Progressive Podcast Australia

- On this episode we show how up to date we are with current events by discussing writer bell hooks calling Beyonce a terrorist, like 10 years ago.- These debates between different waves of feminism are relevant in light of our recent discussion on sex work.- The War on Waste and bring your own coffee cup.- Jess Isons talk challenging the idea that wearing high heels is capitulating to the patriarchy.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2017/09/30/185/

- On this episode we discuss Nicks trip to our friendly neighbourhood brothel and reflect on our evolving views on sex work generally.- The Development for Species, Animals in society, animals as society conference. - The Chaser Quarterly on male feminists.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2017/09/26/184/

- This episode features the panel discussion Anarchist Perspectives on Rojava, Kurdistan. The speakers are: - Alasdair Hynd, a PhD student of revolutionary movements in the Middle East, specialising in the Arab Spring and the Kurdish struggle.- Zerebar Karimi, a Kurdish-Australian trade union organiser based in Adelaide, local and overseas agitator for a stateless society in Rojava.- David K (facilitating), Melbourne-based anarchist, author of Anarchism in Istanbul and Yabanci Capulling, an Australian anarchist in Gezi Riots.- This discussion was recorded at the Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair.- Listener feedback on family violence.- TV show recommendation: The Handmaid's Tale.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2017/08/30/183/

- This episode features the panel discussion Anarchist Perspectives on Rojava, Kurdistan. The speakers are: - Alasdair Hynd, a PhD student of revolutionary movements in the Middle East, specialising in the Arab Spring and the Kurdish struggle.- Zerebar Karimi, a Kurdish-Australian trade union organiser based in Adelaide, local and overseas agitator for a stateless society in Rojava.- David K (facilitating), Melbourne-based anarchist, author of Anarchism in Istanbul and Yabanci Capulling, an Australian anarchist in Gezi Riots.- This discussion was recorded at the Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair.- Recap of the session What Would an Anarchist Society Look Like.- Listener feedback on anarchism and disability.- An update on our episode on ethical superannuation.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2017/08/24/182/

- This episode features technobrarian Luc Brien on conspiracy theories and tips for how to stop spreading fake news.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, as well as more resources from Luc on fake news, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2017/08/18/181/

- This episode features technobrarian Luc Brien on what fake news is, why it is promoted and its dangers.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, as well as more resources from Luc on fake news, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2017/08/13/180/

- Nick is joined by Luc Brien, former host of Team Earthling animal rights podcast, to give a recap of the 2017 Institute for Critical Animal Studies (ICAS) Oceania conference. - The episode features a talk from this conference, Esther Alloun on Intersectionality and Its Discontents: Animal Politics In Palestine-Israel. - Activism against horse-drawn carriages in Melbourne as part of the conference. - For more information on this episode including links to audio of all of the talks from the conference, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2017/08/06/179/

- This episode features Bede Carmodys talk: Sustainable Activism, How to avoid becoming burnt out as an activist.- Signs of Activist Burnout.- Tips for avoiding activist burnout.- TV show recommendation: Youre the worst.- Listener feedback on wild animal suffering and the Animal Justice Party.- For more information on the episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2017/07/31/178/

- Nick is joined by Ruth, a psychologist, activist and host of the Creating Space Project podcast.- Avoiding being a shooting star as an activist.- Activism as a privilege.- Mental health as a political issue.- Bede Carmodys talk Sustainable Activism, How to avoid becoming burnt out as an activist.- An introduction to activist burnout and why it is important.- For more information on the episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, including a link to the activist burnout questionnaire Bede mentioned during his talk, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2017/07/11/177/

Our trip to Leeds, which included visiting an art show, doing an interview with advocates for homeless people, going to a punk show and seeing the LGBT History Month exhibit at Leeds City Museum.Jack on their art piece, zines, mental development, artistic practice and what is art.Interview with Haydn Pat from Leeds Homeless Partnership.Naomi on her art piece and challenging whether classic feminist texts are actually feminist.Identity politics and implicit bias.Nandos cashing in on the queer market.Leeds Survivor Support Group and male victims of sexual assault.For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2017/07/06/176/

- Nick is joined by environmental activist Mark Allen to discuss ethical Superannuation.- One degree of separation: while ethical Super funds dont directly invest in fossil fuels, they invest in companies who promote urban sprawl, which leads to problems for the environment and animals.- The importance of looking critically into where ethical Super funds invest their money and also doing more than just divesting.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2017/06/30/175/

