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The New Flesh

Jon Astro & Ricky Allpike

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Compelling interviews with thinkers, authors and thought leaders on politics, art and culture by hosts Jonathon Astro (Sydney) and Ricky Allpike (Melbourne).
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This week we explore the life and astrology of the artist known as JoJo Siwa. We dive DEEP into Joelle Joanie’s family life, her relationship with Abby Lee, her recent interviews and OF COURSE her naughty girl era and the release of her single Karma. We chat through her shockingly earth heavy birth chart and the transits in JoJo’s chart that align …
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This week we dive into the astrology, the history and the drama of RuPaul. Aubrey kicks us off with a deep dive into RuPaul’s career timeline as we start to unpack their birth chart. Dani takes us through some incredibly Scorpio-coded moments from a recent interview and we look at their career and transits over the past 30+ years. We discuss his re…
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Did you really do an episode on Ariana Grande’s birth chart and synastry with her most iconic exes? Yes, and? This week’s epi is all about the cancer icon, Miss Ariana Grande. We deep dive into her Birth Chart to see what makes this pop girly the slutty superstar that she is. After looking at Ari’s birth chart, Aubrey gets into some notable transit…
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Taylor Swift has been one of the most requested topics since day one of Astro Sluts and we’ve finally caved. We’re diving into the birth chart of Miss Blondie herself, in this episode we discuss what makes her unlike any Sagittarius we’ve ever seen, why she’s such a girlboss despite her Cancer moon and Scorpio rising and so SO much more. We also lo…
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If you’re in the mood to feel joy, add ‘Never Trust a Gemini’ to your reading list. This YA, tween, lesbian, romance is the Gen Z love story we needed! We discuss some of our favorite moments like when Cat burned her house down after leaving her straightener on (relatable), our take on the characters (Gen Z icons) and Aubrey reads why you should ‘N…
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview return guest Hannah Berrelli. Hannah is a Marxist and feminist - she’s the editor of On the Woman Question and the co-host of the REDFEM podcast alongside Dr. Jen Izaakason. A wide ranging discussion with topics including; the "slut-walk" phenomenon, the negotiation (or lack o…
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Graham Linehan. Graham is a bona fide comedy legend and an activist for the rights of women and girls. He is the creator of Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd. Graham has won more BAFTAs than you’ve had hot dinners! His recent book titled TOUGH CROWD is a memoir of his t…
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview return guest Stella O'Malley. Stella is a psychotherapist, best-selling author, public speaker and a parent with many years’ experience working in counseling and psychotherapy. In 2021 she founded Genspect, an international group that advocates for a wider range of treatment o…
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From Lil Timmy Tim to Wonka and everything in between. This week we took a deep dive (like perhaps too deep of a dive) into all things Timothee Chalamet and WTF is going on in his birth chart that makes him the icon, meme and enigma he is today. From Timmy's Capricorn sun to his Pluto transits and his synastry with Kylie Jenner…and Lily Rose Depp, …
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview John Goddard. John is a Fast Fiction writer & polemicist. His short stories are dystopian vignettes of not-so-distant futures where citizens are taxed at 80%, state-mandated euthanasia is the leading cause of death, and Digital Dollars are designed to enslave the populace. Joh…
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Misha Saul. Misha is an investor by day and an intrepid Substacker by night. On his Substack, Kvetch, he covers a broad array of topics - from history, culture and ruminations on movies, TV and the Talmud. Topics covered include; growing up in Adelaide, peak Eddie Murphy, why …
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview return guest Jonathan Clarke. Jonathan is a contributing editor of City Journal, he’s a critic and essayist. A lawyer by training and profession, Jonathan has spent more than twenty years working in the New York offices of two large firms. He divides his time between Brooklyn …
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview John Fotheringham. John is a linguist, teacher, martial artist, podcaster, and the author of Master Japanese and Master Mandarin. He’s been learning and teaching languages for over two decades and has lived and worked in Japan, Bangladesh, China, and Taiwan. He’s worked as a t…
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview return guest Dara McDonald. Dara is a lawyer and founder of All Minus One “a cultural organisation for thinkers, creatives, and tastemakers that unapologetically defends freedom of speech and protects and promotes liberty as a core Australian value”. She has published work in …
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Steve Hall and Simon Winlow. Professor Simon Winlow and Professor Steve Hall are renowned scholars who have published work together in the fields of criminology, social theory, philosophy and history. Along with their many published papers, they have also collaborated on sever…
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Richard Hanania. Richard is the president and founder of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology. He was previously a research fellow at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University. He is also the author of Public Choice Theory and the …
