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Shocking new data has come out on the prevalence of strangulation in the bedroom, which we have a big chat about, plus we explore the possibility of ethical tourism and whether we’ve managed it before. In other news, Olivia Culpo’s wedding dress is out, but Radhika Merchant’s wedding dress is in, French & British elections have turned out broadly leftist, and the US is withdrawing their aid pier from the Gaza strip.

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✎ These are the links we mentioned:

• Can Ethical Tourism Actually Exist? | Simran Pasricha
• The Tana Mongeau & Alissa Violet Drama On TikTok, Explained
• Radhika Merchant Haldi Outfit
• Strangulation during sex: new research

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Get keen for a piping hot plate of gossip from Glastonbury Festival, featuring Paul Mescal, Tilda Swinton, and Louis Tomlinson. We’re dealing with. major cases of FOMO so just had to get it all out of our system.

Plus, it’s election season. We chat about the French election (and how their electoral system works), the British, and the American—but to end on a brighter note, we chat about the rise of the pop girlies in 2024 and the way they’re making everything feel ok. And is that ok?

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✎ These are the links we mentioned:

• Banksy launches artwork during Idles’ Glastonbury set
• Glastonbury One of the World’s Greenest Festivals
• The Brooke Schofield And Clinton Kane Drama
• Tilda Swinton introducing Orbital’s Set | TikTok
• Hundreds of candidates pull out of French run-off in bid to foil far right | Al Jazeera
• Fatima Payman was excluded from Labor caucus over her support for a Palestinian state but she has won an unlikely ally - ABC News

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Recorded on unceded Bunurong and Wurundjeri country by two friends who met on Kombumerri country. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. Join us in ​Paying the Rent​.

This week we’re thinking ahead to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, chatting about the drama regarding the fecally infused river they’ve got there, plus the state of queerness at the games. In other news, Julian Assange is free, the Taliban refuse to platform women’s voices, Chappell Roan is a star, and Stonehenge got a new paint job.

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✎ These are the links we mentioned:

• There's no openly gay player in the men's AFL. The silence is deafening - ABC News
• Chappel Roan on Jimmy Fallon
• UN Doha Talks Exclude Afghan Women
• Olympic Runner Caster Semenya Wants To Compete, Not Defend Her Womanhood : Live Updates: The Tokyo Olympics : NPR
• Olympics: Namibia’s sprinters highlight a flawed testosterone testing system
• Olympic Runner Caster Semenya Wants To Compete, Not Defend Her Womanhood : Live Updates: The Tokyo Olympics : NPR
• Restrictions on transgender athletes at Paris 2024
• Which sports will allow trans athletes at the Paris Olympics? | Context
• MONA fires back by hanging Picasso’s in toilet
• Why the hearing to free Julian Assange is happening on a tiny island in the middle of the Pacific - ABC News
• Stonehenge covered in powder paint by Just Stop Oil protesters
• Sports are supposed to be for all – but new research reveals just how few LGBTQI+ people play sport

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Recorded on unceded Bunurong and Wurundjeri country by two friends who met on Kombumerri country. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. Join us in ​Paying the Rent​.

Taylor Swift snubs Charli XCX of her number one moment, Australia’s getting New Pandas, Robert Irwin & Pauline Hanson are fighting, and digital news is having a moment. Plus, we chat to Clare Rankine about making it in the arts.

Clare Rankine is a comedy producer and writer who has performed on stages across the world, including Upright Citizens Brigade, Los Angeles and House Of Yes, New York. She's written for Netflix Australia, The Sydney Morning Herald and the ABC.

@clare.rankine on Instagram

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✎ These are the links we mentioned:

• New pair of giant pandas for Adelaide Zoo, Wang Wang and Fu Ni to return to China by end of year - ABC News
• Reuters Institute Digital News Report
• Silence from Robert Irwin on defamation threat against Pauline Hanson as deadline to remove satirical video passes - ABC News
• Victoria to raise age of criminal responsibility to 12 with no exceptions | Youth justice | The Guardian

We hope you loved the pod, hosted by your fave personality hires Simran Pasricha & Ryan Hamilton. Tell a friend about us and we'll love you forever! Otherwise, we'll see you next week with a new episode.

Recorded on unceded Bunurong and Wurundjeri country by two friends who met on Kombumerri country. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. Join us in ​Paying the Rent​.

