Like I'm A Six-Year-Old

Singapore-based fund manager Alex Turnbull is the son of the ousted PM Malcolm and self-described "activist in most senses of the word".  Since the leadership coup in August of last year, Alex has been publicly scathing of the state of the Liberal Party and has actively campaigned to get centrist independents elected in traditionally safe Liberal seats. Alex joined me via Skype to talk with me about about his new approach to politics and public debate, what the heck the "sensible centre" really means and whether or not his dad ever watched my TV show. You can support the show by becoming a Patron, don’t-ya-know ENOUGH is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August I'm hosting the Smokestack Comedy Gala is on at Monash University this Friday night Please support the Refugee Council's Choose Humane campaign @alexbhturnbull ARTICLE: Alex Turnbull, former PM's son, names 'top 5 craziest Liberals' ARTICLE: Alex Turnbull takes aim at News Corp ARTICLE: Alex Turnbull puts his money where his non-Liberal mouth is Dirty Power: Big Coal's network of influence over the Coalition government by Greenpeace Cause of the Week: Carbon Tracker (carbontracker.org) 

Richard Di Natale is a Senator for Victoria and the leader of the Australian Greens. His seat isn't up this election but he is out there campaigning hard for the Greens to retain their positions in the Senate and potentially pick up some lower house seats too. In this conversation we covered a lot, from Richard's thoughts on the egging of the PM to the ghosts of social media past sinking young people's political careers to his party's political fortunes to capitalism to MDMA. But it's clear that the Greens' and Richard's passion is focussed on the existential threat of climate change (as you'd expect). Here Richard outlines the importance of the battle against Adani, the bizarre coal culture war and what a just transition for coal miners might actually look like. You can support the show by becoming a Patron, don't-ya-know ENOUGH is on at the Sydney Comedy Festival for 4 shows only this week! WOW! ENOUGH is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August @RichardDiNatale richard-di-natale.greensmps.org.au Richard's speech at the National Press Club The Greens' election platform (read it please) 350.org's documentary Accelerate Climate Action  ARTICLE: Whither the Greens? How a reckoning looms for a party fighting to hang on by Paddy Manning ARTICLE: What is next for the Australian Greens? by Martin McKenzie-Murray ARTICLE: I'm willing to go to jail to stop Adani and save our beloved country. Will you stand with me? by Richard Flanagan Cause of the Week: The Australian Greens (greens.org.au)

My childhood friend Alex Dyson is a very nice and very funny man who I got to host the triple j breakfast show with for four years.  Now, somewhat insanely, he is running as an independent candidate in our home seat of Wannon in south-west Victoria. It's a seat that's been held by the Liberals for 64 years and is currently held by Minister for Education Dan Tehan by a margin of 10%.  We drank a lot of wine, watched the godawful Leaders' Debate and had a long and fun and slightly-tipsy chat about his politics, why he thinks it's worth running in a safe seat, political ideology and Lupe Fiasco. We laughed, we reminisced, we respectfully disagreed, we danced. Enjoy!   Become a Patron of the show (please) yummy money yum yum ENOUGH is coming to Sydney Comedy Festival for 4 shows only next week ENOUGH is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August @alexdyson Alex's very good instagram ARTICLE: Legit Political Candidate Alex "Sesh Gremlin" Dyson Revealed Why He's Running  PM Julia Gillard Addresses the End of the World Cause of the Week: Dangerous Females (dangerousfemales.com.au) 

Kath Larkin is a unionist and socialist activist. She’s the Victorian Socialists candidate for the seat of Cooper (formerly Batman) in the 2019 federal election, running against Labor’s Ged Kearney. In this conversation Kath told me about asking Jordan Peterson a question on Q&A (that he didn’t like), her history of union organising, why she’s running in Cooper (and whether she’s going to win), her vision of a socialist future in Australia and she maintains hope in the idea of achieving radical change. You can become a Patron of the show and help cover the basic costs of making this thing happen (please) ENOUGH is coming to Sydney Comedy Festival for 4 shows only  ENOUGH is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August @vic_socialists Kath Larkin's Victorian Socialists candidate page Kath Larkin's campaign on Facebook  Kath's writing for Red Flag Kath's episode of Q&A  Cause of the Week: Victorian Socialists (victoriansocialists.org.au) 

Simon Holmes à Court is an energy transition expert. He's a Senior Advisor to at the Climate Energy College at Melbourne University, sits on the board of the Smart Energy Council and spends a lot of his time on twitter correcting the likes of Josh Frydenberg and Chris Uhlmann when they say silly wrong things about climate and energy issues issues. In this conversation (recorded on an unseasonably warm April day), Simon talks me through the influence of fossil fuel money, the dumb culture war between coal and renewables, why he's a climate optimist and what the parties are offering in this climate election. MAKE SURE YOU'RE ENROLLED TO VOTE BY 8PM TONIGHT PLEASE!!! You can become a Patron of the show and help cover the basic costs of making this thing happen (please) My show ENOUGH has just four shows left at the Melbourne Comedy Festival  Plus I’m doing my play #KWANDA which is also good and funny! Just 2 shows left ENOUGH is coming to Sydney Comedy Festival for 4 shows only  @simonahac Simon's writing at The Guardian Simon's writing on medium Article: No, Minister Canavan, coal will not be king for 20 more years Article: Australia's energy policy is a tangled mess built on a foundation of lies  Cause of the Week: Margo Kingston's #IndependentsDay for Climate Change Action on chuffed.org

