3 White Guys + Guest

his podcast was recorded on the lands of the Gadigal of Eora nation. We pay our respects to elders past and present and acknowledge the work of those in community today. This land was stolen and sovereignty was never ceded, Australia owes a debt that can never be repaid and must come to terms with the historic and ongoing genocide of the First Nations. There is no revolution without Treaties.G'day voters, and welcome to 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.Today, our plus guest is Yuin woman and First nations assistant curator at the Australian Museum: Dr Mariko Smith, who was kind enough to take us on a tour of the Unsettled exhibition, open May 22 until October 10. We last caught up with Mariko at the 2020 Yabun Festival, where she discussed the upcoming exhibit, the need to correct the overtly Euro-centric record of history on this land, and the damage wrought by colonisers.In this episode, we discussed the Unsettled exhibition and the work being done to correct false historical narratives, as well as the role of an exhibition like Unsettled in truth-telling and providing a space for Indigenous voices in the exploration of the history of this land. Follow her on Twitter: @MarikoCuratesUnsettled - The Australian MuseumFull shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Gadigal of Eora nation. We pay our respects to elders past and present and acknowledge the work of those in community today. This land was stolen and sovereignty was never ceded, Australia owes a debt that can never be repaid and must come to terms with the historic and ongoing genocide of the First Nations. There is no revolution without Treaties.G'day voters, and welcome to 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.Today, our plus guest is Yuin woman and First nations assistant curator at the Australian Museum: Dr Mariko Smith, who was kind enough to take us on a tour of the Unsettled exhibition, open May 22 until October 10. We last caught up with Mariko at the 2020 Yabun Festival, where she discussed the upcoming exhibit, the need to correct the overtly Euro-centric record of history on this land, and the damage wrought by colonisers.In this episode, we discussed the Unsettled exhibition and the work being done to correct false historical narratives, as well as the role of an exhibition like Unsettled in truth-telling and providing a space for Indigenous voices in the exploration of the history of this land.Follow her on Twitter: @MarikoCuratesUnsettled - The Australian MuseumFull shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast was recorded on Dharawal land. We pay our respects to elders past and present and acknowledge the work of those in community today. This land was stolen and sovereignty was never ceded, Australia owes a debt that can never be repaid and must come to terms with the historic and ongoing genocide of the First Nations. There is no revolution without Treaties.Following on from the recent episode where Nick sat down with Nikola Čašule from Greenpeace, Dean and Sean were feeling a bit left out.So they accidentally recorded a bonus episode where they pick through an ABC News report on the Royal Commission into the Black Summer bushfires. It's frankly quite average, but a fun way to waste forty minutes.Follow us on Twitter: @3whiteguyspodFull shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Dharawal, the palawa of lutruwita nation, and the Wurundjeri of Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders past and present and acknowledge the work of those in community today. This land was stolen and sovereignty was never ceded, Australia owes a debt that can never be repaid and must come to terms with the historic and ongoing genocide of the First Nations. There is no revolution without Treaties.G'day voters, and welcome to 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.Our plus guest today is anti-poverty activist and Communications Coordinator for the Australian Unemployed Workers' Union, Kristin O'Connell.We discuss the despicable state of welfare in Australia, poverty by policy, the campaign to raise the rate to #80aDay, cropaganda, and how to get away with swearing in a podcast. There's a lot to digest, especially if you're the leader of the Australian Labor Party.Follow them on Twitter: @kristin8X and @ausunemploymentAustralian Unemployed Workers’ UnionAUWU on FacebookAUWU mediaFull shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Cammeraygal and the Gadigal of Eora nation. We pay our respects to elders past and present and acknowledge the work of those in community today. This land was stolen and sovereignty was never ceded, Australia owes a debt that can never be repaid and must come to terms with the historic and ongoing genocide of the First Nations. There is no revolution without Treaties.G'day voters, and welcome to 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.Our plus guest today is Nikola Čašule, head of research and investigations at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, and one of the contributing authors of the Greenpeace report Dirty Power: Burnt Country - How the fossil fuel industry, News Corp, and the Federal Government hijacked the Black Summer bushfires to prevent action on climate change.Follow them on Twitter: @NikolaCasule and @GreenpeaceAPFull shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Dharawal, the palawa of lutruwita nation, and the Wurundjeri of Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders past and present and acknowledge those doing the work in community today. This land was stolen and sovereignty was never ceded, Australia owes a debt that can never be repaid and must come to terms with the historic and ongoing genocide of the First Nations. There is no revolution without Treaties.G'day voters, and welcome to 2021 and a brand new episode of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.Today, our plus guest is James Cutler: freelance journalist and researcher specialising in counter-terrorism and violent extremism. Follow him on Twitter: @t_cutletFull shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.comWho are the Proud Boys, 'western chauvinists' involved in political violence?Southern Poverty Law Centre (SPLC): Proud BoysNeo-Nazis go bush: Grampians gathering highlights rise of Australia’s far right‘We do not need to wait for a Christchurch’: Grampians cross burning spurs call for actionNazis Go Camping in The GrampiansAndy Fleming/Slackbastard

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Dharawal, the palawa of lutruwita nation, and the Wurundjeri of Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders past and present and acknowledge those doing the work in community today. This land was stolen and sovereignty was never ceded, Australia owes a debt that can never be repaid and must come to terms with the historic and ongoing genocide of the First Nations. There is no revolution without Treaties.G'day voters, and welcome to 2021 and a brand new episode of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.Today, our plus guest is James Cutler: freelance journalist and researcher specialising in counter-terrorism and violent extremism.Follow him on Twitter: @t_cutletIn the Shadow of Christchurch...Yeah Nah Pasaran! podcastCentre for Analysis of the Radical RightVOX-Pol's Online Library'Warning Signs': Transnational Commonalities in Right-Wing Extremist ActorsSatan is the Other: 'Satanic Panic' and Contemporary Scare CampaignsKo tō tātou kāinga tēnei: Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attack on Christchurch masjidain The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators OnlineFull shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This was recorded on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We pay our respects to elders past and present and acknowledge those doing the work in community today. This land was stolen and sovereignty was never ceded, Australia owes a debt that can never be repaid and must come to terms with the historic and ongoing genocide of the First Nations. There is no revolution without Treaties. This podcast may contain names and voices of people now deceased. Due to COVID, the Unsettled exhibition at the Australian Museum, referenced in this podcast, will be opening in 2021. G'day voters, and welcome to the show notes for this special episode of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation. This was recorded at the Sydney Invasion Day (Day of Mourning) March and the Yabun Festival in 2020, it contains a number of interviews with some of those who attended. Sydney Invasion Day Protest 2021 Yabun Festival Resources and Recommendations Tiddas 4 Tiddas Joe Williams: The Enemy Within - Suicide Prevention, Trauma Recovery, and Wellbeing Education Yothu Yindi - Treaty Blak Douglas - Contemporary Aboriginal artist with a sense of irony and a hint of sarcasm Gordon Syron Gordon Hookey Gordon Bennett Robert Campbell Jr. The Australian Museum - The 2020 Project Tear It Down: How do we deal with false, constructed histories? Charlotte Allingham - Artist coffinbirth on Instagram Bruce Pascoe - Dark Emu Australia: Temper and Bias Dark Emu's infinite potential: 'Our kids have grown up in a fog about the history of the land' Bill Gammage - The Biggest Estate on Earth National Library of Australia: The Biggest Estate on Earth The Conversation - The biggest estate on earth: how Aborigines made Australia The Monthly - ‘The Biggest Estate on Earth’ by Bill Gammage

This podcast is recorded on the lands of the Dharug, the Boon-Wurrung and Wurundjeri of Kulin nation, and the Dharawal. We pay our respects to elders past and present and acknowledge the elders of tomorrow.This land was stolen and sovereignty was never ceded, Australia owes a debt that can never be repaid and must come to terms with the historic and ongoing genocide of the First Nations. There is no revolution without Treaties.G'day listeners, it's been a while between drinks. We recorded this in May 2020, just as the true severity of COVID was hitting everyone for the first time. It's taken a while to get this edited, largely due to some personal issues on my end - in addition to the general fatigue that comes with the global shutdown. I managed to outsource the editing of two other episodes we recorded at that time, but now that I've managed to pull myself out of the single worst mental health episode I've ever experienced, we should be back up and running soon.With this finally done, we're hoping to get a few more episodes recorded in the coming months.On a personal note, I would like to offer my deepest apologies to Jack Latimore, who was kind enough to give us his time, I'm sorry this took such a long time to publish.