CONTENT WARNING: This episode involves discussion of sexual assault Aditi Mittal is a stand up comedian with a massive following in her native India. She's outspoken and hilarious about her politics and the plight of women under patriarchy. In this conversation Aditi tells me why for her "breathing is a political act", the repression in Indian society, how the caste system works, the country's recent rightward shift under the leadership of Narendra Modi and what it's like to live in a country of MORE THAN ONE BILLION PEOPLE.  MAKE SURE YOU STRIKE FOR THE CLIMATE ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH >> globalclimatestrike.net If you've got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron Check out my new podcast with Audible, What’s the Story? And email me! I'm on tom@tomballard.com.au @awryaditi aditimittal.com  ARTICLE: Five years after the gang-rape and murder of Jyoti Singh, what has changed for women in India?   ARTICLE: Hindutva on the March Cause of the Week: Good Samaritans Mumbai (samaritansmumbai.com)  

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Comedian Tom Ballard sits down with interesting and passionate people to find out what they do and what they believe in. 

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Oh hello. As the title suggests, this is my little way of letting you know that I'm wrapping up Like I'm A Six-Year-Old once and for all. I've loved doing it - and thanks so much for listening to it and supporting it over the years! Bloody hell! - but I feel like after eight years, hundreds of conversations, a bunch of live shows, a pandemic and a book,  it's time for me to move on and focus my energies on other things.  If you haven't already, please do check out my other weekly pod about the Greens and green politics with my friend Emerald Moon, Serious Danger - that's here to stay, and I'm excited to grow that show as much as possible in the coming years.  The LIASYO back catalogue will remain up and available for the foreseeable future, but I'll stop cheekily taking people's money via Patreon effective immediately.  You can always come see me live if you like; I'm in Sydney with show "IT IS I" RIGHT NOW - then I head to Cairns, Toowoomba and Brisbane.  Thanks again, team. I love you all! Endlessly! xx 

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Ben Abbatangelo  is a proud Gunaikurnai and Wotjobaluk man and a social commentator. He’s the former deputy CEO of global non-profit AIME, has appeared regularly on The Project and the ABC and has written for The Guardian and The Saturday Paper. Based on some of his recent work, I’ve sensed that Ben’s been going through something of a political shift of late, towards somewhere a bit more radical, and I was keen to talk him about it. In this conversation we discuss what that shift has involved, the naivety he’s left behind and what it means for his politics now. Ben also tells me about the legacy of the Northern Territory Intervention, explains the situation in Alice Springs and lays out the questions he’s asking about the upcoming Voice to Parliament referendum and his sympathy for a progressive No vote. Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron I’m currently touring my new stand up show IT IS I all over the country: SYDNEY (this week!) | CAIRNS | TOOWOOMBA | BRISBANE To get discounted tickets to Sydney, use the promo code PODCAST For discounted tickets to my shows in Brisbane, click here Later in the year I’ll be coming back to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival!  Check out with my other podcast about the Greens and green politics with Emerald Moon, Serious Danger  My debut book I, Millennial: One Snowflake’s Screed Against Boomers, Billionaires & Everything Else is out now @BenAbbatangelo  Ben's piece on The Project about First Nations people's response to the Queen's death BEN'S ARTICLES: Reconciliation action plans let settlers take up more space, not relinquish it  Inside the Northern Territory Intervention  How to solve the real problems in Alice Springs Cause of the Week: The Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council (martuwarra.org)

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Larissa Baldwin-Roberts is a proud Widjabul Wia-bal woman from the Bundjalung Nations and has been a progressive activist since forever. She's a co-founder of the First Nations climate pressure group SEED Mob and is the current CEO of GetUp!. In this conversation I ask Larissa about where her politics come from and how she thinks about political ideology. She outlines how she views GetUp!'s role under a Labor government, her unique perspective on climate politics and how she thinks (/hopes) the Voice referendum debate is going to play out. Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron I’m currently touring my new stand up show IT IS I all over the country: SYDNEY | CAIRNS | TOOWOOMBA | BRISBANE To get discounted tickets to Sydney, use the promo code PODCAST For discounted tickets to my shows in Brisbane, click here Later in the year I'll be coming back to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival!  Check out with my other podcast about the Greens and green politics with Emerald Moon, Serious Danger  My debut book I, Millennial: One Snowflake’s Screed Against Boomers, Billionaires & Everything Else is out now @Riss_Bundjalung getup.org.au WATCH: Larissa Baldwin-Roberts delivers the 2022 Dr. Charlie Perkins Oration    

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John Quiggin is a widely-respected economist and professor at the University of Queensland. He's a former member of the Australian Government's Climate Change Authority, and he's written widely about the scourge of neoliberalism and privatisation. I wanted to get John on the show to discuss the essay written by Treasurer Jim Chalmers for The Monthly back in February, "Capitalism After The Crises", in which he laid out his vision for "values-based capitalism". In this conversation we discuss what the hell that actually means, whether or not it's a hollow idea, and just how much this Labor government is prepared to deliver anything like it.  Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron I’m currently touring my new stand up show IT IS I all over the country: MELBOURNE (now!) | SYDNEY | CAIRNS | TOOWOOMBA | BRISBANE To get discounted tickets to Adelaide, Melbourne & Sydney, use the promo code PODCAST For discounted tickets to my shows in Brisbane, click here  I’m performing my comedy lecture YES/NO at the Melbourne Comedy Festival – BOOK HERE  Check out with my other podcast about the Greens and green politics with Emerald Moon, Serious Danger @JohnQuiggin johnquiggin.com Check out John's Substack  John's response to Chalmer's essay in The Conversation  Joseph Stiglitz's response   Steve Hamilton's response

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She's back! Economist, comrade and now author Alison Pennington returns to the show to discuss her debut book Gen F'ed? How Young Australians Can Reclaim Their Uncertain Futures. We discuss how all the good jobs disappeared, our massively cooked housing market, replacing intergenerational warfare with class warfare and how young people can build political power under this "progressive (?)" Labor government.  Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron  My debut book I, Millennial: One Snowflake’s Screed Against Boomers, Billionaires & Everything Else is out now  My show IT IS I is on at the Adelaide Fringe right now!  Then IT IS I heads to: | GOLD COAST | CANBERRA | MELBOURNE | SYDNEY | CAIRNS | TOOWOOMBA | BRISBANE To get discounted tickets to Adelaide, Melbourne & Sydney, use the promo code PODCAST For discounted tickets to my shows in Brisbane, click here  I’m doing just 2 shows of my comedy lecture YES/NO at the Melbourne Comedy Festival – BOOK HERE  Check out with my other podcast about the Greens and green politics with Emerald Moon, Serious Danger @ak_pennington Alison's last appearance on the show in 2020

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