Boonta Vista Socialist Club

We're off to the races (in Alabama) as we attempt to assess the threat of a hypothetical violent left, diagnose people climbing Uluru as "shitty" and take in another edition of Planely Speaking. *** Support our show and get exclusive bonus episodes by subscribing on Patreon: www.patreon.com/BoontaVista *** Merchandise available at: boontavista.com/merchandise *** Twitter: twitter.com/boontavista iTunes: tinyurl.com/y8d5aenm Spotify: spoti.fi/2DBCXGA Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=144888&refid=stpr Pocket Casts: pca.st/SPZB RSS: tinyurl.com/kq84ddb

Hey we're talking about the Australian Labor Party's new leader and why he seems completely insistent on rolling over at every opportunity and showing the Tories his soft, stupid belly. Maybe the hyperconservative Neocons will be your friend if you ask nicely! After all, you have nothing to offer them in return! *** Support our show and get exclusive bonus episodes by subscribing on Patreon: www.patreon.com/BoontaVista *** Merchandise available at: boontavista.com/merchandise *** Twitter: twitter.com/boontavista iTunes: tinyurl.com/y8d5aenm Spotify: spoti.fi/2DBCXGA Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=144888&refid=stpr Pocket Casts: pca.st/SPZB RSS: tinyurl.com/kq84ddb

Andrew, Lucy & Theo are looking at the government's latest measures to "encourage" people to stop collecting welfare, bad opinion columns capped off by the Return Of The King, our new Planely Speaking segment and your letters. *** Support our show and get exclusive bonus episodes by subscribing on Patreon: www.patreon.com/BoontaVista *** Merchandise available at: boontavista.com/merchandise *** Twitter: twitter.com/boontavista iTunes: tinyurl.com/y8d5aenm Spotify: spoti.fi/2DBCXGA Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=144888&refid=stpr Pocket Casts: pca.st/SPZB RSS: tinyurl.com/kq84ddb

Andrew, Lucy & Theo check in on Israel Folau's latest capers, sinking apartment buildings, PlaneWatch and the worst of Reddit relationship advice. *** Support our show and get exclusive bonus episodes by subscribing on Patreon: www.patreon.com/BoontaVista *** Merchandise available at: boontavista.com/merchandise *** Twitter: twitter.com/boontavista iTunes: tinyurl.com/y8d5aenm Spotify: spoti.fi/2DBCXGA Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=144888&refid=stpr Pocket Casts: pca.st/SPZB RSS: tinyurl.com/kq84ddb

Andrew, Ben & Theo are in a Siberian gulag looking at the continuing saga of a certain hapless opinion columnist. We also take a look at what must surely be the last gasps of the time in spotlight for controversial serial fantasist and Friend Of The Show, Nelly Yoa. *** Support our show and get exclusive bonus episodes by subscribing on Patreon: www.patreon.com/BoontaVista *** Merchandise available at: boontavista.com/merchandise *** Twitter: twitter.com/boontavista iTunes: tinyurl.com/y8d5aenm Spotify: spoti.fi/2DBCXGA Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=144888&refid=stpr Pocket Casts: pca.st/SPZB RSS: tinyurl.com/kq84ddb

Andrew, Ben, Lucy & Theo hit the highway and discuss the police raids on journalists over the last week - including a shockingly reasonable take from Penis Whackerman! And of course, we check in on Bigfoot. *** Support our show and get exclusive bonus episodes by subscribing on Patreon: www.patreon.com/BoontaVista *** Merchandise available at: boontavista.com/merchandise *** Twitter: twitter.com/boontavista iTunes: tinyurl.com/y8d5aenm Spotify: spoti.fi/2DBCXGA Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=144888&refid=stpr Pocket Casts: pca.st/SPZB RSS: tinyurl.com/kq84ddb