- DeanG'day voters and welcome to the show notes for the seventh episode we recorded in 2020; we are 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.Our plus guest today is Birpai-Dunghutti journalist, writer with the Guardian and editor with NITV, Jack Latimore.Links:twitter.com/LatimoreJacktwitter.com/NITVfacebook.com/NITVAustraliaNITV HomeTake It Blak PodcastRoyal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody RecommendationsRoyal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Full ReportFull shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast is recorded on the lands of the Dharug, the muwinina, the Gadigal of Eora nation, and the Dharawal. We pay our respects to elders past and present and acknowledge the elders of tomorrow. This land was stolen and sovereignty was never ceded, Australia owes a debt that can never be repaid and must come to terms with the historic and ongoing genocide of the First Nations. There is no revolution without Treaties. G'day voters and welcome to the first anniversary of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation. Twelve months ago and against all odds, Scott Morrison was returned as Prime Minister and Australia looked ready to neck itself. In that time three white guys decided to do something radical, start a podcast. Over the following year, they witnessed the end of accountability, the collapse of journalistic integrity, and the failure of public leadership on such an epic scale that it sparked the fire of revolution in their hearts. The podcast went from vaguely humourous vanity project to serious conversation about where the nation (and the world) is headed, with a focus on finding a solution to a system that has been designed to benefit those at the top while crushing those who do all the work. National and global governance had been given a corporate makeover and for all intents and purposes, the car was driving itself, Parliament was no more than theatre and the public sector was being automated. Looking back we can see corruption, cronyism, profiteering, and a callous disregard for the lives of those living on this land, and that’s just in 12 months. It is looking more and more like the Australian experiment has failed, and Donald Horne’s assessment of Australia as a lucky country run mainly by second-rate people who share in its luck has never seemed more appropriate. This is the ninth episode of 2020, and our plus guest today is socialist, trade unionist, and former Labor Senator Doug Cameron.Find us on Twitter: @3whiteguyspod Full shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast is recorded on the lands of the Dharug, the Boon wurrung and Wurundjeri of Kulin nation, the Gadigal of Eora nation, and the Dharawal. We pay our respects to elders past and present and acknowledge the elders of tomorrow. This land was stolen and sovereignty was never ceded, Australia owes a debt that can never be repaid and must come to terms with the historic and ongoing genocide of the First Nations. There is no revolution without Treaties. G'day voters and welcome to the show notes for the eighth episode of 2020; we are 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation. It's been a while between drinks, but we are back with an interview recorded in May, which has remained unusually prescient for our particular brand of shitposting. Our plus guest this week is Asher Wolf: journalist, unionist, feminist, disability and digital rights advocate, and one of the most connected and online people you are ever likely to meet. Find us on Twitter: @3whiteguyspod Full shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Dharug, the Dharawal, and the Gadigal of Eora nation. We pay our respects to elders past and present and acknowledge the elders of tomorrow. This land was stolen and sovereignty was never ceded, Australia owes a debt that can never be repaid and must come to terms with the historic and ongoing genocide of the First Nations. There is no revolution without Treaties.G'day voters and welcome to this bonus episode; we are 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.At Home Alone Together is a new comedy series on ABC, hosted by Ray Martin, it takes a look at the lighter side of quarantining and government-sanctioned lockdowns. Ostensibly a funny idea, it recently included a (now viral) public service announcement sketch that involved some of Australia's most televised faces telling those watching not to start a podcast in this time of pandemic.A fairly innocuous bit that's amusing in a broad sense.For those who don't know, podcasting is just AM radio on the internet, most people listen on their phones.The original viral tweet was posted two months ago, just as the lockdowns were beginning, and at a time where coronavirus podcasts were kicking off. It was funny and topical, Nicola Coughlan's wry tone befitting the brevity of a platform like Twitter.This isn't to say that this is an original joke by any stretch, lots of straight guys be making podcasts, exhibit A: yours truly. But the context and framing of the joke is too similar to ignore.However, this isn't just an issue of joke-stealing