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Like I'm A Six-Year-Old

Comedian Tom Ballard sits down with interesting and passionate people to find out what they do and what they believe in. It's kind of like Kitchen Cabinet except Tom can't cook.

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143 - Van Badham (Returns)

143 - Van Badham (Returns)

Playwright, commentator and activist Van Badham is back on the podcast after she joined me in July of 2015.  Since then ... Read more

9 Jul 2019

1hr 20mins

Ranked #2

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130 - Sally McManus

130 - Sally McManus

Sorry about the delayed episode, all! My bad. Comedy Festival is on and all that. Anyway. Sally McManus has been the Sec... Read more

2 Apr 2019

52mins

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150 - Dr. Matt Winning

150 - Dr. Matt Winning

Dr. Matt Winning (yes! Actual name!) is a climate policy researcher, environmental economist and stand up comedian. I go... Read more

4 Sep 2019

1hr 2mins

Ranked #4

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159 - Jon Faine

159 - Jon Faine

Jon Faine is a veteran broadcaster who was just stepped down as the host of the Mornings show on ABC Local Radio after 2... Read more

19 Nov 2019

1hr 20mins

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163 - Charlie Pickering

163 - Charlie Pickering

Charlie Pickering is a comedian and host of the satirical comedy show The Weekly on the ABC. I used to have one of those... Read more

17 Dec 2019

1hr 21mins

Ranked #6

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134 - Alex Dyson

134 - Alex Dyson

My childhood friend Alex Dyson is a very nice and very funny man who I got to host the triple j breakfast show with for ... Read more

30 Apr 2019

1hr 24mins

Ranked #7

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181 - Mark Humphries

181 - Mark Humphries

Mark Humphries is a comedian who regularly makes satirical sketches for the ABC's 7:30 along with Evan Williams. He alwa... Read more

21 Apr 2020

54mins

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177 - Twink Revolution (Gian & Sam)

177 - Twink Revolution (Gian & Sam)

Gian and Sam host a great podcast called Twink Revolution, which they describe as "cultural and political commentary on ... Read more

2 Apr 2020

57mins

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162 - Adam Bandt Returns (LIVE)

162 - Adam Bandt Returns (LIVE)

After joining me at the end of the shitshow that was 2016 for the first live edition of the podcast, Greens MP Adam Band... Read more

10 Dec 2019

1hr 13mins

Ranked #10

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158 - Roz Ward

158 - Roz Ward

Roz Ward is a queer Marxist academic and activist who was a co-founder of the Safe Schools Coalition. She was publicly a... Read more

12 Nov 2019

1hr 13mins

Ranked #11

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152 - Aditi Mittal

152 - Aditi Mittal

CONTENT WARNING: This episode involves discussion of sexual assault Aditi Mittal is a stand up comedian with a massive f... Read more

17 Sep 2019

1hr 1min

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170 - Greg Jericho

170 - Greg Jericho

Greg Jericho is a Walkley Award-winning economics writer for Guardian Australia. He lectures in journalism at the Univer... Read more

18 Feb 2020

1hr 19mins

Ranked #13

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155 - Luke Buckmaster

155 - Luke Buckmaster

Luke Buckmaster is a renowned film critic who has recently found himself hitting the streets as a climate protestor.  He... Read more

22 Oct 2019

1hr 8mins

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145 - Corey White

145 - Corey White

Corey White is a comedian and writer with a pretty remarkable personal story. His memoir The Prettiest Horse in the Glue... Read more

24 Jul 2019

1hr 19mins

Ranked #15

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137 - Gideon Rozner

137 - Gideon Rozner

Gideon Rozner is a Liberal Party member and the director of policy at free market think tank The Institute of Public Aff... Read more

21 May 2019

1hr 9mins

Ranked #16

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160 - Lizzie O'Shea

160 - Lizzie O'Shea

Lizzie O'Shea is a lawyer at Maurice Blackburn, writer, broadcaster and socialist activist. She's the author of Future H... Read more

26 Nov 2019

1hr 6mins

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173 - Michael West

173 - Michael West

Michael West is a Walkley Award-winning independent journalist covering the rising power of corporations over Australian... Read more

10 Mar 2020

58mins

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148 - Grace Petrie

148 - Grace Petrie

Grace Petrie is a socialist, feminist, lesbian singer-songwriter whose political songs place a fire in my heart and whos... Read more

14 Aug 2019

1hr 11mins

Ranked #19

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178 - Caleb Bond

178 - Caleb Bond

Caleb Bond is a 21-year-old political commentator who describes himself as "conservative with a splash of libertarianism... Read more

7 Apr 2020

1hr 26mins

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174 - Osman Faruqi (Returns)

174 - Osman Faruqi (Returns)

Welp. Gosh. Here we are, then. I hope you're doing okay.  Amidst the chaos of the global Coronavirus pandemic, previous ... Read more

17 Mar 2020

1hr 10mins

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