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What's Floodcast about?

The Floodcast is Flood Media’s regular political podcast. It brings together a range of Brisbane-based commentators to discuss and analyse contemporary political issues from a radical left standpoint.

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Floodcast episodes:

01.04.2024
Let's Try Winning with Stuart Munckton Episode 04 - The People Are Out There
The festival of weakness is joined by a belated second half.
08.25.2023
Floodcast Episdode 63 - A Stopped Clock of Hate is Right Twice a Day
Ryan and Declan teach foreigner Jo about the Mark Latham moment.
06.07.2023
Let's Try Winning with Stuart Munckton Episode 03 - Festival of Weakness
Stuart is back joined by Eva, Mel and Declan to dig into the nitty gritty of campaigning in the Queensland Greens
05.30.2023
Floodcast Episode 62 - People Who Fail
Had to happen! Declan and Jo discuss Jo's newly published novel, Between You and Me. (This was Declan's idea.) We talk about generational politics, the struggle of portraying power and political consciousness in fiction, the mortifying ordeal of being perceived...
05.10.2023
All Three Volumes - Episode 01
The first episode of a new monthly series. Hosts Declan Matthew and Ryan will be reading the three volumes of Capital by Karl Marx. This month we have a preliminary chat about why we are doing this in the first...
05.01.2023
Floodcast Episode 61 - NOlympics with Jules Boykoff
Matt and Jo interview Jules Boykoff, leading expert on the politics of the Olympic Games. We talk about the winners and losers of the Olympics, how hosting the Games is likely to change Brisbane in 2032 and beyond, and the...
04.24.2023
Let's Try Winning with Stuart Munckton Episode 02 - Downwardly Mobile Millennials
Part 2 of Stuart's interview with Max and Liam
04.16.2023
Let's Try Winning with Stuart Munckton Episode 01 - Up is Down
The first episode of a new short series in which Stuart gets to grips with the politics and strategy in the Queensland Greens.
10.27.2022
Floodcast Episode 60 - Feel Real Meal
Back from hiatus and feeling more real than ever. Jo, Max and Declan catch up on parliament and reflect on the origin and direction of the movement.
06.05.2022
Floodcast Episode 59 - We're All In The Organism Together Now
It's time! Max, Liam, Maddy, Ryan, Mel, Eva, and a roving peanut gallery discuss The Griffith Campaign. We debunk some of the Big Lies about Griffith, discuss why political scientists got it all so wrong, and sing the praises of...
03.15.2022
Floodcast Episode 58 - Mudcast: The Power of the Oaf
Maddy, Ryan, Max, Nicole, and Liam discuss learnings from the mud, or the volunteer-led Greens response to the recent floods in Brisbane: the failure of the state, how and why to pivot an electoral movement to mutual aid, and the...
02.17.2022
Floodcast Episode 57 - Sea Turtles Sea Turtles; Sea Turtles Forever
Jo is joined by Declan and Matt to preview Australian politics in 2022 and to herald the final year of the Vatican's dastardly epoch.
02.14.2022
The Dehimbofication of Deccas McLarry by the Coward Dave Eden Episode 1 - Historical Materialism
02.14.2022
Coming Soon - The Dehimbofication of Deccas McLarry by the Coward Dave Eden
11.29.2021
Floodcast Episode 56 - Galaxy Brainhead Chess Geniuses
We're back from our hiatus (McKinsey-sponsored trips to Iraq and Afghanistan) and ready to talk the Year that Was. We cover: the elite world of Boards, sweeties playing games, the cringe sub tote bags, and more. Plus a bonus shoutout...
09.30.2021
Floodcast Episode 55 - Big Machine That Produces Takes
It's a Novel Coronavirus Episode! Declan, Matt, and Jo have all the right opinions on lockdown and none of the wrong ones. Plus, Matt gives us exclusive intel on his new Patreon for Being A Good Boy.
08.30.2021
Floodcast Episdoe 54 - Dungeons and Dialectics
Matthew and Declan are joined by Dave (@withsobersenses) from Living the Dream and Isaac (@isaacwilliams) from Not Good Enough for what felt like the first of a few conversations about tabletop gaming. Both Dave and Isaac have games they have made...
08.16.2021
Floodcast Episode 53 - Cum in Our Arms and Hope in Our Hearts
