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September 23, 2017 Trump's "Rocket Man" UN Speech and NZ general elections
Guest hosts Johnny Lieu and Swetha Das cast their eyes across the seas to Donald Trump's controversial UN speech, in which he threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea and branded Kim Jong-un a "Rocket Man." The North Korean leader hit back in a rare statement, calling Trump a "dotard."
Next, we jump over to New Zealand. Today, the Kiwis are voting to decide on their next PM. Backchat talked to Duncan Grieve, editor of pop culture website The Spinoff, about the parliamentary battle.
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26 min
September 17, 2017 NSW's public housing crisis and the future of university funding
This week we discuss NSW's public housing crisis with UNSW Associate Lecturer Gemma McKinnon, who researches the state's public housing system in the context of human rights and administrative law.
What's behind the move to shut down buildings such as Sirius? Is there a lack of maintenance for public housing properties because the long term plan is to just knock them down?
Also, on Backchat roulette, we chat Whitney Houston, community art protest 'We Live Here 2017' in Waterloo and Omar Robert Hamilton's just released novel 'The City Always Wins'.
20 min
September 12, 2017 North Korea and Local Council Elections
This week, we chat about North Korea. Will they mark their national holiday, Foundation Day, with another missile test?
We also have Ben Raue from GetUp and the Tally Room joining us to discuss local council elections.
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24 min
September 03, 2017 Citizenship scandal and shareholder activism
Derryn Hinch is trying to refer himself to the High Court, but when will the citizenship scandal finally be over?
Plus, we speak about how to get involved with shareholder activism with Brynn O’Brien, Executive Director of the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility.
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25 min
August 28, 2017 Comm Bank scandal and Tony Abbott's drunk sleepover
This week, CBA is in major trouble and the government is drug testing welfare recipients.
Most importantly, Tony Abbott drank lots in Parliament House in 2009 and slept through the GFC stimulus vote.
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27 min
August 20, 2017 Media funding reforms and neo-Nazis in Virginia
This week Pauline Hanson pushed for a $12 million boost to community radio funding, but why?
Charlottesville, Virginia was targeted by neo-Nazis angry about the removal of Confederate statues - but are the Australian far-right just as dangerous? And are Australian colonial statues just as bad?
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24 min
August 14, 2017 Martin Place homeless evicted and Clinton's walk from Perth to Sydney
This week, Backchat went down to Martin Place to speak to the residents of "tent city" before they were asked by the NSW government to move out. Plus, we speak to Clinton Pryor -- a man who has walked from Perth to Sydney for Aboriginal rights.
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24 min
August 05, 2017 Marriage Equality and PaTH
This week we talked pub internships and the politics of marriage equality with Lane Sainty from BuzzFeed Australia.
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23 min
August 03, 2017 Peter Chudd, Scaramucci and s44 drama
Backchat golden boy James Colley rejoined the show to shamelessly launch his new book, Too Right, co-written with prominent right-wing columnist Peter Chudd.
We also talked about Anthony Scaramucci. What a guy.
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44 min
August 03, 2017 Greens in crisis, WestConnex and Canada's First Nations
This week, we spoke to Greens expert Dr Stewart Jackson about the resignations of Senators Scott Ludlam and Larissa Waters.
We also speak to Canadian First Nations activist Sarain Carson-Fox, who took on Justin Trudeau, and we speak to Sydney City Councillor Jess Miller about WestConnex.
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47 min