Oh hello. As the title suggests, this is my little way of letting you know that I'm wrapping up Like I'm A Six-Year-Old once and for all. I've loved doing it - and thanks so much for listening to it and supporting it over the years! Bloody hell! - but I feel like after eight years, hundreds of conversations, a bunch of live shows, a pandemic and a book,  it's time for me to move on and focus my energies on other things.  If you haven't already, please do check out my other weekly pod about the Greens and green politics with my friend Emerald Moon, Serious Danger - that's here to stay, and I'm excited to grow that show as much as possible in the coming years.  The LIASYO back catalogue will remain up and available for the foreseeable future, but I'll stop cheekily taking people's money via Patreon effective immediately.  You can always come see me live if you like; I'm in Sydney with show "IT IS I" RIGHT NOW - then I head to Cairns, Toowoomba and Brisbane.  Thanks again, team. I love you all! Endlessly! xx 

Oh hello. As the title suggests, this is my little way of letting you know that I'm wrapping up Like I'm A Six-Year-Old once and for all. I've loved doing it - and thanks so much for listening to it and supporting it over the years! Bloody hell! - but I feel like after eight years, hundreds of conversations, a bunch of live shows, a pandemic and a book,  it's time for me to move on and focus my energies on other things.  <a href="https://linktr.ee/SeriousDanger" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you haven't already, please do check out my other weekly pod about the Greens and green politics with my friend Emerald Moon, Serious Danger</a> - that's here to stay, and I'm excited to grow that show as much as possible in the coming years.  The LIASYO back catalogue will remain up and available for the foreseeable future, but I'll stop cheekily taking people's money via Patreon effective immediately.  You can always come see me live if you like; <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I'm in Sydney with show "IT IS I" RIGHT NOW - then I head to Cairns, Toowoomba and Brisbane</a>.  Thanks again, team. I love you all! Endlessly! xx

265 - Goodbye

Ben Abbatangelo

Ben Abbatangelo  is a proud Gunaikurnai and Wotjobaluk man and a social commentator. He’s the former deputy CEO of global non-profit AIME, has appeared regularly on The Project and the ABC and has written for The Guardian and The Saturday Paper. Based on some of his recent work, I’ve sensed that Ben’s been going through something of a political shift of late, towards somewhere a bit more radical, and I was keen to talk him about it. In this conversation we discuss what that shift has involved, the naivety he’s left behind and what it means for his politics now. Ben also tells me about the legacy of the Northern Territory Intervention, explains the situation in Alice Springs and lays out the questions he’s asking about the upcoming Voice to Parliament referendum and his sympathy for a progressive No vote. Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron I’m currently touring my new stand up show IT IS I all over the country: SYDNEY (this week!) | CAIRNS | TOOWOOMBA | BRISBANE To get discounted tickets to Sydney, use the promo code PODCAST For discounted tickets to my shows in Brisbane, click here Later in the year I’ll be coming back to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival!  Check out with my other podcast about the Greens and green politics with Emerald Moon, Serious Danger  My debut book I, Millennial: One Snowflake’s Screed Against Boomers, Billionaires &amp; Everything Else is out now @BenAbbatangelo  Ben's piece on The Project about First Nations people's response to the Queen's death BEN'S ARTICLES: Reconciliation action plans let settlers take up more space, not relinquish it  Inside the Northern Territory Intervention  How to solve the real problems in Alice Springs Cause of the Week: The Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council (martuwarra.org)

Ben Abbatangelo is a proud Gunaikurnai and Wotjobaluk man and a social commentator. He’s the former deputy CEO of global non-profit AIME, has appeared regularly on The Project and the ABC and has written for The Guardian and The Saturday Paper. Based on some of his recent work, I’ve sensed that Ben’s been going through something of a political shift of late, towards somewhere a bit more radical, and I was keen to talk him about it. In this conversation we discuss what that shift has involved, the naivety he’s left behind and what it means for his politics now. Ben also tells me about the legacy of the Northern Territory Intervention, explains the situation in Alice Springs and lays out the questions he’s asking about the upcoming Voice to Parliament referendum and his sympathy for a progressive No vote. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/549362589148855/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron</a> <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I’m currently touring my new stand up show IT IS I all over the country:</a><a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> SYDNEY (this week!) | CAIRNS | TOOWOOMBA | BRISBANE</a> To get discounted tickets to Sydney, use the promo code PODCAST For discounted tickets to my shows in Brisbane, <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/13005D71A8F21A2C?did=5off" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here</a> <a href="https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/tom-ballard-it-is-i" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Later in the year I’ll be coming back to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival! </a> <a href="https://linktr.ee/SeriousDanger" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out with my other podcast about the Greens and green politics with Emerald Moon, Serious Danger</a> <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/I-Millennial/Tom-Ballard/9781761100635" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> My debut book I, Millennial: One Snowflake’s Screed Against Boomers, Billionaires &amp; Everything Else is out now</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BenAbbatangelo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@BenAbbatangelo</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/theprojecttv/status/1575771008329547776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1575771008329547776%7Ctwgr%5E087c3bfb22c3034e5129e1ee7c0b03b50c5836a2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fau.lifestyle.yahoo.com%2Fthe-project-host-slams-media-reaction-to-queens-death-colonialism-063358155.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Ben's piece on The Project about First Nations people's response to the Queen's death</a> BEN'S ARTICLES: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/12/reconciliation-action-plans-let-settlers-take-up-more-space-not-relinquish-it" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reconciliation action plans let settlers take up more space, not relinquish it</a> <a href="https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2022/06/25/inside-the-northern-territorys-intervention" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Inside the Northern Territory Intervention</a> <a href="https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2023/02/18/how-solve-the-real-problems-alice-springs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> How to solve the real problems in Alice Springs</a> Cause of the Week: The Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council (<a href="https://www.martuwarra.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">martuwarra.org</a>)

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Larissa Baldwin-Roberts

Larissa Baldwin-Roberts is a proud Widjabul Wia-bal woman from the Bundjalung Nations and has been a progressive activist since forever. She's a co-founder of the First Nations climate pressure group SEED Mob and is the current CEO of GetUp!. In this conversation I ask Larissa about where her politics come from and how she thinks about political ideology. She outlines how she views GetUp!'s role under a Labor government, her unique perspective on climate politics and how she thinks (/hopes) the Voice referendum debate is going to play out. Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron I’m currently touring my new stand up show IT IS I all over the country: SYDNEY | CAIRNS | TOOWOOMBA | BRISBANE To get discounted tickets to Sydney, use the promo code PODCAST For discounted tickets to my shows in Brisbane, click here Later in the year I'll be coming back to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival!  Check out with my other podcast about the Greens and green politics with Emerald Moon, Serious Danger  My debut book I, Millennial: One Snowflake’s Screed Against Boomers, Billionaires &amp; Everything Else is out now @Riss_Bundjalung getup.org.au WATCH: Larissa Baldwin-Roberts delivers the 2022 Dr. Charlie Perkins Oration

Larissa Baldwin-Roberts is a proud Widjabul Wia-bal woman from the Bundjalung Nations and has been a progressive activist since forever. She's a co-founder of the First Nations climate pressure group SEED Mob and is the current CEO of GetUp!. In this conversation I ask Larissa about where her politics come from and how she thinks about political ideology. She outlines how she views GetUp!'s role under a Labor government, her unique perspective on climate politics and how she thinks (/hopes) the Voice referendum debate is going to play out. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/549362589148855/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron</a> <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I’m currently touring my new stand up show IT IS I all over the country:</a><a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> SYDNEY | CAIRNS | TOOWOOMBA | BRISBANE</a> To get discounted tickets to Sydney, use the promo code PODCAST For discounted tickets to my shows in Brisbane, <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/13005D71A8F21A2C?did=5off" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here</a> <a href="https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/tom-ballard-it-is-i" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Later in the year I'll be coming back to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival! </a> <a href="https://linktr.ee/SeriousDanger" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out with my other podcast about the Greens and green politics with Emerald Moon, Serious Danger</a> <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/I-Millennial/Tom-Ballard/9781761100635" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> My debut book I, Millennial: One Snowflake’s Screed Against Boomers, Billionaires &amp; Everything Else is out now</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Riss_Bundjalung" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Riss_Bundjalung</a> <a href="https://www.getup.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">getup.org.au</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBuqyDRllNY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WATCH: Larissa Baldwin-Roberts delivers the 2022 Dr. Charlie Perkins Oration</a>

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John Quiggin

John Quiggin is a widely-respected economist and professor at the University of Queensland. He's a former member of the Australian Government's Climate Change Authority, and he's written widely about the scourge of neoliberalism and privatisation. I wanted to get John on the show to discuss the essay written by Treasurer Jim Chalmers for The Monthly back in February, "Capitalism After The Crises", in which he laid out his vision for "values-based capitalism". In this conversation we discuss what the hell that actually means, whether or not it's a hollow idea, and just how much this Labor government is prepared to deliver anything like it.  Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron I’m currently touring my new stand up show IT IS I all over the country: MELBOURNE (now!) | SYDNEY | CAIRNS | TOOWOOMBA | BRISBANE To get discounted tickets to Adelaide, Melbourne &amp; Sydney, use the promo code PODCAST For discounted tickets to my shows in Brisbane, click here  I’m performing 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 @JohnQuiggin johnquiggin.com Check out John's Substack  John's response to Chalmer's essay in The Conversation  Joseph Stiglitz's response   Steve Hamilton's response

John Quiggin is a widely-respected economist and professor at the University of Queensland. He's a former member of the Australian Government's Climate Change Authority, and he's written widely about the scourge of neoliberalism and privatisation. I wanted to get John on the show to discuss the essay written by Treasurer Jim Chalmers for The Monthly back in February, "<a href="https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2023/february/jim-chalmers/capitalism-after-crises" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Capitalism After The Crises</a>", in which he laid out his vision for "values-based capitalism". In this conversation we discuss what the hell that actually means, whether or not it's a hollow idea, and just how much this Labor government is prepared to deliver anything like it.  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/549362589148855/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron</a> <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I’m currently touring my new stand up show IT IS I all over the country:</a><a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> MELBOURNE (now!) | SYDNEY | CAIRNS | TOOWOOMBA | BRISBANE</a> To get discounted tickets to Adelaide, Melbourne &amp; Sydney, use the promo code PODCAST For discounted tickets to my shows in Brisbane, <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/13005D71A8F21A2C?did=5off" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here</a> <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-yes-no-a-comedy-lecture/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> I’m performing my comedy lecture YES/NO at the Melbourne Comedy Festival – BOOK HERE </a> <a href="https://linktr.ee/SeriousDanger" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out with my other podcast about the Greens and green politics with Emerald Moon, Serious Danger</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnQuiggin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@JohnQuiggin</a> <a href="https://johnquiggin.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">johnquiggin.com</a> <a href="https://substack.com/profile/18250332-john-quiggin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out John's Substack</a> <a href="https://theconversation.com/6-000-words-but-silent-on-falling-real-wages-what-chalmers-got-wrong-on-values-based-capitalism-and-fixing-our-economic-woes-199270" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> John's response to Chalmer's essay in The Conversation</a> <a href="https://www.themonthly.com.au/blog/joseph-e-stiglitz/2023/23/2023/australia-and-post-neoliberal-order" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Joseph Stiglitz's response</a> <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/treasurer-s-essay-is-an-incoherent-assortment-of-kumbaya-capitalist-thought-bubbles-20230201-p5ch0o.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Steve Hamilton's response</a>

