Knackers & The Vadge

The thirty-seventh episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge spring an extended Festivus-style ‘Airing of Grievances' on their unsuspecting guest before inelegantly segueing into a half-arsed analysis of why Kate Bush is topping the charts again.

The thirty-sixth episode, in which Knackers, The Vadge, and Professor Gary "The Regular" Foley conduct an in-depth analysis of the Australian election (by which we mean, talk about almost everything but it).

The long-overdue thirty-fifth episode, in which The Vadge gets curious about certain branches of her family tree.

The belated thirty-fourth episode, in which The Vadge turns her spade and sickle toward the task of untangling the SpaghettiOs in her brain.

The thirty-third episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge discuss the folly of expecting NGOs, CVE programs or stand-up comedy to meaningfully change the world, with comedian Nazeem Hussain.

The thirty-second (ugh, that's confusing) episode, in which Knackers & The Vadge are two in the bed and the little one said, 'Roll over!', so they all rolled over and this fell out.

The sort-of thirty-first episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge discuss the current events of ages ago in this long-rumoured, much anticipated, recently unearthed lost demo rarity bootleg thingo from before Knackers was so tragically rendered mute.

The thirtieth episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge discuss neoliberalism, unions, labour and Labor with Dr Elizabeth Humphrys.

The twenty-ninth episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge discuss the Australian Economic Miracle*, financialisation, Universal Basic Income, debt forgiveness and much more besides with heterodox economist Professor Steve Keen. * Not a miracle.

The twenty-eighth episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge discuss the fantasy of deliberative democracy and the reality of industrial relations with the Australian Greens' candidate for Grayndler, Jim Casey.

The twenty-seventh episode, in which Knackers & The Vadge discuss the Christchurch massacre, the Paris fire, and liberal myopia with comedian Aamer Rahman.

The twenty-sixth episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge are definitely not derelict in their Derridean double-reading duties with the Australian Unemployed Workers Union's Jeremy Poxon.

The twenty-fifth episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge disagree on just about everything with The Australian Greens' candidate for Kooyong, Julian Burnside.

The twenty-fourth episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge talk to Francis Leach again. They'll make him a Proper Leftist one day. Not today, mind; but, one day. Just you listen.

The twenty-third episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge talk with Professor Gary Foley about land rights, gentrification, Kerri-Anne Kennerley, and other variations on the theme of white privilege.

The twenty-second episode (don't get too excited, it actually goes for forty-five minutes), in which Knackers and The Vadge talk to those of you who do not find yourselves "digitally excluded" about those who do, and also some fun things.

Episode twenty-one, in which The Vadge has fuggen had it. Like, properly.

The twentieth episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge speak with great ignorance and discernible white defensiveness to Tarneen Onus-Williams about Aboriginal protest.

The nineteenth episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge reflect upon the Word of the Year for the turd of a year that was 2018.

The eighteenth episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge celebrate Chrissyleaks with Flick Ruby.

The seventeenth episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge definitely don't squander their time with eminent Marxist scholar Rick Kuhn by focusing on trivialities instead of Marxism, because that would be ridiculous.

The sixteenth episode, wherein Knackers and The Vadge skip school and finally talk with someone who has actually properly engaged with the idea of Historical Materialism; namely, Lee Rhiannon. She's alright, she is.

The somewhat-anticipated fifteenth episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge spend an hour introducing comedian Tom Ballard, and then have to leave for a book launch before he gets a chance to say anything.

The fourteenth episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge wittingly embroil themselves in a cash-for-comment scandal by hosting Stephen Jolly from the Victorian Socialists at the behest of a shadowy Patreon donor known only as 'Angus'.

The thirteenth episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge assert a number of things and then their moral philosopher guest gets all, like, moral philosophy-y on them. Yes, you're right. How VERY dare he.

The twelfth episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge ponder what even politics is, with a little help from Back in Time for Dinner, the 'keto' diet, #MeToo, and Guy Rundle.

The eleventh episode, in which Knackers & The Vadge R not OK.

The tenth episode, in which fun-loving salespeople Knackers & The Vadge are invited by Senator John 'Johnnie' McCain to stay the weekend at his beach house. Little do they know that Johnnie is the perpetrator of a fraud they've uncovered and is arranging to have them killed. When the plan backfires and Johnnie is killed instead, the buddies decide not to let a little death spoil their vacation. They pretend Johnnie is still alive, leading to hijinks and corpse desecration galore.

The ninth episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge sit down to discuss the Mullumbimby of the past, The Weekend Australian of the present, and the political-economic prospects of the future, with Trevor Vadge.

The messy eighth episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge get sidetracked a few times and neglect to ever circle back to Ed's story about the Rage Against the Machine Girl ... or talk about anything Marxist.

The belated seventh episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge celebrate Uncle Karl's two-hundredth birthday.

The sixth episode, in which Knackers & The Vadge once again threaten, and then fail, to discuss 'fake news' with Francis Leach.

The fifth episode, in which Knackers and The Vadge talk to Chris Graham, to check it's cool if they call his publication New Matil, and also to see if he's shameless enough to write a glowing review in it of a podcast episode in which he's the guest.

The difficult fourth episode, in which K&TV speak to activist, academic, avowed Marxist and known homosexualist, Roz Ward, about stuff.

The third episode, which is really just the rest of the second episode, but which we will all agree to call the third episode, okay?

The second episode, in which The Vadge bangs on for entirely too long in a vain attempt to disguise the fact that she did not leave nearly enough time to edit her and Knackers' interview with Dr. Shakira Hussein in time for International (Working) Women's Day.

The inaugural episode, in which Knackers & The Vadge have a thing or two to say about Frank's heroes, John Maynard Keynes and Honest Abe.