comedy writers and/or theft of intellectual property, it's also an issue of who tells the joke.An Irish millennial actress whose career has just taken off cracking wise about the spare time people may have soon is very different to a stale group of (overwhelmingly) Boomer and Gen X opinion writers and minor celebrities lecturing downward at people who have been forced to stay indoors for upwards of two months.One of the central issues Australia faces is the cult of celebrity destroying the concept of public leadership, as the status quo benefits those willing to do anything to stay in the limelight.The nation is as stagnant as the careers of those involved with this clip, and it highlights a much bigger problem everyone wants to ignore: class warfare.Find us on Twitter: @3WhiteGuysPod Show notes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast is recorded on the lands of the Gubbi Gubbi, the Dharug, the Gadigal of Eora nation, and the Dharawal. We pay our respects to elders past and present and acknowledge the elders of tomorrow. This land was stolen and sovereignty was never ceded, Australia owes a debt that can never be repaid and must come to terms with the historic and ongoing genocide of the First Nations. There is no revolution without Treaties.G'day voters and welcome to the show notes for the sixth episode of 2020; we are 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.Last week we covered the end of the Sanders 2020 campaign and briefly touched on the sexual assault allegations against Joe Biden, we figured we were done with coverage of the US election for a couple of months at least. And then further developments in the allegations made by Tara Reade came to light, which has forced many in the Democratic Party to respond, but still no word from Biden.So we decided to dive back in to look at the allegations, the #MeToo movement, the scourge of male politicians from “a different time”, the early 90s, and consent; as such our plus guest today is award-winning writer and sex educator, author of The Teen Girl’s Guide to Getting Off: Eva Sless.This is the second half of our chat with Eva, find the first part here: Truth Hurts ft. Eva Sless (Part 1)Tarana Burke Twitter thread RT by Monica LewinskyFind us on Twitter: @3whiteguyspodFull show notes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast is recorded on the lands of the Gubbi Gubbi, the Dharug, the Gadigal of Eora nation, and the Dharawal. We pay our respects to elders past and present and acknowledge the elders of tomorrow. This land was stolen and sovereignty was never ceded, Australia owes a debt that can never be repaid and must come to terms with the historic and ongoing genocide of the First Nations. There is no revolution without Treaties.G'day voters and welcome to the show notes for the sixth episode of 2020; we are 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.Last week we covered the end of the Sanders 2020 campaign and briefly touched on the sexual assault allegations against Joe Biden, we figured we were done with coverage of the US election for a couple of months at least. And then further developments in the allegations made by Tara Reade came to light, which has forced many in the Democratic Party to respond, but still no word from Biden.So we decided to dive back in to look at the allegations, the #MeToo movement, the scourge of male politicians from “a different time”, the early 90s, and consent; as such our plus guest today is award-winning writer and sex educator, author of The Teen Girl’s Guide to Getting Off: Eva Sless.Tarana Burke Twitter thread RT by Monica LewinskyFind us on Twitter: @3whiteguyspodFull show notes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast is recorded on the lands of the Dharug, the Gadigal of Eora nation, and the Dharawal. We pay our respects to elders past and present and acknowledge the elders of tomorrow. This land was stolen and sovereignty was never ceded, Australia owes a debt that can never be repaid and must come to terms with the historic and ongoing genocide of the First Nations. There is no revolution without Treaties.G'day voters and welcome to the show notes for the fifth episode of 2020; we are 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.This week our plus guests are Jason Wu: a climate activist who has worked to stop the Adani Carmichael mine from going ahead, and a volunteer for the Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign; and Chris Bourke: one of the founders of Australians Supporting Bernie Sanders, and a climate activist who has volunteered with Extinction Rebellion.Find us on Twitter: @3whiteguyspodFull show notes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast is recorded on the lands of the Dharug, the Gadigal of Eora nation, the Dharawal, and the Jagera. We pay our respects to elders past and present and acknowledge the elders of tomorrow. This land was stolen and sovereignty was never ceded, Australia owes a debt that can never be repaid and must come to terms with the historic and ongoing genocide of the First Nations. There is no revolution without Treaties.G'day voters, and welcome to the show notes for episode four in this godawful year 2020. We are 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.Today, our plus guest is spokesperson for the Australian Unemployed Workers Union, Jeremy Poxon.Australian Unemployed Workers UnionOn the Phenomenon of Bullshit JobsFind us on Twitter: @3whiteguyspodFull show notes available at shutupandreadthis.com