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Alison Pennington

She's back! Economist, comrade and now author Alison Pennington returns to the show to discuss her debut book Gen F'ed? How Young Australians Can Reclaim Their Uncertain Futures. We discuss how all the good jobs disappeared, our massively cooked housing market, replacing intergenerational warfare with class warfare and how young people can build political power under this "progressive (?)" Labor government.  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 &amp; Everything Else is out now  My show IT IS I is on at the Adelaide Fringe right now!  Then IT IS I heads to: | GOLD COAST | CANBERRA | MELBOURNE | SYDNEY | CAIRNS | TOOWOOMBA | BRISBANE To get discounted tickets to Adelaide, Melbourne &amp; 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 @ak_pennington Alison's last appearance on the show in 2020

She's back! Economist, comrade and now author Alison Pennington returns to the show to discuss her debut book <a href="https://www.hardiegrant.com/au/publishing/bookfinder/book/gen-f_d_-by-alison-pennington/9781743799215" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gen F'ed? How Young Australians Can Reclaim Their Uncertain Futures</a>. We discuss how all the good jobs disappeared, our massively cooked housing market, replacing intergenerational warfare with class warfare and how young people can build political power under this "progressive (?)" Labor government.  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/549362589148855/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron</a> <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/I-Millennial/Tom-Ballard/9781761100635" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> My debut book I, Millennial: One Snowflake’s Screed Against Boomers, Billionaires &amp; Everything Else is out now</a> <a href="https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/tom-ballard-it-is-i-af2023" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> My show IT IS I is on at the Adelaide Fringe right now! </a> <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Then IT IS I heads to:</a><a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> | GOLD COAST | CANBERRA | MELBOURNE | SYDNEY | CAIRNS | TOOWOOMBA | BRISBANE</a> To get discounted tickets to Adelaide, Melbourne &amp; Sydney, use the promo code PODCAST For discounted tickets to my shows in Brisbane, <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/13005D71A8F21A2C?did=5off" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here</a> <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-yes-no-a-comedy-lecture/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> I’m doing just 2 shows of my comedy lecture YES/NO at the Melbourne Comedy Festival – BOOK HERE </a> <a href="https://linktr.ee/SeriousDanger" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out with my other podcast about the Greens and green politics with Emerald Moon, Serious Danger</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ak_pennington" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ak_pennington</a> <a href="http://Last%20ep%20-%C2%A0https//tomballard.com.au/198-alison-pennington/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alison's last appearance on the show in 2020</a>

261 - Alison Pennington Returns

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. Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron 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 Adelaide, Melbourne &amp; 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  ARTICLE: Read my interview with Jacobin about Millennial socialiast RAGE 

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 <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/I-Millennial/Tom-Ballard/9781761100635" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I, Millennial</a>: 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. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/549362589148855/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron</a> <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I’m currently touring my new stand up show IT IS I all over the country: </a><a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ADELAIDE | GOLD COAST | CANBERRA | MELBOURNE | SYDNEY | CAIRNS | TOOWOOMBA | BRISBANE</a> To get discounted tickets to Adelaide, Melbourne &amp; Sydney, use the promo code PODCAST For discounted tickets to my shows in Brisbane, <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/13005D71A8F21A2C?did=5off" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here</a> <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-yes-no-a-comedy-lecture/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> I’m doing just 2 shows of my comedy lecture YES/NO at the Melbourne Comedy Festival – BOOK HERE </a> <a href="https://linktr.ee/SeriousDanger" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out with my other podcast about the Greens and green politics with Emerald Moon, Serious Danger</a> <a href="https://jacobin.com/2023/03/millennials-generational-politics-capitalism-inequality-democratic-socialism-australia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: Read my interview with Jacobin about Millennial socialiast RAGE</a>

260 - "I, Millennial" Event LIVE in Warrnambool

Polly Hemming

Polly Hemming is a Senior Researcher at The Australia Institute's Climate &amp; 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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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 @TheAusInstitute AustraliaInstitute.org  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 

Polly Hemming is a Senior Researcher at The Australia Institute's Climate &amp; 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.  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/549362589148855/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron</a> <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/I-Millennial/Tom-Ballard/9781761100635" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> My debut book I, Millennial: One Snowflake’s Screed Against Boomers, Billionaires &amp; Everything Else is out now</a> <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I’m currently touring my new stand up show IT IS I all over the country: </a><a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ADELAIDE | GOLD COAST | CANBERRA | MELBOURNE | SYDNEY | CAIRNS | TOOWOOMBA | BRISBANE</a> To get discounted tickets to Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne &amp; Sydney, use the promo code PODCAST For discounted tickets to my shows in Brisbane, <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/13005D71A8F21A2C?did=5off" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here</a> <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-yes-no-a-comedy-lecture/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> I’m doing just 2 shows of my comedy lecture YES/NO at the Melbourne Comedy Festival – BOOK HERE </a> <a href="https://linktr.ee/SeriousDanger" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out with my other podcast about the Greens and green politics with Emerald Moon, Serious Danger</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/pollyjhemming" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@PollyJHemming</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAusInstitute" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@TheAusInstitute</a> <a href="https://australiainstitute.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AustraliaInstitute.org</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&amp;v=O7xo1JA2q6Q&amp;t=206s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Polly's speech, "What is Climate Integrity?" </a> <a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/labors-safeguard-policy-is-a-mirror-image-of-fossil-industry-greenwashing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Labor’s Safeguard policy is a mirror image of fossil industry greenwashing by Ketan Joshi for RenewEconomy.com.au</a> <a href="https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2023/march/nick-feik/great-stock-n-coal-swindle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Great Stock'n'Coal Swindle by Nick Feik</a>

259 - Polly Hemming

Oh hello. I am back again. Look at us.  This week I’m bringing you another taste of my debut book I, Millennial: One Snowflake’s Screed Against Boomers, Billionaires &amp; Everything Else, which is now out and about in the world. This is an extract from the chapter on privatisation - "From Our Warm, Public Hands" - which lays out just how much of our public shit has been flogged off, goddammit. You can find out more about the book - and order it as an audiobook, ebook or hardcopy - here.  I'm doing some book-based events across the country; all the details are here. ALSO: I'm currently touring my new stand up show IT IS I all over the country: PERTH | HOBART | LAUNCESTON | ADELAIDE | GOLD COAST | CANBERRA | MELBOURNE | SYDNEY | CAIRNS | TOOWOOMBA | BRISBANE To get discounted tickets to Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne &amp; 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

Oh hello. I am back again. Look at us.  This week I’m bringing you another taste of my debut book <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/p/tom-ballard-i-millennial" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I, Millennial: One Snowflake’s Screed Against Boomers, Billionaires &amp; Everything Else</a>, which is now out and about in the world. This is an extract from the chapter on privatisation - "From Our Warm, Public Hands" - which lays out just how much of our public shit has been flogged off, goddammit. <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/p/tom-ballard-i-millennial" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">You can find out more about the book - and order it as an audiobook, ebook or hardcopy - here. </a> <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/p/tom-ballard-author-tour" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I'm doing some book-based events across the country; all the details are here.</a> ALSO: <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I'm currently touring my new stand up show IT IS I all over the country: PERTH | HOBART | LAUNCESTON | ADELAIDE | GOLD COAST | CANBERRA | MELBOURNE | SYDNEY | CAIRNS | TOOWOOMBA | BRISBANE</a> To get discounted tickets to Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne &amp; Sydney, use the promo code PODCAST For discounted tickets to my shows in Brisbane, <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/13005D71A8F21A2C?did=5off" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here</a> <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-yes-no-a-comedy-lecture/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> I'm doing just 2 shows of my comedy lecture YES/NO at the Melbourne Comedy Festival - BOOK HERE </a> <a href="https://linktr.ee/SeriousDanger" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out with my other podcast about the Greens and green politics with Emerald Moon, Serious Danger</a>

258 - "I, Millennial" Extract: Privatisation

Craig "Fozzy" Foster is a former Socceroo who has become not only one of Australia’s most respected sports commentators and broadcasters, but also one of our most respected social justice advocates and human rights campaigners.  This episode is Craig's keynote speech at the 2022 Refugee Legal Annual Dinner, which I happened to MC online. It's followed by a brief Q&amp;A between Craig, myself, and Refugee Legal's Executive Director (and former LIASYO guest) David Manne. Fozzy is extremely dedicated and clear-sighted when it comes to the fight for human rights - for refugees, for women, for workers, for sportspeople, for everyone - and this speech was a great reflection on the various campaigns he's been involved with, and the state of human rights on Australia and across the world right now. It was especially enlightening to hear Craig discuss the human rights issues surrounding the World Cup in Qatar, and how massive sporting events can sometimes provide massive opportunities to advocate for greater human rights protections.  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 &amp; Everything Else is out now!!! I'm touring my new stand-up show IT IS I all over the country in 2023 Check out with my other podcast about the Greens and green politics with Emerald Moon, Serious Danger @Craig_Foster  ARTICLE: Craig Foster lashes out at FIFA over 'gutless' move at World Cup Cause of the Week: Refugee Legal (refugeelegal.org.au)

Craig "Fozzy" Foster is a former Socceroo who has become not only one of Australia’s most respected sports commentators and broadcasters, but also one of our most respected social justice advocates and human rights campaigners.  This episode is Craig's keynote speech at the 2022 Refugee Legal Annual Dinner, which I happened to MC online. It's followed by a brief Q&amp;A between Craig, myself, and Refugee Legal's Executive Director (and former LIASYO guest) David Manne. Fozzy is extremely dedicated and clear-sighted when it comes to the fight for human rights - for refugees, for women, for workers, for sportspeople, for everyone - and this speech was a great reflection on the various campaigns he's been involved with, and the state of human rights on Australia and across the world right now. It was especially enlightening to hear Craig discuss the human rights issues surrounding the World Cup in Qatar, and how massive sporting events can sometimes provide massive opportunities to advocate for greater human rights protections.  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/549362589148855/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron</a> <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/I-Millennial/Tom-Ballard/9781761100635" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> My debut book I, Millennial: One Snowflake’s Screed Against Boomers, Billionaires &amp; Everything Else is out now!!</a><a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/I-Millennial/Tom-Ballard/9781761100635" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">!</a> <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I'm touring my new stand-up show IT IS I all over the country in 2023</a> <a href="https://linktr.ee/SeriousDanger" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out with my other podcast about the Greens and green politics with Emerald Moon, Serious Danger</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Craig_Foster" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Craig_Foster</a> <a href="https://au.sports.yahoo.com/fifa-world-cup-2022-craig-foster-lashes-fifa-gutless-move-003041840.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: Craig Foster lashes out at FIFA over 'gutless' move at World Cup</a> Cause of the Week: Refugee Legal (<a href="https://refugeelegal.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">refugeelegal.org.au</a>)

