Geoff Norcott is a rare thing indeed: an (openly) right-wing comedian. His recent stand up shows have explored his working class background and his conservative politics and they've been mighty funny.
This was a fascinating discussion about Goeff's thoughts on capitalism, right-wing politics in comedy, Brexit, immigration, outrage, Corbyn, Brixton and personal responsibility.
Problematic is on at the Edinburgh Fringe 2017 now! 8:30pm at the Pleasance Courtyard
Problematic is coming to London's Soho Theatre, starts August 29th
Help deported "Sanjay" start again
Right Leaning But Well Meaning is at #EdFringe now
Cause of the Week: Medicins Sans Frontieres (msf.org.uk)
What better week to talk about Australia and marriage equality lolololol
Sally Rugg is an out and proud campaign director at GetUp! calling for queer rights. She's been leading the marriage equality campaign for a while now (it regularly makes her "wake up tearing her hair out") and this week the movement has seen another ridiculous setback.
This chat was recorded a few weeks ago but I think it's a really important insight into where we're at in Australia with the marriage equality debate and the underlying issues around it. From the ACL to the stupidity of the plebiscite to what it all says about our politics, Sally is frank and passionate about this cause and makes it very clear that she won't be stopping until this discrimination is removed from the Marriage Act.
Problematic is on at the Edinburgh Fringe 2017 now! 8:30pm at the Pleasance Courtyard
Problematic is coming to London's Soho Theatre, starts August 29th
Transcripts of Trump's phone call with Turnbull
My video for Junkee on the "deaths at sea" argument
Opinion: The campaign against Safe Schools was never about concern for kids
Article: Australians have 15 days to enrol to vote in postal plebiscite
Opinion: Prejudice and Violence Are Learned, And In 2016 They Poured Down From The Top
Article: The fight after marriage equality
Cause of the Week: Twenty10 (twenty10.org.au)
Mark Di Stefano is the outgoing political editor at BuzzFeed Australia.
This is a frank chat where we both air our grievances about the shitty state of Australian politics, media and debate at the moment. From the cosy relationship between the press and the political class, the plethora of pundits who never get their comeuppance for being wrong to the good ol' fashioned outrage industry.
Also Mark explains what the Milkshake Duck is. I am old and uncool.
Problematic is on at the Edinburgh Fringe 2017 now! 8:30pm at the Pleasance Courtyard
Problematic is coming to London's Soho Theatre, starts August 29th
What A Time To Be Alive: That and Other Lies of the 2016 Campaign by Mark Di Stefano
Australia's News Channel and What It Learned From Fox News by Mark
Cause of the Week: Copwatch (huffed.org/project/copwatchnjp)
Caroline Marcus is the "Political Reporter for the People" for Sky News and an opinion columnist for The Daily Telegraph.
Caroline joined me live onstage at the Giant Dwarf theatre in Redfern in front of a lively crowd on Wednesday July 12th. We touch on the media landscape, bias, identity politics and her experience reporting on the Australian detention centres on Nauru for A Current Affair. Our disagreement occasionally got heated, but I really appreciated the chance to explore this stuff with Caroline in detail.
A huge thank you to the Giant Dwarf for having us.
You can hear the first episode recorded on the night with Tanya Plibersek here.
Problematic is coming to Edinburgh Fringe 2017, starts August 2nd
Problematic is coming to London's Soho Theatre, starts August 29th
Article: If you disagree with me, you're a racist
Article: Why are activists so afraid of the truth about Nauru?
A Current Affair: Inside Nauru's Detention Centre
My episodes on cultural appropriation with Gay Alcorn, Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Cause of the Week: Lifeline (lifeline.org.au)
Tanya Plibersek has been the Member for Sydney since 1998. She's the Deputy Leader of the ALP and Shadow Minister for Education and for Women.