- Nick is joined by his cousin Emil Raji to discuss the Bali dog meat scandal, where Australian tourists have been eating dogs thinking they were eating a different species of animal.- We give a critical perspective on this scandal and the campaign against it, highlighting the nationalism and racism underlying the outrage behind eating dogs as particularly exceptional or worse than eating other animals.- Nicks talk Rescuing Dogs in a Mercedes Benz, Animal Advocacy in China. This talk gives a critical perspective on Western opposition to the dog meat trade. You can view the PowerPoint for this talk here: http://www.slideshare.net/NickPendergrast/nick-pendergrast-rescuing-dogs-in-a-mercedesbenz-animal-advocacy-in-china- Colin Salter's talk Normativity, Intersectionality and States of Exception, which argues that animal advocates shouldn't focus on the relatively small number of animals killed in non Western counties as exceptional but instead address the far more widespread animal slaughter in Western countries

- Nick is joined by Mark Allen to discuss the Grenfell Tower fire.- The dangers of poor quality high rise.- A return of the segment Angela Davis Always Makes Sense, this time on capitalism, activism and creating new arenas of struggle.- The devastating impact of economic inequality.- Jeremy Corbyns grassroots campaign.- Finsbury Park terrorist attack and the selective labelling of terrorism.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2017/06/21/173/

- Nick is joined by environmental activist Mark Allen to discuss some tensions between animal rights, which values individual animals, and conservation, which values ecosystems and environments as a whole.- The segment When Karl Pilkington Makes Sense, this time on interfering in nature.- Nicks talk Cowspiracies about Meat Eating Environmentalists, A Critical Examination of the Environmental Vegan Movement. PowerPoint here: https://www.slideshare.net/NickPendergrast/cowspiracies-about-meat-eating-environmentalists-a-critical-examination-of-the-environmental-vegan-movement-by-nick-pendergrast- Book Recommendation: Impact of Meat Consumption on Health and Environmental Sustainability.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2017/05/30/172/

- The event The Food We Eat: Its Impacts on Environments and Bodies in Townsville, Australia.- Nicks talk The Food We Eat and its Impact on the Environment, you can view the PowerPoint for this talk here: https://www.slideshare.net/NickPendergrast/the-food-we-eat-and-its-impact-on-the-environment-by-nick-pendergrast- Book recommendation: Vegan Athletes, Expert Tips from Vegan Athletes, Fitness Fanatics & Exercise Enthusiasts by Leigh-Chantelle (featuring Nick and many other vegan athletes): http://veganathletesbook.com/- Interview with Daniel from MariDans Menagerie animal sanctuary in Townsville.- For more information on the episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2017/05/22/171/

- Talk by Cassandra Giudice: Transgender Awareness and The Law.- Book Recommendation: Tranny, Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout by Laura Jane Grace.- Dan and Lara from Veganarchy on the upcoming Institute for Critical Animal Studies Oceania conference in Melbourne, 15 and 16 of July. More information: http://www.criticalanimalstudies.org/oceania-conference/- 457 visas and entitlement over so called Australian jobs.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2017/05/11/170/

- This episode features Lara and Dan from Veganarchy on their article The lines are being drawn, the case for a divided animal movement: https://medium.com/@Veganarchy/the-lines-are-being-drawn-the-case-for-a-divided-animal-movement-4acd3ed8b2fd- Intersectional animal activism that focuses on ending all forms of oppression versus single issue animal activism that ignores or sometimes even contributes to human oppression.- Personalised, polemic writing versus formal, academic writing.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2017/05/08/169/

- This episode features a talk from Smash IPP, recorded at Kebele Community Co-Op in Bristol. - IPP (Imprisonment for Public Protection) sentences were introduced in 2005 and abolished in 2012, but not retrospectively, meaning that there are almost 4,000 people still locked up indefinitely in England and Wales: http://smashipp.noflag.org.uk/what-is-ipp/- The talk covers IPPs, ableism, mental health and prison abolition. - We also discuss some action for homeless people that we saw in Bristol.- Vegan restaurant recommendations for Bristol.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2017/04/28/168/

- Child free women and climate change.- Ruth Sanderson-Dredge on the sexism she faced as a young woman wanting to get a sterilisation.- Child free and childless women and sexism in politics.- No kidding for comedian Myq Kaplan.- Forced regime change in Syria might not help the Syrian people.- For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2017/04/18/167/

- This episode covers child free women. - The importance of adopting kids. - Debating the issue not the person. - The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement. - Anti natalism. - The origin of the missionary position. - Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, free speech and privilege. - For more information on this episode and for links to all of the stories and clips from it, go to: http://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2017/03/23/166/