Progressive Podcast Australia

On episode 266 Nick is joined by Nic from Pynk Spots to discuss what capitalism is and why we are anti-capitalists, as well as subtle ways we try to disrupt capitalist logic in our everyday lives. The discussion features analysis of capitalism and pop culture, as well as challenging the capitalist idea we have to constantly be productive, including on social media. This episode is a continuation of the discussion featured on our last episode Disrupting An Ableist, Capitalist Mindset Within Social Movements, Featuring Two Nics: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2021/05/29/265/ This discussion is also available in video form on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O04433QEoJI Make sure you subscribe to Pynk Spots on Youtube and your favourite podcast app! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFh3fDI2O4pYIurpRhnRzQA Music: The Marxist Brothers by NOFX, Purge The Poison by MARINA. For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaus

On episode 265 Nick is joined by Nic from Pynk Spots to discuss the importance of including a wide range of ways to make change within social movements, to reduce burnout and challenge ableism. This discussion is also available in video form on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O04433QEoJI Make sure you subscribe to Pynk Spots on Youtube and your favourite podcast app! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFh3fDI2O4pYIurpRhnRzQA Please donate to the Solidarity Not Silence Campaign, WOMEN FACING DEFAMATION CASE FOR SPEAKING UP, if you can: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/solidaritynotsilence/ Clips: Petrol Girls Strike, Solidarity Not Silence This is Sisterhood. For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2021/05/29/265/

On episode 264 we look beyond individual ethics to explore the role of various positions in society and how these different positions shape the worldview of those who hold them. The role of landlords, or as they are now known in Victoria, rental providers. The roles of the police, military and the employing class. Our trip to Queensland and Trump supporters, cancel culture, Monopoly and the catchphrase for the pandemic. Clips: Ariana Grande Positions, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Peep Show, Bill Hicks Sleep and the Message from the album Salvation, Weezer Island In The Sun, Stella Donnelly U Owe Me, Songbird. For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2021/05/19/264/

Episode 263 features politics professor Jason Brownlee on his article Shadow Wars and Corporate Welfare, which is on what to expect from Bidens foreign policy. You can read this article here: https://catalyst-journal.com/vol4/no4/shadow-wars-and-corporate-welfare The Capitol Hill riots and is the fascist label appropriate for Trump? Trumps foreign policy record. What can individuals do to oppose US militarism and imperialism? Also check out Nicks article Questioning Trickle Down Identity Politics on our blog: https://progressivepostings.wordpress.com/2021/02/26/idpols3/ Clips: Asylum Street Spankers Stick Magnetic Ribbons on Your SUV, Bill Hicks Polls from the album Salvation, Jacobin The Legacy of Orientalism and Edward Said w/ Vivek Chibber & Bashir Abu-Manneh, Men at Work Its a Mistake. For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2021/04/08/263/

On episode 262 we discuss the phenomenon of people re-evaluating their work, where they live and their lives generally during the pandemic. We also cover the way that class and gender has impacted peoples experiences of the pandemic and lockdowns. Check out Nicks article Do You Identify Or Are You Identified? https://progressivepostings.wordpress.com/2021/01/29/idpols2/ We finish the show with some recommendations. Book recommendation: Thirsty: Confessions of a Fame Whore by comedian Joel Creasey, available in audio book format as well. Movie recommendations: The Prom (Netflix), Promising Young Woman, Greenberg, While We're Young, Lady Bird, Mistress America. Music played: Dollar Signs Tears/Beers/Fears, Bo Burnham Intro from What? , Stella Donnelly 'Beware of the Dogs'. For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2021/02/22/262/

On episode 261 we discuss violence and the state, as well as bringing you some speeches from the Invasion Day rally in Melbourne Kulin Nations. One thing we didnt do was define the state but what we are talking about there is not just the government but also the police, prison system, court system etc. We discuss the broader definition of violence in the context of family violence and whether or not it can be applied to the state generally and prisons specifically. The speeches we play from Invasion Day are by Greens politician Lidia Thorpe and historian Gary Foley. This audio is from 3CR Community Radio and you can listen to the full rally via their website: https://www.3cr.org.au/InvasionDay2021 You can sign the petition promoted at this rally, calling on the Prime Minister to meet with families whose loved ones have died in custody for 30th anniversary of Royal Commission: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/petition-calling-on-the-prime-minister-to-meet-with-families-whose-loved-ones-have-died-in-custody-

- We discuss the constant tension in activism and life generally of feeling like youre not doing enough versus way too much. - Advice on getting on top of your email inbox. - Playing the metaphorical keyboard. - Nonsensical analogies about call out culture. - Check out Nicks article on identity politics: https://progressivepostings.wordpress.com/2020/09/04/idpols/ For more information on this episode (260) and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2020/01/04/260/

