Progressive Podcast Australia

On episode 286 Nick and Lottie discuss what journalist Naomi Klein refers to as trickle down identity politics. This form of identity politics, typified by people such as Hillary Clinton, prioritises achieving a more diverse range of people in positions of power, with the argument that if more people from marginalised groups get into positions of power, these benefits will eventually trickle down to that group as a whole.  This show is a 3CR Summer Special. We encourage everyone to listen to and support 3CR Community Radio! https://www.3cr.org.au/summerspecials2022-2023  On this episode we draw on Nick’s article Questioning Trickle Down Identity Politics: https://progressivepostings.wordpress.com/2021/02/26/idpols3/  We also discuss identity politics and the pressure to come out, drawing on Jameela Jamil’s experience of being a judge on a TV voguing contest, The Morning Show and The Prom.  Clips: Why Are You Like This? Season 1 Episode 6 I Will Not Speak for the Entire Queer Community, Racist Sexist Boy by Th

 On episode 285 Nick and Lottie evaluate different arguments about identity politics going on within Left/progressive/environmental movements. We do this drawing on the following articles that Nick has written for our blog:  What Do You Mean By Identity Politics? https://progressivepostings.wordpress.com/2020/09/04/idpols/  Do You Identify Or Are You Identified? https://progressivepostings.wordpress.com/2021/01/29/idpols2/  This show is a 3CR Summer Special – we encourage everyone to listen to and support 3CR Community Radio! https://www.3cr.org.au/summerspecials2022-2023  We also discuss the band Idles, class and identity: https://www.thestateofthearts.co.uk/features/modern-day-punk-idles-and-identity-issues/  Finally, we cover the documentary Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street; and finally the Netflix sketch comedy show I Think You Should Leave, ordinary cosmopolitanism and a new convivial culture.  Clips: Life is Incredible by Briggs ft Greg Holden, Reverse Racism by Aamer Rahman (from the Fear of a

On episode 284 Nick is joined by Harley to investigate Extinction Rebellion’s claim that once 3.5% of the population of a state is mobilised in sustained protest, success is guaranteed. We also discuss the implications for the environmental movement and animal activists. Harley was active with the group Animal Rebellion in the UK over the last few years and this group is also guided by this 3.5% rule.  This show is replayed from Freedom of Species on 3CR Community Radio: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode/investigating-extinction-rebellion%E2%80%99s-35-rule  For more on the 3.5% rule, you can read Harley’s article ‘Reflections on Rebellion – How People Power can Take the World By Storm’: https://animalrebellion.org/how-change-happens/  You can also read the academic article ‘Social movements and (mis)use of research: Extinction Rebellion and the 3.5% rule’ by Kyle Matthews: https://www.interfacejournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Interface-12-1-Matthews.pdf  You can follow Nick’s I Think You

On episode 283 we ask: do you have a bullshit job? What about a shit job? We explore David Graeber’s book Bullshit Jobs, specifically the point that younger generations are sometimes told by the Left that they can't complain about "trivial" things like meaningless work because of privilege, many people have it worse.  Our earliest experiences with paid work.  Listener feedback and reviews of our show.  Bullshit Jobs is available in the usual formats but also as an audiobook: https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Bullshit-Jobs-Audiobook/B07CTTY6BR  Nick’s Rotations music show All My Favourite Songs…Of 2021: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode-202201091300/all-my-favourite-songs%E2%80%A6-2021-rotations-music-special  You can hear Nick interviewed on Radical Australia on 3CR Community Radio: https://www.3cr.org.au/radicalaustralia/episode/nick-pendergrast  Check out the Homeless in Hotels series which explores the experiences of homeless people who were housed in hotels during COVID lockdowns in Victoria: h

On episode 282 Katie is back on the show and we reflect on the media coverage of Russias invasion of Ukraine, discussing cancel culture, violence and accusations of Russian disinformation on social media. This includes discussing Sasha Gillies-Lekakis being kicked out of QandA by Stan Grant for asking a question that was supportive of Russias invasion: https://twitter.com/ProgPodcast/status/1499561890217082880 We also have an interview with Santa Claus discussing his campaign against Sarah Palin for Alaskas only seat in the House of Representatives. For more information on this campaign, see: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/27/sarah-palin-faces-formidable-opponent-in-congress-run-santa-claus For more information on context behind Russias invasion, see Red Menace podcast: https://www.stitcher.com/show/red-menace/episode/war-in-europe-understanding-the-russia-ukraine-conflict-201345487 To read more about the United States and Ukraine being the only nations to vote against an anti-Nazi United Nati

