Bite sized chunks of Australian politics and news, served up with a side of crispy memes
Episodes
Sunday Sep 06, 2020
Sunday Sep 06, 2020
It's kind of a messy one this week, we accidentally spent ages talking about Cops vs Karens. But we have a bunch of good stories, with RAFFWU winning a court case, an explosion in Indigenous literature, and of course some wonderful memes, tweets and hot takes.
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Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
If you want to skip our discussion of the Christchurch Shooter, it runs from 19:15 to 24:33. We use the names of several Aboriginal people who have died, if you want to skip that story it runs from 36:55 to 46:30.
This week for mains we're discussing the Adani coal mine, see if you can figure out what the pun in the title is about before we get to that part of the show. Plus we have several excellent memes, a series of corrupt Liberal politicians, a brief report back on the NT election, and an exciting new segment at the very end of the show! Listen all the way to the end. We promise it's not another mislead!
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Listen to our episode about branch stacking: https://auspolsnackpod.podbean.com/e/053-single-member-gourds
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
There's only one topic being discussed this week: Jordan Shanks and his stoush with the AUWU. So we've got wall to wall friendlyjordies content, with a few regular stories - Mark Latham is an obsessed bigot, police have been lying about how many people break covid isolation, and we have a great potluck! Plus Noon tries to explain the current bunfight going on about Super.
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Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
CW: We discuss LGBT conversion therapy from 7:32 - 10:48. We forgot to do one in the original version of the episode so we did a reupload - sorry if you got the old one and were surprised!
For mains Zac interviews Nick and Sofie, who have been heavily involved with the campaign for better conditions for casual workers at the University of Melbourne. Plus we've got a quick lil regular episode, with awful cops, awful politicians, awful christian bigots - just regular Auspol stuff.
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Check out Nick and Sofie's Love actually meme: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10159539677492802&id=699917801
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Snackpod attempts once again to pretend we're not a parochial, latte-sipping, east-coast elite show, because for mains this week we're looking at the Perth Mayoral election. We also have TWO potlucks (amazing), a cool First Nations story with direct action, plus plenty of hot takes, memes, tweets and.... ugh... Dandrews Thirstposting.
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Follow Ellie on twitter: https://twitter.com/ElissaSursara
Sign the petition to support her cause: https://only.one/antarctica
Mutual obligations strike: https://www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/fully-suspend-mutual-obligations-for-people-on-centrelink-payments
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
UPDATE: since we recorded the episode, the Federal Government have pulled out of their support for Clive Palmer's court case.
Our main course this week is a depressing update on aged care and the failures of the sector to manage the coronavirus. We've got some nice news about global warming and a big update on Closing the Gap. And of course some tasty memes.
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Read Chelsea Bond's response to the Closing the Gap plan: https://theconversation.com/chelsea-bond-the-new-closing-the-gap-is-about-buzzwords-not-genuine-change-for-indigenous-australia-143681
Read the report here: https://www.closingthegap.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/national-agreement-ctg.pdf
Resources on Indigenous Data Sovereignty: https://gijn.org/indigenous-data-sovereignty/ and http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/n2140/pdf/book.pdf
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
CW: discussion of extreme violence from 17:26 - 30:00. During this section we also use the names of Indigenous people who have died.
Welcome back to the emotional whiplash show, the podcast where we alternate really heavy stories with making fun of conservative wieners. We've got two brand new segments for you to enjoy, an economic update (Noon says it's MYEFO but in fact it's not, it's just a budget update), and of course lots of crispy memes.
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Contact the WA Attourney-General about an inquest: john.quigley@mp.wa.gov.au
Support the raise the age campaign: www.raisetheage.org.au
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
It's been another huge week in Auspol - there's literally too much going on to fit in the show. We had to cut our mains (about the Palace Letters) coz there was too much actual news: Coronavirus continues to explode in Victoria, helped along by Krispy Kreme; Friendlyjordies is back at it again, boring everyone to tears with an interview with Kristina 'K' Keneally; and the pickleboys from the Menzies Research Centre continue to embarrass themselves in public.
If you want to hear all Noon's hot takes about the Palace Letters, the Queen, the Governor-General, and the Republic, please sign up to our patreon and you'll get access to this month's bonus episode all about it!
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Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
I hope you're hungry coz we're serving up two hefty courses, with Zac covering the Melbourne tower lockdowns and Noon going through a statement from Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance (WAR) about Constitutional Recognition. Zac has a surprise entree for Noon, and of course we've got plenty of embarrassing politicians, fashy nonsense, and some crispy, cronchy memes.
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Check out the IndigneousX survey on CR: https://indigenousx.com.au/constitutional-recognition-survey/
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
We recorded this episode early, so we missed the two huge stories of the weekend (the police-enforced lockdown in Victorian public housing, and the Eden-Monaro results) but don't worry, we'll get into them in detail next week!
This episode, for mains Noon is serving up a Classic Noon Ramble(TM) about Modern Monetary Theory and why it means we should tell Scott Morrison to shut up when he talks about balancing the budget. We've got three nice First Nations stories, plus plenty of bad takes, silly jokes, and memes.
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