Not Good Enough

89 — Do they know it‘s Cringemas? (feat. Lyndal Rowlands)

Listen Later

We're joined by climate journalist Lyndal Rowlands to discuss New Corp's two-week admission that climate change exists. Then we dig into reality show The Activist, and the weird people behind it.

 

Toot toot! Get on the Drilled Bus!
  • The Drilled Podcast.
  • Not Good Enough Episode 77: Care of Duty: Modern Lawfare
    • Toot toot! Get on the Vaccine Bus!
    • Jabba the Bus is coming for you.
  • What works to Increase Vaccine Uptake (pdf link)
    • Zero day
    • News Corp have said they’ll “champion net zero emissions” (for two weeks).
  • This follows a senate inquiry into the Sky News Covid falsities that led to their channel being suspended from Youtube.
  • News Corp is responsible for some of the worst climate misinfo in the world.
  • The package will be led by Joe Hildebrand.
  • But don’t worry, regular commentators like Andrew Bolt won’t be “muzzled”.
  • Net zero isn’t the same as real zero.
  • Greta Thunberg calls for real zero.
  • Santos is just a friend to coffee shops.
    • Activism, but make it very dumb
    • In reality show The Activist, Usher and Nick Jonas’s wife will judge contestants on how good they make solving the world’s problems sound.
  • The show is produced in partnership with advocacy group Global Citizen, which was founded by Hugh Evans, the “Melbourne man with A-listers on speed dial”.
  • Global Citizen specializes in running benefit concerts, to dubious effect.
  • Australia is finally supporting the TRIPs waiver for COVID vaccines.
  • The Gates foundation has long opposed any kind of weakening of intellectual property restrictions for vaccines.
    • Actions
    • Listen to Drilled.
  • If you’re in the Future: Listen to Damages!
  • Follow Lyndal on Twitter!
    • ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store
    Not Good EnoughBy Not Good Enough
    • 5
    • 5
    • 5
    • 5
    • 5

    5

    2 ratings