257 - Craig Foster

My book I, Millennial: One Snowflake’s Screed Against Boomers, Billionaires &amp; Everything Else is out in the world! Gosh.  We launched it in Melbourne with a lovely event at the Easey Street Concert Hall in Collingwood, featuring me in conversation with my mate Osman Faruqi. Oz and I discussed the guts of the book and why I wrote it, and I read some bits out and took questions and we all had a great time. I hope you enjoy listening back to our conversation.  If you're in Sydney, you can come along to the launch at Better Read Than Dead tonight where I'll be chatting to Jan Fran; or if you're in Brisbane, come along to Avid Reader on Tuesday night to hear me chatting with my Serious Danger comrade, Emerald Moon.  Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron I'm doing some big fun shows at Just For Laughs Sydney this weekend, too 

My book <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/p/tom-ballard-i-millennial" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I, Millennial: One Snowflake’s Screed Against Boomers, Billionaires &amp; Everything Else</a> is out in the world! Gosh.  We launched it in Melbourne with a lovely event at the Easey Street Concert Hall in Collingwood, featuring me in conversation with my mate Osman Faruqi. Oz and I discussed the guts of the book and why I wrote it, and I read some bits out and took questions and we all had a great time. I hope you enjoy listening back to our conversation.  <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/p/tom-ballard-author-tour" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you're in Sydney, you can come along to the launch at Better Read Than Dead tonight where I'll be chatting to Jan Fran; or if you're in Brisbane, come along to Avid Reader on Tuesday night to hear me chatting with my Serious Danger comrade, Emerald Moon. </a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/549362589148855/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron</a> <a href="https://justforlaughs.sydney/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I'm doing some big fun shows at Just For Laughs Sydney this weekend, too </a>

256 - Talking "I, Millennial" w/Osman Faruqi

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.

Lots of interesting guests and a charming, capable host/interviewer keep this podcast always exciting and informative.

An Intelligent, Compassion-Driven Show

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.

Like I'm A Six-Year-Old

Playwright, commentator and activist Van Badham is back on the podcast after she joined me in July of 2015.  Since then Van has been a passionate advocate for the re-election of a Labor government and a scathing critic of The Australian Greens. I was keen to dig further into her thinking on that and ask her what she thought went wrong in the 2019 federal election (the answer might surprise you). Van mounts a vigorous defence of Labor's policies here and explains why she sees it as the major hope for the socialist Left in Australia.  Plus also you will hear her dog barking in the background.  Woahhh how cool you can support this show by becoming a Patron please radical, man!  I'm doing two previews of ENOUGH at The Bill Murray in London on July 16th &amp; 23rd Then ENOUGH is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August and the Soho Theatre in September @vanbadham Van's Facebook page  Van's play Banging Denmark at the Sydney Opera House Van's opinion pieces:  Labor's support for tax cuts is an unfathomable betrayal of principle  Australian Labor led centre-left parties into neoliberalism. Can they lead it out?  Labour has a chance if it replaces Corbyn. Look at Australia in 1983   Time to hail Hilary Clinton - and face down the testosterone left  How I fell out of love with the Greens: a personal story about the Labor Party  The ALP National Platform 2018 ARTICLE: Van Badham's defence of Hillary Clinton is insufferable right wing crap by Sarah Garnham  ARTICLE: Van Badham's defence of Clinton is preposterous by Michael Brull  ARTICLE: It wasn't Bob Brown who lost the election, it was the Labor Party by James Norman  ARTICLE: How Australia's Labor Party Lost an Un-Loseable Election by Daniel Lopez Cause of the Week: The Australian Labor Party (alp.org.au) 

Playwright, commentator and activist Van Badham is back on the podcast after she joined me <a href="http://tomballard.com.au/29-van-badham/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">in July of 2015</a>.  Since then Van has been a passionate advocate for the re-election of a Labor government and a scathing critic of The Australian Greens. I was keen to dig further into her thinking on that and ask her what she thought went wrong in the 2019 federal election (the answer might surprise you). Van mounts a vigorous defence of Labor's policies here and explains why she sees it as the major hope for the socialist Left in Australia.  Plus also you will hear her dog barking in the background.  <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Woahhh how cool you can support this show by becoming a Patron please radical, man! </a> <a href="https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/bill-murray/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I'm doing two previews of ENOUGH at The Bill Murray in London on July 16th &amp; 23rd</a> <a href="http://tomballard.com.au/enough-in-the-uk-2019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Then ENOUGH is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August and the Soho Theatre in September</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/vanbadham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@vanbadham</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThatVanBadham/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Van's Facebook page</a> <a href="https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/whats-on/productions/2019/banging-denmark" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Van's play Banging Denmark at the Sydney Opera House</a> Van's opinion pieces: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/05/labors-support-for-tax-cuts-is-an-unfathomable-betrayal-of-principle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Labor's support for tax cuts is an unfathomable betrayal of principle</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/06/australian-labor-led-centre-left-parties-into-neoliberalism-can-they-lead-it-out" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Australian Labor led centre-left parties into neoliberalism. Can they lead it out?</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/12/jeremy-corbyn-bob-hawke-general-election-landslide" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Labour has a chance if it replaces Corbyn. Look at Australia in 1983 </a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/02/time-to-hail-hillary-and-face-down-the-testosterone-left" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Time to hail Hilary Clinton - and face down the testosterone left</a> <a href="http://books.publishing.monash.edu/apps/bookworm/view/How+to+Vote+Progressive+in+Australia%3A+Labor+or+Green%3F/190/Chapter4.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> How I fell out of love with the Greens: a personal story about the Labor Party</a> <a href="https://www.alp.org.au/media/1539/2018_alp_national_platform_constitution.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The ALP National Platform 2018</a> <a href="https://redflag.org.au/node/5560" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ARTICLE: Van Badham's defence of Hillary Clinton is insufferable right wing crap by Sarah Garnham</a> <a href="https://medium.com/@michaelbrull/van-badhams-defence-of-clinton-is-preposterous-4c3056c20886" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: Van Badham's defence of Clinton is preposterous by Michael Brull</a> <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-26/bob-browns-adani-convoy-is-not-to-blame-for-alp-loss/11146618" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: It wasn't Bob Brown who lost the election, it was the Labor Party by James Norman</a> <a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/05/australia-labor-party-bill-shorten-third-way" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: How Australia's Labor Party Lost an Un-Loseable Election by Daniel Lopez</a> Cause of the Week: The Australian Labor Party (<a href="https://alp.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">alp.org.au</a>)

143 - Van Badham (Returns)

Sally McManus

Sorry about the delayed episode, all! My bad. Comedy Festival is on and all that. Anyway. Sally McManus has been the Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions since 2017. She's the public face of the trade union movement in Australia and she takes little to no shit whatsoever.  We recorded this chat on the day the ACTU launched their call for the minimum wage to be raised to a living wage. I asked Sally to explain what that means, as well as her stances on democratic socialism, neoliberalism, privatisation, insecure work, just how hard it is to go on strike in Australia and how the ALP could become a helluva lot better.   You can become a Patron of the show and help cover the basic costs of making this thing happen (please) My show ENOUGH is on at the Melbourne Comedy Festival right now! Hot dang! Plus I'm doing my play #KWANDA which is also good and funny! Just 6 shows left ENOUGH is coming to Sydney Comedy Festival for 4 shows only  @sallymcmanus actu.org.au On Fairness by Sally McManus, Melbourne University Publishing  ARTICLE: Is Sally McManus the woman the Coalition fears most?  RALLY TO CHANGE THE RULES happening around the country on Wednesday April 10th changetherules.org.au Cause of the Week: JOIN YOUR FUCKING UNION PLEASE (australianunions.org.au)

Sorry about the delayed episode, all! My bad. Comedy Festival is on and all that. Anyway. Sally McManus has been the Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions since 2017. She's the public face of the trade union movement in Australia and she takes little to no shit whatsoever.  We recorded this chat on the day the ACTU launched their call for the minimum wage to be raised to a living wage. I asked Sally to explain what that means, as well as her stances on democratic socialism, neoliberalism, privatisation, insecure work, just how hard it is to go on strike in Australia and how the ALP could become a helluva lot better.   <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">You can become a Patron of the show and help cover the basic costs of making this thing happen (please)</a> <a href="https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/enough" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My show ENOUGH is on at the Melbourne Comedy Festival right now! Hot dang!</a> <a href="https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/kwanda" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Plus I'm doing my play #KWANDA which is also good and funny! Just 6 shows left</a> <a href="http://www.sydneycomedyfest.com.au/single-event?show_id=2325" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ENOUGH is coming to Sydney Comedy Festival for 4 shows only</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sallymcmanus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@sallymcmanus</a> <a href="https://www.actu.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">actu.org.au</a> <a href="https://www.mup.com.au/books/on-fairness-paperback-softback" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On Fairness by Sally McManus, Melbourne University Publishing</a> <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/is-sally-mcmanus-the-woman-the-coalition-fears-most-20181011-p508zx.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: Is Sally McManus the woman the Coalition fears most? </a> <a href="https://changetherules.org.au/events" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RALLY TO CHANGE THE RULES happening around the country on Wednesday April 10th</a> <a href="https://changetherules.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">changetherules.org.au</a> Cause of the Week: JOIN YOUR FUCKING UNION PLEASE (<a href="https://www.australianunions.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">australianunions.org.au</a>)

130 - Sally McManus

Matt Winning

Dr. Matt Winning (yes! Actual name!) is a climate policy researcher, environmental economist and stand up comedian. I got to see Matt's show at the Edinburgh Fringe this year, It's The End of the World As We Know It, and it make me laugh and also made me sad. Here we discuss the depressing reality we're faced with when it comes to the climate crisis, what is to be done about it (as individuals and collectively), approaching tipping points, apocalyptic predictions, what that IPCC report really means and where to find some hope.  MAKE SURE YOU STRIKE FOR THE CLIMATE ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH &gt;&gt; globalclimatestrike.net You can be a hero in this world and support this show by becoming a Patron now if you like ENOUGH is on now at the Soho Theatre until Saturday 7th September Check out my new podcast with Audible, What’s the Story? Please help Refugee Legal support people seeking asylum as they navigate Australia's rubbish immigration legal system @mattywin85 mattwinning.com Watch Matt's 2018 show Climate Strange - Part One &amp; Part Two  Matt's podcast Operation Earth  ARTICLE: New Report Suggests 'High Likelihood of Human Civilisation Coming To An End' Starting in 2050  What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming: Toward A New Psychology of Climate Action by Per Espen Stoknes   Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired To Ignore Climate Change by George Marshall   My episode with climate strikers Emma &amp; Anthony   ARTICLE: Yes, Socialism is Infinity Pools for Everyone by Aaron Bastani Cause of the Week: 10:10 Climate Action (1010uk.org)