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Welcome to the final episode of spooky season besties!! We’re closing out spooky season by chatting about the 12H, the spookiest house of them all. Before we get into it, we discuss our Hallo-weekends then get into this week’s horror-scopes. We give you a rundown of the next two weeks and discuss Saturn stationing direct, Venus entering Libra, Merc…
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Julie Szego. Julie is a journalist who wrote for The Age on and off for more than two decades as a social affairs reporter and senior writer. Most recently Julie was a weekly columnist for The Age before being sacked by the paper in June 2023, after calling out the newspaper o…
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Happy Hallo-week sluts! We’re taking you to some not-so-haunted houses this episode as we dive into the various house systems. We kick off the episode with some spooky season life updates then get into this week’s horror-scopes. We have our FINAL lunar eclipse in Taurus then we get into the origins of Halloween as we discuss Samhain, a pagan festiv…
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview return Angie Jones. Angie is a Melbourne based gender critical woman, who runs the YouTube channel TERF Talk Down Under. Angie is a fierce advocate for women, and is outspoken about self ID, biological men in women’s spaces, and the right for females and girls to have sex-sepa…
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In this month's RE-PLAY, Ricky brings you the Wilfred Reilly interview from April 2022. Wilfred is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University. He’s a political scientist and holds a PhD in Political Science from Southern Illinois University and a law degree from the University of Illinois. He’s the author of two books:…
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Grab your popcorn sluts, this week we’re bringing back movie night! Our first movie night episode (S2 E7) is our most popular episode EVER but this time our movie night has a Halloween twist! Before we get into our showing, we start the episode with a full rundown of everything you can expect this Scorpio season. From the lunar eclipse to Venus ent…
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview return guest Ed West. Ed is former deputy editor of UnHerd, a journalist, essayist, author AND substacker. He’s written for The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator and has authored books on a diverse array of topics - from the art of seduction to British History. His is most rec…
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This week we’re covering the spookiest of all…The Saturn Return. JK it’s literally fine!!! We kick off the episode with some life updates then get into this week’s horror-scopes. This week Mars enters Scorpio and there’s a solar eclipse in Libra. At Monster High we’re diving into Saturn Returns, we start with an overview over the daddy of the solar…
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Steven Edginton. Steven is a journalist, interviewer, documentary maker and video Comment Editor at the Daily Telegraph in the UK. He’s interviewed some heavy hitters including Jordan Peterson, Steven Pinker, Lionel Shriver and many others. We spoke to Steven about his early b…
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Reid Nicewonder. Reid is the creator and host of "Cordial Curiosity" - a YouTube channel that posts conversations about a variety of polarized topics. Reid follows a variation of the Socratic Method to expose and understand the ways in which everyday people come to have their …
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Umut Özkırımlı. Umut is a Senior Research Fellow at IBEI (Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals), a professor at Blanquerna, Ramon Llull University, and a Senior Research Associate at CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs). He is also the Academic Director of…
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Boo! Welcome to SPOOKY SZN! This season is all about demystifying the themes and placements in astrology that make us squirm (or scream!). We’re kicking off the season with the mysterious planet of Pluto. Before we dive into Pluto, we open the episodes with a few life updates, Aubrey shares BREAKING NEWS, then we get into this week’s horror-scope. …
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Bo Winegard. Bo is the executive editor of Aporia Magazine. He received his PhD in social psychology from Florida State University. Bo was a professor teaching at Marietta College, before his controversial research area got him fired from academia. Topics covered include; Bo's…
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Saul Austerlitz. Saul is an adjunct professor of writing and comedy history at New York University. He is the author of Generation Friends, named by Vulture as one of the “15 Best Books About TV Comedies”; and Kind of a Big Deal, about the movie "Anchorman”. Topics covered inc…
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In this month's RE-PLAY, Ricky brings you the Helen Joyce interview from December 2022. Helen's appearance is one of the most successful New Flesh Podcast episodes and is mandatory listening for anyone concerned about the Trans issue. Helen Joyce is a journalist, feminist campaigner and author. She has written extensively for The Economist - where …
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview return Guest Jessa Crispin. Jessa is the founder and editor of the magazines Bookslut.com and Spolia. She is the author of The Dead Ladies Project, The Creative Tarot and Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto. Her provocative podcast Public Intellectual featuring guest…
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Aubrey and Dani sat down with Eileen from Aura Aura to chat aura photography, the energetic field and COLOR! We kick off the episode by discussing Eileen’s background, how she made her way into aura photography and created Aura Aura. We then discuss the process of getting an aura photo taken, Eileen breaks down how the camera captures the aura and …
