Not With A Bang

Matt Young and Lindsey Motteram join us for an episode where we discuss: — The Leader of the Free World agrees to meet with Kim Jong-Un — but where? — Martin Shkreli is going to jail for having too many consonants in his name. — Katy Perry killed a nun. She liked it. — Dutch police were running a drug market for almost a year. — We interview a expert on all things Russia.   PLUGS: Pat writes for television's Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell, which is a good show, and by proximity this is also a good show. Catch Lindsey + Lance in the Raw Comedy Victorian Preliminary Finals, March 22nd, 7.30pm at The Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. See Matt Young in “Young, Rich & Bald” by Kit Richards, Matt Young & Alistair Baldwin on the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 16th of April.

On this episode:– A riotous, race-related rampage ravages Melbourne; Lindsey Motteram investigates– Shithole countries– Not With A Bang book club!– Pat investigates a devious new plot by the Singaporean government Come to our shows!Pat McCaffrie at Adelaide Fringe, 15/2-2/3Lindsey + Lance at MICF Raw Comedy Heat 8, 18/2

Here it is – the most another episode of Not With A Bang to date. Co-hosted by Eve Ellenbogen and featuring Lindsey Motteram. Fun topics: Louis CK Manus Island refugees Hitler The Paradise Papers Thanks to Lindsey Motteram, Tessa Terlouw, and Karen Woulfe for help with this episode. Karen’s Redbubble page: https://www.redbubble.com/people/damelibellule/portfolioRate this podcast on iTunes/Apple Podcasts or you’re a racist.

Nick O'Connell joins us in person and Lindsey Motteram joins us in song for some more terrible news about the how the world is doing. – North Korea keeps happening– America is not necessarily being made Great Again– The Earth is warming up still, but we have a nice sea shanty about it– Ted Cruz commemorates 9/11 in style

Comedian Anthony McCormack joins the gang for another fun-filled adventure. – Donald Trump, who isn't a racist, pardons Sheriff Arpaio, a racist who terrorised Latin-Americans for decades– Another Sheriff says some wacky stuff while a hurricane tears apart the lower bit of America– Former Australian Prime Minister and current dancing-media-monkey-with-a-cymbal-made-of-poor-decisions, Tony Abbott, admits to more things that he should but won't be embarassed of– Australian churches struggle with saucy sex secrets– Chinese soldiers won't stop masturbating

A historical look at... two weeks ago when this episode was recorded, featuring Nellie Lolzworthy. So:– Trump still– Russian "separatists" decide to start a new state in Ukraine– Kellyanne Conway has fun with words– Australia concentrates security powers in the hands of its worst politician– A fond farewell to Sean Spicer, and of course;– The Ballad of Sean Spicer

On this one:– America is over, still.– The human species is maybe over?– The Liberal Party get up to some secret, saucy, scandalous sex stuff. Gay marriage, I mean.

Matt Young joins us on this one to discuss:– Australia's ongoing torment of refugees and asylum seekers– The continuing downfall of America– The ongoing battles around ballon rights

– People keep murdering other people for not a reason– The Trump's America pull out of the human habitat– The Conservatives are going to win the UK election definitely– Brazil's government is a bit corrupt

– An Australian politican solves all tax revenue problems forever – France decides not to be remembered as one of the dominos that fell over on the way to the end of the world – Robert Mugabe is still alive, sort of – A sampling of the ridiculous Trump scandals from the last week

Featuring guest human, Lindsey Motteram, off of The Weekly Hour.– The Trump Administration release their comprehensive, one-page tax reform plan– PUTINWATCH 2017: What’s Vladimir Putin been up to in Eastern Europe generally?– PUTINWATCH 2017: What’s Vladimir Putin been up to in Russia specifically?– France goes to the polls! Again. Will they decide to be boring, or will they follow Britain and the US into farcical nationalism?

On this one:– Theresa May calls an election three years early– US Trump voter's husband being deported– Trump Administration extends its incompetence to the rest of the world– Australian Conservatives fight back against the War On Easter

On our most second of episodes: - Donald Trump's staff need to distract him with praise and deference in order to keep him off Twitter - Donald Trump's staff are at least colluding with the Russians, if not Russian spies themselves - Grace Mugabe is set to take on the mantle of her universally, mandatorily loved husband, Robert Mugabe, the critically-acclaimed (at gunpoint) leader of Zimbambwe

- Australia and the USA's refugee swap deal in fine form as two of the world's least competent leaders fail to succesfully have a phone conversation - North Korea's ex-future-dictator is murdered and/or died-suddenly-for-no-reason, by North Korea's current dictator and/or sudden, unforseeable, random chance - South Korea's 2016 presidential scandal has ties to a certain enormous electronics conglomerate