UNLOCKED: Paddy Manning on his book Inside The Greens!

Happy Easter! We will be back with a new episode next week, but we hope you enjoy this unlocked episode from our Patreon feed! Tom and Emerald speak to Paddy Manning about his epic history of the Australian Greens movement, “Inside The Greens: The Origins and Future of the Party, the People and th…

Excerpt: We debate the SBS influencer debate on capitalism

In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Tom and Emerald discuss the recent SBS ‘The Feed’ discussion - “Is capitalism a good system or has it outlived its purpose? Six influential people debate capitalism. On the panel: content director Jack Toohey, Simran Kaur from Friends That Invest, buy…

219: Zack Schofield from Rising Tide on how to stop coal & war

Tom is joined by Zack Schofield, activist and organiser of the Rising Tide protests! First some of Zack’s history, and a catch up on last week’s Labor interview. Then, how did the SA election last week shake out? (23:26) The war continues and Australia ban Iranian visitors.The ABC went on strike. (…

218: War-flation, rate rises & CGT discounts ft. Rachel Withers

Oh no it was Rita Panahi’s 50th birthday and I forgot to send a card to her embarrassing party boat. Tom is joined by Rachel Withers, writer for Crikey and co-host of Spin Cycle on RRR! First up there is a new buzzword in town as warflation hits Australia. (15:25) Will another rate rise convince Au…

The case for change from within ft. Labor Against War’s Marcus Strom

As the war in the Middle East escalates, Tom recently called upon members of Labor Against War to take a stand and leave the party for its support of America and Israel’s illegal actions. In this special bonus episode on our main feed, Tom is joined by Marcus Strom, National Convenor and co-founder…

Excerpt: AI Professor Toby Walsh explains data centres

In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Tom and Emerald speak to Professor Toby Walsh, author of “The Shortest History of AI,” to learn all about data centres. As life becomes more and more online and AI enshittifies every aspect of existence, data centres are multiplying across the world an…

217: Labor Warlords & Robo-c**s ft. Elise Turnbull

Tom is joined by Auspol streamer Elise Turnbull to ask whether this war with Iran is actually a war, or is it merely a sparkling collective self defence? (10:38) Then producer Griff aka Michael Griffin joins to talk about how the Nacc this week delivered zero robodebt justice. (27:47) Finally, a lo…

216: Senator Shoebridge on Iran war & Australia’s complicity

Recorded Friday morning and releasing a day early, because things keep happening, Tom is joined by Senator David Shoebridge to discuss Israel and America’s attacks on Iran, and the aftermath as war spreads across the Middle East. Why is this illegal war happening? Why are Australian politicians of …

Excerpt: Paddy Manning on his book Inside The Greens!

In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Tom and Emerald speak to Paddy Manning about his epic history of the Australian Greens movement, “Inside The Greens: The Origins and Future of the Party, the People and the Politics.” Since July 2023 we have been recapping Paddy’s history of the Green…

215: Jan Fran on “Difficult” Albo’s word games & the BAFTA scandals

Recorded before the attacks on Iran, Tom is joined by Jan Fran from ETTE Media! Angus Taylor wants to talk about the flag. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese played a stupid game and won a stupid prize, after his gross description of Grace Tame as “difficult.” (29:00) Then, the BAFTA Awards was in the…