Auspol Snackpod: Australian Politics and Memes

It's a loose ep this week, with embarrassing politicians, an infected potato, and the budget surplus gone. Plus we have all your favourite segments, bad food puns, a potluck submission from a listener, and plenty of tasty memes.

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It's an extra special episode this week - Zac's away so we're playing you one of our bonus episodes. We unpack Noon's bug out bag and Zac makes fun of him for it. Hopefully it helps you survive the apocalypse.

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Plenty of stupidity to snack on in Auspol this week, from Joel Fitzgibbon accidentally emailing political opponents sensitive info, to conservative commentators making the weakest jokes imaginable. For mains Noon talks about budget surpluses and why they're pretty silly. Plus, all the regular segments: Potluck, Positivity Corner, the gang's all here!

Its another big episode, we start discussing the horrifying murder-suicide - skip to 12:50 if you don't want to hear about that. We have another Positivity Corner, a delicious potluck from a listener, news, memes, politics, and a bit of a deep dive into Adam Bandt and the Green New Deal.

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We got a long one this week because there's been so much Devonish Behaviour in Parliament this week, with second and third helpings of sports rorts, Labor voting for Llew O'Brien, and the Otis group. We also have a long First Nations story as we get into Sorry Day, Apology Day, the Bringing them Home report and Closing the Gap.

We're also serving up a new segment for pos-vibes emanating, a tasty potluck, and of course, a side of crispy memes.

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Coronavirus, racism, the Nats, the Greens, failed ex-cop politicians, native title, a terrible opposition party, Pauline Hanson makes a fool of herself #17456: plenty to snack on this week in Australian politics, and we wash it all down with a couple of frosty frothies.

This week we have updates on Sports Rorts, Josephine Cashman embarrassing herself, and for mains a little extra helping of Bettina Arndt, colonial award ceremonies, and of course tasty memes.

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Today is Invasion Day, so we've dedicated a whole episode to cultural burns, a traditional land management practice that has recently received quite a lot of attention without much nuance. We look at the context, meaning, impact, and practices of cultural burning. Sovereignty was never ceded - this always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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WARNING for First Nations listeners: this episode contains the names and descriptions of people who have died. General content warning: this episode also contains a discussion of suicide. If you want to listen and avoid either or both of these, you can skip to 10:15.

We have some heavy news this week, with another First Nations woman dead in custody and the suicide of Gavin Wilson. If you don't want to hear that, you can skip to 10:15 for a lil chat about Invasion Day.

For mains this week we're breaking down pork barreling: what it is, why it happens, and why Deputy Nationals Leader Bridget McKenzie should resign. We also have a delicious potluck submission about #GameDevsForFiries, some embarrassing white supremacists, and of course plenty of crispy memes.

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We're back to our usual format, and this week we're serving up a Red Hot Chili Medley as we chow down on a bunch of different fire-related issues. The prime minister's incompetence and disrespect, the resignation at News Corp, the arson myth, and more. Plus some creeping fascism, and of course delicious memes.

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