Tanya joined me live onstage at the Giant Dwarf theatre in Redfern in front of a lively crowd on Wednesday July 12th. We touched on the ideological rift bubbling up in the Coalition at the moment, gender equality, Mark Latham, education funding and Labor's refugee policies.
A huge thank you to Tanya for making the time (particularly as she was battling a cold on the night), everyone for coming out to see the show and to the Giant Dwarf for having us.
The second conversation with journalist Caroline Marcus will be next week's episode.
Problematic is coming to Edinburgh Fringe 2017, starts August 2nd
Video of the Sydney Setting The Agenda event
Cause of the Week: Oxfam's East Africa Appeal
Jeff Sparrow is a writer, broadcaster and activist. He's a former member of the International Socialist Organisation and was one of the founding members of the Socialist Alternative.
I've been wanting to talk to Jeff for a long time and really appreciate this chance to ask him about radical politics, Marxism, class, oppression, the widespread rejection of centrism and the matter of taking one's politics "seriously".
Come see Like I'm A Six-Year-Old LIVE in Sydney with Tanya Plibersek and Caroline Marcus TONIGHT!
Problematic is coming to Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Jeff's writing for Guardian Australia
Article: Raising Melbourne's Red Flag
How Paul Robeson found political voice in Welsh Valleys
No Way But This: In Search of Paul Robeson by Jeff Sparrow
Political Theory: Marxism from The School of Life
Cause of the Week: Triple R (rrr.org.au)
This week I'm bringing some highlights from a panel I chaired last week for Amnesty International Australia entitled Defending Human Rights In A Time Of Heightened Populism.
The panel included refugee rights advocates Andre Dao and Aran Mylvaganam, Indigenous lawyer Meena Singh and businesswoman and social activist Hana Assafiri. Claire Mallinson, the National Director of Amnesty Australia, was also on the panel, but unfortunately due to audio issues I haven't been able to include her here.
I thought this was a really enlightening discussion on the way that populist politics affects our conception of human rights and plays into public debate. We reflected on what does and doesn't work for human rights advocacy in the face of populism, the death of facts and reason, persuasive storytelling and the impact of the Murdoch media on this conversation.
Please bear with the audio: I guarantee you it's worth it.
Problematic is coming to Edinburgh Fringe 2017
My appearance on The Bugle podcast with Tiff Stevenson
Cause of the Week: Amnesty International Australia (amnesty.org.au)
Samantha Ratnam is a social worker and Greens politician who's currently serving as the Deputy Mayor of Moreland City Council. She's previously served as Mayor in Moreland and in 2016 ran as the Greens candidate for the federal seat of Wills, losing out to Labor MP Peter Khalil.
This is a great insight into local politics and why Sam's passionate about it, particularly its ability to inspire change by example. We also cover the situation in Sri Lanka and how that's informed Sam's attitude towards conflict and multiculturalism, how Australia's approach to race feels like it's going backwards and the future of the Australian Greens.
Problematic is coming to Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Check out Filthy Rich & Homeless on SBS
Article: Taking A Stand, a profile on Samantha
Article: Meet the Mayor of Moreland
Article: Greens candidate pulls out of anti-racism protest over violence fears
Cause of the Week: The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (asrc.org.au), plasticbagfreevictoria.org
Julian Burnside AO QC is a barrister and refugee advocate who has acted in some of the highest profile legal cases in Australian history, from the cash for comment inquiry to the waterfront dispute to the Tampa affair.
For the past 16 years Julian has tirelessly spoken out about Australia's cruel immigration policies and has acted pro bono for refugees and people seeking asylum. He received the 2014 Sydney Peace Prize for "his brave and principled advocacy for human rights and for those wronged by government [and] for insisting that we respect our international legal obligations toward those seeking asylum".
I got to go to Julian's (freaking amazing) house and talk to him at length about the state of refugee rights in Australia today, why he's never run for office himself, how the MUA case changed the way he looked at governments, the arts, justice and evil.