Andrew, Theo and Lucy take a trip to Hawaii and catch a dose of brain worms as they discuss Chernobyl, Brigid Delay getting stuck in mud, judging a woman by the size of her turds, the moral and spiritual dilemmas of VR pornography and more. *** Support our show and get exclusive bonus episodes by subscribing on Patreon: www.patreon.com/BoontaVista *** Merchandise available at: boontavista.com/merchandise *** Twitter: twitter.com/boontavista iTunes: tinyurl.com/y8d5aenm Spotify: spoti.fi/2DBCXGA Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=144888&refid=stpr Pocket Casts: pca.st/SPZB RSS: tinyurl.com/kq84ddb

Andrew, Lucy and a portion of Ben look at the worst takes to come out of the first week of post-election coverage. Here's to a hundred episodes more, at which point we can once more wheel out the Hundred Episodes Gong. *** Support our show and get exclusive bonus episodes by subscribing on Patreon: www.patreon.com/BoontaVista *** Merchandise available at: boontavista.com/merchandise *** Twitter: twitter.com/boontavista iTunes: tinyurl.com/y8d5aenm Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2DBCXGA Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=144888&refid=stpr Pocket Casts: pca.st/SPZB RSS: tinyurl.com/kq84ddb

RIP Tony! Please join Andrew, Lucy & Theo as we bid farewell to our weirdest political unit and conduct a post-mortem of the depressing election result from the weekend. *** Support our show and get exclusive bonus episodes by subscribing on Patreon: www.patreon.com/BoontaVista *** Merchandise available at: boontavista.com/merchandise *** Twitter: twitter.com/boontavista iTunes: tinyurl.com/y8d5aenm Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2DBCXGA Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=144888&refid=stpr Pocket Casts: pca.st/SPZB RSS: tinyurl.com/kq84ddb

Andrew, Ben and Theo give a dire pre-election warning from deep inside the cavernous basement of the AEC, stalked by a terrifying and formidable force of looming, eldritch electoral power. *** Support our show and get exclusive bonus episodes by subscribing on Patreon: www.patreon.com/BoontaVista *** Merchandise available at: boontavista.com/merchandise *** Twitter: twitter.com/boontavista iTunes: tinyurl.com/y8d5aenm Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2DBCXGA Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=144888&refid=stpr Pocket Casts: pca.st/SPZB RSS: tinyurl.com/kq84ddb

Andrew and Ben take a visit to Norway in this week's Nature Corner, and run down the sad state of the Australian Federal election in Disgraced Candidate Watch. *** Support our show and get exclusive bonus episodes by subscribing on Patreon: www.patreon.com/BoontaVista *** Merchandise available at: boontavista.com/merchandise *** Twitter: twitter.com/boontavista iTunes: tinyurl.com/y8d5aenm Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2DBCXGA Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=144888&refid=stpr Pocket Casts: pca.st/SPZB RSS: tinyurl.com/kq84ddb

In this bonus episode, Andrew, Ben and Lucy look at the news and answer questioners from listeners, like this one. *** Support the show and unlock this episode and additional content by subscribing on Patreon: www.patreon.com/BoontaVista

The crew is investigating the crop of bankrupt, cop-punching candidates that Fraser Anning is fielding at the election for his Big Racist Party. *** Support our show and get exclusive bonus episodes by subscribing on Patreon: www.patreon.com/BoontaVista *** Merchandise available at: boontavista.com/merchandise *** Twitter: twitter.com/boontavista iTunes: tinyurl.com/y8d5aenm Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2DBCXGA Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=144888&refid=stpr Pocket Casts: pca.st/SPZB RSS: tinyurl.com/kq84ddb

On this week's bonus episode, Ben is concerned about the moral quandary of free sponsorship, requiring some tactful editing. *** Support the show and get exclusive bonus episodes and additional content by subscribing on Patreon: www.patreon.com/BoontaVista

