This week's entree is Welfare Carpaccio because the government just keeps cutting it thinner, and for mains we're serving up Media Munchables as we look at the recent closure of Buzzfeed and 10Daily.We also have some new developments in meme jurisprudence, a story about our listeners' (new) mortal enemy Landlord Cop, and more!Support the show: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpodListen to Every Second Weekend: https://open.spotify.com/show/4GMt5aEtyV1qqKKVysoTPF

Auspol Snackpod: Australian Politics and Memes

049 - Media Munchables

It's part 3 of Noon and the Dunce. This episode is Dank Exploitation, where we answer big questions like how do capitalists take money from the workers, and why did I spend so long talking about commodity fetishism last week?Support the show so we can keep making content like this: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod

BONUS MINI: Noon and the Dunce 3 - Dank Exploitation

We have an extra-special mains this week, it's an interview with Jack from the Rent and Mortgage Strike group. We get into rental strikes, solidarity culture, weaponising privilege, and even a few memes.Plus we have all our usual stuff: embarrassing politicians, racist journalists, and more!Support the show: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpodCheck out the Rent and Mortgage Strike online: https://www.ausrentstrike.comand on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/covid19rentstrike/The new Renters and Housing Union website is not live yet, we'll link it when it is!Check out these articles by Joshua Badge: https://overland.org.au/2020/04/housing-is-a-right-homelessness-is-a-weapon/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/06/australias-landlords-hold-all-the-power-getting-a-rent-reduction-was-a-small-miracleRead about the Dancing Grass harvest: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/may/13/its-time-to-embrace-the-history-of-the-country-first-harvest-of-dancing-grass-in-200-years  

048 - Rent Strike with Jack

It's time for Noon and the Dunce, our mini-series where Noon tries to explain complex Marxist economic theory and philosophy through the medium of dank memes.Strap on your nerd hats and get ready to get the answers to important questions like: What is a fetish? Why is water so cheap? And why so many coats?Support the show and let us keep making niche content: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod  

BONUS MINI: Noon and the Dunce 2 - Dank Economics

Australia's foremost political nobodies are back again, and we have a minimally corona-oriented episode this week. We're serving up a blurst take from Kristina "White Australia" Keneally, the Queensland Premier getting a fake vaccine, a tasty potluck from a listener, and for mains we're having a snack platter of Eden-Monaro related shenanigans. Our entree is about George Pell, if you don't want to hear it you can skip to 5:38.Support the show: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpodRead the article by Alison Croggon about Arts funding: https://witnessperformance.com/arts-funding-a-survey-of-destruction/

047 - Eatin' Monaro Bite Selections

Its part one of our long-awaited, unfortunately titled mini-series, Noon and the Dunce, where Noon tries to explain complex Marxist economic theory and philosophy through the medium of dank memes. This week is Dank Theory - Hegel and Dialectical Materialism.Support the show and let us keep making niche content: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod

BONUS MINI: Noon and the Dunce 1 - Dank Theory

Another fun episode this week with some extra-special memes, adorable tweets, best-and-or-blurst takes, political shenangians, and a deep dive from Zac into everyone's favourite racist billionaire mining magnate, Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest. Support the show: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpodListen to Wild Black Women: https://989fm.com.au/listen/programs/wild-black-women/wild-black-woman/ 

046 - A Forrest of Twiglets

We have special, extra fun, loose, smack-talk-y episode for you. There's been some terrible content circulating the halls of parliament (Turnbull's book), everyone's favourite chump Clive Palmer has seriously messed up, and for mains we have a bit of a rambly chat about personal vs systemic responsibility. Plus we have an amazing potluck from Tom Tanuki. So plug it into your earholes, tuck in your napkins, and enjoy some snackpod goodness. Support the show: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpodListen to Warren Foster: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-18/captain-james-cook-first-sighting-of-endeavour-yuin-people/12151356Join our free discord: https://discord.gg/jcv4RNQ