Jo, Matt, and Declan chat about the crushing IPCC report on climate change. For a bit of reading on the pessimism of the spirit and necessary optimism of the will and https://sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2021/08/pessimism-of-intellect-optimism-of-will.html?utm_source=pocket_mylist
08.11.2021
Floodcast Episode 52 - Myanmar Has a Lot Going On
Declan, Matt, and Calum are joined by Alec Wilmot (@alecwilmot) and learn plenty about one of the more complicated places on earth. You can (and even should) read Alec's piece here greens.org.au/magazine/what-happening-myanmar
07.07.2021
Floodcast Episode 51 - Hawke the Informer
Jo, Matt, and Declan talk with the hottest new historian on the block - Cam Coventry, author of the recent paper ‘The “Eloquence” of Robert J. Hawke: United States informer, 1973–79’. Cam explains how diplomatic cables show that Hawke acted...
06.22.2021
Floodcast Episode 50 - An Incredible Season
Max is joined by Ryan and Declan and we talk about our favourite thing to talk about. Doorknocking. Here is a link to Jo's essay. overland.org.au/previous-issues/i…hen-face-to-face/. You should read Jo's essay it really is fantastic.
06.18.2021
Floodcast Episode 49 - The Vampire Castle
Declan is joined by Jo, Matt, and the non twitter user Cal to talk about the first and best Cancel Culture article by the late and great Mark Fisher. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/exiting-vampire-castle/
05.31.2021
Floodcast Episode 48 - 2 Flood 2 Budget: Fludget 2
Maddy and Declan are joined by Jeremiah Brown from the Centre for Social Impact to take stock of the (relatively) recent federal budget. You can follow Jerry on twitter @JeremiahTBrown
05.23.2021
Floodcast Episode 47 - Free Speech Tour
It's a very special New Zealand show! Matt, Declan, and Jo talk with Ben Peterson, National Retail Organiser at New Zealand's FIRST Union and co-convenor of Unions Wellington, about what's going on across the dutch. Specifically, the state of the...
05.11.2021
Floodcast Episode 46 - 18 Year Plan to Abolish the State
Depressed, Traumatised, and Hungover. Jo, Matt, and Declan talk about hope and its vital role in politics.
05.07.2021
Floodcast Episode 45 - A Shadow Entity De-worming the Landlord Brain
Declan and Matt talk with Jack from RAHU about what the scope and practice of organising the tenant class.Here is a link is the meeting in Brisbane that Jack refers to. www.facebook.com/events/585168635791340
04.29.2021
Floodcast Episode 44 - Close Your Third Eye and Pay Your Child Support
Modern Monetary Theory, what is it and who does it serve? Let Liam, Maddie, Matt, and Declan help you close your third eye.
04.22.2021
Floodcast Episode 43 - Surprisngly Unsuper
https://djrobstep.com/posts/super-missed-opportunity - DJRobstepts great article
04.19.2021
Floodcast Episode 42 - Spilling the Tea on the Army
Jo, Matt and Declan interview former soldier Adam (@kels_316) about the culture and politics of the ADF, how his own politics changed over the course of his army career, what doing 'reconstruction' in Afghanistan was actually like, and what a...
04.06.2021
Floodcast Bonus Episode - The Art of Avoiding Cringe
In this bonus book review podcast, Jo and Matt review Lauren Oyler's new novel FAKE ACCOUNTS. (Including spoilers.) We discuss postmodernism in literature, the trend of books about Online under late capitalism, and how to write a novel without ever...
04.02.2021
Floodcast Episode 41 - Flood on Floods
03.25.2021
Floodcast Episode 40 - Meditating on the CIA
Calum, Matt and Declan discuss GetUp, and the potential role the organisation has played in killing JFK.
03.01.2021
Floodcast Episode 39 - ThylacineSeeker
After some messages from our sponsors at Molechex, we discuss the truth of the thylacine and the sick cover-up effort by the lying fake news Hobart Museum. Then: Is Albo the antipodean Corbyn? Finally, we cover the JobSeeker changes and...
02.16.2021
Floodcast Episode 38 - Raising Heck
Declan, Max, Elena and Calum discuss the News, feat. the Craig Kelly/Tanya Plibersek hallway confrontation/photo op, and Queensland Labor's heroic progressive stance on youth bail laws. We then explore the work of US union organiser Jane McAlevey and its relevance...
01.30.2021
Floodcast Episode 37 - Damp Warm Lettuce
