Aamer Rahman is a brilliant comedian, activist and writer. His viral 'reverse racism' stand up bit is one of the best you'll see. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw_mRaIHb-MWe have a great conversation about politics, He

Episode 19 - Debbi Long (Health anthropologist)

Apr 7th, 2021 1h 24m

Debbi Long is a health anthropologist with expertise in medical anthropology, qualitative health research and hospital ethnography. She has worked at many universities around Australia and her research has been published in Social Science and M

Episode 18 - Nazeem Hussain (Comedian, writer, actor; Netflix, Legally Brown, Orange Is The New Brown, Stan)

Mar 24th, 2021 42m 20s

Nazeem Hussain is one of Australia's biggest comedy stars. I first saw him in Legally Brown, which if you haven't seen it, is one of the best and most provocative sketch shows to ever come out of Australia. He has a Netflix special and a role i

Episode 17 - David Quirk (comedian, actor; Rosehaven, Just For Laughs)

Dec 16th, 2020 42m 15s

David Quirk is one of my favourite people to chat to. He is a comedian who thinks deeply and interestingly. One of the best writers in the world of comedy and a great actor who you may know from shows like Rosehaven. He has won a bunch of award

Episode 16 - Sarah Garnham (activist, socialist, my sister)

Dec 9th, 2020 1h 10m

Sarah Garnham is a prominent left wing activist. She is a staunch socialist and member of Socialist Alternative. She was previously the head of the National Students Union. She writes regularly for Red Flag magazine and has given multiple talks

Episode 15 - Kirsty Webeck (Comedian; ABC, Tonightly, Comedy Up Late)

Dec 2nd, 2020 44m 17s

Kirsty Webeck is a brilliant comedian and great friend of mine. We met up before a gig we did together and recorded this before performing and it was so much fun. We chat about comedy and have an interesting discussion about pre conceived notio

Episode 14 - Patrick Livesey (Playwright, actor; The Boy George, Gone Girls, Kwanda)

Nov 25th, 2020 54m 24s

This is one of my favourite episodes of the podcast so far! Patrick Livesey is an amazing actor and writer. He’s written two phenomenal theatre shows that we dissect in this episode. His debut show The Boy George is set in the future in 14 year

Episode 13 - Katharine Greenaway (social psychologist; Uni of Melbourne, University of Queensland, Canadian Institute of Advanced Research)

Nov 18th, 2020 33m 2s

Katharine Greenaway is an expert in social psychology. Her research approaches three key areas; emotion, identity and agency. This is a great episode for learning about humans and Katharine gives some great advice for each of our own mental hea

Episode 12 - Jack Devereux (visual artist; @sketches_and_skengs)

Nov 11th, 2020 52m 10s

Jack Devereux (@sketches_and_skengs) is an incredible visual artist. He's also a lovely, thoughtful, interesting person. He creates amazing single line drawings that are super evocative. He's done a bunch of exhibitions, some with particular th

Episode 11 - Sam Taunton (comedian, Triple J, The Project)

Nov 4th, 2020 49m 16s

Sam Taunton is one of my absolute favourite comedians and people. He's extremely endearing and fun to chat to, I'm sure you'll enjoy listening to him speak. This episode is full of good times and laughs. Sam won the Best Comedy award at Perth

Episode 10 - Antoinette Lattouf (Senior Reporter: Network 10, Media Diversity Australia)

Oct 28th, 2020 41m 39s

Antoinette Lattouf is an award winning journalist who is currently a senior reporter at Network 10. She is the Co-founder of Media Diversity Australia. Antoinette is an expert journalist who is so passionate and cares so much about diversity in

Episode 09 - Emmet Kirwan (Writer, actor, poet, Dublin Old School, Heartbreak, Just Saying)

Oct 21st, 2020 1h 21m

Emmet Kirwan is an Irish writer, actor, poet. I heard one of his poems 'Heartbreak' on the radio recently and it stopped me in my tracks. It won the IFTA Award for Best Short Film and for me personally it is one of the most powerful pieces of a

Episode 08 - Tom Ballard (Comedian, Tonightly, Triple J)

Oct 14th, 2020 56m 46s

Tom Ballard is a brilliant comedian and person. He writes searing political comedy that is hilarious and often really powerful. We had a great chat about politics, the problems with the left, climate change, comedy and trade unions. I learnt so

Episode 07 - Aidan Jones (comedian)

Oct 7th, 2020 1h 1m

Aidan Jones is a great comedian and friend. His festival shows in recent years have been hugely successful and highly regarded both in Australia and the UK. His show 'The Abersham Flat' was poignant and had a big effect on me. He is very good a

Episode 06 - Sean Dooley (Birdlife Australia, The Big Twitch, Spicks and Specks)

Sep 30th, 2020 59m 45s

Sean Dooley is an absolute expert on the natural world, specifically birds. In 2002 he broke the record for most bird species sighted in Australia in a year (703). He works for Birdlife Australia and has written for The Guardian and The Age, yo

Episode 05 - Dane De Leon (Refugee Solidarity Meanjin)

Sep 23rd, 2020 45m 7s

Dane De Leon is a spokesperson for Refugee Solidarity Meanjin. Currently there are 120 refugees who have committed no crime, being held in Kangaroo Point Central Motel which has been converted into a kind of makeshift prison. Some of these inno

Episode 04 - Chas Licciardello (Planet America, The Chaser's War on Everything)

Sep 16th, 2020 1h 30m

Chas Licciardello is someone who I was inspired by comedically growing up. He co-created and co-hosted shows like CNNNN, The Chaser's War on Everything, The Hamster Wheel. These shows for me were so brilliant and impactful in shaping my view of

Episode 03 - Andrew Gilbert (National Ageing Research Institute, Monash University, La Trobe University)

Sep 9th, 2020 1h 8m

Andrew Gilbert is an academic researcher who specialises in sociology and social theory. He has worked at Monash University, La Trobe University and Victoria University. He currently works for the National Ageing Research Institute and recentl

Episode 02 - Patricia Cornelius (playwright, author, film writer)

Sep 2nd, 2020 54m 7s

This week's guest is the brilliant Patricia Cornelius. Patricia is one of the best playwrights in Australia and a founding member of The Melbourne Worker's Theatre. She writes incredibly stirring, thought provoking and provocative work that ach

Episode 01 Tony Armstrong (Yokayi Footy NITV, ABC Grandstand, Triple M)

Aug 22nd, 2020 53m 25s

Tony Armstrong is an ex AFL footballer who now has a successful career in the media. He hosts Yokayi Footy on NITV, commentates AFL on ABC radio, and presents the sports bulletin on ABC News 24. In 2019 Tony worked at Triple M and became the fi

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