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G'day Fearmongers,

We're back with the season finale of our award winning podcast.

We're talking 🤖 Artificial Intelligence, 🌏 Climate Clubs, 🇺🇸 Americans on tour and 🧵 Threads.

With fellow fearmongers:

Lee Constable

Ange Lavoipierre

Lewis Hobba #OpenToWork

and Dan Ilic .

And if you're a Patreon supporter you'll hear this week's sketch. Written by Crikey's Tom Red, and read by Wendy Harmer. Gina Rinehart reads a poem outlining her position on the voice.

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G’day Fearmongers,

Hockeyroo and Olympian Georgie Parker (not the actress) is our guest this week, and after spending 5 nights up watching the ashes, there’s few people more qualified to talk about Bazball vs Cumball.

On the podcast this week we talk:

🏡 Housing Affordability Future Fund.

🍫 Fantales are off the shelves.

🏏 Cumins and the anti-woke brigade.

🍗 KFC price gouging. (ONLY ON PATREON)

PLEASE chip into the Patreon if you can. We need to buy some new gear for the podcast, and everything is sooo expensive. You’ll notice we’re running programatic ads now — one of the benefits of the Patreon is that you get an ad-free and sponsor free version of the show, and this week you get a little bit extra of the podcast. We’re talking about how KFC is far outpacing inflation when it comes to raising it’s prices.

Cheers,

Dan

Acting CEO.

OceanGate LLC. 

PLUGS:

See Dan Ilic at It's The News: https://improvtheatresydney.com.au/events/its-the-news/

See Dan Ilic perform at Slide Night! at the Sydney Opera House: https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/comedy/slide-night

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G’day Fearmongers —

We’re back on the tools for the next five weeks to laugh in the face of the scariest news.

This episode we talk about the US Government being so embarrassed at surveilling its own citizens, that they’re now telling everyone about it, and hoping someone else in the US Government will fix it.

Why won’t someone fix the legal loop holes!?

We also chat about this strange new group of conservatives who are planning to solve the meaning of life. Who is in this group? John Howard, Tony Abbott, and Jordan Peterson to name a few. They’re called the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship. Sounds like a bunch of people who need a night on the shrooms.

Also we chat with Ange Lavoirpierre about the disaffection that Gen Z and Millennials have with politics-as-usual. And how ideas like capitalism are very much out of fashion, and the coolest new derogatory term of people who dare to participate in thrift store arbitrage.

Here more from Ange on her excellent podcast Schmeitgeist

Cheers

Dan

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NEWS FIGHTERS PODCAST

This month on News Fighters host Dylan Behan takes an in-depth look at the 2023 “Goldilocks” Budget. Somehow treasurer Jim Chalmers and Labor have lucked out with a once-in-15-year surplus, but can they use it to help those out in the cold while not overheating the economy with inflation? Meanwhile Peter Dutton and the coalition argue that instead of giving a tiny increase to welfare recipients, this money would be better used to fund holidays and the mining industry. 

TRANSCRIPTION

Jim Chalmers 00:01

This is News Fighters, where we fight the news so you don't have to.

Dylan Behan 00:10

 Yes welcome to episode 123 of news fighters from May 2023. News fighters, chase the vibes. I'm Dylan Bay and you might know me from A Rational fear as being the onstage Hobbit DJ guy and occasional wacky clips merchant and I'm here with the biggest news story of the week.

Journalist 00:27

It's budget night and we'll see something we haven't in 15 years. 

Dylan Behan 00:31

Yes, that's right for the first time in 15 years. Is it Michael Jackson back from the dead and live in concert? Or is it Kevin Rudd? Not a laughingstock? Oh, perhaps it's a livable apartment in Sydney for under $600,000? No, of course they were talking about the first

Jim Chalmers 00:46

budget surplus in 15 years.

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G'day Fearmongers,Last night at an industry dinner on the Gold Coast I was having a joke with some British TV producers about the Coronation. I was gently mocking the ceremony for how everything about it was modern and progressive.

Or at least I thought I was gently mocking.

From the magic stone seat, to the 500 year old spoon, to the oil from a duck, to the hand of God picking one man to rule over a whole bunch of people who have no say in the matter. 

All the Australians at the table laughed.