045 - Cheesy Chumps

Hello snackerfans! This month we've got an extra-extra-long bonus episode, and it's one that we've decided to release for non-patrons because it's full of important stuff we keep not having time for during the regular show. We've done a bit of a deep dive into four marginalised groups - women and children in abusive relationships, First Nations people, refugees and asylum seekers, and disabled people - and the way that COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting them. We hope you enjoy the show (despite heavy content) and learn something from it - we definitely learned a lot while researching it. Thanks for listening and especially to our Patreon supporters for letting us keep on making the show and the bonus eps!Here's our source list: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IcV3Tbi2ey86W7nsv8NArPH5K54TTP7Fil9NRWKT0uI/Join our free Discord server:  https://discord.gg/jcv4RNQ 

UNLOCKED: Bonus Ep 008 - Corona's Effect on Marginalised Groups

CW for non-graphic mention of rape and slightly graphic discussion of police violence in this episodeFor mains this week we're looking at the fallout from the AFP raids on Annika Smethurst, as well as our usual round of coronas with new announcements from the government this week. And of course there's all your favourite segments, plenty of news and politics, and as always, tasty memes.Support the show: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpod Support Nik Dimopoulos: https://au.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-nik-dimopoulosState-by-state breakdown of Corona rent relief: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-16/everything-renters-need-to-know-about-payment-and-evictions/12151188

044 - Soft-Serve Surveillance

We've got some tasty treats for you this week as the NRL secedes from Australia, PSOs become even more wildly dangerous and NSW continues to produce absolutely terrible politicians. We also have some hot meme news because an IPA landlord tried to troll us. For mains we're talking about Pell and the history of abuse in the Catholic Church. We give a heads up before we start talking about it so if you don't want to hear that part, don't worry, we'll let you know when to tune out.Support the show: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpodRead Lisbeth's article on the wage subsidy: https://revitalisinglabour.blogspot.com/2020/04/morrisons-covid-19-response-puts.htmlListen to Spooky Speaks: https://twitter.com/spooky_speaks

043 - Quashed Quiche

CW for mild homophobic slurs and descriptions of police violence in this epsiodeFor mains we're serving up an enormous buffet with our very own Lazy Susan, one of the leading lights of Melbourne's drag scene. And don't worry, we still have a regular show with news, politics, and lots of memes. Seriously. There are a lot of memes this week.Support the show: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpodFollow Lazy: https://twitter.com/mslazysusanCheck out the Beastie Girls' #ThankBank campaign: https://facebook.com/watch/?v=651317375636830

042 - Lazy Susan

We're back with more news: a plague of democracy in Queensland, remote community youth outreach, and the myGov myBad. And for mains Noon is serving up some Utopian Waffles, with a deep dive into some radical proposals that might be more relevant than ever before in the age of corona. And as always, we've got hot takes, cold takes, tweets, and plenty of crispy memes.Support the show: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpodSend us audio for Positivity Corner & Potluck: auspolsnackpod@gmail.comSupport CAYLUS: https://caylus.org.au/donate/Get Inventing the Future: https://www.booktopia.com.au/inventing-the-future-nick-williams-alex-srnicek/book/9781784786229.html

041 - Utopian Waffles

It's Auscorona Coronapod again, but don't worry, we have plenty of non-corona related stories. There's bad news about environmental vandalism, good news about reparations, and a triple helping of memes.Support the show: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpodDonate to the NHC COVID fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/covid19-homelessness-crisis-supportSupport Melbourne Period Project: https://www.facebook.com/PeriodProjectMelbourne/

040 - Another Round of Coronas

It's a loose ep this week, with embarrassing politicians, an infected potato, and the budget surplus gone. Plus we have all your favourite segments, bad food puns, a potluck submission from a listener, and plenty of tasty memes.Support the show: www.patreon.com/AuspolSnackpodListen to our episode about the family courts: https://auspolsnackpod.podbean.com/e/016-paulines-family-pizza-parlour/Read Lisbeth's article: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/working-communities-must-not-be-made-pay-covid-19-crisis

039 - Viral Loaded Potato Wedges

Bite sized chunks of Australian politics and news, served up with a side of crispy memes

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Auspol Snackpod: Australian Politics and Memes

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