Episode 02 - Smash Those Avos (feat Guest Host Dave Gaukroger)

For our second episode, we feature an obscure guest host very few listeners will have heard of, a Mr Dave Gaukroger formerly of a little podcast called SomethingWonky. The giving-up-smashed-avos totally realistic plan for home ownership; ACOSS reveals Australia's "National Shame", in Australia vs Humanity we discuss Amnesty's devastating "Island of Despair" report and Four Corners "The Forgotten Children" - turns out Australia has several national shames - and Erin Riley returns to tell us what's Stuck In Her Craw.

Episode 01 - Well May We Begin (feat Guest Host Erin Riley)

Our very first episode, featuring guest host Erin Riley and a Stuck In My Craw by The Weekly Hour. The dead plebiscite, why is Malcolm still falling, just how far are they going to go in this war on the poor, Australia vs Humanity hits new depths, and the war on facts.

We have our theme music

The podcast theme music is "These Days" by Robin Grey. If you'd like to hear the full song (without Whitlam shouting over the top of it) you can find it here. And a lovely live version with fiddle here.

Robin's also got a new song suggesting that maybe we could, you know, Leave It In The Ground, which you might also enjoy.

You can find Robin and his music at www.robingrey.com.

After Pure Poison, and Something Wonky...

We tried to let it go. We really did.

But ending those podcasts didn't fix the problem. It wasn't us after all! Australia is still fighting hard against humanity. Every day we see stories of the powerful working to crush the powerless, to entrench their power, to abuse the marginalised.

So we thought - there's currently a bit of a SomethingWonky-shaped hole in the Australian political landscape, and we know just how to fill it: with a new podcast where we explore the week's political developments with knowledgeable and entertaining guests.

We might not go quite as long as SomethingWonky used to. We may not hit quite as many stories. But instead we will try to address things looking at how did it come to this, and where is it likely to go next, and what can be done about it (and by whom)? In about an hour of your time (less if you don't mind playing it at 1.5x and Jeremy sounding like Alvin on Ice).