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Episode 147: Will Clinton Figure Out How To Get People To (Pokemon) Go To The Polls?

Posted: October 21, 2016 in Uncategorized
Tags: abortion, abortion laws, Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Donald Trump, Green Party, Hillary Clinton, Jason Brownlee, Jill Stein, reproductive rights, Republicans, two-party dominance, US election, US electoral system, US politics

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This episode features politics professor Jason Brownlee on the US election. This is a continuation of our discussion with Jason from episode 146. This time we discuss: will Clinton’s policies move to the left as a result of the popularity of Sanders? Or is she just pandering (or Sandering :p)? Clinton versus Trump on abortion rights; gender bias against Clinton; the importance of alternative ideas from minor parties; third party candidates and dividing the progressive vote; problems with the US electoral system; and anarchism and voting.

We also discuss the fallout from the (likely) Trump loss and this episode of BBC radio, where you can hear Trump supporters make some bizarre claims.

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Clips:

Pokemon go to the polls (remix), Reverend William Barber at DNC 2016, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee ‘Maine’s Personal Trump’, Rap News ‘Presidential Rap Debates: HILLARY vs TRUMP + Jill Stein & Gary Johnson’, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee ‘RIGGED!!!’, Leftover Crack ‘The War at Home’.

You can listen to a short (7 minute) version of this episode, which features our discussion on the election and abortion rights, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

Episode 146: Trump’s Missiles Are Flying

Posted: October 16, 2016 in Uncategorized
Tags: Black Lives Matter, Democrats, Donald Trump, Green Party, Hillary Clinton, imperialism, Jason Brownlee, Jill Stein, police brutality, police racism, police repression, Republicans, The Dead Zone, two-party dominance, US election, US imperialism, US politics

You can listen to this episode above and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. You can also listen to this episode on Stitcher, Cyber Ears or download it on Archive.org (61mins, 45MB).

This episode features politics professor Jason Brownlee on the US election. He discusses: how Trump is getting away with claiming he is challenging the elites; the dangers of a Trump presidency; Trump is not less imperialist than Clinton, despite his claims about rejecting the Iraq invasion; and Trump, Clinton and #BlackLivesMatter. This discussion continues on episode 147.

Also mentioned throughout the episode is: Nick’s article on two-party dominance in Australia, Ward Churchill on police repression in the US and the documentary Herman’s House.

You can hear all of the talks from the 2016 Institute for Critical Animal Studies (Oceania) conference here. We will do a recap of this conference soon – follow our blog and/or subscribe to our podcast on iTunes or Stitcher to be notified once this episode is out.

Clips:

Rap News ‘Presidential Rap Debates: HILLARY vs TRUMP + Jill Stein & Gary Johnson’, The Feed ‘US Presidential Debate’, The 7.30 Report Interview: Civil rights lawyer Nana Gyamfi, The Dead Zone ‘The Missiles Are Flying’, Saturday Night Live ‘Ed Glosser: Trivial Physic’, CNN ‘Mothers of the Movement – from the DNC convention’, Dave Stewart, Saul Williams, Nadirah X, Asdru Sierra, Dana Glover, Tina Schlieske and Derrick Ashong ‘Angola 3’.

You can listen to a short (8 minute) version of this episode, which features a shortened version of our discussion on the dangers of a Trump presidency, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

Episode 145: Fucking the Patriarchy…Literally

Posted: September 18, 2016 in Uncategorized
Tags: agency, Ariella Van Luyn, Dr Theresa Petray, feminism, feminism and fiction, fiction, sex positivity, sex work, sex workers, sociology, structure, Treading Air

You can buy this book here: http://affirmpress.com.au/publishing/treading-air/

This episode features writer Ariella Van Luyn and sociologist Dr Theresa Petray. They discuss Ariella’s book Treading Air, as well as sex work, feminism and fiction, and sex positivity.

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Clips:

Colour Me Wednesday ‘Sugar Coated’, Sex Pistols ‘No Fun’, Billie Holiday ‘I Cover the Waterfront’.

You can listen to a short (10 minute) version of this episode, which features a shortened version of our discussion with Ariella and Theresa, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

Episode 144: Reverse Ridiculousness – Cry Baby Men and White Devils

Posted: September 10, 2016 in Uncategorized
Tags: Becky's, Constitutional Recognition, male feminists, male privilege, music, racism, reverse racism, reverse sexism, sexism, white privilege

Image from MrMadness Sotomayor on youtube.com

On this episode we take on the idea that reverse “sexism” (against men) and reverse “racism” (against white people) are real things.

In our discussion of reverse “sexism” and “racism”, we cover Glastonbury Music Festival, Sad Grrrls Fest Melbourne, Becky’s and ‘Study Finds That White Privilege Makes Up For White Guilt’.