Comedy For Good - A Benefit for Refugee Legal is happening tomorrow night in Melbourne
Problematic is coming to Edinburgh Fringe 2017
It's Refugee Week! refugeeweek.org.au
Julian's TedX Talk: What is fair and what is just?
Julian's speech upon receiving the Sydney Peace Prize
Article: True Leaders - Julian Burnside, barrister and refugee advocate
Julian's writing for Guardian Australia
Julian's piece for The Conversation: What sort of country are we?
Article: How you can offer your home to a refugee
Cause of the Week: The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (asrc.org.au)
Shireen Morris is the Constitutional Reform Advisor at Noel Pearson's Cape York Institute.
In the wake of the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Referendum and the Uluru Statement From The Heart, Shireen runs me through the history of constitutional recognition, what it means and how it might work moving forward. We cover symbolism, the political reaction to the Statement, what an Aboriginal Voice might look like, treaty and the tension between Indigenous land rights and environmental considerations.
I learnt a whole lot here because Shireen is fully heaps smart.
Problematic is coming to Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Comedy For Good at Howler on Thursday June 22nd, raising $$ for Refugee Legal
My appearance on Stuart Goldsmith's podcast The Comedian's Comedian
Season 2 of First Contact is back up on SBS On Demand
Shireen sparring with Andrew Bolt on the ABC's Yes or No?
Article: No Australian should feel like a stranger in their own country
Article: A job half done by Noel Pearson
RightWrongs: the ABC's site on the 1967 Referendum
Uluru proposals deserve better than a knee-jerk reaction by Fred Chaney
Explainer: All the questions you were too afraid to ask about Indigenous constitutional recognition
Article: Why New Zealand's Maori got a treaty and Australia's Indigenous peoples didn't
Cause of the Week: 1 Voice Uluru (1voiceuluru.org)
Jack Latimore is a Goori man of the Birpai nation. He's a journalist and researcher who covers indigenous affairs, media, culture and politics and his work has appeared in The Guardian, Indigenous X, Koori Mail, The Citizen, medium, SBS and Overland.
In the past week we've marked Sorry Day and the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Referendum and witnessed 300 Indigenous leaders gather in Uluru for a summit on what constitutional recognition for Australia's First Peoples might look like. Here I ask Jack what he made of the summit's Statement from the Heart, how recognition and/or treaty could work and media representations of Indigenous peoples, from First Contact to Stan Grant to Bill Leak's cartoons.
Problematic is coming to Edinburgh Fringe 2017
SAVE THE DATE: June 22nd for a charity gig for Refugee Legal at Howler Bar in Melbourne
Jack's writing for The Guardian
Article: Noel Pearson's model for recognition wins support
Article: Five factors that will shape the outcome for Recognise at Uluru
Article: Indigenous Leaders Call For A Treaty In The Landmark "Uluru Statement From The Heart"
Article: Uluru forum to pursue Makaratta instead of symbolic recognition
Jack's piece on the ABC's Recognition: Yes Or No
Jack's piece on Bill Leak's cartoon
Nyunggai Warren Mundine's piece on Bill Leak's cartoon
This week's Q&A: 1967 and Mabo - Moving Forward
Cause of the Week: Indigenous X (indigenousx.com.au), Seed Mob (seedmob.org.au) & Koorie Youth Council (yacvic.org.au)
John Safran is one of the most interesting writers/comedians/filmmakers/broadcasters/provocateurs/social commentators Australia has ever produced. He’s fascinated by issues surrounding religion and race and the Illuminati and he’s very funny when exploring them.
John’s latest book, Depends What You Mean By Extremist, sees him hanging out with far right extremists like the United Patriots Front and Reclaim Australia, Islamic fundamentalists and far left anarchists. It’s brilliant, challenging and very relevant to the INTENSE political moment we’re living through. Here John and I talk about patriotism, extremism, Australia’s reluctance to accept radicalism in any form and geese and ganders.