Dr. Matt Winning (yes! Actual name!) is a climate policy researcher, environmental economist and stand up comedian. I got to see Matt's show at the Edinburgh Fringe this year, It's The End of the World As We Know It, and it make me laugh and also made me sad. Here we discuss the depressing reality we're faced with when it comes to the climate crisis, what is to be done about it (as individuals and collectively), approaching tipping points, apocalyptic predictions, what that IPCC report really means and where to find some hope.  MAKE SURE YOU STRIKE FOR THE CLIMATE ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH &gt;&gt; <a href="https://globalclimatestrike.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">globalclimatestrike.net</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">You can be a hero in this world and support this show by becoming a Patron now if you like</a> <a href="https://sohotheatre.com/shows/tom-ballard-enough/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ENOUGH is on now at the Soho Theatre until Saturday 7th September</a> <a href="http://audible.com.au/story" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out my new podcast with Audible, What’s the Story?</a> <a href="https://refugeelegal.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Please help Refugee Legal support people seeking asylum as they navigate Australia's rubbish immigration legal system</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/mattywin85" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@mattywin85</a> <a href="http://www.mattwinning.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mattwinning.com</a> Watch Matt's 2018 show Climate Strange - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB-bKHEWmV8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part One</a> &amp; Part <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePs9RH0Oxn0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Two</a> <a href="https://play.acast.com/s/opearthpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matt's podcast Operation Earth</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/597kpd/new-report-suggests-high-likelihood-of-human-civilization-coming-to-an-end-in-2050?utm_source=vicenewsfacebook" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: New Report Suggests 'High Likelihood of Human Civilisation Coming To An End' Starting in 2050</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Think-about-Global-Warming/dp/1603585834" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming: Toward A New Psychology of Climate Action by Per Espen Stoknes </a> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dont-Even-Think-About-Climate/dp/163286102X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired To Ignore Climate Change by George Marshall </a> <a href="http://tomballard.com.au/127-school-strike-4-climate-emma-anthony/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> My episode with climate strikers Emma &amp; Anthony</a> <a href="http://luxurycommunism.com/2019/09/02/yes-socialism-is-infinity-pools-for-everyone/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: Yes, Socialism is Infinity Pools for Everyone by Aaron Bastani</a> Cause of the Week: 10:10 Climate Action (<a href="http://1010uk.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1010uk.org</a>)

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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 23 years in the chair (and a total of 30 years at the national broadcaster).  Jon kindly let me (back) into his house to have a wide-ranging chat about the state of the media, bias at the ABC, Elizabeth Warren, capitalism, the tech giants, civility, Kevin Bailey and his bladder.    Come see me record a LIVE SHOW as Greens MP Adam Bandt returns on Tuesday December 10th, 7pm – all funds raised go to the ASRC JOIN THE BRAND NEW LIKE I’M A SIX-YEAR-OLD GROUP ON FACEBOOK! WOW!  If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron I want to do an AMA episode of the show: please get in touch with your questions, email tom@tomballard.com.au Listen to Novara Media AND (please) vote for Jeremy Corbyn  Jon's Farewell to the ABC  ARTICLE: Malcolm Turnbull suggests 'shell out' to help their children buy property The ABC's #AustraliaTalks The "infamous" Kevin Bailey sketch from Tonightly  ARTICLE: Don't Trust Elizabeth Warren's Big-Donor Ban by Megan Day Cause of the Week: The Koorie Heritage Trust (koorieheritagetrust.com.au)

Jon Faine is a veteran broadcaster who was just stepped down as the host of the Mornings show on ABC Local Radio after 23 years in the chair (and a total of 30 years at the national broadcaster).  Jon kindly let me (back) into his house to have a wide-ranging chat about the state of the media, bias at the ABC, Elizabeth Warren, capitalism, the tech giants, civility, Kevin Bailey and his bladder.   <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-like-im-six-year-old-live/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Come see me record a LIVE SHOW as Greens MP Adam Bandt returns on Tuesday December 10th, 7pm – all funds raised go to the ASRC</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/549362589148855/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JOIN THE BRAND NEW LIKE I’M A SIX-YEAR-OLD GROUP ON FACEBOOK! WOW! </a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron</a> I want to do an AMA episode of the show: please get in touch with your questions, email tom@tomballard.com.au <a href="https://novaramedia.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Listen to Novara Media AND (please) vote for Jeremy Corbyn</a> <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-11/jon-faine-reflects-on-memorable-moments/11416636" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Jon's Farewell to the ABC</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/may/04/malcolm-turnbull-defends-his-personal-tax-record-and-negative-gearing-policy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: Malcolm Turnbull suggests 'shell out' to help their children buy property</a> <a href="https://australiatalks.abc.net.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The ABC's #AustraliaTalks</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1in5gIQFDiw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The "infamous" Kevin Bailey sketch from Tonightly</a> <a href="https://jacobinmag.com/2019/09/elizabeth-warren-2020-big-donor-ban-bernie-sanders-corporate-money" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: Don't Trust Elizabeth Warren's Big-Donor Ban by Megan Day</a> Cause of the Week: The Koorie Heritage Trust (<a href="https://koorieheritagetrust.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">koorieheritagetrust.com.au</a>)

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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, but let's not go into it and start comparing who was "more successful" or "not cancelled".  Here we chat about the ethics of including political figures in whacky comedy sketches, Charlie's centrist approach to politics, voting for John Howard, his interest in American political history and why he's more excited about Elizabeth Warren's candidacy than Bernie Sanders'.   I'll be off for the Christmas break but shall return in 2020. Thanks for everything! I love you! Onward, comrades!  I’m bringing my show ENOUGH to the 2020 Adelaide Fringe in March, tickets on sale now My new show GRANDILOQUENT is coming to the 2020 Brisbane Comedy Festival and the 2020 Melbourne International Comedy Festival JOIN THE BRAND NEW LIKE I’M A SIX-YEAR-OLD GROUP ON FACEBOOK! WOW!  If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron @charliepick charliepickering.com  The Weekly with Charlie Pickering @theweeklytv The Yearly is on TONIGHT 8:30pm on ABC  The Dollop's podcast on Ronald Reagan (Pt 1)  What's Left? episode on The Case Against Warren Cause of the Week: Reading Out Of Poverty (roop.org.au)

Charlie Pickering is a comedian and host of the satirical comedy show The Weekly on the ABC. I used to have one of those, but let's not go into it and start comparing who was "more successful" or "not cancelled".  Here we chat about the ethics of including political figures in whacky comedy sketches, Charlie's centrist approach to politics, voting for John Howard, his interest in American political history and why he's more excited about Elizabeth Warren's candidacy than Bernie Sanders'.   I'll be off for the Christmas break but shall return in 2020. Thanks for everything! I love you! Onward, comrades!  <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-enough/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I’m bringing my show ENOUGH to the 2020 Adelaide Fringe in March, tickets on sale now</a> <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-2020/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My new show GRANDILOQUENT is coming to the 2020 Brisbane Comedy Festival and the 2020 Melbourne International Comedy Festival</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/549362589148855/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JOIN THE BRAND NEW LIKE I’M A SIX-YEAR-OLD GROUP ON FACEBOOK! WOW! </a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/charliepick" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@charliepick</a> <a href="http://charliepickering.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">charliepickering.com</a> <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/weekly-with-charlie-pickering/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Weekly with Charlie Pickering</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/theweeklytv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@theweeklytv</a> The Yearly is on TONIGHT 8:30pm on ABC  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZlRX1EVnSw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Dollop's podcast on Ronald Reagan (Pt 1)</a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/whats-left/id1454736929?i=1000453525123" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> What's Left? episode on The Case Against Warren</a> Cause of the Week: Reading Out Of Poverty (<a href="https://roop.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">roop.org.au</a>)

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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 four years.  Now, somewhat insanely, he is running as an independent candidate in our home seat of Wannon in south-west Victoria. It's a seat that's been held by the Liberals for 64 years and is currently held by Minister for Education Dan Tehan by a margin of 10%.  We drank a lot of wine, watched the godawful Leaders' Debate and had a long and fun and slightly-tipsy chat about his politics, why he thinks it's worth running in a safe seat, political ideology and Lupe Fiasco. We laughed, we reminisced, we respectfully disagreed, we danced. Enjoy!   Become a Patron of the show (please) yummy money yum yum ENOUGH is coming to Sydney Comedy Festival for 4 shows only next week ENOUGH is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August @alexdyson Alex's very good instagram  ARTICLE: Legit Political Candidate Alex "Sesh Gremlin" Dyson Revealed Why He's Running  PM Julia Gillard Addresses the End of the World Cause of the Week: Dangerous Females (dangerousfemales.com.au) 

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 four years.  Now, somewhat insanely, he is running as an independent candidate in our home seat of Wannon in south-west Victoria. It's a seat that's been held by the Liberals for 64 years and is currently held by Minister for Education Dan Tehan by a margin of 10%.  We drank a lot of wine, watched the godawful Leaders' Debate and had a long and fun and slightly-tipsy chat about his politics, why he thinks it's worth running in a safe seat, political ideology and Lupe Fiasco. We laughed, we reminisced, we respectfully disagreed, we danced. Enjoy!   <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Become a Patron of the show (please) yummy money yum yum</a> <a href="http://www.sydneycomedyfest.com.au/single-event?show_id=2325" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ENOUGH is coming to Sydney Comedy Festival for 4 shows only next week</a> <a href="https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/tom-ballard-enough" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ENOUGH is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexDyson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@alexdyson</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/aedyson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alex's very good instagram</a> <a href="https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/alex-dyson-political-candidate-policy-platform/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: Legit Political Candidate Alex "Sesh Gremlin" Dyson Revealed Why He's Running</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebtj3gDaE64" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PM Julia Gillard Addresses the End of the World</a> Cause of the Week: Dangerous Females (<a href="https://www.dangerousfemales.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dangerousfemales.com.au</a>)

