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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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Now displaying: February, 2017
Feb 28, 2017

Senator Skye Kakoschke-Moore was elected as part of the Nick Xenophon Team in the 2016 election.

Now that she's 7 months in, she reflects on the job in all its glory and its frustrations. Skye talks about what it means to be in the "sensible centre", why she moved from political staffer to candidate, working with the likes of Cory Bernardi and Pauline Hanson, gambling reform, her views on offshore detention and the government's proposed visa lifetime ban for people seeking asylum and she even gives some tips about the best way to get your Senator's attention. 

Problematic is coming to Hobart for ONE NIGHT ONLY on Wednesday March 15th

It's also heading to Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney

Boundless Plains To Share is coming to Brisbane (2 shows only) and Melbourne (1 show only)

Please support Refugee Legal's campaign against the new arbitrary deadline for asylum claim applications by donating here

Guardian long piece on Rachel Dolezal

@SenatorSkye

nxt.org.au

news.com.au article on Skye

Skye's First Speech to Parliament

Cause of the Week: The Carly Ryan Foundation (carlyryanfoundation.com)

 

Feb 14, 2017

Comedian and Daily Show correspondent Ronny Chieng is back in Australia at the moment and gave me some of his time to talk about a whole many things. We covered offence, racism, interviewing white supremacists, freedom of speech, outrage, satire in the age of Trump and his conservative upbringing and disposition.

Oh, and my Nazi haircut. Apparently.

Apologies for the slightly not great audio quality on this one. Persevere, please: it's worth it. It's Ronny Chieng, for God's sake.

Stand Up For Mehdi at MICF 2017

Problematic is coming to Adelaide, Hobart, Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney

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

@ronnychieng

The Daily Show on Comedy Central

Ronny dismantles Fox News' stupidly racist "Chinatown" report

Make America Hate Again - Ronny's undecided voters piece

Cause of the Week: The CNN Freedom Project (cnn.com/freedom

 

Feb 8, 2017

Let's talk about a little thing called democracy.

MiVote is a new political movement that launches next week and it's all about direct democracy. It's an online platform and political party that enables its members to directly influence their elected representatives: representatives that will be committed to enacting the people's (informed) will.

Founder Adam Jacoby kindly gave me a lot of time to talk through the idea and answer my annoying questions. He sets out just how fucked the system currently is and why he believes this might just work.

Problematic is coming to Adelaide, Hobart, Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney

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

Stan Australia announces One Night Stan

Article: More Than Cory Bernardi: Why Right Wing Politics Is Fracturing In Australia by Matthew Knott

@adamajacoby

Article: Our democratic operating systems aren't working: here's how to upgrade them by Jon Barnes

Article: Mob rule: Iceland crowdsources its next constitution 

Fast Company story: Can direct democracy be revived through new voting apps? 

DemocracySquared.io

Cause of the Week: MiVote.org.au

 

Feb 7, 2017

Charlie Wood is the Campaigns Director at 350.org, an international climate action organisation that are fighting for a future that’s free from fossil fuels.

Here she describes where climate politics is at in these troubling times, how divestment is changing the game, climate scepticism, just how much the fossil fuel industry influences our politics, fear-mongering, how she manages to maintain hope. Charlie explains why Trump might actually be a good thing for the movement and whether or not, actually, for real, we (the human race) are fucked.

Problematic is coming to Adelaide, Hobart, Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney

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

RISE Refugee's #BlockTheBill campaign

#BlockTheBill Snap Rally this Saturday in Melbourne

@350Australia

350 Australia on Facebook

gofossilfree.org.au

Cause of the Week: 350.org

 

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