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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: March, 2023
Mar 8, 2023

This week's episode brings you the conversation I had with some other generational voices at a live event at the public library in my home town, Warrnambool. 

Alongside Zoomer and journalist Sharna Rogers, Xer and psychologist Dr. Jodie Fleming and Baby Boomer and celebrated aid worker Bob Handby AO, I discussed three big topics I explore in my book I, Millennial: housing, work and the climate crisis, and how these issues play out for Australians of different ages. The conversation was moderated by the brilliant Ailiche Goddard-Clegg, and it was a bloody great chat, with plenty of insights and laughs. 

Thanks to Collins Booksellers and the Warrnambool Library for making it happen, and to everyone who came along, including my mum and dad.

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Mar 1, 2023

Polly Hemming is a Senior Researcher at The Australia Institute's Climate & Energy Program.

Just this week she was giving evidence to a Parliamentary committee on the Labor Party's signature climate policy, the "Safeguard Mechanism" - which, I'm sorry to say, stinks. It stinks real bad. 

Here Polly lays out exactly just how much of a mess this policy is: how it's not designed to reduce emissions that are cooking the planet, but rather protect the profits and interests of the fossil fuel lobby. We also discuss the DEEPLY dodgy world of carbon offsets and the marketisation of the natural world, and wonder how this whole thing is going to play out politically. 

Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you

If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron

My debut book I, Millennial: One Snowflake’s Screed Against Boomers, Billionaires & Everything Else is out now

I’m currently touring my new stand up show IT IS I all over the country: ADELAIDE | GOLD COAST | CANBERRA | MELBOURNE | SYDNEY | CAIRNS | TOOWOOMBA | BRISBANE

To get discounted tickets to Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne & Sydney, use the promo code PODCAST

For discounted tickets to my shows in Brisbane, click here

I’m doing just 2 shows of my comedy lecture YES/NO at the Melbourne Comedy Festival – BOOK HERE 

Check out with my other podcast about the Greens and green politics with Emerald Moon, Serious Danger

@PollyJHemming

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Polly's speech, "What is Climate Integrity?" 

Labor’s Safeguard policy is a mirror image of fossil industry greenwashing by Ketan Joshi for RenewEconomy.com.au

The Great Stock'n'Coal Swindle by Nick Feik 

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