209: Adelaide Writers Week & SA Election with Robert Simms, SA Legislative Council

Bond, Caleb Bond. Tom is joined by guest host Robert Simms, Greens member of the SA Legislative Council, to talk all things Festival State. First, the Adelaide Writers Week is cancelled after they cancelled the Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah’s appearance, which they have now uncancelled. Wha…

208: Venezuela, Royal Commission & Adelaide Festival with Jeff Sparrow

Getting on the grift with Drew Pavlou. Tom is joined by guest host Jeff Sparrow, Walkley award-winning journalist and writer and senior lecturer at the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne. America did a coup of Venezuela! (10:23) Albo announced a Royal Commission and Adel…

Excerpt: Inside the Greens #11: Dual citizens, Trump & Gonski

Video version - https://youtu.be/FQzjNT6oVHM  In this bonus series for Patreon subscribers, Tom and Emerald continue chapter 11 of author Paddy Manning’s epic history of the Australian Greens movement, “Inside The Greens: The Origins and Future of the Party, the People and the Politics.” First up…

UNLOCKED: Sean Kelly asks ‘What Does Labor Stand For?’

We will be back with regular episodes starting next week, but for now here is an unlock of a favourite bonus episode from our Patreon. Emerald is back! And joined by Tom to meet Sean Kelly, former Labor staffer and current journalist, to discuss his new Quarterly Essay, “The Good Fight: What Does L…

UNLOCKED: Is centrism killing us? ft. Richard Denniss

In honour of this strange week between Christmas and New Years, where nothing makes sense, what better time to talk centrism? In this unlock of a favourite Patreon bonus ep, Emerald and Tom are joined again by economist and Executive Director of The Australia Institute Dr Richard Denniss, to discus…

Teaser: Civic Doodie - ‘Annabel Crabb's Civic Duty’ recap

Merry Christmas (?), as in this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, we celebrate with Emerald and Tom by recapping Annabel Crabb’s latest frothy dive into Auspol, this time with Civic Duty, an ABC three-part series about the story of Australia’s voting system. Is Tom wrong to want it to go deepe…

207: Post-Bondi politics & Emerald on 2025

Video version - https://youtu.be/6VAHTndYDWg  Emerald joins Tom to take a look at the aftermath of the horrific Bondi massacre (4:14), the community’s shock and the ways bad actors are exploiting it to push agendas. Then, a look at the year ahead and Emerald’s vibes for the Greens in 2025 (51:14).…

206 : Deepcut’s Alex McKinnon on Expenses Rorts & Social Media Ban

City councils vs cartoon watermelons. Tom is joined by guest host Alex McKinnon, co-founder of Deepcut News! First up, a politician expenses scandal has hit (23:52). Are these just distractions running from a template? And are Greens just as bad as the majors? Then, the under-16s social media ban h…

Bonus: Inside the Greens #11: DiNatale’s black skivvy & Senate voting reform

In this bonus series for Patreon subscribers, Tom and Emerald continue chapter 11 of author Paddy Manning’s epic history of the Australian Greens movement, “Inside The Greens: The Origins and Future of the Party, the People and the Politics.” In this instalment - Richard DiNatalie flirts with the …

205: Hannah Thomas on the state of protest & Aus Election Study results

New theme song! Tom is joined by guest host, Greens candidate and activist, Hannah Thomas! First, an update on her health and the legal proceedings following her assault by a police officer during a pro-Palestinian protest (2:48). Then, Rising Tide is back for another year and plenty of legends hav…