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This podcast is recorded on the lands of the Dharug and of the Gadigal of Eora nation. We pay our respects to elders past and present and acknowledge the elders of tomorrow. This land was stolen and sovereignty was never ceded, Australia owes a debt that can never be repaid and must come to terms with the historic and ongoing genocide of the First Nations. There is no revolution without Treaties.G'day voters, and welcome to the show notes for the 3rd episode of 2020. We are 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.Today, our plus guest is a health worker inside one of the coronavirus clinics in NSW, their name and voice have been changed to protect their identity.Find us on Twitter: @3whiteguyspodFull show notes available at shutupandreadthis.com

Outtakes from the first episode of 2020, analysis of bad articles and worse fortune-telling. Find us on Twitter: @3whiteguyspod

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, the show notes were written on Dharug land. We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging. We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded by the First Nations people of this land.G'day voters, and welcome to the show notes for the first episode of the second season of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation. Today our plus guest is the heat, smoke, dust, and fires that have come to define summer 2019/20. 2020 will be a year for revolutions, our government has been privatised and the people have lost control of the nation. This isn't just a bushfire or climate crisis, it's a constitutional crisis.Full shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com Find us on Twitter: @3whiteguyspod

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation and the Wadi Wadi of Dharawal nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging. The show notes were written on Dharawal land.We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded by First Nations people.G'day voters, and welcome to the show notes for the xmas special episode of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.Today, our plus guest is Blue Mountains resident, bushfire survivor, and friend of the podcast Paco. We look back on the decade, year, and month it's been.Join us as we say good bye to 2019 and hello to the future.Full shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.comFind us on Twitter: @3whiteguyspodVive la revolucion

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, the show notes were written on Dharawal land. We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging. We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded by First Nations people.G'day voters, and welcome to the show notes for the fifteenth episode of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation. Today, our plus guests are Toby Thompson from Extinction Rebellion Wollongong and Ben Gava from the Illawarra Climate Justice Alliance. This episode was recorded near the end of 2019 but the release was delayed by an unforeseen climate emergency. Follow us on Twitter @3WhiteGuysPod; full shownotes are available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation and the Wadi Wadi people of Dharawal nation. The show notes were written on Dharawal land. We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging. We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded by First Nations people.G'day voters, and welcome to the show notes for the fourteenth episode of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.The police crackdown on peaceful protesters outside IMARC in Melbourne last week was completely disproportionate to the disruption they caused, with the overwhelming majority of the violence being instigated by the police.Nick was on the ground in Melbourne, and wrote about what happened, here is some of what he had to say:Take a stand: Police beat me at the Melbourne IMARC blockade but they won't break my spiritThis was a very different episode because we felt the need to get stuck in on what is happening to democracy and civil rights in this country, especially in the wake of the police brutality at IMARC in Melbourne.The Proper Way to Welcome the People Destroying the WorldThere were also a few missed points to add: when criticisms pour in that environmental movements are too white and middle class, it's important to remember that we have the privilege of not having to be concerned for our lives when interacting with police at protests. If we are to be the allies we claim to be, the onus is on us to put our bodies on the line to protect those who may not be cut loose after a few hours in custody. I'm not here to lecture, learning how pervasive my privilege tends to be has been the most powerful lesson I've experienced this year. If we're going to use our privilege for good, we need to be capable of recognising where our blind spots are, especially when it comes to listening to those on the front lines in the fight against the police state. Solidarity means standing with those who hurt