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Mark Humphries

Mark Humphries is a comedian who regularly makes satirical sketches for the ABC's 7:30 along with Evan Williams. He always makes me laugh and I've been lucky enough to become friends with him over the past few years.  Mark joined me via Zoom from deep in the heart of the ABC to discuss his politics, his (haphazard) journey into comedy (featuring some stories involving ME!!!), Mark Latham and the state of Australian right-wing media craziness and the limits of satirising it. We had a good ol' giggle and we barely talked about coronavirus at all.   If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you Please support Alex Makes Meals if you can: he's providing free meals for healthcare workers! What a cool guy!   My discussion with Refugee Legal Executive Director David Manne about the challenges people seeking asylum face in COVID-19 - please support them at refugeelegal.org.au @markhumphries Mark's twitter account about musical theatre is @MarksMusicals Mark's satire for 7:30 His sketch on The Greta Thunberg Helpline Mark on The Roast  VIDEO: Bogan Train Trip Girl Australia Cause of the Week: Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia (msra.org.au)

Mark Humphries is a comedian who regularly makes satirical sketches for the ABC's 7:30 along with Evan Williams. He always makes me laugh and I've been lucky enough to become friends with him over the past few years.  Mark joined me via Zoom from deep in the heart of the ABC to discuss his politics, his (haphazard) journey into comedy (featuring some stories involving ME!!!), Mark Latham and the state of Australian right-wing media craziness and the limits of satirising it. We had a good ol' giggle and we barely talked about coronavirus at all.   <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/549362589148855/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you</a> <a href="https://au.gofundme.com/f/alex-makes-meals" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Please support Alex Makes Meals if you can: he's providing free meals for healthcare workers! What a cool guy! </a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/refugeelegal/posts/1698514540302929?__xts__[0]=68.ARAPKu_CCtl5LKfKnWmleI0Hq9dD-rzPQ7IscuXfYcaa3qvCjoDYpEZHDF5TEWqi_p8lEnBRpvyp5C7f0AxAlLjxBTsgIJOb-M3rvBAbX_nuBcVMXWKBO3xQ5jGDTe4fLZeo_9FrzXQTbMnWczkxt6Tmxn2VS0QDWJqolhjLnY45YvAc3AFNTz_rqXDFq6FgjbleLGR6rNOKnRoMR8hztRDjvplG8OX5zyr49xUjw69WIp9KnyOhmS8hoGy51D8iTfUZU62jc_jdH5_ZL5W1OcnueRXGB-9eYwyx7ZNHqEpQQqy93T9xsyaOHND3XnD_KOVPZpa0y1A2DuUkB8J4vSoW3RqsQu8wuhIiq_za7AXOqvsvRsUhX5ZC6YgfbWwgrzY4hRQL7jR9ox0tA3grd53-HpeQ4_YKtLWMB0oyEGrT0CBdsL09NiVk4TpABFhf87M_Lo7iGvJyIuxcAlj280zO_JeDjTAwH7jLgFN4PwFcqDE&amp;__tn__=H-R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> My discussion with Refugee Legal Executive Director David Manne about the challenges people seeking asylum face in COVID-19 - please support them at refugeelegal.org.au</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/markhumphries" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@markhumphries</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MarksMusicals" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mark's twitter account about musical theatre is @MarksMusicals</a> <a href="https://iview.abc.net.au/show/7-30-mark-humphries-satire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mark's satire for 7:30</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/markhumphries/status/1177178666402365440" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">His sketch on The Greta Thunberg Helpline</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_u6Ik5GrMU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mark on The Roast</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nQdS88O66w&amp;fbclid=IwAR0mfR516e6yML103uW2stFAvBZ0mw0k88UhpBXOomDkEy_wUM7gv7542Oo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> VIDEO: Bogan Train Trip Girl Australia</a> Cause of the Week: Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia (<a href="https://msra.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">msra.org.au</a>)

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Gian and Sam host a great podcast called Twink Revolution, which they describe as "cultural and political commentary on current events from a homo-leftist viewpoint".  They joined me from their isolated apartment in San Francisco to explain how they came to Marxism and queerness (via anarchism and libertarianism), the failures of identity politics, what happened to the Sanders campaign (and how sad we should feel about it) and what the COVID-19 pandemic could mean for the Left. It was all very interesting, very funny and very gay.   My show GRANDILOQUENT has been cancelled at the Brisbane and Melbourne Comedy Festivals: all tickets will be refunded in full   The show’s season at the Belvoir Theatre in Sydney in June and at the 2020 Edinburgh Fringe Festival are also not going ahead  The live instalment of LIASYO with Andrew Denton at MICF has also been cancelled   Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron I was on the latest episode of The Little Dum Dum Club @twinkrev Sam's twitter is @RevTwinkComrade twinkrev.com Twink Revolution's YouTube page Sam's queer history of socialist nations (starting with the USSR), Gaylag Archipelago  The What's Left? episode on Coronavirus and the Sanders campaign  The People's Republic of Walmart by Leigh Phillips &amp; Michal Rozworski Cause of the Week: The SF Queer Nightlife Fund (sfqueernightlifefund.org)

Gian and Sam host a great podcast called Twink Revolution, which they describe as "cultural and political commentary on current events from a homo-leftist viewpoint".  They joined me from their isolated apartment in San Francisco to explain how they came to Marxism and queerness (via anarchism and libertarianism), the failures of identity politics, what happened to the Sanders campaign (and how sad we should feel about it) and what the COVID-19 pandemic could mean for the Left. It was all very interesting, very funny and very gay.  <a href="http://tomballard.com.au/grandiloquent-at-brisbane-comedy-festival-2020/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> My show GRANDILOQUENT has been cancelled at the Brisbane and Melbourne Comedy Festivals: all tickets will be refunded in full </a> <a href="http://tomballard.com.au/grandiloquent-at-brisbane-comedy-festival-2020/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The show’s season at the Belvoir Theatre in Sydney in June and at the 2020 Edinburgh Fringe Festival are also not going ahead</a> <a href="http://tomballard.com.au/like-im-a-six-year-old-live-micf-2020-with-andrew-denton/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The live instalment of LIASYO with Andrew Denton at MICF has also been cancelled  </a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/549362589148855/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron</a> <a href="https://littledumdumclub.com/node/166" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I was on the latest episode of The Little Dum Dum Club</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/twinkrev" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@twinkrev</a> Sam's twitter is <a href="https://twitter.com/RevTwinkComrade" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RevTwinkComrade</a> <a href="http://pod.twinkrev.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twinkrev.com</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCipobvSejjX3d5xQNf3UNgg/videos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twink Revolution's YouTube page</a> <a href="http://pod.twinkrev.com/bonus-gaylag-archipelago-ussr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sam's queer history of socialist nations (starting with the USSR), Gaylag Archipelago</a> <a href="https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-bxjx4-8683597?utm_campaign=w_share_ep&amp;utm_medium=dlink&amp;utm_source=w_share" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The What's Left? episode on Coronavirus and the Sanders campaign</a> <a href="https://www.versobooks.com/books/2822-the-people-s-republic-of-walmart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The People's Republic of Walmart by Leigh Phillips &amp; Michal Rozworski</a> Cause of the Week: The SF Queer Nightlife Fund (<a href="https://sfqueernightlifefund.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sfqueernightlifefund.org</a>)

177 - Twink Revolution (Gian & Sam)

After joining me at the end of the shitshow that was 2016 for the first live edition of the podcast, Greens MP Adam Bandt returned to reflect on how far we have (or haven't) come and what to make of the political year that was 2019. Recorded in Collingwood at the Easey Street Concert Hall in front of a bloody lovely crowd, this is a funny and important conversation about Scott Morrison, socialism, the climate crisis, the 2019 election, the ALP's pathetic position on coal and the possibilities of a Green New Deal for Australia. All funds raised went to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (you can support them here toooooo). I'm very thankful to Adam for agreeing to do this again and to everyone who came out to the show. MERRY CHRISTMAS xoxoxo I’m bringing my show ENOUGH to the 2020 Adelaide Fringe in March, tickets on sale now My new show GRANDILOQUENT is coming to the 2020 Brisbane Comedy Festival and the 2020 Melbourne International Comedy Festival JOIN THE BRAND NEW LIKE I’M A SIX-YEAR-OLD GROUP ON FACEBOOK! WOW!  If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron @AdamBandt adambandt.com  ARTICLE: Setting Kevin Rudd's Environment Record Straight by Adam Bandt  ARTICLE: This is what it looks like when your government sells out the climate for votes by Katharine Murphy  ARTICLE: The crisis in liberalism: why centrist politics can no longer explain the world by Katrina Forrester

After joining me at the end of the shitshow that was 2016 for <a href="http://tomballard.com.au/87-adam-bandt-live/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the first live edition of the podcast</a>, Greens MP Adam Bandt returned to reflect on how far we have (or haven't) come and what to make of the political year that was 2019. Recorded in Collingwood at the Easey Street Concert Hall in front of a bloody lovely crowd, this is a funny and important conversation about Scott Morrison, socialism, the climate crisis, the 2019 election, the ALP's pathetic position on coal and the possibilities of a Green New Deal for Australia. All funds raised went to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (<a href="https://www.asrc.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">you can support them here toooooo</a>). I'm very thankful to Adam for agreeing to do this again and to everyone who came out to the show. MERRY CHRISTMAS xoxoxo <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-enough/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I’m bringing my show ENOUGH to the 2020 Adelaide Fringe in March, tickets on sale now</a> <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-2020/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My new show GRANDILOQUENT is coming to the 2020 Brisbane Comedy Festival and the 2020 Melbourne International Comedy Festival</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/549362589148855/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JOIN THE BRAND NEW LIKE I’M A SIX-YEAR-OLD GROUP ON FACEBOOK! WOW! </a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamBandt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@AdamBandt</a> <a href="https://www.adambandt.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">adambandt.com</a> <a href="https://jacobinmag.com/2019/12/kevin-rudd-australia-prime-minister-adam-bandt-climate-change" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: Setting Kevin Rudd's Environment Record Straight by Adam Bandt</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/15/this-is-what-it-looks-like-when-your-government-sells-out-the-climate-for-votes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: This is what it looks like when your government sells out the climate for votes by Katharine Murphy</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/18/crisis-in-liberalism-katrina-forrester" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: The crisis in liberalism: why centrist politics can no longer explain the world by Katrina Forrester</a>

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Roz Ward

Roz Ward is a queer Marxist academic and activist who was a co-founder of the Safe Schools Coalition. She was publicly attacked for her politics and her role in fighting for Safe Schools by the conservative media, religious lobbyists and members of the Coalition government.  Here Roz reflects on her experience with the culture war bullshit around that programme and tells me what it taught her, why she's a revolutionary socialist, what she thinks can be achieved through electoral politics, her involvement in the IMARC protests, why All Cops Are Bastards and lawnmowers.   Come see me record a LIVE SHOW as Greens MP Adam Bandt returns on Tuesday December 10th, 7pm - all funds raised go to the ASRC  JOIN THE BRAND NEW LIKE I’M A SIX-YEAR-OLD GROUP ON FACEBOOK! WOW!  If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron I want to do an AMA episode of the show: please get in touch with your questions, email tom@tomballard.com.au I was on the latest episode of The Bugle  @roztward ARTICLE: Roz Ward on clergy hypocrisy and the valorisation of child molesters  Benjamin Law's Quarterly Essay on the Safe Schools controversy, Moral Panic 101 System Change Not Climate Change: An Anti-Capitalist Conference is on this Saturday at Trades Hall, Melbourne  victoriansocialists.org.au Red Flag Radio on podbean Cause of the Week:  Support activists arrested at mining conference on GoFundMe

