Australia just beclowned itself. Why? What can we do next?By Jeremy Sear-Pirko and Nick Carr

00:04:14 Hypocrisy 00:10:10 RoboDebt 00:17:02 Voice 01:00:17 Meetings 01:15:04 Games 01:32:50 LiesBy Jeremy Sear-Pirko and Nick Carr

Pretty hard to do timestamps this week, it was a pretty wide-ranging discussion. But some real ideas on what we can do did emerge during our chat.By Jeremy Sear-Pirko and Nick Carr

02:07 Painting Protest 11:34 Do diversity for us but don't actually say anything 19:35 Go home Cardinal Pell 22:38 Farewell Jacinda, we like you much more than the brief mention here would suggest 30:20 Perrotet: who knew in 2003 that dressing up like a Nazi is bad? 35:22 Molan: the tragedy when war criminals die 40:16 It's perfectly okay to say no…

01:53 Victorian Election This Very Saturday 21:26 What Shall We Do About Poor Little TwitterBy Jeremy Sear-Pirko and Denise Sear-Pirko

02:39 Naughty Sportsminions thinking they're there to play sport 22:43 Media Watch Goes To The TERFs 32:04 Because Lidia Thorpe Dated An Ex-Bikie, Now The Greens May Not Criticise Actual CorruptionBy Jeremy Sear-Pirko and Denise Sear-Pirko

00:03:47 Why stage 3 tax cuts going through is a real, serious long-term problem and will not only seriously harm people in the short term, it will seriously stuff up progressive politics in the medium and long term; also can we reverse the bloody ratchet? 00:19:15 ALP's paid parental leave... eventually? And still without super, ability to promote…

01:11 Covid receives a strongly-worded letter from the National Cabinet; will the virus go away now the premiers say it’s over? (No.) 15:18 Labor tries to make its new ICAC model appealing to Peter Dutton, whose approval would definitely mean they’re on the right track; 23:04 The Libs refuse to be dismayed by Coolio’s passing, because they’ve found…

It was the last day of Scummo after all! But is the new Ablo government all we hoped? (No, and we had pretty low hopes.) Also, Well May We Say “God Save the Queen”, because nothing will save the unsympathetic and, frankly, pretty annoyed lefties on this podcast.By Jeremy Sear-Pirko and Denise Sear-Pirko

01:36 Frydenberg - "Everything's affordable if it's a priority" 02:17 Frydenberg jokes about everyone in his electorate hating him 02:45 Clive's ONE HOUR ads on seven, nine and ten 04:10 The "no voting for you" window 07:55 when you have a decent local candidate but also like the Greens 13:45 Something to consider with your bouncing Senate vote…

01:42 They Wanna Live Like Common People 12:26 Waleed vs wage rises 21:57 Gotcha gotBy Jeremy Sear-Pirko and Denise Sear-Pirko

01:09 Hung Parliament 04:38 Gaslight Election 07:49 Not some kind of disgusting, ugh, lefties 13:20 a balanced "debate" 15:25 google it mate 20:20 bullies pretending to be victimsBy Jeremy Sear-Pirko and Denise Sear-Pirko

ALP stands up to scientists! ALP stands up to the Greens! Bluey declares war on Squibs!By Jeremy Sear-Pirko and Tom Ballard

00:01:26 Reckless Easing, the 56% Opening story 00:23:28 rules for thee not for me - Scummo's ode to being a dad 00:32:55 Ablo just giving up - revenue, housing affordability 00:47:50 Why Bandt's "tax the billionaires" pitch isn't the election winner he thinks it is 00:51:40 remember the reverse ratchet 00:55:46 Spending always about cost not benef…

00:02:10 Housing Affordability Is Screwing You, Too 00:39:30 Lockdowns, Anti-Vicsers 01:01:15 What Is The Point Of All This AnywayBy Jeremy Sear-Pirko and Stilgherrian

00:01:42 Brother Scott's Divine Mission 00:54:26 Labor Being Depressing CornerBy Jeremy Sear-Pirko and Nick Carr

00:01:20 A difficult subject to discuss - the people who are qualified to talk on it are traumatised 00:04:40 That's not what "the presumption of innocence" means 00:08:30 Who's responsible for fixing Australia's terrible defamation laws? A man who's using them to punish journalists 00:16:50 March 4 Justice much scarier than a gun protest 00:28:35 …

02:26 Another brutal cut to social security 19:20 Scummo's wife reminds him that covering up rape could be wrong 27:36 The Dumbest Way To Try To Shake Down FacebookBy Jeremy Sear-Pirko and Denise Sear-Pirko

Why can't the ALP win the musical chairs economics argument? The country is kind of depending on them figuring it out.By Jeremy Sear-Pirko and Denise Sear-Pirko