your feelings when you weren't as woke as you thought. Disagreements can be had behind doors, but we need to stop publicly splintering the left, and I'm as guilty of that as anyone. Also, the new power for the government passed late last year was the ability to deploy the ADF (not the AFP) in the event of an emergency, which can be declared on national security grounds by Peter Dutton. Climate change is destroying life on this planet.Capitalism is destroying life on this planet.Billionaires are destroying life on this planet.Globally, people are waking up to what is happening to them and they will not tolerate this abuse any longer.Take to the streets.Resist.Stand in solidarity.Together we can survive.Full shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging. The show notes were written on Dharawal land, we pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging. We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded by First Nations people.G'day voters, and welcome to the show notes for the lucky thirteenth episode of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation. Today, our plus guest is Cam Lum.Media Freedom - Your Right To Know Mapping Economic Disadvantage in NSWNCOSS: Full ReportFull shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast was recorded on Dharawal land. We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging.We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded by First Nations people.G'day voters, and welcome to the show notes for the twelfth episode of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.Welfare and social security in Australia have been driven into the ground by successive Liberal and Labor governments. This bipartisan approach to punishing Australians for losing a job has created a system of entrenched poverty and desperate people are now at their wits end.There are a number of things Australia could do to address this, but the fact that those in Canberra have refused to lift the rate of Newstart for a quarter of a century has really become a framing device for the debate. Issues like robo-debt, cutting off payments, work for the dole, the cashless welfare card, road-testing punitive measures in Indigenous communities, and forcing thousands of vulnerable people off other support pensions and on to Newstart has created a powerful movement that is starting to gain some traction in the media.And the fact that the only thing the government has to say in response (especially after they manufactured a recession through inaction and ideological lunacy) is "the best form of welfare is a job" means that we're officially in the upside-down.Just today we've learned that there are 19 applications for every entry level position advertised, and that's a conservative assessment, the reality is likely much worse. There are literally no jobs. The government is actively hurting the capacity of people to find work through their punitive schemes that demonise the unemployed.The government should be investing in public jobs because decades of austerity has fuelled generations of neglect, and the private sector has absolutely failed to deliver on what they promised when the government contracts were tendered, if they were tendered.The system has failed.And those in charge of it are actively creating more harm as they continue to blame the unemployed for the lack of jobs.Will it be viva la revolucion, or suck it up sweetheart? Let's solve this once and for all.Our plus guest is Jeremy Paul, unemployed wastrel, dole bludger, drug addict and general ne'er do well, he has been forced to deal with the Department of Human Services in all the worst ways, but doesn't complain because then Rupert Murdoch will cancel him. And today he's here to complain.Your Rights: What Are They? - AUWU resourceAustralian Council of Social Service - ACOSSFull shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast was recorded on Dharawal land and the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging.The show notes were written on Dharawal land. We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded by First Nations people.G'day voters, and welcome to the show notes for the eleventh episode of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.Today, our plus guests are Iranian immigrant and housemate to the stars, Farshid Akhtarpour; and international security analyst Chris Mason-Cole.This episode was recorded over Skype, apologies for the dodgy audio where it occurs, and a big fuck you to Malcolm Turnbull for ruining the NBN.Full shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging.The show notes were written on Dharawal land, we pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging.We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded by the First Nations people of this land.G'day voters, and welcome to the show notes for the tenth episode of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.Today, our plus guest is Dejay Toborek, activist, former Greens candidate for Wentworth, and one of the Red Rebels for Extinction Rebellion.The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. We are on track to exceed two degrees of global warming, and given the reticence of global governments to address climate change, it's going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better.If