The English producers shuffled uncomfortably and one said "But we do it well, don't we." 

To which all the Australians felt the discomfort and politely agreed that England does do pomp and circumstance very well.

I added that Harry Potter was also done very well, took my drink and left.

So — Happy Coronation Weekend to those who celebrate.

On the podcast this week we have some great fearmongers.

🏃‍♀️Australian Athletic Legend, Erchana Murray-Bartlet.

🎙 Comedian and broadcaster, Craig Quartermaine

💨 Former vaper, Lewis Hobba.

💸Persephone Fraser from Australian Ethical

We cover the Coronation, Beetaloo Basin, Vaping, the AI coup, and the Budget.

We're taking a few weeks off the podcast, but we'll be putting the odd video out on Patreon.

Next week on the feed you'll hear from News Fighters.

Cheers

Dan

Department of Disinterest

Reserve Bank Australia

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G’day Fearmongers,

To celebrate the start of the Sydney Comedy Festival we put the RØDECaster Pro II in a duffle bag and headed to the Factory Theatre courtyard. One of the only arts venues in Sydney which boasts a commercial airliner flying overhead every 10 minutes. It’s their version of an “Applaud Now” sign.

With a beer and a plate of jerk chicken in hand, I was joined by Two Hearts’ Joseph Moore, and Heath Franklin not just to promote their SCF shows, but to laugh in the face of the most awful news we could find.

🏡 Tasmania’s housing crisis solution

🏟 Tasmania’s AFL team name.

👶🏼 Muffin Break employees.

🚀 Elon’s projectile dysfunction.

🇳🇿 Kiwis eligible for Australian citizenship after 4 years.

Go see Heath and Two Hearts at the Sydney Comedy Festival, they’re terrific.

🎟 See Heath Franklin at the Sydney Comedy Festival.

🎟 See Two Hearts at the Sydney Comedy Festival.

Cheers

Dan Ilic

Fox News

Human Resources

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G’day Fearmongers —

As we head into the long weekend known as Australian Halloween, ANZAC Day, I thought we should chat with a former solider who represents Australians at their best.

David McBride is up for a jail sentence of ‘UNLIMITED YEARS’ after he blew the whistle on astonishing accounts of misconduct and warcrimes by Australian special Forces in Afghanistan.

He did this six years ago — 2017!

He’s been in legal limbo ever since.

But now he’s forced the Australian Defence Force into court in November, and will have his moment to show he was just, and right to release the information he did.

In this conversation McBride and I chat about:

• Tactics and strategy in the court room.
• If media will be allowed inside his trial.
• Why he's losing weight
• How he finds joy in this very stressful time.
• And his laugh — is it real?

This episode is followed up by one of favourite live shows from last year, our live show on Australian Secrecy on stage at the Festival Of Dangerous Ideas.

It's one of our best — and a reminder around ANZAC Day that there are Some soliders who are fighting the good fight, that need our support.

Chip into help David McBride and his legal fees here.

Cheers

Dan

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G'day Fearmongers —

Thanks to the 300 or so of you who came out the the show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival — it was such a great vibe.

Gabbi Bolt

Sami Shah

Grace Tame

Lewis Hobba

Nats What I Reckon

Vidya Rajan

Lewis Hobba

and me (Dan Ilic)

DJ Andy McClelland

We cover the great gamete of crucial topics — Gwyneth Paltrow, Murdoch's Minions, U2, Donal Trump, AI, Cops, and we interview the owners of the house that Tim Smith ran into. They were so traumatised by the event that they want to get rid of the famous temporary fence they put in place whilst waiting for Tim Smith to pay the bills. 

You may have already seen on social media.already that we made a fancy sketch, and am auctioning it off on eBay with proceeds going to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre — it's already up to $3500! 

If you chip-in on Patreon — THANKS for supporting A Rational Fear — your support meant we could pay for that Chappaquiddick Fence sketch, and for it to be framed too. It's an expensive sketch!

We also used a chunk of the Patreon money to pay for sponsorship on Triple R radio to advertise the Melbourne show, and another chunk of it to pay for a poster campaign.

It's times like this that an extra chunk of money really helps off set the Ludicrous expenses of running a festival show like this.

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