- Nick is joined by Lottie to discuss Melbournes lockdown what it was like, implications for work and life generally going forward, and our evaluation of how the Andrews government has handled the pandemic.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2020/12/04/259/

- During the election campaign, Trump argued that Republicans have become the party of the American worker. Nick is joined by Nic (previously of Bitchy Shitshow and Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack, now doing the new show Pynk Spots) to discuss this claim and break down the US election result and a lack of focus on class and economic inequality from the Democrats.- Check out this article from Jason Brownlee giving a Leftist analysis of the election results: https://progressivepostings.wordpress.com/2020/11/09/election/- Also make sure you check out Nics new solo project Pynk Spots! Details of the first show here: https://twitter.com/PynkSpots/status/1324488064513683456- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2020/11/10/258/

- Nick is joined by Lottie who gives some feedback on our last episode, critiquing Noam Chomskys take on the US election, as well as accusations of privilege in discussions on voting.- We also discuss voter suppression and healthcare. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2020/10/30/257/

- This show features politics professor Jason Brownlee on the upcoming US election. The discussion covers voter suppression, voting Democrat versus third party, identity politics and much more!- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2020/10/16/256/

- This show features criminologist and Tharawal and Yorta Yorta woman Robyn Oxley on prison abolition and the link between prisons and colonisation. - You can also watch this discussion in video form: https://youtu.be/i5Dc9XfteoI- We didnt mention the opening song but it was Welcome to Prison by OneFour. The closing song was Frankland Prison Blues by Onsind.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2020/09/12/255/

- The extension of COVID-19 restrictions in Victoria.- The role of privatisation in the COVID-19 outbreak in aged care.- The TV series Shaun Micallefs On the Sauce.- Audio recommendations.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2020/09/07/254/

- This show features philosopher Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky on the free speech and cancel culture debate.- It covers the (in) famous A Letter on Justice and Open Debate published in Harpers Magazine and the lesser known A More Specific Letter on Justice and Open Debate.- We also cover some common misunderstandings of free speech (supporting free speech doesnt mean actively platforming the most harmful speech above all others), the way in which discrimination can be subtly embedded into language and the documentary 13th.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2020/08/25/253/

- On this episode we analyse the shows Farmer Wants a Wife and Killing Eve from an animal rights perspective.- We also discuss a bunch of other random shit including: COVID aliens and intergalactic students, our latest finds from the street, The Matrix as a trans allegory, leaves are problymatic, The Chaser article: I am being silenced! claims most published woman alive (about JK Rowling) and the movie Something Like Summer.- Book recommendation: Too Much and Never Enough How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L Trump.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2020/08/18/252/

- On this show we are very excited to be joined by Nichole and Callie from a fav podcast of ours, Bitchy Shitshow!- We discuss identity politics including the origin of the term, Bernie Sanders and his changing views on identity politics, and even an IDpols-themed joke!- Make sure you check out Bitchy Shitshow podcast on your favourite app and connect with them on social media etc: https://bitchyshitshow.com/- Also subscribe to their Youtube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFh3fDI2O4pYIurpRhnRzQA- At the start of the show were joined by irregular guest Emil Raji to give a quick update on Joe Biden choosing Kamala Harris as his running mate.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2020/08/14/251/

- Living in the North.- The punitive shut down of public housing apartment blocks across Melbourne.- The Marvelous Mrs Maisel and themes of class, gender and body image.- The Love Your Body and Body Positivity movements.- Book recommendation: Dead Men Tell No Tales by Dylan Howard, James Robertson, and Melissa Cronin.- Nicks top 10 political albums.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2020/07/13/250/

- This show features speeches from the Melbourne Blak Lives Matter rally the recording is thanks to 3CR Community Radio: https://www.3cr.org.au/news/blak-lives-matter-rally-coverage- We also discuss some data on how much the Black Lives Matter movement has changed public opinion in the US, drawing on the article How Public Opinion Has Moved on Black Lives Matter by Nate Cohn and Kevin Quealy: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/10/upshot/black-lives-matter-attitudes.html- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2020/06/29/249/

- Nick is joined by animal rights activist and sociologist Roger Yates. - The utopian animal rights mockumentary Carnage. - The documentary The Game Changers, on athletes eating a plant-based diet. - Animal rights versus animal welfare. - Language and social justice. - Sociology versus psychology. - Black Lives Matter protests and the radical flank effect. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2020/06/05/248/

- Katie is joined by Sarah McGrath from Women for Women France and they discuss increased rates of family violence during the coronavirus lockdown and the different responses to the issue in France compared to Australia.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2020/05/31/247/