Greg Larsen is one of the funniest people I've ever met in my whole bloody life. He and I worked together on Tonightly where we made some very silly and naughty comedy together before we were cruelly cancelled by the FASCIST LIBERAL GOVERNMENT. In this chat I ask Greg to reflect on the Tonightly months, his political punk band The Feminazis, wokeness, debate and the pointlessness of protests. You can become a Patron of the show and help cover the basic costs of making this thing happen (please) My show ENOUGH is on at the Melbourne Comedy Festival right now! Hot dang! Plus I’m doing my play #KWANDA which is also good and funny! Just 4 shows left ENOUGH is coming to Sydney Comedy Festival for 4 shows only  My spot at the 2019 Comedy Festival Opening Night Gala @gregmlarsen Greg's show Useful Idiot is at Melbourne Comedy Festival NOW Greg's podcast The Grub The infamous Tonightly sketch that sparked "Cuntgate" And this sketch about Germans wanking is one of the funniest things I've ever been involved in Cause of the Week: Donate to The Australian Greens (greens.org.au/donate) 

Sorry about the delayed episode, all! My bad. Comedy Festival is on and all that. Anyway. Sally McManus has been the Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions since 2017. She's the public face of the trade union movement in Australia and she takes little to no shit whatsoever.  We recorded this chat on the day the ACTU launched their call for the minimum wage to be raised to a living wage. I asked Sally to explain what that means, as well as her stances on democratic socialism, neoliberalism, privatisation, insecure work, just how hard it is to go on strike in Australia and how the ALP could become a helluva lot better.   You can become a Patron of the show and help cover the basic costs of making this thing happen (please) My show ENOUGH is on at the Melbourne Comedy Festival right now! Hot dang! Plus I'm doing my play #KWANDA which is also good and funny! Just 6 shows left ENOUGH is coming to Sydney Comedy Festival for 4 shows only  @sallymcmanus actu.org.au On Fairness by Sally McManus, Melbourne University Publishing ARTICLE: Is Sally McManus the woman the Coalition fears most?  RALLY TO CHANGE THE RULES happening around the country on Wednesday April 10th changetherules.org.au Cause of the Week: JOIN YOUR FUCKING UNION PLEASE (australianunions.org.au)

Samah Sabawi is a playwright, poet and activist who is passionate about fighting for the rights of the Palestinian people. Just days after the horrific massacre in Christchurch, Samah explains to me why she was "disappointed but not shocked" by the horrific attack and how nearly two decades of poisonous Islamophobia has led us to this point.  Samah also lays out what life is like for Palestinians in their own land, what the Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions movement is calling for and why it's important you #BoycottEurovision2019.  Become a Patron of the show and help cover the basic costs of making this thing happen (please) My stand-show ENOUGH is on at the Brisbane Comedy Festival this week  Then ENOUGH heads to the Melbourne & Sydney Comedy Festivals. It’s funny! Please come! My play #KWANDA will be on at the Melbourne Comedy Festival for 8 shows only @gazaheart Donate to the families of the Christchurch victims See Samah's play Them at La Mama Courthouse ARTICLE: We told you the threat is white supremacy by Randa Abdel-Fattah ARTICLE: 2,891 Murdoch Media Stories Trashing Islam In A Single Year, Study Reveals by Michael Brull AustraliansForPalestine.com Cause of the Week: The BDS petition to #BoycottEurovision2019

Melissa Davey is the Melbourne Bureau Chief for Guardian Australia. She’s done brilliant reporting about lots of different things over her career, but over the past few weeks has been diligently covering on the trial and conviction of George Pell. As Pell receives his sentencing today and as we learn more about his case for appeal, Melissa explains what it’s been like following this massive story, the journalistic ethics at play, the judicial process and the reactions from the media and the Church to the guilty verdict. WARNING: This conversation contains discussion of sexual assault and abuse  Become a Patron of the show and rest in peace knowing you’ll go to heaven My stand-show ENOUGH is on at the Brisbane Comedy Festival next week  Then ENOUGH heads to the Melbourne & Sydney Comedy Festivals. It’s funny! Please come! My play #KWANDA will be on at the Melbourne Comedy Festival for 8 shows only The School Strike 4 Climate is on this Friday! @MelissaLDavey Melissa's writing at Guardian Australia ARTICLE: Cardinal Pell's Conviction: The Questions That Remain ARTICLE: Andrew Bolt, Please Stop Implying That You Know All The Facts About George Pell by Clare Linane ARTICLE: Five Times Guilty: How George Pell's Child-Abusing Past Caught Up With Him in Courtroom  ARTICLE: The inconsistencies of George Pell's defenders just displays their power by Richard Cooke Cause of the Week: Dementia Australia (dementia-australia.org) 

Emma is in Year 11, Anthony has just started uni and together they're involved in organising the second School Strike 4 Climate on Friday March 15th. It's a nation-wide, non-partisan, student-led protest demanding our political leaders take some GODDAMN REAL ACTION on climate change for once please.  It was an honour to sit down with these two passionate, funny, committed young people to discuss their motivations for organising the march, their hopes for what it might achieve and their thoughts on the very dumb criticism it's received from right-wing dumbos.  Trust me: listening to this will fill your heart with hope.  Become a Patron of the show and rest in peace knowing you’ll go to heaven My stand-up show ENOUGH is coming to the Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney Comedy Festivals. It’s funny! Please come! My play #KWANDA will be on at the Melbourne Comedy Festival for 8 shows only Unite For The Night @ The Metro, Thursday March 7th Luke McGregor and I are coming to Nelson Bay and Belmont in March @StrikeClimate schoolstrike4climate.com  The Swedish 15-year-old who's cutting class to fight the climate crisis Cause of the Week: SUPPORT THE STRIKE ON FRIDAY MARCH 15TH! SEE YOU THERE! THANKS!