it gets better.Climate change policy has ended the career of every Prime Minister since Howard left office, and still nothing is being done. Emissions are increasing endlessly, and have done so since the carbon tax legislation was scrapped.And all we get from those at the top is more obfuscation, half-measures, and coal bandied about on the floor of parliament by the now Prime Minister Scott Morrison, as though all of this is a big joke.So, are we going to die? Is it all Mad Max from here? Or can we still do something to prevent the worst case scenario from eventuating?It's time to slip, slop, and slap as we gear up for the end of the world.Extinction RebellionFull shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging.The show notes were written on Dharawal land, we pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging.We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded by the First Nations people of this land.G'day voters, and welcome to the show notes for the tenth episode of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.Today, our plus guest is Dejay Toborek, activist, former Greens candidate for Wentworth, and one of the Red Rebels for Extinction Rebellion.The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. We are on track to exceed two degrees of global warming, and given the reticence of global governments to address climate change, it's going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better.If it gets better.Climate change policy has ended the career of every Prime Minister since Howard left office, and still nothing is being done. Emissions are increasing endlessly, and have done so since the carbon tax legislation was scrapped.And all we get from those at the top is more obfuscation, half-measures, and coal bandied about on the floor of parliament by the now Prime Minister Scott Morrison, as though all of this is a big joke.So, are we going to die? Is it all Mad Max from here? Or can we still do something to prevent the worst case scenario from eventuating?It's time to slip, slop, and slap as we gear up for the end of the world.Extinction RebellionFull shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com

Introducing: The James Buchanan Jamboree, a new podcast all about the 2020 US election hosted by Dean Cool, Sean McCallum, Nick McCallum, and Vinay Orekondy.Theme music from Slick Willie.Join us for part two of a delayed watch-party as we talk over the workshopped lines and doomed policies of a crowd of centrists who really should be running for (or staying in) the Senate.

Introducing: The James Buchanan Jamboree, a new podcast all about the 2020 US election hosted by Dean Cool, Sean McCallum, Nick McCallum, and Vinay Orekondy.Theme music from Slick Willie.Join us for the first half of a delayed watch-party as we talk over the workshopped lines and doomed policies of a crowd of centrists who really should be running for (or staying in) the Senate.

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging.The show notes were written on Dharawal land, we pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging.We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded by the First Nations people of this land.G'day voters, and welcome to the show notes for the eighth episode of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.Today, our plus guest is Lindsay Williams, a Gumbaynggirr and Wiradjuri man from Nambucca Heads.This was an episode where we decided against setting an agenda ahead of time, because the fact is, as three white guys we can't speak for First Nations people, but we desperately need to learn more as the ignorance of Indigenous culture in this country is crippling. And the fact that we have to lead with that is devastating, because we shouldn't have to set aside special episodes for Indigenous guests, because all issues in this country affect the Indigenous community.Dark Emu - Culture and HistoryCurtain The PodcastFull shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast was recorded on Dharawal land. We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging.The show notes were written on Dharawal land, we pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging.We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded by First Nations people.G'day voters, and welcome to the show notes for the seventh episode of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.Today, our plus guest is Joshua Dean, artist, carer, and seeker of knowledge.So join us as we celebrate the death of a billionaire, worry about the end of life as we know it, and whine about the horrific state of politics in the modern age. Marxism never looked so good.Full shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging.We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded by the First Nations people of this land.G'day voters, and welcome to the show notes for the sixth episode of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.Our plus guest is activist, feminist, and adult content producer Ms Kate Reckless.Just to bring down the mood quickly, a woman was murdered in Tuesday's knife attack because she was a sex worker. Michaela Dunn was a daughter, sister, friend, and most importantly, a human being. She was someone who spoke out about sexual