Liam, Max, Declan and Nicole record an emergency Labor Party attack podcast. We talk shadow cabinet reshuffles, Albanese's leadership, recent ALP stan Twitter meltdowns, and our idea for the book 'Lowering Expectations: An Organiser's Guide to the Labor Party'.
01.25.2021
Floodcast Episode 36 - The Death of Literature
Why are books so bad these days? Matt and Jo discuss the decline of literature, the death of criticism, and the social and economic forces underlying it. We also weigh in on the Great Fanfiction Debate of 2021. Lauren Oyler on...
12.07.2020
Floodcast Episode 35 - The Labor Party Did This feat. Jim Malo
Jo, Matt and Declan are joined by former Domain writer and current thirst trap poster Jim Malo (@thejimmalo) to discuss the sorry state of housing in Australia. We talk about neoliberal housing policy, the future of the housing market, and...
12.06.2020
Floodcast Episode 34 - Lying News Media
Matt and Declan talk with former ABC and NewsCorp reporter John Ballot about how the sausage gets made. We discuss political influence on the news, the future of left media projects, and tHe MuRdOcH pReSs. Plus: dames.
11.12.2020
Floodcast Episode 33 - Return of the Cancelled ft. Paul McMillan and Joanna Nilson
In the wake of Mean Girls-Gate, Jo and Matt talk with fellow veterans of the online outrage trenches, Joanna Nilson and Paul McMillan. We discuss the increasingly common phenomenon of political 'dirt units' using social media posts to smear an...
11.05.2020
Floodcast Episode 32 - The Winners' Episode
We won South Brisbane.
10.14.2020
Floodcast Episode 31 - Azza 4 Bazza
Jo and Matt interview Aaron Macdonald, the Greens candidate for Barron River (Cairns) about campaigning in North Queensland and making the Greens mainstream. We also get an all-important fruit dove update.
09.30.2020
Floodcast Episode 30 - Dark Sarcasm in the Classroom
Matt interviews teacher and QTU rep Penny Allman-Payne about the state of public schools in Queensland. Could they be better? Turns out: yes. We talk about teaching at the tip of Cape York, broken air conditioners and why administrivia is...
09.22.2020
Floodcast Episode 29 - Generation Left with Keir Milburn
Matt and Jo interview Keir Milburn, host of Novara Media podcast ACFM and author of Generation Left.
08.29.2020
Floodcast Episode 28 - This Goes Deep
Jo, Matt and Declan talk about conspiracy theories - why they matter, why they're increasingly embraced by both the right and left, and why they might be real?? Followed by a (very) brief history of the CIA, from Nazis to...
07.28.2020
Floodcast Episode 27 - Vote for Tom
Jo and Matt talk with Tom O'Grady, JCU Townsville Student Union President and the Greens candidate for Townsville, about doing left politics in the Deep North. How can the Greens win over One Nation voters in North Queensland? What would...
07.16.2020
Floodcast Episode 26 - Intense Personal Cruelty
Jo and Matt talk with Jeremiah Brown (@JeremiahTBrown) about the wild world of academia. What is the role of the neoliberal university, and what is it like to teach and study within it? How does academia shape "The Left" today?...
06.30.2020
Floodcast Episode 25 - Hermes Far Eastern Shining
Declan, Matt, Eva and Jo discuss the politics of the city and the regions. How do we do politics in the city vs in the regions, and how do we build solidarity between the two? Also feat. a deep dive...
06.15.2020
Floodcast Episode 24 - The Virgin Millennial and the Chad Boomer
Jo, Deccas and Matt discuss the politics of posting and the wonderful world of Online. Can posting be praxis? What relationship is there between the online and offline worlds? Who is Aimee Terese? We answer all these questions and more.
06.02.2020
Floodcast Episode 23 - The Absolute State of the Unions
We discuss the economic impacts of Covid-19, the government and union response, and the possibility of Accord 2.0. Support protestors in the US by donating to bail funds and legal advocacy organisations: docs.google.com/document/d/1X4-YS…hSB82UWzyg2SlXLqA
04.05.2020
Floodcast Episode 22 - The Price We're Paying
From our quarantine burrows, we discuss COVID-19 and the political response so far; how to campaign during a pandemic; and the recent local government elections in Queensland.