Roz Ward is a queer Marxist academic and activist who was a co-founder of the Safe Schools Coalition. She was publicly attacked for her politics and her role in fighting for Safe Schools by the conservative media, religious lobbyists and members of the Coalition government.  Here Roz reflects on her experience with the culture war bullshit around that programme and tells me what it taught her, why she's a revolutionary socialist, what she thinks can be achieved through electoral politics, her involvement in the IMARC protests, why All Cops Are Bastards and lawnmowers.  <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-like-im-six-year-old-live/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Come see me record a LIVE SHOW as Greens MP Adam Bandt returns on Tuesday December 10th, 7pm - all funds raised go to the ASRC</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/549362589148855/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JOIN THE BRAND NEW LIKE I’M A SIX-YEAR-OLD GROUP ON FACEBOOK! WOW! </a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron</a> I want to do an AMA episode of the show: please get in touch with your questions, email tom@tomballard.com.au <a href="https://thebuglepodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I was on the latest episode of The Bugle</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/roztward" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@roztward</a> <a href="https://redflag.org.au/node/6713" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ARTICLE: </a><a href="https://redflag.org.au/node/6713" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Roz Ward on clergy hypocrisy and the valorisation of child molesters </a> <a href="https://www.quarterlyessay.com.au/essay/2017/09/moral-panic-101" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Benjamin Law's Quarterly Essay on the Safe Schools controversy, Moral Panic 101</a> <a href="https://redflag.org.au/systemchangeconf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">System Change Not Climate Change: An Anti-Capitalist Conference is on this Saturday at Trades Hall, Melbourne</a> <a href="https://www.victoriansocialists.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">victoriansocialists.org.au</a> <a href="https://redflag.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red Flag Radio on podbean</a> Cause of the Week: <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-activists-arrested-at-mining-conference?fbclid=IwAR3yRzY5U9OIfO_OSlJkJ4ru0_BYrGQf2qNBmsJdVEVwClKdpRQYDtt3WTU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Support activists arrested at mining conference on GoFundMe</a>

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CONTENT WARNING: This episode involves discussion of sexual assault Aditi Mittal is a stand up comedian with a massive following in her native India. She's outspoken and hilarious about her politics and the plight of women under patriarchy. In this conversation Aditi tells me why for her "breathing is a political act", the repression in Indian society, how the caste system works, the country's recent rightward shift under the leadership of Narendra Modi and what it's like to live in a country of MORE THAN ONE BILLION PEOPLE.  MAKE SURE YOU STRIKE FOR THE CLIMATE ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH &gt;&gt; globalclimatestrike.net If you've got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron Check out my new podcast with Audible, What’s the Story? And email me! I'm on tom@tomballard.com.au @awryaditi aditimittal.com  ARTICLE: Five years after the gang-rape and murder of Jyoti Singh, what has changed for women in India?   ARTICLE: Hindutva on the March Cause of the Week: Good Samaritans Mumbai (samaritansmumbai.com)

CONTENT WARNING: This episode involves discussion of sexual assault Aditi Mittal is a stand up comedian with a massive following in her native India. She's outspoken and hilarious about her politics and the plight of women under patriarchy. In this conversation Aditi tells me why for her "breathing is a political act", the repression in Indian society, how the caste system works, the country's recent rightward shift under the leadership of Narendra Modi and what it's like to live in a country of MORE THAN ONE BILLION PEOPLE.  MAKE SURE YOU STRIKE FOR THE CLIMATE ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH &gt;&gt; <a href="https://globalclimatestrike.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">globalclimatestrike.net</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you've got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron</a> <a href="http://audible.com.au/story" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out my new podcast with Audible, What’s the Story?</a> And email me! I'm on tom@tomballard.com.au <a href="https://twitter.com/awryaditi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@awryaditi</a> <a href="http://aditimittal.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">aditimittal.com</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/03/five-years-after-gang-murder-jyoti-singh-how-has-delhi-changed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: Five years after the gang-rape and murder of Jyoti Singh, what has changed for women in India? </a> <a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/08/jammu-kashmir-narendra-modi-bjp-rss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: Hindutva on the March</a> Cause of the Week: Good Samaritans Mumbai (<a href="http://www.samaritansmumbai.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">samaritansmumbai.com</a>)

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Greg Jericho

Greg Jericho is a Walkley Award-winning economics writer for Guardian Australia. He lectures in journalism at the University of Canberra and tweets at @GrogsGamut.  Here I ask Greg about his political worldview, his thoughts on economics and GM closing Holden in Australia his time in the public service (and the state of the service now), and how the media's obsession with "balance" is completely failing us when it comes to covering climate change.  I’m doing LIASYO live at the 2020 Melbourne Comedy Festival with special guest ANDREW FREAKING DENTON. Tickets are on sale now! I’m performing at Laugh Out Proud at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras on Thursday February 27th I’m bringing my show ENOUGH to the 2020 Adelaide Fringe in March, tickets on sale now My new show GRANDILOQUENT is coming to the 2020 Brisbane Comedy Festival and the 2020 Melbourne International Comedy Festival GRANDILOQUENT is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August, it's on sale now  Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron Greg's writing at Guardian Australia ARTICLE: The Trouble with Journalism by Greg Jericho Cause of the Week: The Outer Sanctum Podcast (outersanctum.com.au)

Greg Jericho is a Walkley Award-winning economics writer for Guardian Australia. He lectures in journalism at the University of Canberra and tweets at <a href="https://twitter.com/GrogsGamut" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@GrogsGamut</a>.  Here I ask Greg about his political worldview, his thoughts on economics and GM closing Holden in Australia his time in the public service (and the state of the service now), and how the media's obsession with "balance" is completely failing us when it comes to covering climate change.  <a href="https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2020/shows/tom-ballard-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I’m doing LIASYO live at the 2020 Melbourne Comedy Festival with special guest ANDREW FREAKING DENTON. Tickets are on sale now!</a> <a href="https://www.mardigras.org.au/events/laugh-out-proud" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I’m performing at Laugh Out Proud at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras on Thursday February 27th</a> <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-enough/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I’m bringing my show ENOUGH to the 2020 Adelaide Fringe in March, tickets on sale now</a> <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-2020/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My new show GRANDILOQUENT is coming to the 2020 Brisbane Comedy Festival and the 2020 Melbourne International Comedy Festival</a> <a href="https://event.bookitbee.com/26477/tom-ballard-grandiloquent" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GRANDILOQUENT is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August, it's on sale now </a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/549362589148855/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Greg's writing at Guardian Australia</a> <a href="https://meanjin.com.au/essays/the-trouble-with-journalism/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ARTICLE: The Trouble with Journalism by Greg Jericho</a> Cause of the Week: The Outer Sanctum Podcast (<a href="https://www.outersanctum.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">outersanctum.com.au</a>)

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Luke Buckmaster

Luke Buckmaster is a renowned film critic who has recently found himself hitting the streets as a climate protestor.  Here Luke tells me about his emotional reaction to the climate crisis, what inspired him to get involved with the recent week of Extinction Rebellion protests, what he saw that inspired and moved him at those protests and the philosophy and ethics of civil disobedience.   Oh also we touched on Marvel movies and Joker.  JOIN THE BRAND NEW LIKE I'M A SIX-YEAR-OLD GROUP ON FACEBOOK! WOW!  If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron Check out my new podcast with Audible, What’s the Story? I'm coming to Ballarat on Friday November 1st for BallaRatCat Comedy  I’ll be performing at Just For Laughs Sydney at the Opera House on Saturday November 2nd @lukebuckmaster Luke's essay on the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the "apocalypse of cinema"  Luke's review of the new Lion King  Luke's review of Joker  OPINION:  When our planet is under attack we have to stand up and fight back by Luke  OPINION: Extinction Rebellion protests by Luke  ARTICLE: Tube protest was a mistake, admit leading Extinction Rebellion members   OPINION: Extinction Rebellion has built up so much goodwill. It mustn't throw that away by Gaby Hinsliff Extinction Rebellion Australia &gt;&gt; ausrebellion.earth Cause of the Week: Climate Change Protests (climatechangeprotests.net.au) 

Luke Buckmaster is a renowned film critic who has recently found himself hitting the streets as a climate protestor.  Here Luke tells me about his emotional reaction to the climate crisis, what inspired him to get involved with the recent week of Extinction Rebellion protests, what he saw that inspired and moved him at those protests and the philosophy and ethics of civil disobedience.   Oh also we touched on Marvel movies and Joker.  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/549362589148855/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JOIN THE BRAND NEW LIKE I'M A SIX-YEAR-OLD GROUP ON</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/549362589148855/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FACEBOOK! WOW! </a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron</a> <a href="http://audible.com.au/story" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out my new podcast with Audible, What’s the Story?</a> <a href="https://www.ballaratcat.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I'm coming to Ballarat on Friday November 1st for BallaRatCat Comedy</a> <a href="https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/events/whats-on/comedy/2019/just-for-laughs/jfl-aust-live-nick-cody.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> I’ll be performing at Just For Laughs Sydney at the Opera House on Saturday November 2nd</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/lukebuckmaster" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@lukebuckmaster</a> <a href="https://dailyreview.com.au/avengers-endgame-apocalypse-cinema/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Luke's essay on the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the "apocalypse of cinema"</a> <a href="https://dailyreview.com.au/disney-world-stage-make-great-film-environment-instead-made-lion-king/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Luke's review of the new Lion King</a> <a href="https://www.flicks.com.au/features/what-makes-joker-a-rare-and-incendiary-work-of-art/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Luke's review of Joker</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/20/when-our-planet-is-under-attack-we-have-to-stand-up-and-fight-back" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> OPINION:</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/20/when-our-planet-is-under-attack-we-have-to-stand-up-and-fight-back" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> When our planet is under attack we have to stand up and fight back </a>by Luke <a href="https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environment/2019/10/12/extinction-rebellion-protests/15707988008908" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> OPINION: Extinction Rebellion protests by Luke</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/20/extinction-rebellion-tube-protest-was-a-mistake" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: Tube protest was a mistake, admit leading Extinction Rebellion members </a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/17/extinction-rebellion-canning-town-well-off-people" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> OPINION: Extinction Rebellion has built up so much goodwill. It mustn't throw that away by Gaby Hinsliff</a> Extinction Rebellion Australia &gt;&gt; <a href="https://ausrebellion.earth/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ausrebellion.earth</a> Cause of the Week: Climate Change Protests (<a href="http://www.climatechangeprotests.net.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">climatechangeprotests.net.au</a>)