violence and harassment.Sex workers face some of the highest levels of abuse of any profession, and more often than not when they are murdered they are blamed for what was done to them. They are reduced to what they do, instead of who they are.This is part 2 of two.Full shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging.We acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded by the First Nations people of this land.G'day voters, and welcome to the show notes for the sixth episode of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.Our plus guest is activist, feminist, and adult content producer Ms Kate Reckless.Just to bring down the mood quickly, a woman was murdered in Tuesday's knife attack because she was a sex worker. Michaela Dunn was a daughter, sister, friend, and most importantly, a human being. She was someone who spoke out about sexual violence and harassment.Sex workers face some of the highest levels of abuse of any profession, and more often than not when they are murdered they are blamed for what was done to them. They are reduced to what they do, instead of who they are.This is part 1 of two, there were a few sound issues in the first half, but it's mostly dealt with.Full shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging.G'day voters, and welcome to episode 5 of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.This week our plus guest is Vinay Orekondy, a lawyer and activist, and someone Alan Jones described as a mongrel. And because he's headed to the US for the Primaries we had a chat about immigration, ideology, the impossible US political system.This the second of two parts of a lengthy conversation about the future of the United States, and what it will take to win in 2020.Full shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging. G'day voters, and welcome to episode 5 of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation. This week our plus guest is Vinay Orekondy, a lawyer and activist, and someone Alan Jones described as a mongrel. And because he's headed to the US for the Primaries we had a chat about Bernie, Biden, Booker and everyone in between. This is part 1 of a lengthy conversation about the future of the United States, and what it will take to win in 2020. Part 2 should be available later this week. Full shownotes available at shutupandreadthis.com

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Bediagal people of the Eora nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging.G'day voters, and welcome to the fourth episode of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.Before we start this week, we'll be doing something a little different, a poetry reading, because we are nothing if not classy.The Rate by Maxine Beneba Clarke, appeared in the Saturday Paper on 20/7.Our plus guest this week is journalist, anti-poverty activist and federal leader of the Affordable Housing Party, Andrew Potts.Subjects for discussion include wage theft, wrestling, and windmills.Full show notes are available at shutupandreadthis.com/category/podcast

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging.G'day voters, and welcome to the third episode of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation.This week our good friend Randy Johnson dropped in for a few drinks and a chat about homelessness, Hanson, and horrible ideas. Also Albo. Because, good god, the man is likely to be the last leader of the ALP.Full show notes are available at shutupandreadthis.com/category/podcast

G'day voters, this is the inaugural episode of 3 White Guys + Guest, a political podcast for a cynical nation. We had a couple of teething issues for this first one, not too bad hopefully, but we should be on top of this in the future. Going forward, this should *hopefully* be a fortnightly podcast, depending on what's happening in the world. This will likely be the longest episode we put out, simply because there was so much to consider in the wake of Labor shitting their pants like a failed ad man in a southern Sydney Maccas. It was supposed to be the unloseable election. This is why we can't have nice things. Sean McCallum works two odd jobs because a guy can't get a break in this town. He has always had a soft spot for the underdog and someday hopes to see the world saved from being burned alive. In his spare time he writes music and his masters in film production means he is qualified to work for exposure. Nick Mack is a former hack who spent too long in the horrible digital newsrooms of two of Australia's biggest commercial networks, writing yarns for jerks before reporting on social media outrage became too much and he needed to adjust his horizons. Now he works for a trade union, fighting the good fight and musing that hopefully one day we'll have revolution. Dean Cool is the online pseudonym of a man tired of fighting over scraps while the political class grow fat on our labour. He dropped out of university with honours and after years of online bitching, started writing about politics the day Tony Abbott became Prime Minister. To date, his greatest single accomplishment was winning a t-shirt in a jellybean guessing competition. You can catch us on Twitter: @3WhiteGuysPod Nick: @nkmccallum Sean: @SeanAMcCallum Dean: @realDeanCool The theme music is The Hill by Pax Canis.