Not With A Bang

Matt Young and Lindsey Motteram join us for an episode where we discuss: — The Leader of the Free World agrees to meet with Kim Jong-Un — but where? — Martin Shkreli is going to jail for having too many consonants in his name. — Katy Perry killed a nun. She liked it. — Dutch police were running a drug market for almost a year. — We interview a expert on all things Russia.   PLUGS: Pat writes for television's Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell, which is a good show, and by proximity this is also a good show. Catch Lindsey + Lance in the Raw Comedy Victorian Preliminary Finals, March 22nd, 7.30pm at The Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. See Matt Young in “Young, Rich & Bald” by Kit Richards, Matt Young & Alistair Baldwin on the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 16th of April.

On this episode: – A riotous, race-related rampage ravages Melbourne; Lindsey Motteram investigates – Shithole countries – Not With A Bang book club! – Pat investigates a devious new plot by the Singaporean government Come to our shows! Pat McCaffrie at Adelaide Fringe, 15/2-2/3 Lindsey + Lance at MICF Raw Comedy Heat 8, 18/2

Here it is – the most another episode of Not With A Bang to date. Co-hosted by Eve Ellenbogen and featuring Lindsey Motteram. Fun topics: Louis CK Manus Island refugees Hitler The Paradise Papers Thanks to Lindsey Motteram, Tessa Terlouw, and Karen Woulfe for help with this episode. Karen’s Redbubble page: https://www.redbubble.com/people/damelibellule/portfolio Rate this podcast on iTunes/Apple Podcasts or you’re a racist.

Nick O'Connell joins us in person and Lindsey Motteram joins us in song for some more terrible news about the how the world is doing.  – North Korea keeps happening – America is not necessarily being made Great Again – The Earth is warming up still, but we have a nice sea shanty about it – Ted Cruz commemorates 9/11 in style

Comedian Anthony McCormack joins the gang for another fun-filled adventure. – Donald Trump, who isn't a racist, pardons Sheriff Arpaio, a racist who terrorised Latin-Americans for decades – Another Sheriff says some wacky stuff while a hurricane tears apart the lower bit of America – Former Australian Prime Minister and current dancing-media-monkey-with-a-cymbal-made-of-poor-decisions, Tony Abbott, admits to more things that he should but won't be embarassed of – Australian churches struggle with saucy sex secrets – Chinese soldiers won't stop masturbating

A historical look at... two weeks ago when this episode was recorded, featuring Nellie Lolzworthy. So: – Trump still – Russian "separatists" decide to start a new state in Ukraine – Kellyanne Conway has fun with words – Australia concentrates security powers in the hands of its worst politician – A fond farewell to Sean Spicer, and of course; – The Ballad of Sean Spicer

On this one: – America is over, still. – The human species is maybe over? – The Liberal Party get up to some secret, saucy, scandalous sex stuff. Gay marriage, I mean.

Matt Young joins us on this one to discuss: – Australia's ongoing torment of refugees and asylum seekers – The continuing downfall of America – The ongoing battles around ballon rights

– People keep murdering other people for not a reason – The Trump's America pull out of the human habitat – The Conservatives are going to win the UK election definitely – Brazil's government is a bit corrupt

– An Australian politican solves all tax revenue problems forever – France decides not to be remembered as one of the dominos that fell over on the way to the end of the world – Robert Mugabe is still alive, sort of – A sampling of the ridiculous Trump scandals from the last week

Featuring guest human, Lindsey Motteram, off of The Weekly Hour. – The Trump Administration release their comprehensive, one-page tax reform plan – PUTINWATCH 2017: What’s Vladimir Putin been up to in Eastern Europe generally? – PUTINWATCH 2017: What’s Vladimir Putin been up to in Russia specifically? – France goes to the polls! Again. Will they decide to be boring, or will they follow Britain and the US into farcical nationalism?

On this one: – Theresa May calls an election three years early – US Trump voter's husband being deported – Trump Administration extends its incompetence to the rest of the world – Australian Conservatives fight back against the War On Easter

On our most second of episodes: - Donald Trump's staff need to distract him with praise and deference in order to keep him off Twitter - Donald Trump's staff are at least colluding with the Russians, if not Russian spies themselves - Grace Mugabe is set to take on the mantle of her universally, mandatorily loved husband, Robert Mugabe, the critically-acclaimed (at gunpoint) leader of Zimbambwe

- Australia and the USA's refugee swap deal in fine form as two of the world's least competent leaders fail to succesfully have a phone conversation - North Korea's ex-future-dictator is murdered and/or died-suddenly-for-no-reason, by North Korea's current dictator and/or sudden, unforseeable, random chance - South Korea's 2016 presidential scandal has ties to a certain enormous electronics conglomerate