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Corey White

Corey White is a comedian and writer with a pretty remarkable personal story. His memoir The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory is a funny, dark and brutally honest account of being raised in a violent working class home, being put through the harsh foster care system, struggling with issues of sexual identity and drug addiction and eventually becoming the comedian and man he is today. Here, Corey and I compare notes on our very different childhoods and discuss issues of class, being a member of the lumpenproletariat, the welfare state, outrage, the case for a UBI and "fusionism". We laugh a lot throughout.  Woahhh how cool you can support this show by becoming a Patron please radical, man!  Then ENOUGH is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August (next week) and the Soho Theatre in September @MrCoreyWhite The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory through Penguin   An extract from the book   Corey's event at the Moonee Ponds Library on Monday July 29th  ARTICLE: Corey White on childhood trauma, foster care and comedy: 'It's a factory for the insane'  Corey on Q&amp;A discussing incentivised contraception Cause of the Week: The Pyjama Foundation (thepyjamafoundation.com)

Corey White is a comedian and writer with a pretty remarkable personal story. His memoir The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory is a funny, dark and brutally honest account of being raised in a violent working class home, being put through the harsh foster care system, struggling with issues of sexual identity and drug addiction and eventually becoming the comedian and man he is today. Here, Corey and I compare notes on our very different childhoods and discuss issues of class, being a member of the lumpenproletariat, the welfare state, outrage, the case for a UBI and "fusionism". We laugh a lot throughout.  <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Woahhh how cool you can support this show by becoming a Patron please radical, man! </a> <a href="http://tomballard.com.au/enough-in-the-uk-2019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Then ENOUGH is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August (next week) and the Soho Theatre in September</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MrCoreyWhite" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@MrCoreyWhite</a> <a href="https://www.penguin.com.au/books/memoir-w-t-9780670079346" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory through Penguin</a> <a href="https://www.penguin.com.au/books/memoir-w-t-9780670079346/extracts/2103-the-prettiest-horse-in-the-glue-factory" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> An extract from the book</a> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/corey-white-the-prettiest-horse-in-the-glue-factory-rescheduled-date-tickets-61982417078" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Corey's event at the Moonee Ponds Library on Monday July 29th</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/jul/11/corey-white-on-childhood-trauma-foster-care-and-comedy-its-a-factory-for-the-insane" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: Corey White on childhood trauma, foster care and comedy: 'It's a factory for the insane' </a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K-UNFDXZTE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Corey on Q&amp;A discussing incentivised contraception</a> Cause of the Week: The Pyjama Foundation (<a href="https://thepyjamafoundation.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thepyjamafoundation.com</a>)

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Gideon Rozner

Gideon Rozner is a Liberal Party member and the director of policy at free market think tank The Institute of Public Affairs. He loves markets and freedom and shit like that.  I'd booked this discussion in prior to the weekend's election results which for SOME FUCKING BONKERS reason s3aw the Morrison government re-elected. Gideon was very pleased with the result and in this conversation we discuss what he think happened, what Morrison will actually do, his climate scepticism, "class warfare", abolishing the Fair Work Act and how much money he won by betting on the election.   You can support the show by becoming a Patron yes please thanks ENOUGH is coming to Newcastle, Geelong, Sydney &amp; Melbourne ENOUGH is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August @GideonCRozner Gideon's profile on The IPA website   20 Policies to Fix Australia by The IPA  Gideon talks Peter Ridd on Sky News Outsiders  ARTICLE: Climate sceptics see a conspiracy in Australia's record-breaking heat by Graham Readfearn  ARTICLE: Australian Labor's Miliband Moment by Osmond Chiu  ARTICLE: We live in anti-political times by Elizabeth Humphrys Cause of the Week: Give Money To Homeless People (or alternatively support Justice Connect's Homeless Law justiceconnect.org.au)

Gideon Rozner is a Liberal Party member and the director of policy at free market think tank The Institute of Public Affairs. He loves markets and freedom and shit like that.  I'd booked this discussion in prior to the weekend's election results which for SOME FUCKING BONKERS reason s3aw the Morrison government re-elected. Gideon was very pleased with the result and in this conversation we discuss what he think happened, what Morrison will actually do, his climate scepticism, "class warfare", abolishing the Fair Work Act and how much money he won by betting on the election.   <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">You can support the show by becoming a Patron yes please thanks</a> <a href="http://tomballard.com.au/enough-on-tour/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ENOUGH is coming to Newcastle, Geelong, Sydney &amp; Melbourne</a> <a href="https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/tom-ballard-enough" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ENOUGH is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/GideonCRozner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@GideonCRozner</a> <a href="https://ipa.org.au/author/gideonrozner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gideon's profile on The IPA website</a> <a href="https://ipa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IPA-Research-20-Policies-to-Fix-Australia.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 20 Policies to Fix Australia by The IPA</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYjVAtj7AKQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gideon talks Peter Ridd on Sky News Outsiders</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2014/aug/27/climate-sceptics-see-a-conspiracy-in-australias-record-breaking-heat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: Climate sceptics see a conspiracy in Australia's record-breaking heat by Graham Readfearn</a> <a href="https://tribunemag.co.uk/2019/05/australian-labors-miliband-moment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: Australian Labor's Miliband Moment by Osmond Chiu</a> <a href="https://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article/what-went-wrong-for-labor-on-climate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: We live in anti-political times by Elizabeth Humphrys</a> Cause of the Week: Give Money To Homeless People (or alternatively support Justice Connect's Homeless Law <a href="https://justiceconnect.org.au/how-we-help/homeless-law/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">justiceconnect.org.au</a>)

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Lizzie O'Shea

Lizzie O'Shea is a lawyer at Maurice Blackburn, writer, broadcaster and socialist activist. She's the author of Future Histories: What Ada Lovelace, Tom Paine and the Paris Commune Can Teach Us About Digital Technology - an examination of radical social movements and theories from history and how they can be applied to technology capitalism.  Lizzie and I discussed the class action she's working on against Uber's business model, the "datafication of ourselves", how much Facebook and Amazon suck, Australia's awful data encryption laws, what it might mean to break up or nationalise the tech companies and the possibilities of a better world with a better internet.   Come see me record a LIVE SHOW as Greens MP Adam Bandt returns on Tuesday December 10th, 7pm – all funds raised go to the ASRC JOIN THE BRAND NEW LIKE I’M A SIX-YEAR-OLD GROUP ON FACEBOOK! WOW!  If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron I want to do an AMA episode of the show: please get in touch with your questions, email tom@tomballard.com.au @Lizzie_OShea lizzieoshea.com Lizzie's writing for The Guardian  A review of Future Histories on Engineering &amp; Technology  ARTICLE: Invisible Handcuffs - it's time for workers to throw off the shackles of big tech by Lizzie O'Shea  ARTICLE: The Future Has Arrived by Robert Maharajh Cause of the Week: The National Justice Project (justice.org.au) 

Lizzie O'Shea is a lawyer at Maurice Blackburn, writer, broadcaster and socialist activist. She's the author of <a href="https://lizzieoshea.com/future-histories/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Future Histories: What Ada Lovelace, Tom Paine and the Paris Commune Can Teach Us About Digital Technology</a> - an examination of radical social movements and theories from history and how they can be applied to technology capitalism.  Lizzie and I discussed the class action she's working on against Uber's business model, the "datafication of ourselves", how much Facebook and Amazon suck, Australia's awful data encryption laws, what it might mean to break up or nationalise the tech companies and the possibilities of a better world with a better internet.  <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-like-im-six-year-old-live/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Come see me record a LIVE SHOW as Greens MP Adam Bandt returns on Tuesday December 10th, 7pm – all funds raised go to the ASRC</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/549362589148855/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JOIN THE BRAND NEW LIKE I’M A SIX-YEAR-OLD GROUP ON FACEBOOK! WOW! </a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron</a> I want to do an AMA episode of the show: please get in touch with your questions, email tom@tomballard.com.au <a href="https://twitter.com/Lizzie_OShea" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Lizzie_OShea</a> <a href="https://lizzieoshea.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lizzieoshea.com</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/profile/lizzie-o-shea" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lizzie's writing for The Guardian</a> <a href="https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2019/02/book-review-future-histories-by-lizzie-o-shea/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> A review of Future Histories on Engineering &amp; Technology </a> <a href="https://thebaffler.com/salvos/invisible-handcuffs-oshea" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ARTICLE: Invisible Handcuffs - it's time for workers to throw off the shackles of big tech by Lizzie O'Shea</a> <a href="https://medium.com/not-evenly-distributed/the-future-has-arrived-fed56cec3266" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: The Future Has Arrived by Robert Maharajh</a> Cause of the Week: The National Justice Project (<a href="https://justice.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">justice.org.au</a>)

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Michael West

Michael West is a Walkley Award-winning independent journalist covering the rising power of corporations over Australian democracy. After years working for both NewsCorp and Fairfax, Michael eventually went out on his own to cover the crimes of the corporate world and how big business get away with dodgy shit and poison our politics. Here Michael lays out his experiences in and philosophy on journalism (plus some insights into Murdoch empire), the conflicts of interest in the big business of media corporations, the state of tax avoidance and political donations in Australia and how it's very clear that the economic creed of neoliberalism and privatisation has failed.   I’m doing LIASYO live at the 2020 Melbourne Comedy Festival with special guest ANDREW FREAKING DENTON. Tickets are on sale now! My show ENOUGH is on now the 2020 Adelaide Fringe, tickets available here My new show GRANDILOQUENT is coming to the 2020 Brisbane Comedy Festival and the 2020 Melbourne International Comedy Festival GRANDILOQUENT is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August, it’s on sale now  Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron @michaelwestbiz Michael's YouTube channel Michael's writing at The Independent  Dirty Power: Big Coal's Network of Influence over the Coalition government by Michael West and Greenpeace   ARTICLE: Ranking Australia's billionaires as taxpayers by Michael West  ARTICLE: Australia's Top 40 Tax Dodgers 2019   ARTICLE: Liberal party received $4.1m in donations from property tycoon's company by Paul Karp, Christopher Knaus &amp; Nick Evershed Cause of the Week: Support Michael's site and his journalism (michaelwest.com.au) 