Andrew, Lucy, Ben and Theo are taking a look at One Nation's new star candidate, Social Media Influencer Emma Azzopardi - that's right, THE Emma Azzopardi - and checking in on longtime friend of the show Penis Whackerman. *** Support our show and get exclusive bonus episodes by subscribing on Patreon: www.patreon.com/BoontaVista *** Merchandise available at: boontavista.com/merchandise *** Twitter: twitter.com/boontavista iTunes: tinyurl.com/y8d5aenm Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=144888&refid=stpr Pocket Casts: pca.st/SPZB RSS: tinyurl.com/kq84ddb

Andrew, Lucy & Ben are joined by Riley from TRASHFUTURE for a Brexit update and a look at the first week of the Australian election campaign including casual racism, yelling at a disabled candidate and being incredibly scared of electric vehicles. Find Riley on Twitter: https://twitter.com/raaleh Listen to TRASHFUTURE: https://trashfuturepodcast.podbean.com/ VOTE FOR TRASHFUTURE FOR THE BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote *** Support our show and get exclusive bonus episodes by subscribing on Patreon: www.patreon.com/BoontaVista *** Merchandise available at: boontavista.com/merchandise *** Twitter: twitter.com/boontavista iTunes: tinyurl.com/y8d5aenm Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=144888&refid=stpr Pocket Casts: pca.st/SPZB RSS: tinyurl.com/kq84ddb

Andrew, Lucy and Theo are discussing the impending Federal election campaign, the Budget and the uncertain future facing Friend Of The Show Tony Abbott. *** Support our show and get exclusive bonus episodes by subscribing on Patreon: www.patreon.com/BoontaVista *** Merchandise available at: boontavista.com/merchandise *** Twitter: twitter.com/boontavista iTunes: tinyurl.com/y8d5aenm Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=144888&refid=stpr Pocket Casts: pca.st/SPZB RSS: tinyurl.com/kq84ddb

Andrew, Theo and Lucy are joined by Travis View, writer and co-host of the QAnon Anonymous podcast. We talk about the origins of QAnon, the resurgence of a certain Australian conspiracy theory, and take questions from our listeners. • Read Travis' latest piece for the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/03/26/mueller-report-is-get-ready-conspiracy-theories/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.82990d63b5c4 • Listen to QAnon Anonymous: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/qanon-anonymous/id1428209307?mt=2 • Follow Travis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/travis_view *** Support our show and get exclusive bonus episodes by subscribing on Patreon: www.patreon.com/BoontaVista *** Merchandise available at: boontavista.com/merchandise *** Twitter: twitter.com/boontavista iTunes: tinyurl.com/y8d5aenm Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=144888&refid=stpr Pocket Casts: pca.st/SPZB RSS: tinyurl.com/kq84ddb

Andrew, Ben & Theo discuss Christchurch, reactions in the Australian media, attempts by the conservative media to distance themselves and Scott Morrison's interview with Waleed Aly. We get hopeful for potential stirrings of a change in the Australian media and offer suggestions for things you can do in a time like this. *** Support our show and get exclusive bonus episodes by subscribing on Patreon: www.patreon.com/BoontaVista *** Merchandise available at: boontavista.com/merchandise *** Twitter: twitter.com/boontavista iTunes: tinyurl.com/y8d5aenm Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=144888&refid=stpr Pocket Casts: pca.st/SPZB RSS: tinyurl.com/kq84ddb

Step into the Big Top and join Andrew, Lucy and Ben as we talk about old timey money, Warnie's Instagram concerns, Mark Latham's eugenics proposal and a very long and unfortunate letter from a listener. *** Support our show and get exclusive bonus episodes by subscribing on Patreon: www.patreon.com/BoontaVista *** Merchandise available at: boontavista.com/merchandise *** Twitter: twitter.com/boontavista iTunes: tinyurl.com/y8d5aenm Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/s?fid=144888&refid=stpr Pocket Casts: pca.st/SPZB RSS: tinyurl.com/kq84ddb