Bite sized chunks of Australian politics and news, served up with a side of crispy memes
Episodes
Sunday May 10, 2020
Sunday May 10, 2020
Australia's foremost political nobodies are back again, and we have a minimally corona-oriented episode this week. We're serving up a blurst take from Kristina "White Australia" Keneally, the Queensland Premier getting a fake vaccine, a tasty potluck from a listener, and for mains we're having a snack platter of Eden-Monaro related shenanigans.
Our entree is about George Pell, if you don't want to hear it you can skip to 5:38.
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Read the article by Alison Croggon about Arts funding: https://witnessperformance.com/arts-funding-a-survey-of-destruction/
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Its part one of our long-awaited, unfortunately titled mini-series, Noon and the Dunce, where Noon tries to explain complex Marxist economic theory and philosophy through the medium of dank memes.
This week is Dank Theory - Hegel and Dialectical Materialism.
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Sunday May 03, 2020
Sunday May 03, 2020
Another fun episode this week with some extra-special memes, adorable tweets, best-and-or-blurst takes, political shenangians, and a deep dive from Zac into everyone's favourite racist billionaire mining magnate, Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest.
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Listen to Wild Black Women: https://989fm.com.au/listen/programs/wild-black-women/wild-black-woman/
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
We have special, extra fun, loose, smack-talk-y episode for you. There's been some terrible content circulating the halls of parliament (Turnbull's book), everyone's favourite chump Clive Palmer has seriously messed up, and for mains we have a bit of a rambly chat about personal vs systemic responsibility. Plus we have an amazing potluck from Tom Tanuki. So plug it into your earholes, tuck in your napkins, and enjoy some snackpod goodness.
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Listen to Warren Foster: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-18/captain-james-cook-first-sighting-of-endeavour-yuin-people/12151356
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Thursday Apr 23, 2020
Thursday Apr 23, 2020
Hello snackerfans! This month we've got an extra-extra-long bonus episode, and it's one that we've decided to release for non-patrons because it's full of important stuff we keep not having time for during the regular show.
We've done a bit of a deep dive into four marginalised groups - women and children in abusive relationships, First Nations people, refugees and asylum seekers, and disabled people - and the way that COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting them.
We hope you enjoy the show (despite heavy content) and learn something from it - we definitely learned a lot while researching it. Thanks for listening and especially to our Patreon supporters for letting us keep on making the show and the bonus eps!
Here's our source list: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IcV3Tbi2ey86W7nsv8NArPH5K54TTP7Fil9NRWKT0uI/
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Sunday Apr 19, 2020
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
CW for non-graphic mention of rape and slightly graphic discussion of police violence in this episode
For mains this week we're looking at the fallout from the AFP raids on Annika Smethurst, as well as our usual round of coronas with new announcements from the government this week. And of course there's all your favourite segments, plenty of news and politics, and as always, tasty memes.
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Support Nik Dimopoulos: https://au.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-nik-dimopoulos
State-by-state breakdown of Corona rent relief: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-16/everything-renters-need-to-know-about-payment-and-evictions/12151188
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
We've got some tasty treats for you this week as the NRL secedes from Australia, PSOs become even more wildly dangerous and NSW continues to produce absolutely terrible politicians. We also have some hot meme news because an IPA landlord tried to troll us.
For mains we're talking about Pell and the history of abuse in the Catholic Church. We give a heads up before we start talking about it so if you don't want to hear that part, don't worry, we'll let you know when to tune out.
Support the show: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod
Read Lisbeth's article on the wage subsidy: https://revitalisinglabour.blogspot.com/2020/04/morrisons-covid-19-response-puts.html
Listen to Spooky Speaks: https://twitter.com/spooky_speaks
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
CW for mild homophobic slurs and descriptions of police violence in this epsiode
For mains we're serving up an enormous buffet with our very own Lazy Susan, one of the leading lights of Melbourne's drag scene. And don't worry, we still have a regular show with news, politics, and lots of memes. Seriously. There are a lot of memes this week.
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Follow Lazy: https://twitter.com/mslazysusan
Check out the Beastie Girls' #ThankBank campaign: https://facebook.com/watch/?v=651317375636830
Sunday Mar 29, 2020
Sunday Mar 29, 2020
We're back with more news: a plague of democracy in Queensland, remote community youth outreach, and the myGov myBad. And for mains Noon is serving up some Utopian Waffles, with a deep dive into some radical proposals that might be more relevant than ever before in the age of corona. And as always, we've got hot takes, cold takes, tweets, and plenty of crispy memes.
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Get Inventing the Future: https://www.booktopia.com.au/inventing-the-future-nick-williams-alex-srnicek/book/9781784786229.html
Sunday Mar 22, 2020
Sunday Mar 22, 2020
It's Auscorona Coronapod again, but don't worry, we have plenty of non-corona related stories. There's bad news about environmental vandalism, good news about reparations, and a triple helping of memes.
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Donate to the NHC COVID fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/covid19-homelessness-crisis-support
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