Why by David Berger

Taxi To The Dark Side trailer

Cause of the Week: Go see "Chasing Asylum"! 

 

May 24, 2016

Edward Bourke is a 15-year-old right-wing conservative who loves the monarchy, Margaret Thatcher and Donald Trump.

In fact, he loves Trump so much he’s launched The Trump Campaign to support the billionaire’s presidential bid and has been interviewed by Vice, Sunrise and news.com.au – and now me. In this lively discussion, Edward and I cover class, immigration, the importance of morals, Indigenous Australians and why he finds The Donald so appealing.

Despite all our disagreements, I really couldn’t help but find myself quite liking the guy. See what you reckon.

I'm at the Sydney Comedy Store this week

The World Keeps Happening at the Sydney Comedy Store, July 9th

The World Keeps Happening at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival

SBS's The Feed's video on Peter Dutton: The douche that keeps on giving

Outstanding claims - The Saturday Paper's editorial

@edwardbourke 

edwardbourke.com

thetrumpcampaign.com

remembermaggie.com 

bourkecapital.com

Cause of the Week: Saving the Lion (savingthelion.org

 

 

May 17, 2016

Rebecca Shaw is a writer, podcaster and twitterer extraordinaire. You may know her best as Brocklesnitch or have chuckled at her parody twitter account, @NoToFeminism (a book is on the way). She writes satire and opinion for SBS Comedy and Guardian Australia

Bec makes me laugh a lot throughout this chat as we discuss the purpose of satire, queerphobia in country Queensland, feminism and the kind of feedback you can expect if you're a woman who dares to express her opinion on the internet. Oh also bad tattoos.

change.org/gaypanic

chasingasylum.com.au

The ABC's Party Room podcast, The Guardian's Australian Politics Live with Lenore Taylor & Katharine MurphySomething Wonky's Wonk The Vote

The World Keeps Happening at the Sydney Comedy Store, July 9th

The World Keeps Happening at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival

@brocklesnitch

@notofeminism

brocklesnitch.com

Bec's Patreon

SBS Comedy's The Backburner

Women Against Feminism

Bec on The Guardian

Bec's podcast with Peter Taggart, Bring A Plate

Cause of the Week: Minus 18 (minus18.org.au), youreaccepted.com.au

 

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