00:01:08 Australian rightwingers and Prime Minister vs a new US Administration 00:11:30 Scummo to starve the poor even harder 00:17:08 Annual Jan 26 Argy Bargy With No Progress 00:27:03 Australia vs HumanityBy Jeremy Sear-Pirko and Denise Sear-Pirko

New year, new opportunities (to do terrible things)By Jeremy Sear-Pirko and Denise Sear-Pirko

00:01:00 #ScottyDidntHelp 00:07:40 $50/day 00:20:25 propaganda by boardgame 00:29:18 where are the journos calling out the $50/day madness 00:33:40 shut up I'm the PM and they asked me about lady experiences 00:39:00 Porter and Tudge shitty misogynists as well as terrible in all the other ways 00:49:30 ugh exclusives…

We don't talk about the US election. We don't talk about the US election. We don't talk about the US election. Ok we do a bit. But it's mainly about how cooked centrism is and how infuriating it is when the Libs pretend to do a policy we all want (eg ICAC) but it isn't really. Also there was an election in Queensland.…

Brandon joins us to discuss the upcoming Queensland election and also how cruel people are being about a more southerly premier dating a bloke after she sacked him for corruption AS IF WE HAVEN'T ALL DONE THAT. Also we have more advice for Daniel Andrews? How much more presumptuous can a lefty political podcast get?…

00:01:18 LNP's 2020 budget; flattening tax rates so rich pay less on deranged lie that will create "jobs"; job subsidy programs that just encourage businesses to sack one worker so they can hire a subsidised one; removing credit regulations to further inflate housing costs 00:26:36 Love Between The Paw Paw Trees - Trying to force poor young people …

Quarantine Vicpol thuggery Let The Victorians Starve Border compassion Stuck In My Craw - Nick Carr What would solve our troubles, gas industry advisor?By Jeremy Sear-Pirko, Denise Sear-Pirko, Eliza Berlage, Tully McCart

Unprecedented Recession Tony Abbott - let the old people die Jeff Kennett - Victorian premiers should not be authoritarian Victoria police - Incite This! Qld police - Trust Us (to cover for the bad cops) Australia Vs Humanity - Tudge's fudge re mobile phones in immigration detentionBy Jeremy Sear-Pirko, Nick Carr, Denise Sear-Pirko

In which the brave soul keeping tabs on the conspiracy nutters, Cam Smith, joins us to discuss their recent unleashing, as Victoria locks down further. And Stilgherrian returns to tell us what's stuck in his craw.By Jeremy Sear-Pirko, Denise Sear-Pirko, Cam Smith

* Something D-O-O Economics * Despair * Do It For Josh * But My Great Grandfather Loved Having A Racial Slur As His SurnameBy Jeremy Sear-Pirko, Stilgherrian, Denise Sear-Pirko

Cover your device in a plastic sheet, it's a pair of Victorians talking about what's happening in plague state!By Jeremy Sear-Pirko and Denise Sear-Pirko

00:01:20 Lurgi Strikes Victoria because of everyone News Corp hates 00:15:15 Silly News Corp beatup #1 (Lydia Thorpe) 00:18:23 Silly News Corp beatup #2 (Chess!) 00:22:40 Silly News Corp beatup #3 (Lollies!) 00:32:56 Actual journalism on the ABC! - Arts package 00:45:23 Actual journalism on the ABC! - ABC funding 00:59:11 Revenge On The Universitie…

00:03:58 BLM: LNP, media and police try everything to avoid change 00:46:31 Australia vs Humanity 00:48:08 Cam Smith tells us what's Stuck In His Craw 00:49:20 Queen's Birthday Horrors 00:57:22 Budget built on stealing $1.5bn from the poor 01:05:52 Money for reno rorts but cuts for the poor and women…

In which technical issues (oh god not the wrong mic), children (awake & singing) and birds (also awake & singing) thwart morning recording efforts on Friday and Saturday despite there being a lot to talk about.By Jeremy Sear-Pirko

00:02:43 Well May We Say God Queen Stop Hiding Your Historical Correspondence About The Dismissal 00:08:37 Friday Drop 2: Fine You Got Us, Lib Govt To Pay Back $721m To Robodebt Victims It Stole It From 00:13:53 Friday Drop 1: Lib Govt Scams "JobKeepers" With $60bn Error 00:29:38 The COAG Is Dead, Long Live COAG Under A Different Name 00:31:43 JobB…

00:01:38 Hello Second Wave - No sick leave for casuals = mcdonald's outbreak - "Arrest Bill Gates!" - LNP Tim Smith continues his weird obsessing about "Dictator Dan" - Vic Libs plan for reopening no mention of health 00:20:04 Stuck In My Craw - Stilgherrian 00:25:04 Shit policy propped up with shameless propaganda - China stoush (prop from smh wE …

