Bite sized chunks of Australian politics and news, served up with a side of crispy memes
Episodes
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Every week there's just too much damn news! This week we accidentally filled up on cooked white bread (fascists) and had to skip our mains, but don't worry, there's plenty to snack on.
Content warning for our Positivity Corner where we discuss CSA from 12.28-21.00.
Reminder that we are uploading transcripts of our new episodes to www.auspolsnackpod.com, normally within 48 hours of the episode release.
Entree & SPOTW: Gamestonks, Gamestops, EB Games, Stonkgames.
Positivity Corner: Content warning for CSA runs 12.28 - to 21:00. Malka Leifer has been extradited to Australia and faced court.
First Nations: Report back from the Invasion Day rallies this weekend
Fashy Australia: A group of Neo-Nazis / KKK had a camping weekend where they burned a cross and harassed people of colour.
UFU: Anthony Albanese has changed up his Shadow Ministry. Note: Noon repeatedly mixes up Mark Butler and Mark Dreyfus in this segment. Uh....... sorry.
Blurst Take: We had to rush through it but Albo has essentially the absolute worst possible idea for what to do on January 26
And you'll have to listen to the end for our Pupdate!
Support the show financially to help us pay our transcriber and to get bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod
Read Slackb@stard's write-up of the Nazi camp: https://slackbastard.anarchobase.com/?p=47601
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
It's an Invasion Day episode this week, we have a couple of other stories up top but most of the show will be discussing the ongoing colonial genocide that's happening in so-called Australia.
Entree/Positivity Corner: Refugees are released from the Park Hotel prison on bridging visas
Potluck: We get a correction of our coronavirus vaccine discussion from listener Madelaine! Please send us your potlucks at contact@auspolsnackpod.com
First Nations: 'Childhood in Custody' series from the Guardian looks at police abuse and imprisonment of Indigenous children. Read the series here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jan/18/australias-anguish-the-indigenous-kids-trapped-behind-bars
ACAB: WA cops strip searching Indigenous children
Fashy Australia: Widespread international condemnation of Australian human rights crimes at the United Nations
Best Take / Blurst Take: Cricket Australia makes a good change, Scott Morrison says it wasn't a 'flash day' for settlers, Briggs and Karen Wyld tear him apart. Read Karen Wyld's piece here: https://indigenousx.com.au/debunking-it-was-hard-for-convicts-too/
Mains: the history of January 26 as a day of mourning and of jingoistic nationalism
SPOTW: unsurprisingly, Beautiful Talented & Deadly gets the win - follow them here: https://www.facebook.com/beautifultalentedanddeadly/
Listen to 'January 26' by A.B. Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ9qeX4gUeo/
Listen to 'Australia Does Not Exist' by DRMNGNW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKtt5QBpaKQ
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Sunday Jan 17, 2021
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
This week on Auspol Snackpod we are serving up...
Entree: Job Service Providers are messed up and punish people for being on Jobseeker
Coronas: Two competing COVID vaccines and herd immunity
Aliens in the USA: Aliens in the USA?
SPOTW: Go check out the artist @artfuldolebludger for their pigeon / white supremacy image
Fashy Australia: Michael McCormack giving two thumbs up to the far-right
First Nations: You'll be shocked to hear that this proposed uranium mine is bad actually
Positivity Corner: UberEats drivers have called a strike, supported by the TWU
And you'll just have to listen to the end to hear our Pupdate! about our beautiful doggos.
Check out our sweet new website where we will be uploading transcripts for all our new episodes! www.auspolsnackpod.com
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Sunday Jan 10, 2021
Sunday Jan 10, 2021
Its our first ep back for 2021 and... it's certainly been a dramatic start to the year. We catch up on what's been happening over the last month, with the Coronavirus, the National Anthem, and the refugees and asylum seekers in Melbourne being moved. And, yes, unfortunately, we discuss some American politics too, and the awful response from our government here.
PS, no, the image for the episode isn't the SPOTW, it's another awful post from George Christensen that I felt summed up the discussion we had.
Support the show: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod
Rave to the F*** Da Corona track and laugh at the fools trying to dance: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=67106164686580/
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Join Noon, Travis, Jo & Leah, a ragtag assembly of deep cover agents from the podcasting underground. They emerge blinking like naked mole people into the sunlight to bring you a round-up of this year of our lord, the cursed 2020. That’s right folks, they’re here not to save the world, but to bring you MegaPod.