Please help out Refugee Legal because Peter Dutton is being awful again
Problematic is coming to Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Depends What You Mean By Extremist is out now
Article: John Safran - 'In Australia we don't get religion'
Cause of the Week: The Make A Wish Foundation (makeawish.org.au)
One of the biggest and best comedians in Australia, Wil Anderson is super funny, super smart and super nice. Wil is a world-renowned stand up, the host of the ABC hit Gruen, former host of weekly satire show The Glass House and serial podcaster. He's been thinking and telling jokes about the news for a long time and he's pretty bloody good at it.
This chat covers a lot of ground, from Wil's thoughts on the size of government to the state of journalism and the ABC to his approach to political comedy. We also eat some cheese and laugh about Mark Latham.
Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia
Gay and Bi men are being persecuted in Chechnya - you can help:
Buy William Elm's song "One"; all proceeds going to the Russia LGBT Network
Find out more in this New York Times article
Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent
My chat with Wil on his show Wilosophy
Article: Is The World A Laughing Matter? One Night Stan Comics on Why Comedy Has A Vital Role
Cause of the week: UNHCR (unrefugees.org.au), support independent media please
Sara Saleh is a self-identifying "radical" poet and human rights activist. She works in refugee resettlement, is a GetUp! board member, co-founded the Dubai Poetry Slam and has worked with organisations like Amnesty International and WestWORDS.
At a time of heightened Islamophobic debate raging in the public sphere in Australia, Sara and I talk about what it's like to have your faith and community constantly being scrutinised and demonised by politicians and commentators. From the plight of Yassmin Abdel-Magied to Palestine to Ayaan Hirsi Ali and the intersection of Islam and feminism, this is a really enlightening discussion about uncomfortable things.
Problematic is coming to the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe at the Pleasance Courtyard
Wasting The Milk In Summer on Facebook
Article: Australia's grand mufti wins defamation case over News Corp articles
Sara and Maajid Nawaz on ABC's The Drum
Article: Why are fighting Islamophobia at the expense of Indigenous Australians? by Sara Saleh
Article: How did Maajid Nawaz end up on a list of 'Anti-Muslim Extremists'?
Article: "You are not our ally" - Video campaigned launched as Ayaan Hirsi Ali cancels Australian tour
Article: Getup! Director backs Israeli boycott
Article: Fighting Hislam: Susan Carland on what it means to be a Muslim feminist
Cause of the Week: GetUp! (getup.org.au)
Chris Berg is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs and a Postdoctoral Fellow at RMIT. He's passionate about civil liberties, defending freedom, shrinking the size of government and general libertarian good times.
Here Chris and I cover a lot: "ideology" not being a dirty word, the pitfalls of politics, the role of the State, prosecuting radical ideas, human flourishing, adapting to (rather than taxing) climate change, the Nanny State, partying in Amsterdam, why the Commonwealth Games are a rort and what he admires in the Left.
Problematic is on at the Sydney Comedy Festival this week for 4 shows only
Problematic is coming to the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe at the Pleasance Courtyard
Listen to Alice Fraser and me on The Bugle live at the Melbourne Comedy Festival
Sam Wallman's piece on the minimum wage
Chris' writing on ABC's The Drum
Be Like Gough: 75 Radical Ideas To Transform Australia
Chris' speech at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas on the "Nanny State"
The Libertarian Alternative published by MUP
Cause of the Week: The Human Capital Project (humancapitalproject.com.au)
This guy is a gun. At just 22 years old, Tim Lo Surdo has advised federal senators and worked at everywhere from the Oaktree Foundation to the Australian Youth Climate Change Coalition to UN Youth to the United Voice union.
He's now set up an advocacy group called Democracy in Colour: an advocacy group dedicated to combating racism in Australian politics. It's a fascinating project, and here Tim outlines his personal experiences of racism, the realities of racism and the politics of fear in Australia today, the Left's failures to combat such racism and how white allies can help (in the right way).
