Is it sweaty in here? You bet your deodorant absorbing pits it is! We really got our sweat on recording this episode, so why not make our episode title sweat soaked as well. A heads up for Emsolators listening from outside Australia, it is currently summer down under, the world is on toast environmentally, so of course the heatwaves we’ve been experiencing around the country feel biblical and never ending. On top of that, Em’s husband Scott decided to turn off the air conditioner, ruining any chance of Em finding a cool spot to record today’s intro. Luckily for us that means we get a heat affected retelling of that story as part of the intro. There’s more sweat to be found across the rest of the episode too. There’s the kind of sweats you get trying to tackle subjects that may trigger or upset people, and there’s also the sweat you leave in the spot you choose to sleep, whether that be a bed…or a nest of clothes and towels, more on that later. To get things started we’ve got a close contact from within the Emsolation team with Coronavirus to reveal, there’s also all the untapped excitement of the dinosaur stuffed celebrations for Elio’s 3rd birthday to cover off as well.That’s another tick for the sweat factor index of this episode, for reference, just imagine how sticky you’d get when you’re outdoors in 30 degree plus heat in a fully enclosed, head to toe, dinosaur costume. Once that’s sorted we need to get stuck into two things that have stuck out for Em and Michael this week, the first of those is to talk about how some people still think it’s okay to celebrate Australia Day. Everyone in this country should be well across how deeply it hurts First Nations people to celebrate a date that reminds them of generations of trauma, suffering and injustice for them and their ancestors. The resources to educate yourself are out there and it’s time we all came together to create a fair and truthful relationship with First Nations people and ensure a better future for them and their children based on justice and self-determination. The second thing Em and Michael wanna tackle is the reaction Australian of the Year recipient Grace Tame received this week after she refused to smile in a photo op with our Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Grace has achieved so much since receiving the honour and Em and Michael are keen to give her props for all she’s achieved and respect for always sticking to her resolve not to be silent anymore. Some sections of the media aren’t as keen and they’ve been given some truly superb truth bombs as a result, you’ll hear our favourite clapback within. Finally we have the dilemma shared on social media of the girlfriend who discovered that her boyfriend doesn’t own an actual bed when she went to his house for the first time. It would seem he prefers to sleep in a nest fashioned from clothes and towels on his floor, he also doesn’t wash the clothes and towels he sleeps within EVER, it’s a lot to process. So are Em and Michael into the nest idea, does it need some tweaking, and how often exactly do Em and Michael change and wash their own bedsheets? All of those questions will get answered, with a lot of deep gasps thrown in. We’ve also got some more lovely messages from the Emsolation answering machine to listen back to as well. So find a spot that’s perfectly chill and give yourself over to the podcast equivalent of ear caviar, which now that I’ve typed it, sounds kinda revolting, but you get the idea, it’s top choice listening with an abundance of sweaty talk thrown in, so stick it in your ear holes whenever you can and enjoy.

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