These four highly virile brain geniuses from at least FOUR SEPARATE PODCASTS combine to bring YOU: Aliens! Sex jam! Anal Fistulas, Pope Fights, Weird Al, Juggalos Takeovers and... All the news from 2020!*
For complaints regarding bias in board game scoring and fake news you can find Travis by summoning a Gamilaroi god in the desert or on the internet at;
Broriginals Podcast
https://travisdevries.com/category/podcast Awesome Black
https://www.instagram.com/travishdevries
Join Awesome Black
https://awesomeblack.org/membership-account/membership-levels/
Friends of Awesome Black on Facebook
Travis Tweets from @TravishDeVries
To help Jo figure out teat to milk on the (what bird?) get in touch at;
Chronically Fully Sick
http://www.chronicallyfullysick.com
Or on Twitter @chronicfullsick
To roast Leah for not realising Baghdad was formed low key smack bang in the middle of the middle ages you can catch her at;
Loud Angry Not Sorry Podcast
https://loudandangry.podbean.com
Feminists United Website
http://feministsunitedaustralia.org
Twitter: @leahlikes
And finally, listen to Auspol Snackpod for the news, the memes, and to get Noon and Zac into 47th place on Spotify for 2021 -
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*like a fair bit, not all. Like come on, as if we can fit an entire year into 1.5hours
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
2020 has been a rough year but there's one thing that has helped each and every one of us through it: the memes. So we're serving you up a month by month recap of the memes of 2020. Strap yourself in for stale jokes, a hilarious birthday cake, quality threads, splitting the left, and more.
Also we wanted to issue a correction for last week's episode. Noon said the report into elections recommended abolishing compulsory voting. That's not correct! They recommended abolishing compulsory preferential voting. Our bad and thanks to our wonderful listeners for correcting us.
Support us financially and help force Zac to make a full length remix of the Snackpod theme song: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
It's the end of Parliament for the year, which means its shenanigan central in the nation's capital. We read so many dang reports this week, on electoral reform, industrial relations, the destruction of Juukan Gorge, the Christchurch shooter... we even have some non-report based news! For mains we're looking at the Indue Cashless Racist Card, plus we have updates on the covid vaccine situation, and a bunch of other stuff. We also discuss the death of a trans person who was part of our community at the end of the show, we give a heads up before we start that if you'd rather not hear it.
If you need mental health support you can try some of the following services:
QLife (queer mental health support) - 1800 184 527 - https://qlife.org.au/
Lifeline - 13 11 14
Suicide Callback Service - 1300 659 467
Read Bridget Flack's writing: https://thingsidontreallymean.wordpress.com/
Read the Never Again report into the destruction of Juukan Gorge: https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/committees/reportjnt/024579/toc_pdf/NeverAgain.pdf
Read the election report: https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/committees/reportjnt/024439/toc_pdf/Reportontheconductofthe2019federalelectionandmattersrelatedthereto.pdf
Follow Gamileraay Next Generation and the Gamil Means No movement: https://www.facebook.com/GamilaraayNextGeneration/
For more about the Indue Cashless Racist Card listen to our old episode about Twiggy Forrest - https://auspolsnackpod.podbean.com/e/046-a-forrest-of-twiglets/
Support the show financially at www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod
Sunday Dec 06, 2020
Sunday Dec 06, 2020
Every week there's just too much damn news! This week we're serving up a smorgasbord of stories - several cool union actions, G̶a̶b̶b̶o̶ Gobbo is coming, an update on the Djab Wurrung hearings, the NSW Liberals' total incompetence, and of course, plenty of hot takes and memes.
Support the show: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod
Read Michael McGowan's article about NSW drug reform: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/05/why-the-nsw-proposal-to-depenalise-drug-possession-has-prompted-such-a-vicious-backlash
Hear about Australia's terrible international diplomacy: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/reimagining-diplomacy/12952492
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
We have a fun episode for you this week, with back to back memes, blurst takes, and even blurster takes. We chow down on journalistic integrity, the impossible contradictions of liberalism, Matthias Cormann's bid for the top job at the OECD and plenty of other news.
Support the show financially: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod
Sunday Nov 22, 2020
Sunday Nov 22, 2020
You know how we said we would be "back" to our "usual format"... well, we have good news and bad news on that front. The bad news is, we're not! The good news is, Zac did an excellent interview with activist and academic David Kelly from the Save Public Housing Collective.
Apart from the interview this is a reasonably heavy episode. We have some triggering content involving mentions of sexual assault and CSA, if you'd like to skip that segment it runs from 14:00 - 18:45.
Support the show: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod
Read the Family Matters Report 2020: https://www.familymatters.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FamilyMattersReport2020_LR.pdf
Find the Save Public Housing Collective on fb: https://www.facebook.com/savepublichousingcollective and their website: www.savepublichousing.com
Follow David + SPHC on twitter: @davelkelly, @savepublichous