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Backchat episodes

May 05, 2018 Housing in the West and High Speed Rail
Sydney’s Western Suburbs was formerly considered a ‘first-time homebuyers’ haven, now it seems like the housing crisis has hit the West. Charlton Wun from the Western Sydney Community Forum joins us to discuss the mounting housing stress that is facing homeowners and renters in Sydney’s Western suburbs.
Also in the show, Backchat reporter Eamonn Snow takes a look into Mumble Rap, pop-culture and prescription drug abuse.
Later, the proposal that comes up every election cycle—a high speed train connecting capital cities on the East Coast of the country. Joey Watson, a features writer at Radio National, and presenter of Out of the Box here on FBi Radio, joins to talk about just how feasible this proposal is.
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29 min
April 28, 2018 Pill testing and NDIS
A new era of Backchat begins! It's our first show off the block with new hosts Maddison Connaughton and Swetha Das.
First up, we chat about this week's Korean Summit - making history as the first time North Korea's Kim Jong Un crossed over to the DMZ to meet South Korean president Moon Jae-in for peace talks.
Next we welcome Brad Esposito from Buzzfeed into the studio to talk us through pill testing and the trial at Groovin the Moo festival. We also have Robin Eames, one of the Disability Officers at the University of Sydney, chat to us about the NDIS.
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26 min
April 22, 2018 Farewell to Osman and Ariel!
It's a big one on Backchat this week - we're saying goodbye to our longtime hosts Osman Faruqi and Ariel Bogle!
We give a warm welcome to our new presenters, Maddison Connaughton and Swetha Das. Plus, we run through the hottest news in politics from the past few days, including the banking royal commission and the weed legalisation debate.
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33 min
April 15, 2018 Commonwealth Games and the US-Syria conflict
This week, hosts Osman Faruqi and Ariel Bogle discuss the disappearance of athletes at the Commonwealth Games, suspected as a bid to gain asylum in Australia because of human rights concerns in their home countries.
Later, we welcome in lecturer at the US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, Gorana Grgic, to discuss the latest developments in the US-Syria conflict and deteriorating East-West relations.
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27 min
April 08, 2018 Big government and Indigenous incarceration
This week, hosts Osman Faruqi and Ariel Bogle discuss Richard Di Natale's pivot to big government policy, including his Universal Basic Income proposal and interventionist push into the housing market.
Later, we talk to Karly Warner, Executive Officer of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, about the ALRC's recent inquiry concerning Indigenous incarceration.
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27 min
April 01, 2018 Rebecca Walker on feminist movements in the #MeToo era
American feminist activist and writer Rebecca Walker joins Backchat to discuss feminism, race, and power. She talks about growing up as a child of the civil rights movement, intersectional feminism and the #MeToo era, and reframing beauty as a form of resistance.
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27 min
March 26, 2018 Sydney University debating society and Cambridge Analytica
This week, hosts Ariel Bogle, Swetha Das, and Maddison Connaughton discuss Obama's visit to Australia and University of Sydney debating society's affirmative action policies.
Later, we turn to the Cambridge Analytica and Facebook scandal. Could this be the beginning of the end of Facebook?
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26 min
March 16, 2018 Trump's tariffs and Australian gun lobby groups
This week, Osman Faruqi and Ariel Bogle plus special guest Maddison Connaughton talk about tampon tax cuts and Greg Norman's involvement in tariff lobbying with Trump.
Later, we welcome in Guardian reporter Michael McGowan to discuss Australia's gun lobby groups and their links to far-right anti-Islam organisations.
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28 min
March 04, 2018 Tasmanian elections and campus sexual assault
This week, hosts Osman Faruqi and Ariel Bogle talk about the Tasmanian state elections.
Later, we welcome in Anna Hush, ambassador for End Rape on Campus and co-author of The Red Zone report, to discuss sexual assault on uni campuses. What is feeding this culture and how can we go about changing such behaviours?
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24 min
February 24, 2018 Nationals leadership and Florida gun control
Backchat returns for our first show of 2018 with the freshest wrap of news and current affairs.
This week, hosts Osman Faruqi and Ariel Bogle discuss the parliamentary turmoil following the resignation of Nationals' leader Barnaby Joyce. Next, we look at the rise of teen activism in America following the Florida school shootings. How effective has the youth crusade for gun control been so far?
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28 min