Mike is joined by Sue Barrett, Business Strategist, Founder of Democracy Watch AU, to talk about her recent article that asks, "What would Bowie do in 2026?"

Ten years ago, David Bowie died. When he left us in 2016, Brexit was months away, Trump seemed unlikely, and we thought we understood democracy. We were wrong about everything.

Bowie was an early signal detector: one of the sharpest we've witnessed. Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.

Three songs keep rising: Five Years, I'm Afraid of Americans, Fantastic Voyage. They're field notes from our present.

Five Years detonates denial about running out of time. I'm Afraid of Americans diagnosed authoritarianism's machinery decades early - domination as democracy, certainty as weapon.  With Trump returning emboldened, we're living those warnings.

Fantastic Voyage asks: can we resist becoming what we hate?  The real battleground isn't politics or economics. It's character.

What would Bowie do?
Stop begging rigged systems to be fair.  Build power.  Change the frame from inside.  Start conversations that can't be unheard.

"Turn and face the strange"