Problematic is coming to Sydney for 4 shows only at the Sydney Comedy Festival
And it's now on sale for Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017
Cause of the Week: Democracy In Colour (on Facebook; @democracycolour)
100 episodes, everyone! We bloody made it. Gosh.
Thanks so much for getting onboard with this little show. I love doing it and hope you get something out of each episode. I've learnt so much talking to all the guests on the show over the past two years and hope to keep doing it for as along as I can.
I can think of no better way to celebrate the century than with a live show at The Wheeler Centre with the national director of GetUp!, Paul Oosting.
In this chat, recorded in front of a "sold-out crowd" (it was free, but still - pretty cool) as part of the Centre's Invasion of the Pod People series on Monday March 27th, Paul and I discuss what GetUp! is all about and how things are looking for progressives in this country at the moment. From the far-right's influence on the government to 18C to campaign finance reform to the crucial difference between viewing the electorate as "disenfranchised" as opposed to "disengaged", this is a really interesting and relevant discussion for now.
PLUS we brainstorm about how to stop Dutton getting elected.
A big thanks to Paul for flying down from Sydney just for the show and Helen and everyone at The Wheeler Centre for their help in making this happen.
Here's to 100 more!
Problematic is coming to Sydney for 4 shows only at the Sydney Comedy Festival
I'm doing one show only of Boundless Plains To Share this Saturday April 22nd at 5pm
I was in the 2017 MICF Great Debate: watch it on iView here
Here's my spot at the MICF Allstars Gala
My special The World Keeps Happening is streaming on Stan Australia now
Article: Here's the race hate scare campaign to Liberal marginal electorates
Article: The Left's foreign donors by Eric Abetz
Article: GetUp! army spurs for conservative foil
Cause of the Week: GetUp! (getup.org.au)
James Paterson has been a Victorian senator for the Liberal Party for just over a year now. He's been making a name for himself as a passionate advocate for freedom of speech in regards to the reforming of Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act and by proposing that Australia help deal with its debt problem by selling off Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles.
Here the Senator and I talk about our first meeting years ago, his position as something of a political anomaly within his own family, why he's so strident on 18C, racism, offshore detention and corporate tax cuts.
Stand Up For Mehdi at MICF 2017 - only a handful of tickets left!
Problematic begins at MICF 2017 this week
Boundless Plains To Share is at MICF for one show only on Saturday April 22nd
My piece for The Guardian: Politically incorrect comedy can work - if the audience gets it
My piece for The Saturday Paper: Satire, free speech and Mehdi Savari
Article: The Senate blocks the government's changes to Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
Article: Even among Australians worried about political correctness 18C is not a big issue
Article: A history of Section 18C and the Racial Discrimination Act
Article: 18C Debate is not over say both Liberal Senator and Labor MP
Senator Paterson's first speech
Senator Paterson's speech on 18C
Article: What is Section 18C and why do some politicians want it changed
Article: An inconvenient truth gets in the way of the company tax cut chants
Joint Human Rights Committee report into Freedom of Speech in Australia
Article: Doctors freed to speak about Australia's detention regime after U-Turn
Article: 'Voodoo economics' lie at the heart of Scott Morrison's budget
Article: There is no such thing as trickle-down economics
Article: 10 reasons why the company tax cut is a really bad idea
Article: Australia doesn't need to chase Donald Trump on corporate tax cuts
Article: Company profits surge as wages fall
Cause of the Week: Soldier On (soldieron.org.au)
Daniel Webb is the Director of Legal Advocacy at the Human Rights Law Centre. He is a passionate voice for human rights and for treating people seeking asylum with dignity and humanity.
In this chat Daniel is so crystal clear about why he does what he does, why what we're doing to refugees is wrong, the alternatives that are out there for us and why it's vital that we as a country need to rethink our entire approach here. He also describes what it's actually like for the men being held on Manus Island at the moment and in particular tells me about Mehdi Savari, an Iranian refugee comedian who has been detained on that hellhole for more than three years.