On episode 281 Nick and Lotties I Think You Should Leave addiction is enabled and encouraged by Kevin, Jared and James from Thats a Chunky podcast (an ITYSL show). We focus on representations of gender in ITYSL, with the show punching sideways on gender, challenging the behaviour of other men. We focus on how gender is portrayed in the sketches: Instagram, Game Night, Jamie Taco and Coffin Flop. Also covered is neurodiversity, introversion and empathy amongst ITYSL fans. The show is wrapped up by briefly indulging Nicks Andy Kaufman obsession, focusing on connections between Kaufman and ITYSL, with Kevin recommending the video The Other Tim From Allentown as an example of Kaufman-esque comedy from Tim Robinson: https://www.youtube.com/watch/1qLHb2GxL2Q We had two ITYSL discussions with Thats a Chunky and you can check out the other discussion, covering gender and the politics of the ITYSL fandom, Australian versus US comedy and references and more, on their show: https://anchor.fm/thats-a-chunky/episodes/Epis

On episode 280 Nick and Lottie continue their obsession with I Think You Should Leave, a sketch comedy show on Netflix. We discuss some of our favourite sketches from series 1 and 2, creating and/or listening to political versus apolitical podcasts and some of our contributions to the ITYSL fandom. Lotties memes cover pinkwashing (specifically corporate co-opting of queer movements) and Nicks are on Duolingo. The sketches we discuss are piece of shit (our combined favourite series 2 sketch), photocopier (one of our biggest agreements in our series 1 rankings, Nick loves this one, Lottie not so much) and Laser Spine Specialists (our combined favourite series 1 sketch). Lottie on ITYSL and pinkwashing: https://twitter.com/lottiegasp/status/1532253297133768704 An example of Nicks ITYSL Duolingo memes: https://twitter.com/ProgPodcast/status/1535445788397932544 Here are our combined series 1 rankings, going from our least favourite down to our most favourite: 29. Christmas Carol 28. Garfield house 27. New Joe 26.

On episode 279 Nick is joined by fellow super-fan Lottie to discuss the sketch comedy show I Think You Should Leave (Netflix). We discuss the politics of the show, focusing on Lefty politics in the fandom, gender and representation. We also cover some of our favourite sketches from Season 2, including Cant Drive (our biggest disagreement in our rankings), Brians Hat (Lotties favourite) and Gimme Dat (Nicks favourite). Also covered on the episode is Season 1 versus Season 2 of ITYSL and the Andy Kaufman connection with ITYSL fans. For more on Kaufman check out the movie Man on the Moon and the documentary Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (Netflix). See below for our combined rankings of all of the season 2 sketches (ranked from our least favourite at the top, down to our combined favourite at the bottom). You can see our individual rankings on our blog: https://progressivepostings.wordpress.com/2022/08/15/itysl-2/ 21. Mars restaurant 21. Capital room 21. Tammy Craps 21. Triples are best 20. Little buff boys (2

On episode 278 we are joined by our friend Lottie to break down the Australian federal election, going from major parties to minors to micro-parties to Independents. More specifically, we discuss Labor failing to challenge the Liberal partys trickle-down economics, positive changes from the Greens regarding an increased focus on addressing cost of living issues and Indigenous representation, how the Teal Independents stack up on climate change and other issues, differences between the socialist parties, the Animal Justice Party and human social justice issues, plus compulsory voting and spanking. Since we recorded this episode Nick has done a Facebook post regarding how hell be voting: https://www.facebook.com/progpodcast/posts/5835381393144149 Lottie has looked into some of the minor and micro-parties and will be voting as follows: Lower House Lottie is still working out her top 4 but it will be between: Leah Horsfall - Animal Justice Party, Emma Black Vic Socialists, Sue Bolton Socialist Alliance and Sarah

Episode 277 features Sarah, a Maori wahine living on Dharawal Country, and Criminology researcher, on Indigenous critiques of the movie Dont Look Up (Netflix) and why Indigenous knowledge is so important in creating effective responses to climate change and environmental problems generally. This episode is also available in video form on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-FN2lllgEg&t=4s This discussion builds on our last episode, which covered Dont Look Up and also the effectiveness of different individual actions for the climate: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2022/01/25/276/ Music: Treaty 18 by Yothu Yindi and Gavin Campbell, ft Baker Boy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZafP2DD8lpc Shadows by Briggs ft. Troy Cassar-Daley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQOjepa-IUA Links from Sarah: For further info on the significance of Mauna Kea: www.protectmaunakea.net To understand Land Back priorities/actions in a Turtle Island context: www.landback.org Old media articles on the eviction of Indig

