Like I'm A Six-Year-Old

Giordano Nanni is a historian and satirist and the driving force behind The Juice Media. He was the co-creator of the hugely successful Rap News series which has tallied millions of views and featured cameos from the likes of Noam Chomsky and Julian Assange and since 2016 he's been collaborating in his lounge room with his partner Lucy and actors Ellen and Zoe to make the very-funny-and-extremely-on-point Honest Government Ads series. The series has tackled everything from net neutrality to East Timor to the arms trade to Australia Day and they make me laugh and they make me angry.  Here Giordano and I have a bloody lovely chat about the story of The Juice, how history forms his politics, working with Assange and Chomsky and how doing satire could potentially see him sent to prison for five years. Funny stuff!  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 BDS Australia's petition calling on SBS to boycott Eurovision 2019 @thejuicemedia thejuicemedia.com on Patreon on YouTube "2012 with Noam Chomsky & Anonymous [RAP NEWS X]"  "Aussie Election: A Game of Polls - feat. Julian Assange [RAP NEWS 20]" Honest Government Ad | Visit Timor-Leste! Honest Government Ad | The ABC Honest Government Ad | Australia Day Honest Government Ad | A Message For People Smugglers Cause of the Week: East Timor Women Australia (etwa.org.au)  

Aimee Terese is a law student, podcaster and socialist. Until this week she was the co-host of the Dead Pundits Society podcast in which she picked apart US politics from a Leftist perspective, filling my brain with a bunch of smart insights and funny jokes. She doesn't suffer contradictions or bullshit and I loved getting to pick her brain during this conversation about the origins of her politics, electoralism, "lesser evil voting", Jordan B. Peterson and Bernie Sanders.  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 This Sunday I’m performing in Trevor Ashley’s MARDI GALA at the Sydney Opera House Luke McGregor and I are coming to Nelson Bay and Belmont in March @aimeeterese The Dead Pundits Society podcast (@DeadPundits, on soundcloud) Aimee on the Revolutionary Left podcast deconstructing liberal intellectuals Jordan Peterson, Sam Harris and Steven Pinker Cause of the Week: The NSW/ACT Aboriginal Legal Service (alsnswact.org.au)

I'M BACK, BABY. It's a new year and I'm unemployed so what better time to restart this podcast. This is just a cheeky little tease ep, but a brand new episode with a fascinating guest will be out this Wednesday. Hurrah.  I have set up a Patreon for the show, not to become a billionaire but to try to cover the basic costs associated with making this thing (transport/time/snacks).  I really appreciate anything you can give (if you can afford it). PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE NO REWARDS FOR BECOMING A PATRON. YOU GET JACK SHIT, OK? SORRY.  You can become a Patron here if you like. It's nice to be back. Talk soon.   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 This Sunday I'm performing in Trevor Ashley's MARDI GALA at the Sydney Opera House Luke McGregor and I are coming to Nelson Bay and Belmont in March Learn more about Victorian Socialists School students are striking for climate action again on March 15th

This is part two of an interview I recorded live at the inaugural Yack Festival at Giant Dwarf a few weeks ago. Stan Grant is a journalist, author and presenter who has worked all over the world for the likes of CNN, Sky News, SBS World News, NITV, the Guardian and the ABC. He is a Wiradjuri man who writes and speaks about race, racism and history in Australia, most recently in his Quarterly Essay released last year, The Australian Dream. He has just become the ABC’s Chief Asia Correspondent and will host a nightly discussion show on ABC News next year. In this second part of our conversation, I ask Stan about one or two things I've heard about him and picked his brain on his critics, plus we take some questions from the floor. I feel very lucky to have the opportunity to pick Stan’s brain. Big thanks to the Giant Dwarf and Yack for having us and to all the Sydney friends who came along. Due to Tonightly (my cool TV show that you can watch every bloody night of the week!), I won’t be able to bring you another podcast for a little while I’m afraid. But hey, there’s a back catalogue of 121 episodes for you to enjoy at your leisure. YOU ARE WELCOME. Check out #Tonightly please!  @tonightly on the ABC Comedy Facebook page on the ABC Comedy YouTube Channel on ABC iView  subscribe to the highlights podcast If you’re in Sydney you can register to come along to a taping of the show BUY 'LITERALLY EVERYTHING', OUR CHRISTMAS SINGLE RAISING $$$ FOR HOMELESS CHARITY STREET SMART  Quarterly Essay – The Australian Dream: Blood, History and Becoming by Stan Grant It is a ‘damaging myth’ that Captain Cook discovered Australia by Stan Grant Cause of the Week: The Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (aief.com.au)