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Melody Rachel. Melody is a theatre maker, producer and a podcaster. She has an upcoming show in the Sydney Fringe Festival - which is called "DEMO". Topics covered include; what it's like being a Christian lesbian, making theatre in the woke era, the Australian arts community'…
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As our Slut Hot Summer comes to a close we’re leaving you with some inspiration to keep (safely) slutting on. We kick off the episode with life updates then dive into this week’s upcoming astrological roster. This week Venus stations direct (T GOD) and Jupiter stations retrograde (LOL). Then we get into this week’s sticky, slippery and silly ‘sex e…
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Gavin McInnes. Gavin is a Canadian writer, podcaster and commentator. He is the host of Get Off My Lawn With Gavin McInnes. He co-founded VICE magazine in 1994, he also co-founded the PROUD BOYS in 2016 (a group he is no longer associated with). Gavin is a punk rocker who kick…
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview return guest Norman Finkelstein. Norman is an American political scientist, activist, former professor, and published author. He received his PhD from the Princeton University Politics Department in 1987. He is the author of many books that have been translated into 60 foreign…
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Slut hot summer just doesn’t stop! This week we’re discussing the descendant, the point opposite the rising sign that tells us about our relationship ‘type’. We kick off the episode by discussing the current sky during ‘The Roster. This week, Mercury stations retrograde, Mars enters libra, Uranus stations retrograde and we have our second full moon…
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Tim Lott. Tim is an author of ten novels and a memoir - he has been published in sixteen countries and has worked extensively as a screenwriter. Tim has taught writing for the last ten years. He’s taught at the Faber Academy, Guardian Masterclasses, the Novelry and Brunel Univ…
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Speak your truth, besties!! Today we’re talking all about communicating your needs with our planet of communication, Mercury. We kick off the episode with some life updates, Aubrey shares that their mind is feeling ‘less prison-like’ while Dani launches into a monologue on Married at First Sight. Then, we get into this week’s astrological roster an…
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Jonathan Anomaly. Jonathan is the Academic Director of the Center for Philosophy, Politics, & Economics in Quito, Ecuador. Jonathan’s book “Creating Future People: The Ethics of Genetic Enhancement” explores the social implications of emerging reproductive technologies, includ…
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It’s a SLUT HOT SUMMER and we’re turning up the heat! This week is all about MARS, our planet of turn ons and getting heated. We kick off the episode by chatting about this week’s Venus cazimi and the asteroid Juno’s shift into leo. Then, we dive into Mars through the signs and their hookup archetypes from the ‘jock’ to the ‘escape artist’. We disc…
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Hannah Berelli. Hannah is a Marxist and feminist, she’s the editor of On the Woman Question and the co-host of the ascendant REDFEM podcast alongside Dr. Jen Izaakason. Topics covered include; what it's like being a part of a straight-white-woman's book club, the rise and fall…
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview return guest Sall Grover. Sall is Chief Executive Officer at Giggle - a social media app for women. Prior to founding Giggle, Sall was a successful screenwriter in Hollywood for almost ten years - the experiences in that industry led her to developing the app. Sall is currentl…
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Hey besties!! This week we’re discussing even more of the asteroids that spice up our love lives, flirting patterns and situationships. We get into some life updates from the sluts then dive into mercury’s retroshade during the roster. WTF is a retroshade? We’ll get into it! For today’s Sex Ed lesson we look at a handful of asteroids from Psyche to…
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview return guest, and Australian Icon, Bettina Arndt. Bettina trained as a clinical psychologist and worked first as a sex therapist and then a social commentator. Bettina Arndt’s career has spanned four decades and has seen life on many Australian TV shows, on radio and in print.…
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If you ever forget what being a Sagittarius is all about, return here. We got to chat all things sag stelliums, astrological timing and crushes (obviously) with writer, scammer and certified It Girl, Caroline Calloway. We dove into Caroline’s birth chart, discussed her astrocartography and astrological timing of Scammer’s release, her writing proce…
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#AstrologyTikTok has been hyping up this Venus Retrograde for MONTHS so we figured we’d break it all down. Spoiler alert: YOU’RE GONNA BE FINE. We kick off the episode with personal updates and a rundown of the astrological forecast from the sun moving into leo to the full moon in aquarius. Then, we get into the hottest transit of the summer, the V…
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Amanda Achtman. Amanda has worked as a political staffer in Canada and has penned articles for Law & Liberty. She has written about the assisted dying program in Canada and has penned a year-long, daily blog about death called "Dying To Meet You". Amanda holds a BA in politica…
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In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Tony Stella. Tony is an illustrator and artist whose hand-drawn work encompasses film, music and advertising. He joined the show to discuss his recent art work for "Indian Jones & The Dial of Destiny." Other topics covered include; retrospective film censorship, growing up in …
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