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Bite sized chunks of Australian politics and news, served up with a side of crispy memes
Episodes
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
It's been another HUGE news week, so we've got loads of tasty treats for you: some amazing solidarity for entrees, Tim Smith getting on the bongs, two nice First Nations stories w very different tones, alleged corruption in the NSW Labor party, and more. And for mains we're looking at Dyson Heydon, the extremely dodgy creep and former High Court judge at the centre of allegations of sexual harassment.
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Get involved in the Mantra Mass Mobilisation: https://www.facebook.com/events/554189678606513/
Read about Heydon: https://www.smh.com.au/national/high-court-inquiry-finds-former-justice-dyson-heydon-sexually-harassed-associates-20200622-p5550w.html
Get involved with ORRCA: http://www.orrca.org.au/
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
It's an extra-long episode this week because for mains Zac is serving up a degustation about single member wards, Adem Somyurek, and general political shenanigans. Keep an ear out for our exciting new segment, Hypocrisy Corner.
We have a long entree from Noon about the government's horribly anti-woman economic policies in the response to coronavirus. And of course we have plenty of hot takes, memes, and silly jokes.
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Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
It's our one year Snackiversary / happy Snackday party episode! We're going back to the start and listening back to our first episode and repeating all our own jokes. Thank you all for listening and being such a wonderful Snackpack!
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Sunday Jun 07, 2020
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
This episode contains the voices and names of Aboriginal people who have died. We give a warning in the show before it happens, so feel free to listen as normal and turn off the episode when we give the heads up.
This week's show is focusing on BLM - the protests in America and the terrible response from Australia's politicians and media, the cultural genocide perpetrated by Rio Tinto in Juukan Gorge, police beating up an Indigenous kid in Redfern, and a memorial of some First Nations people who were killed by Australian cops.
Donate to David Dungay Jr's family: https://au.gofundme.com/f/d9qkb6-justice-for-david
Donate to Tanya Day's family: https://au.gofundme.com/f/day-family-fundraiser
Donate to Joyce Clarke's family: https://au.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-joyce-clarke
Donate to Kumanjayi Walker's family: https://au.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-yuendumu-inquiry-on-police-shooting
Sunday May 31, 2020
Sunday May 31, 2020
This episode contains a recording of an Indigenous woman who has passed away. If you don’t want to hear that, please skip from 26:56 to 27:52.
It’s our fiftieth episode! To celebrate, we’re drinking some extremely depressing Mining Mimosas, as we look at some of the ways that mining companies destroy the lives, heritage, and legal status of First Nations people by, for example, blowing up 46 000 year old rock shelters.
We also have some really top notch memes from two noted memelords, updates on some long-running legal battles, a far too adorable potluck from some of our sweetest listeners, and a whole bunch more.
Support the show: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod
Read the IndigenousX piece by Natalie Cromb: https://indigenousx.com.au/land-rights-sand-castle-in-a-wind-storm/
Read the NITV article by Grandmothers Against Removals: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/feature/women-fighting-against-rising-tide-indigenous-child-removals
Support their organisation: https://www.facebook.com/GMAR.GrandmothersAgainstRemovals/
Tuesday May 26, 2020
Tuesday May 26, 2020
In the final episode of Noon and the Dunce, we talk about historical materialism, inter- and intra-class contradictions, the fall of Feudalism, the rise of Capitalism, and the - hopefully - upcoming fall of Capitalism.
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Sunday May 24, 2020
Sunday May 24, 2020
This week's entree is Welfare Carpaccio because the government just keeps cutting it thinner, and for mains we're serving up Media Munchables as we look at the recent closure of Buzzfeed and 10Daily.
We also have some new developments in meme jurisprudence, a story about our listeners' (new) mortal enemy Landlord Cop, and more!
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Listen to Every Second Weekend: https://open.spotify.com/show/4GMt5aEtyV1qqKKVysoTPF
Wednesday May 20, 2020
Wednesday May 20, 2020
It's part 3 of Noon and the Dunce. This episode is Dank Exploitation, where we answer big questions like how do capitalists take money from the workers, and why did I spend so long talking about commodity fetishism last week?
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Sunday May 17, 2020
Sunday May 17, 2020
We have an extra-special mains this week, it's an interview with Jack from the Rent and Mortgage Strike group. We get into rental strikes, solidarity culture, weaponising privilege, and even a few memes.
Plus we have all our usual stuff: embarrassing politicians, racist journalists, and more!
Support the show: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod
Check out the Rent and Mortgage Strike online: https://www.ausrentstrike.com
and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/covid19rentstrike/
The new Renters and Housing Union website is not live yet, we'll link it when it is!
Check out these articles by Joshua Badge: https://overland.org.au/2020/04/housing-is-a-right-homelessness-is-a-weapon/
Read about the Dancing Grass harvest: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/may/13/its-time-to-embrace-the-history-of-the-country-first-harvest-of-dancing-grass-in-200-years
Wednesday May 13, 2020
Wednesday May 13, 2020
It's time for Noon and the Dunce, our mini-series where Noon tries to explain complex Marxist economic theory and philosophy through the medium of dank memes.
Strap on your nerd hats and get ready to get the answers to important questions like: What is a fetish? Why is water so cheap? And why so many coats?