On episode 276 Nick is joined by Adam Cardilini to discuss the movie Dont Look Up (Netflix) and compare individual actions for the climate commonly promoted in the environmental movement with scientific research on the most effective actions. We do this by discussing the actions promoted on the website https://www.count-us-in.org/en-gb/project/ and the following scientific article: Wynes, S. and Nicholas, K. A. 2017. The climate mitigation gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions. Environ. Res. Lett., 12(7), 1-9: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7541 This show is replayed from Nicks other show Freedom of Species on 3CR Community Radio. You can check out this show at the following site and you can also subscribe to it on a bunch of apps including iTunes and Spotify: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies This show is a continuation of our last episode Episode 275: Dont Look UpActually You Probably Should! Re-Engaging with the Climate Crisis

On episode 275 we discuss the movie Don't Look Up (Netflix), putting our energy back into climate action after the movement has lost momentum during the pandemic and avoiding burnout when coping with the reality of the climate crisis. This show is a 3CR Summer Special we encourage everyone to listen to and support 3CR Community Radio! https://www.3cr.org.au/summerspecials2021-2022 Links: Graham Readfearn, Australia ranked last of 60 countries for policy response to climate crisis on theguardian.com: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/09/australia-ranked-last-of-60-countries-for-policy-response-to-climate-crisis We also briefly discuss the website https://www.count-us-in.org/en-gb/project/ and the article: Wynes, S. and Nicholas, K. A. 2017. The climate mitigation gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions. Environ. Res. Lett., 12(7), 1-9: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7541 We will discuss both of these in more detail on the

On episode 274 we reflect on 10 years of our podcast, including how our politics have changed and progress for social movements since we started the show. A slight rebrand of our podcast. The movie Don't Look Up (Netflix) and responding to climate change. The artists weve played the most on the show. Thanks so much to everyone for listening to our show for any part of the last 10 years! If youd like a FREE Progressive Podcast Australia iron on patch and/or badge, email us at progressivepodcast AT gmail dot com or message us on social media. You can hear Nick on Sentientism podcast, covering punk rock and politics, religion and spirituality, debates within the animal advocacy movement and much more! Youtube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2QVDjtKW84 Podcast version: https://pod.link/1540408008/episode/9f3539f037bab81c9d50e3493925b652?fbclid=IwAR05kn5l82l9N4hQmdLVEcqauiLihOnjGh6PsQbynnpyaS6JQCQooinihIw Positive Animal News with Mexie! https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode-202109261300/posit

On episode 273 we weigh into the debate on cancel culture, including discussing the links adrienne maree brown makes between cancel culture and prisons, with the common factor being disposable people. You can hear adrienne maree brown discuss this on Politically Re-Active podcast: https://www.audacy.com/podcasts/politically-re-active-with-w-kamau-bell-hari-kondabolu-45186/adrienne-maree-brown-f-the-filibuster-356703347 We get put in the bin for promoting friendlyjordies documentary Blood Water: the war for Australia's water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glgCA9WmqkI Bo Burnham Forgives His 16 Year Old Self, theoffcamerashow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUaslCv-f64 Revolutionary Left Radio podcast episode on Mental Health, Eco-Despair, & Revolutionary Optimism: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/joshua You can hear us guest hosting Rotations on 3CR Community Radio, playing some live music as a substitute for live shows during the pandemic: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode-202110

Episode 272 features advice from comedian Myq Kaplan on finding time for ice cream (things you want to do) among the broccoli (things you have to do). He discusses how he makes time for the things that are important to him, including creativity, activism and much more! This discussion is also available in video form on Youtube: https://youtu.be/rSYaJTSy7Ec To look into Myqs comedy including stand-up albums, podcasts and much more, check out his website: https://myqkaplan.com/ Recommendations from Myq: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by: Bren Brown: https://www.booktopia.com.au/daring-greatly-bren-brown/book/9780241257401.html Boomerang for Gmail: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/boomerang-for-gmail/mdanidgdpmkimeiiojknlnekblgmpdll?hl=en Recommendation from Nick: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen: https://www.booktopia.com.au/getting-things-done-david-allen/book/9780143573197.html Music: Dollar Si

