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
Human Rights with Philip Ruddock - The Wheeler Centre's Fifth Estate Podcast
Cause of the Week: Refugee Legal (rilc.org.au)
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
Video: In Praise of Short-Term Love
Cause of the Week: The School of Life (schooloflife.com - Sydney, Melbourne)
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
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)