Michael West is a Walkley Award-winning independent journalist covering the rising power of corporations over Australian democracy. After years working for both NewsCorp and Fairfax, Michael eventually went out on his own to cover the crimes of the corporate world and how big business get away with dodgy shit and poison our politics. Here Michael lays out his experiences in and philosophy on journalism (plus some insights into Murdoch empire), the conflicts of interest in the big business of media corporations, the state of tax avoidance and political donations in Australia and how it's very clear that the economic creed of neoliberalism and privatisation has failed.   <a href="https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2020/shows/tom-ballard-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I’m doing LIASYO live at the 2020 Melbourne Comedy Festival with special guest ANDREW FREAKING DENTON. Tickets are on sale now!</a> <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-enough/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My show ENOUGH is on now the 2020 Adelaide Fringe, tickets available here</a> <a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard-2020/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My new show GRANDILOQUENT is coming to the 2020 Brisbane Comedy Festival and the 2020 Melbourne International Comedy Festival</a> <a href="https://event.bookitbee.com/26477/tom-ballard-grandiloquent" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GRANDILOQUENT is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August, it’s on sale now </a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/549362589148855/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelWestBiz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@michaelwestbiz</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa3kU1spOTWHDmCxterTqIg/videos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael's YouTube channel</a> <a href="https://independentaustralia.net/profile-on/michael-west,588" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael's writing at The Independent</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDtKFbXoQ6Q&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Dirty Power: Big Coal's Network of Influence over the Coalition government by Michael West and Greenpeace</a> <a href="https://www.michaelwest.com.au/ranking-australias-billionaires-as-taxpayers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: Ranking Australia's billionaires as taxpayers by Michael West </a> <a href="https://www.michaelwest.com.au/top-40-tax-dodgers-2019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ARTICLE: Australia's Top 40 Tax Dodgers 2019 </a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/feb/03/liberal-party-donationsproperty-tycoon-company-isaac-wakil" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: Liberal party received $4.1m in donations from property tycoon's company by Paul Karp, Christopher Knaus &amp; Nick Evershed</a> Cause of the Week: Support Michael's site and his journalism (<a href="https://www.michaelwest.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">michaelwest.com.au</a>)

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Grace Petrie

Grace Petrie is a socialist, feminist, lesbian singer-songwriter whose political songs place a fire in my heart and whose love songs break my heart. She's brilliant and I feel very lucky to have her on this show.  In this chat I ask Grace about being labelled a "protest singer", her agenda when it comes to her music, the importance of representation, Hannah Gadsby, trans rights, battling with TERFs and Jeremy Corbyn.  Plus at the end she bloody sings a song for us! It is great!  You can be a hero in this world and support this show by becoming a Patron now if you like ENOUGH is on at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival NOW! 9pm at the Monkey Barrel, pay to reserve a ticket or Pay What You Feel on exit Then ENOUGH is at the Soho Theatre from Monday September 2nd Check out my new podcast with Audible, What’s the Story? @gracepetrie gracepetrie.com Grace's tour dates  ARTICLE: Protest music: steel in the hour of chaos  Grace's Facebook post after TERFs disrupted her show  Cause of the Week: UK Lesbian &amp; Gay Immigration Group (uklgig.org.uk)

Grace Petrie is a socialist, feminist, lesbian singer-songwriter whose political songs place a fire in my heart and whose love songs break my heart. She's brilliant and I feel very lucky to have her on this show.  In this chat I ask Grace about being labelled a "protest singer", her agenda when it comes to her music, the importance of representation, Hannah Gadsby, trans rights, battling with TERFs and Jeremy Corbyn.  Plus at the end she bloody sings a song for us! It is great!  <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">You can be a hero in this world and support this show by becoming a Patron now if you like</a> <a href="https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/tom-ballard-enough" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ENOUGH is on at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival NOW! 9pm at the Monkey Barrel</a>, <a href="https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/tom-ballard-enough" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pay to reserve a ticket or Pay What You Feel on exit</a> <a href="https://sohotheatre.com/shows/tom-ballard-enough/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Then ENOUGH is at the Soho Theatre from Monday September 2nd</a> <a href="http://audible.com.au/story" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out my new podcast with Audible, What’s the Story?</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/gracepetrie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@gracepetrie</a> <a href="http://gracepetrie.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">gracepetrie.com</a> <a href="http://gracepetrie.com/gigs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grace's tour dates</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/10/protest-music-akala-grace-petrie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: Protest music: steel in the hour of chaos</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gracepetriemusic/posts/in-light-of-a-confrontation-that-occurred-at-my-gig-last-night-some-thoughts-on-/1450152538382039/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Grace's Facebook post after TERFs disrupted her show</a> Cause of the Week: UK Lesbian &amp; Gay Immigration Group (<a href="https://uklgig.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">uklgig.org.uk</a>)

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Caleb Bond

Caleb Bond is a 21-year-old political commentator who describes himself as "conservative with a splash of libertarianism". He writes a regular opinion column for the Adelaide Advertiser and regularly appears on Sky News.  Caleb kindly gave me his time a few weeks ago when I was in town for the Adelaide Fringe (before the PLAGUE HIT US ALL AND LOCKED US IN OUR HOUSES). We had a wide-ranging discussion about his experience of being a young conservative giving his opinions in public, the politicisation of youth, the Opinion Industrial Complex, Newscorp, the idea that people naturally become more conservative as they get older, socialism, free markets, FREEDOM and his stance on drugs.   My show GRANDILOQUENT has been cancelled at the Brisbane and Melbourne Comedy Festivals: all tickets will be refunded in full   The show’s season at the Belvoir Theatre in Sydney in June and at the 2020 Edinburgh Fringe Festival are also not going ahead  The live instalment of LIASYO with Andrew Denton at MICF has also been cancelled   Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron I was on the latest episode of The Little Dum Dum Club @TheCalebBond cbond.com.au  ARTICLE: The Strange World of an Australian Conservative Political Commentator by Toby McCasker Cause of the Week: Youth Insearch (youthinsearch.org.au)

Caleb Bond is a 21-year-old political commentator who describes himself as "conservative with a splash of libertarianism". He writes a regular opinion column for the Adelaide Advertiser and regularly appears on Sky News.  Caleb kindly gave me his time a few weeks ago when I was in town for the Adelaide Fringe (before the PLAGUE HIT US ALL AND LOCKED US IN OUR HOUSES). We had a wide-ranging discussion about his experience of being a young conservative giving his opinions in public, the politicisation of youth, the Opinion Industrial Complex, Newscorp, the idea that people naturally become more conservative as they get older, socialism, free markets, FREEDOM and his stance on drugs.  <a href="http://tomballard.com.au/grandiloquent-at-brisbane-comedy-festival-2020/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> My show GRANDILOQUENT has been cancelled at the Brisbane and Melbourne Comedy Festivals: all tickets will be refunded in full </a> <a href="http://tomballard.com.au/grandiloquent-at-brisbane-comedy-festival-2020/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The show’s season at the Belvoir Theatre in Sydney in June and at the 2020 Edinburgh Fringe Festival are also not going ahead</a> <a href="http://tomballard.com.au/like-im-a-six-year-old-live-micf-2020-with-andrew-denton/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The live instalment of LIASYO with Andrew Denton at MICF has also been cancelled  </a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/549362589148855/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron</a> <a href="https://littledumdumclub.com/node/166" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I was on the latest episode of The Little Dum Dum Club</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TheCalebBond" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@TheCalebBond</a> <a href="http://cbond.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cbond.com.au</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/dp55pm/the-strange-world-of-a-teenage-conservative-political-commentator" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: The Strange World of an Australian Conservative Political Commentator by Toby McCasker</a> Cause of the Week: Youth Insearch (<a href="https://youthinsearch.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youthinsearch.org.au</a>)

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Osman Faruqi

Welp. Gosh. Here we are, then. I hope you're doing okay.  Amidst the chaos of the global Coronavirus pandemic, previous LIASYO guest Osman Faruqi joins me (via Skype) to reflect on what the hell is happening. Osman is a journalist is the editor of The 7am Podcast for Schwartz Media and has been tweeting and writing a lot about the unfolding situation.  Here we discuss the most egregious examples of capital exploiting this crisis and the insane contradictions about this economic system it exposes, the Australian government's shitty response and how much needs to change in our society to make sure this kind of thing can never happen again.  It was a slightly depressing but very cathartic conversation and I hope it gives you some comfort and ferments your (justifiable) rage towards those in power in these wild times.   My show GRANDILOQUENT has been cancelled at the Brisbane and Melbourne Comedy Festivals: all tickets will be refunded in full   The show's season at the Belvoir Theatre in Sydney in June and at the 2020 Edinburgh Fringe Festival are, at this stage, still going ahead   The live instalment of LIASYO with Andrew Denton at MICF has also been cancelled :(  Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron @oz_f 7ampodcast.com.au ilostmygig.net.au  ARTICLE: Should I keep my children home from school due to Coronavirus? (ABC)   ARTICLE: Super-rich jet off to disaster bunkers amid Coronavirus outbreak by Rupert Neate UNICEF's Coronavirus Appeal Cause of the Week: Support Act (supportact.org.au)

Welp. Gosh. Here we are, then. I hope you're doing okay.  Amidst the chaos of the global Coronavirus pandemic, <a href="http://tomballard.com.au/61-osman-faruqi/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">previous LIASYO guest Osman Faruqi</a> joins me (via Skype) to reflect on what the hell is happening. Osman is a journalist is the editor of The 7am Podcast for Schwartz Media and has been tweeting and writing a lot about the unfolding situation.  Here we discuss the most egregious examples of capital exploiting this crisis and the insane contradictions about this economic system it exposes, the Australian government's shitty response and how much needs to change in our society to make sure this kind of thing can never happen again.  It was a slightly depressing but very cathartic conversation and I hope it gives you some comfort and ferments your (justifiable) rage towards those in power in these wild times.  <a href="http://tomballard.com.au/grandiloquent-at-brisbane-comedy-festival-2020/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> My show GRANDILOQUENT has been cancelled at the Brisbane and Melbourne Comedy Festivals: all tickets will be refunded in full </a> <a href="http://tomballard.com.au/grandiloquent-at-brisbane-comedy-festival-2020/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The show's season at the Belvoir Theatre in Sydney in June and at the 2020 Edinburgh Fringe Festival are, at this stage, still going ahead </a> <a href="http://tomballard.com.au/like-im-a-six-year-old-live-micf-2020-with-andrew-denton/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The live instalment of LIASYO with Andrew Denton at MICF has also been cancelled :( </a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/549362589148855/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tomballard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/oz_f" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@oz_f</a> <a href="https://7ampodcast.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">7ampodcast.com.au</a> <a href="https://ilostmygig.net.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ilostmygig.net.au</a> <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-16/should-i-keep-my-children-home-from-school-due-to-coronavirus/12058200" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: Should I keep my children home from school due to Coronavirus? (ABC) </a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/11/disease-dodging-worried-wealthy-jet-off-to-disaster-bunkers?utm_term=Autofeed&amp;CMP=twt_b-gdnnews&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1583972157" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ARTICLE: Super-rich jet off to disaster bunkers amid Coronavirus outbreak by Rupert Neate</a> <a href="https://www.unicef.org.au/appeals/coronavirus-appeal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UNICEF's Coronavirus Appeal</a> Cause of the Week: Support Act (<a href="https://supportact.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">supportact.org.au</a>)

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