Stand Up For Mehdi at MICF 2017 - this will sell out, book your tickets now!
Problematic begins at MICF 2017 this week
Boundless Plains To Share is at MICF for one show only on Saturday April 22nd
The US refugee deal grows shakier by the day. Turnbull must find a humane way forward by Daniel Webb
Schoolgirl pleads with government to reunite her with refugee dad on Manus
Mehdi's story on New Matilda, in The Saturday Paper
Cause of the Week: The Human Rights Law Centre (hrlc.org.au)
Writer, feminist, sociologist, social commentator, activist and postage stamp honouree Eva Cox AO is a remarkable person. A Jewish refugee child, Eva has always been something of an outsider, agitating for change and asking tough questions her entire life.
In this wide-ranging, educational discussion, Eva sums up the philosophy of neoliberalism and argues the case for social capital. We discuss feminism, Islam, the shortcomings of the same-sex marriage movement, identity politics and the Universal Basic Income. I was inspired and educated by this chat; I hope you like it as much as I did.
Problematic is on at the Brisbane Comedy Festival this week
It's also heading to Melbourne & Sydney
Boundless Plains To Share is on this weekend in Brisbane
It's coming to Melbourne for 1 show only
Stand Up For Mehdi at MICF 2017
My piece on the abolition of QLD's "gay panic" law
Bring on the feminist revolution! by Eva on medium.com
Eva's Wisdom of the Ages piece for The Guardian: Dare To Be Difficult
Article: It's time to harness angry feminist energy and inject it into welfare policy
A profile on Eva in The Saturday Paper
Cause of the Week: FIND CAUSES AND IDEAS THAT ARE OPTIMISTIC OR THINK THEM UP YOURSELF
Fin Taylor is a British comedian who's making some fascinating politically-charged work at the moment. I saw his show Whitey McWhite Face at the Edinburgh Fringe last year and it lit a fire under my butt. He made me laugh and think and feel uncomfortable, and that's all good stuff.
Here we discuss his disillusionment with the Left, his journey to progressive centrism, class, Corbyn, Blair, Clegg, Islamism, white white white privilege/invisibility and political correctness.
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)
Stand Up For Mehdi at MICF 2017
Article: The Left Are The Right's Best Friends by Nick Cohen
The Sydney Morning Herald's profile on The Iraq Dossier
Cause of the Week: The Euston Manifesto (eustonmanifesto.org)
Kate Ellis has been the Federal member for the seat of Adelaide since 2004. She was the youngest person ever appointed as a minister in the Australian government, holding a number of portfolios. She's currently the Shadow Minister for both Early Childhood Education and Development and for TAFE and Vocational Education.
This is a frank, funny and insightful discussion about Kate's career, the state of politics in this country right now and the changes she's seen over her 13 years in the job. We talk about everything from Islamophobia and dealing with Neo-Nazis to how Tony Abbott changed the dynamics of politics to the disappointments of the Labor leadership turmoil years. Kate reflects on the purpose of factions, the fracturing of the right side of politics and tells an extraordinary story about the bizarre issue that prompted the most vehement feedback she's ever received as a sitting member.
PLUS Kate helpfully sets out how she thinks we should talk about debt, early childcare and Labor's approach to offshore detention of people seeking asylum.
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)
Stand Up For Mehdi at MICF 2017
Huffington Post long read on "Gay Loneliness"
A 2008 profile on Kate - Her father's daughter
Article: Tony Abbott takes aim at Turnbull and lays out conservative manifesto
Cause of the Week: The Zahra Foundation (zahrafoundation.org.au)
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)
Guardian long piece on Rachel Dolezal
Skye's First Speech to Parliament
Cause of the Week: The Carly Ryan Foundation (carlyryanfoundation.com)
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
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)
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: 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?
Cause of the Week: MiVote.org.au