00:01:10 Covid-19 Freedom, Janet doing some maths on old people, and illuminating us on the app 00:46:29 ALP and ACTU vs retail and migrant workers 00:58:56 Eden Monaro 01:03:01 Smashing TVs to teach the state a lesson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOVy3weAtqw as put together by Cam Smith)By Jeremy Sear-Pirko and Stilgherrian

00:03:13 Scummo's latest ideas - let everyone out early; $3bn to bribe private schools to open early - vs how are we actually tracking? 00:23:12 Credit For Scummo 00:31:29 Locking down renters 00:37:00 Stuck In My Craw (Brandon Selic) 00:49:24 Victorian doctor makes HISTORICAL ANALOGY and must be BURNED…

01:20 Pandemic Inspections 05:50 Why won't you trust this trustworthy government of trustworthy people with a tracking app 09:27 $94m Emergency oil reserve kept safely where we can't get it in an emergency 13:08 Trumble reassures us that he knew the people he was giving huge power over our lives were incompetent lunatics 21:41 JobKeeper and JobSeek…

00:03:41 Logan's Run 00:05:50 Know Your Foe: The IPA Isn't Afraid 00:14:55 JobKeeper for Some 00:35:47 What Is The High Court Doing? (Trigger warning: discussion of catholic priests) 00:50:08 Looking For Some PositivesBy Jeremy Sear-Pirko and Tom Ballard

The many helpful apocalypse skills of Scummo When the other shoe drops Erin Riley tells us what's Stuck in Her Craw Kevern and Trumble rumble Easter bordersBy Jeremy Sear-Pirko and Denise Sear-Pirko

Recorded Sunday 22/3/2020 What is happening? What does it mean? What can we do about it? What does Stilgherrian have Stuck In His Craw?By Jeremy Sear-Pirko and Erin Riley

Where we were Friday afternoon (with a Sunday evening update) comfortable in the knowledge that the greatest minds in the country were doing the best they could to keep us safe from the pandemic.By Jeremy Sear-Pirko and Stilgherrian

DREADED LURGI 01:30 Hoarding/Heroic TP workers 08:30 Casual racism at SMH NO MORE BULLSHIT CORNER 09:09 North Sydney "regional" pool 12:20 Porter to HoR - the PM "can't be responsible" for emails sent from his department 15:45 Shorten to PM on "no duty" to people on centrelink 27:06 Ardern v Scummo 30:45 Frydenberg weird racism against Hindus 36:11…

Holden gone - Govt's response to robodebt cases that it doesn't have to exercise "due or reasonable care" - Sooty lying about what he said that angered Paul from Nelligen - ALP complaining about a resources tax - sports rorts projects not even eligible - some absurd rants from Katter and Fieravanti-Wells - and much more!…

01:15 Cam (Stuck In My Craw) 04:19 Bandt (nightmarish platform of hideously appealing policies) 09:52 McCormack (believes in what exactly) 15:26 Littleproud (I'm not gifted academically) 25:15 Dutton (250 imaginary arsonists) 30:44 Scummo (bully projection)By Jeremy Sear-Pirko

- Survival Day 2020 - bushfires smother debate - Ablo's useless ALP backs Jan 26 - Religious privilege bill responses due next Friday - "Bullying" fundamentalists who bully children not ok, but bullying people who once did a post on Facebook criticising our bullying of refugees before deleting it is totally okay - Tanya Pledgersek - No consequences…

Greg and Jeremy discuss the Libs' pivot from NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT to NOTHING WE CAN DO, conveniently both positions that enable their fossil fuel lobby mates to keep stuffing the atmosphere full of greenhouse gases until we all die. And Jeremy suggests how Labor could combine Australians' desire not to spend the rest of their lives in gas masks w…

Sooty comes back from his secret Hawaian holiday to find a very ungrateful country that is not at all thankful for the exciting adventure he's been giving them and, worse, wants him to change. But he will not change! He's Sooty!By Jeremy Sear-Pirko, Nick Carr, Denise Sear-Pirko

01:24 The Best Leadership You Could Hope For When Your Country Is Burning 15:45 Making Excuses For The Best Leadership You Could Hope For When Your Country Is Burning 18:29 Effing Wombats 22:55 Get My Government Out Of Your Lives 27:24 Getting Angry About Toddlers Needing To Use A Servo ToiletBy Jeremy Sear and Denise Pirko

00:00:00 Apology 00:01:03 Acknowledgment 00:02:03 Advertising 00:04:10 Advances 00:11:55 Americans 00:12:05 Adversaries 00:15:10 Amazon 00:15:28 Audible 00:15:40 Advertising 00:16:15 Australians 00:16:38 Authoritarians 00:16:59 Arbitrary rules 00:17:37 Arseholes Alright it's a broad discussion over two hours mainly trying to figure out WTF we can d…