On episode 271 we discuss Melbourne exploding with COVID, ongoing lockdowns, protests from construction workers and earthquakes! For more on these protests and concerns about police brutality, check out this article by Josh Taylor on The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/23/arrest-footage-and-teargas-raise-concerns-about-victoria-polices-use-of-force-to-quell-protests For more on how living with Covid will impact health workers, check out this article by Karen Willis and Natasha Smallwood on The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/living-with-covid-looks-very-different-for-front-line-health-workers-who-are-already-exhausted-167213 If anyone can help us out with designing a new logo for the show, please email us at progressivepodcast AT gmail dot com. You can see Nicks drawing and design skills here to see why we need help with this! https://www.facebook.com/progpodcast/posts/5057866490895647 You can listen to us hosting the Rotations music show on 3CR Community Radio, featuri

On episode 270 Nick is joined by Lottie to discuss political and social issues around lockdowns, as well as some media recommendations. Lockdowns and vaccinations, civil liberties, health and business. Social aspects of lockdowns including single bubbles, intimate partners and dating. Nick and Katies list of things we can still enjoy despite lockdown: https://www.facebook.com/progpodcast/posts/4716774185004881 Lotties recommendations: TV shows: Miracle Workers (Stan), Lupin (Netflix). Books: The Broken Earth trilogy by NK Jemison and A long way to a small angry planet by Becky Chambers. Nicks recommendations: TV show: Upstart Crow (Stan) and particularly the Upstart Crow Christmas Special 2020 (Prime Video). Movie: They Came Together (Google Play/Apple TV). Check out Nicks vegan recipe for Choc Peanut Butter Raw Pills and you can also follow our blog here: https://progressivepostings.wordpress.com/2021/07/30/raw-pills/ Our podcast is now on Spotify! So you can follow us and even rate us on there: https://ope

On episode 269 we discuss the Biloela family, who came to Australia from Sri Lanka due to the persecution of the Tamil people. We also discuss refugee law, as well as the state of the refugee issue and refugee rights activism in Australia. We finish the episode by promoting the upcoming Rally for Refugee Rights: Permanent Visas not Discrimination. This rally is on the 25th of July around Australia. Here are the details for the Melbourne event, for those outside of Melbourne look online to find a rally near you! https://www.facebook.com/events/912767129576379/ Clips: Streets are Getting Hot by Blue King Brown and Diafrix: https://soundcloud.com/thekeyofsea/06-streets-are-getting-hot Are we the opposition by The Feed SBS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmeypIUKEdQ Asylum by Combat Wombat: https://combatwombat.bandcamp.com/track/asylum-2 For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2021/07/17/269/ If you enjoy the musi

On episode 268 we look into state overreach in the arrest of the producer for Youtuber Friendlyjordies by the polices fixated persons unit. For more on this issue, check out this video from Friendlyjordies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXtq4a8829g&ab_channel=friendlyjordies We also discuss language that we associate with the Right of politics, like cuck and simp, being used by some on the Left (or at least not on the right), drawing on the example of former Labor leader Bill Shorten calling Prime Minister Scott Morrison a simp: https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/08/australian-politicians-say-simp-bill-shorten-scott-morrison-donald-trump/ Check out the animal-themed trivia episode on Nicks other show Freedom of Species and please support 3CR Community Radio if you can! https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode-202106201300/radiothon-2021-animal-trivia Also check out our latest blog post where Nick ranks every sketch from the show I Think You Should Leave: https://progressivepostings.wordpress.com/202

On episode 267 Nick is joined by Nic from Pynk Spots for a DEEP dive into Bo Burnham's musical comedy and what content creators (which is just about everyone in the age of social media!) can learn from his work. We mainly discuss his latest Netflix special Inside but also touch on his previous specials Make Happy and What? Both of these are also available on Netflix. There is also an audio album of the songs from the Inside special that you can check out on all of the usual streaming services: https://boburnham.lnk.to/INSIDE Make sure you subscribe to Pynk Spots on Youtube and your favourite podcast app! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFh3fDI2O4pYIurpRhnRzQA The music is all from Bo Burnham! It includes: Content from Inside, Can't Handle This (Kanye Rant) from Make Happy, Comedy from Inside, Dont Wanna Know from Inside and Art is Dead from What? For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2021/06/18/267/