Hello! I know this has been a long time coming. Apologies: I have been busy writing jokes about Bob Katter. This is part one of an interview I recorded live at the inaugural Yack Festival at Giant Dwarf a few weeks ago.  Stan Grant is a journalist, author and presenter who has worked all over the world for the likes of CNN, Sky News, SBS World News, NITV, the Guardian and the ABC. He is a Wiradjuri man who writes and speaks about race, racism and history in Australia, most recently in his Quarterly Essay released last year, The Australian Dream. He has just become the ABC's Chief Asia Correspondent and will host a nightly discussion show on ABC News next year.  This is a wide-ranging conversation about everything from the Taliban to North Korea to constitutional recognition to white guilt to history and victimhood. I feel very lucky to have the opportunity to pick Stan's brain. Big thanks to the Giant Dwarf and Yack for having us and to all the Sydney friends who came along.  Due to Tonightly (my cool TV show that you can watch every bloody night of the week!), I won't be able to bring you another podcast for a little while I'm afraid. But hey, there's a back catalogue of 121 episodes for you to enjoy at your leisure. YOU ARE WELCOME. Check out #Tonightly please!  @tonightly on the ABC Comedy Facebook page on the ABC Comedy YouTube Channel on ABC iView  subscribe to the highlights podcast  If you're in Sydney you can register to come along to a taping of the show Quarterly Essay - The Australian Dream: Blood, History and Becoming by Stan Grant It is a 'damaging myth' that Captain Cook discovered Australia by Stan Grant Cause of the Week: The Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (aief.com.au)  

Hello everyone! I am sorry I have not posted an episode in a while.  I have a reasonably good excuse: I am going to host a TV show.  I'm still interviewing Stan Grant live onstage at the Yack Festival in Sydney on Saturday November 11th though @tonightly AND if you're in Sydney you can come watch the show being taped live! Register your interest here please

Geoffrey Winters is a native title lawyer who ran against Tanya Plibersek as the Liberal Party candidate for the seat of Sydney in the 2016 election. He's a Gamillaroi man who's openly gay and who regularly appears on ABC's The Drum. This is a frank discussion, featuring me trying to get my head around where Geoffrey is coming from as an Indigenous queer man who's also a conservative. From the marriage equality survey to being in a party alongside people he disagrees with with to being "pragmatic" to what conservatism can offer first nations peoples to what (if anything) would make him consider leaving the Liberals. I got a lot out of this conversation and Geoffrey was mighty patient with me. I hope you like it.  **COME SEE LIASYO LIVE @ YACK FESTIVAL WITH STAN GRANT, NOVEMBER 11th** Donate to the National Compassion Fund to help victims of the Las Vegas shooting @WintersGeoffrey Gay Indigenous Liberal candidate is more than just a wedge Article: He's gay, Indigenous and 27, but Geoffrey Winters says he's the model of a modern Liberal Young & Black: an SBS documentary   Cause of the Week: Libs & Nats Say Yes (libsnatsyes.com.au)  

Alex Greenwich is an independent MP in the NSW parliament and the National Convenor of Australian Marriage Equality. He's been campaigning for equal marriage for 10 years now and kindly gave me some of his time to reflect on how the postal survey is going, from the incidence of violence to the notion of "respectful" debate to what will happen if the No side is successful (an annoyingly real possibility). **COME SEE LIASYO LIVE @ YACK FESTIVAL WITH STAN GRANT, NOVEMBER 11th** Find a "Yes" calling party in your area My piece in the Warrnambool Standard asking my home town to Vote Yes Equal Love Rally this Sunday Oct 1st at 1pm, State Library Melbourne  @alexgreenwich alexgreenwich.com voteyes.org.au Jeff Sparrow's piece on the campaign: Rainbows not media storms Sean Kelly's piece on the campaign: This is not a horse race Cause of the Week: Get the YES ad back on air  

Owen Jones is an activist (first) and celebrated writer (second). He's the author of bestselling books Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class and The Establishment And How They Get Away With It, is a regular Guardian columnist and has a cracking YouTube channel. He's a major Leftist voice in UK politics and quite frankly, I was pretty stoked when he agreed to give me some of his time. Here we talk about democratic socialism, what Corbyn's political rise means for that cause, the dangers of centrism and the basics of Brexit. We also touch on what defines the "working class", being friends with Tories and Owen's cat.  My latest appearance on The Bugle with Andy Zaltzman & Nish Kumar My appearance on Kyran Wheatley & Rhys Nicholson's podcast Save The Date Australia Says Yes Comedy Gala at the Athenaeum Theatre on Thursday September 21st @OwenJones84  Owen's writing for The Guardian Agitpod - Owen's podcast with Ellie Mae O'Hagan Owen's piece on centrists attacking Labour moderates  Owen's piece reflecting on being wrong about Corbyn Cause of the Week: The Advocacy Academy (theadvocacyacademy.com)   

Acclaimed comedian and all-round nice guy Ahir Shah was just nominated for the big award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for his passionate, insightful and hilarious show Control. It's a brilliant treatise on the fallout of Brexit and Trump and humankind's inability to learn from its past mistakes.  Here Ahir tells me about how the racist debate surrounding Brexit affected him personally, why he couldn't vote for Jeremy Corbyn in this year's election, the "economic anxiety" argument used to explain demonstrations of racism, being friends with conservatives and punching Nazis.  Problematic is at the Soho Theatre until this Saturday September 9th Listen to my live episode of The Bugle with Al Murray Unity: A Benefit Show for Australian Marriage Equality  @AhirShah ahirshah.com An interview with Ahir on Control Article: One of Labour's new rising stars talks class, Westminster and the enemy  Cause of the Week: British Red Cross South Asian Flood Appeal