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Floodcast episodes:

Let's Try Winning with Stuart Munckton Episode 04 - The People Are Out There

Floodcast Episdode 63 - A Stopped Clock of Hate is Right Twice a Day

Let's Try Winning with Stuart Munckton Episode 03 - Festival of Weakness

Floodcast Episode 62 - People Who Fail

All Three Volumes - Episode 01

Floodcast Episode 61 - NOlympics with Jules Boykoff

Let's Try Winning with Stuart Munckton Episode 02 - Downwardly Mobile Millennials

Let's Try Winning with Stuart Munckton Episode 01 - Up is Down

Floodcast Episode 60 - Feel Real Meal

Floodcast Episode 59 - We're All In The Organism Together Now

Floodcast Episode 58 - Mudcast: The Power of the Oaf

Floodcast Episode 57 - Sea Turtles Sea Turtles; Sea Turtles Forever

The Dehimbofication of Deccas McLarry by the Coward Dave Eden Episode 1 - Historical Materialism

Coming Soon - The Dehimbofication of Deccas McLarry by the Coward Dave Eden

Floodcast Episode 56 - Galaxy Brainhead Chess Geniuses

Floodcast Episode 55 - Big Machine That Produces Takes

Floodcast Episdoe 54 - Dungeons and Dialectics

Floodcast Episode 53 - Cum in Our Arms and Hope in Our Hearts

Floodcast Episode 52 - Myanmar Has a Lot Going On

Floodcast Episode 51 - Hawke the Informer

Floodcast Episode 50 - An Incredible Season

Floodcast Episode 49 - The Vampire Castle

Floodcast Episode 48 - 2 Flood 2 Budget: Fludget 2

Floodcast Episode 47 - Free Speech Tour

Floodcast Episode 46 - 18 Year Plan to Abolish the State

Floodcast Episode 45 - A Shadow Entity De-worming the Landlord Brain

Floodcast Episode 44 - Close Your Third Eye and Pay Your Child Support

Floodcast Episode 43 - Surprisngly Unsuper

Floodcast Episode 42 - Spilling the Tea on the Army

Floodcast Bonus Episode - The Art of Avoiding Cringe

Floodcast Episode 41 - Flood on Floods

Floodcast Episode 40 - Meditating on the CIA

Floodcast Episode 39 - ThylacineSeeker

Floodcast Episode 38 - Raising Heck

Floodcast Episode 37 - Damp Warm Lettuce

Floodcast Episode 36 - The Death of Literature

Floodcast Episode 35 - The Labor Party Did This feat. Jim Malo

Floodcast Episode 34 - Lying News Media

Floodcast Episode 33 - Return of the Cancelled ft. Paul McMillan and Joanna Nilson

Floodcast Episode 32 - The Winners' Episode

Floodcast Episode 31 - Azza 4 Bazza

Floodcast Episode 30 - Dark Sarcasm in the Classroom

Floodcast Episode 29 - Generation Left with Keir Milburn

Floodcast Episode 28 - This Goes Deep

Floodcast Episode 27 - Vote for Tom

Floodcast Episode 26 - Intense Personal Cruelty

Floodcast Episode 25 - Hermes Far Eastern Shining

Floodcast Episode 24 - The Virgin Millennial and the Chad Boomer

Floodcast Episode 23 - The Absolute State of the Unions

Floodcast Episode 22 - The Price We're Paying