Also covered throughout the episode is: Celeste Liddle’s article ‘Fighting for Sovereignty and Treaties over Recognition’, which covers some Indigenous criticisms of Constitutional Recognition, and Katie promotes the app Carousell.

Follow us on Twitter @ProgPodcast to get tweets from Katie about the footy (mate).

Clips:

War on Women ‘Glass City’, The Feed ‘Jon Snow calls out sexism???’, Portlandia Series 5, Episode 7 ‘Doug Becomes a Feminist’, Howard on Menzies, Aamer Rahman ‘Reverse Racism’, Married at First Sight ‘Nick’s One Downside’, Lowkey ‘Ahmed’.

You can listen to a short (10 minute) version of this episode, which features a shortened version of our discussion on reverse “sexism”, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

Episode 143: Is Effective Altruism Pissing in the Wind?

Posted: August 30, 2016 in Uncategorized
Tags: anti-capitalism, capitalism, charity, Comic Relief, donating, effective altruism, ethics, International Monetary Fund, Jason Brownlee, neoliberalism, Oscar Wilde, Peter Singer, structural causes of poverty, utilitarianism

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We are again joined by politics professor Jason Brownlee. This is a continuation of our discussion with Jason from last episode (#142), where he introduced Peter Singer’s work on effective altruism and discussed some of the positive aspects. On this episode Jason discusses some critiques of Singer’s effective altruism, focusing mainly on a failure to address the structural causes of poverty, such as capitalism and neoliberal institutions like the International Monetary Fund.

*Image from Chumbawamba’s album ‘First 2’ – see ‘Clips’ below for a link to buy this album.

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Clips:

That Mitchell and Webb Sound, Series 1 ‘Just 3 Pounds a Month’, Chumbawamba ‘Invasion’, ‘How to get your Band on Television’ and ‘More Whitewashing’ – all from the album First 2, Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott ‘When I Get Back to Blighty’.

You can listen to a short (9 minute) version of this episode, which features a shortened version of Nick’s discussion with Jason on critiques of effective altruism, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

Episode 142: Begging You to Give Your Money Away – an Introduction to Effective Altruism

Posted: August 21, 2016 in Uncategorized
Tags: charity, donating, effective altruism, ethics, homelessness, Jason Brownlee, karl pilkington, Peter Singer, practical ethics, utilitarianism

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This episode features politics professor Jason Brownlee discussing Australian ethicist Peter Singer’s work on effective altruism. To look further intro Singer’s views on the topic, listen to his Ted Talk (embedded below) and check out thelifeyoucansave.org. Our discussion with Jason on effective altruism continues on episode 143.

Also covered throughout the episode is: some of Singer’s more controversial ethical positions, the work-consume treadmill, againstmalaria.com and advocacy for homeless people in Perth.

Great to be a part of the project to hand out #vegan care packs to #homeless ppl in #Perth https://t.co/h0rbjEzhMI pic.twitter.com/Mw1cyLM5pB

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We also have a return of the segment ‘When Karl Pilkington Makes Sense’ – this time on charity.

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Clips:

Logic ‘Begging You’, The Chaser speaking at the 2010 Global Atheist Convention, Ricky Gervais podcast, Karl Pilkington Appeal for Comic Relief, Peter Singer’s Ted Talk: ‘The Why and How of Effective Altruism’, Bill Hicks ‘The War’ – from the album ‘Relentless’, Supertramp ‘Give a Little Bit’.

You can listen to a short (11 minute) version of this episode, which features a shortened version of Nick’s discussion with Jason on effective altruism, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

Episode 141: Katie takes on MRAs…on the BBC!!!

Posted: July 26, 2016 in Uncategorized
Tags: BBC, BBC World Have Your Say, free speech, Ghostbusters, hate speech, Leslie Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, MRAs, privilege, racism, right to be a bigot, sexism, Twitter

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Katie was on the BBC!!! You can listen to the segment with her and others discussing racist, misogynist Milo Yiannopoulos being banned from Twitter after harassing Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones, from 24.23-41.50 of this episode of BBC World Have Your Say.

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We also discuss “freech” (aka free speech), hate speech, the “right to be a bigot” and privilege. We touched on similar issues on episode 117, where we discussed singer Chris Brown being banned from coming to Australia.

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We recently spotted this in Fitzroy – where else?!

Clips:

Open Slather ‘Privileged Poor Sketch’, Katie on this episode of BBC World Have Your Say, Aziz Ansari ‘The Chick-Fil-A Dilemma’, AJJ ‘American Tune’.

You can listen to a short (10 minute) version of this episode, which features Katie on the BBC, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

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