The pop girlies are going hard, between Chappell, Jojo, Charli, Sabrina, we’re eating well. Plus, we chat about changes to domestic violence laws in WA, the challenges of negotiating ceasefire, and in our deep dive we go deep about fears that we’re behind in our careers, and the struggles of hyper-independence.

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✎ These are the links we mentioned:

• New laws in WA would take guns away from people accused of DV
• Animal Rising activists paste Wallace and Gromit image over portrait of King Charles at London art gallery - ABC News
• Australian police forces have a domestic violence problem and we're only seeing the tip of the iceberg - ABC News
• Police Domestic Violence: Data Shows 40 Percent of Cops Abuse Family
• Charli XCX Seemed To Shade Camila Cabello's "I Luv It" On TikTok

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Recorded on unceded Bunurong and Wurundjeri country by two friends who met on Kombumerri country. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. Join us in ​Paying the Rent​.

This week we chat about Rising: Melbourne's international arts festival, in particular the brilliant Counting & Cracking. Doctor Who comes up with its brilliant new star Ncuti Gatwa, and we dive into the delicacy that is a rat boyfriend. Plus, in the news is QLD's trial of 50c public transit, Mexico's new president, and and Indian airline's attempts to make air travel safer for women. And to top it all off, we bring back Broadly Diva.

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✎ These are the links we mentioned:

• Free fares: two charts – Daniel Bowen
• Rat Boyfriend -Pedestrian News
• Claudia Sheinbaum makes history elected as Mexico's first female president : NPR
• IndiGo Now Highlights Female Passengers On Seat Map At Check-In
• Regarding Rising | FourAM Substack
• Now Glasgow's infamous Willy Wonka Experience is turned into a musical
• X has new rules that officially allow porn now - The Verge
• Doctor Who episode 6 shocks with a Black Mirror-style surprise - Polygon
• Queensland government to trial 50 cent public transport fares to ease cost of living, congestion as state election looms - ABC News
• Melanie Perkins - Wikipedia
• RISING: Counting and Cracking
• Mexico elects its first female president: What does it mean? - Missing Perspectives

We hope you loved the pod, hosted by your fave personality hires Simran Pasricha & Ryan Hamilton. Tell a friend about us and we'll love you forever! Otherwise, we'll see you next week with a new episode.

Recorded on unceded Bunurong and Wurundjeri country by two friends who met on Kombumerri country. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. Join us in ​Paying the Rent​.

The Cannes Film Festival can’t seem to stop being racist. Rishi Sunak has some quirky ideas for how to win the upcoming election in the UK, France is continuing their long colonial legacy in New Caledonia, and AI generated imagery in support of Gaza is rife on social media. Plus, did you know the Walkley Awards namesake was an old racist white man? Shocking, we know. (If you couldn’t guess, this week’s deep dive is into racism and colonialism in the modern day.)

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✎ These are the links we mentioned:

• Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta | Goodreads
• Another Day in the Colony by Chelsea Watego | Goodreads
• Victoria Police presentation on youth crime criticised for 'racist' focus on 'African gangs' - ABC News
• Laura Tingle, Australia is a Racist Country | SMH
• Since the Voice to Parliament referendum, our national discourse has failed to reflect on where we should go next - ABC News
• Rishi Sunak’s national service pledge is ‘bonkers’, says ex-military chief | General election 2024 | The Guardian
• New Caledonia riots: parts of territory ‘out of state control’, French representative says | New Caledonia | The Guardian
• ‘Race suicide’: Sir William Walkley’s unearthed report on apartheid South Africa reveals birthrate fears | Australian media | The Guardian
• Maggie Zhou - All Eyes On Rafah TikTok
• Reconciliation Australia
• Since the Voice to Parliament referendum, our national discourse has failed to reflect on where we should go next - ABC News
• Kelly Rowland Checks Cannes Security For Crossing A ‘Boundary’

We hope you loved the pod, hosted by your fave personality hires Simran Pasricha & Ryan Hamilton. Tell a friend about us and we'll love you forever! Otherwise, we'll see you next week with a new episode.

Recorded on unceded Bunurong and Wurundjeri country by two friends who met on Kombumerri country. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. Join us in ​Paying the Rent​.

This week we chat about the Gina Rinehart's infamous portrait at the National Gallery of Australia, Scarlett Johansson's fight with OpenAI, the ICC's efforts to arrest war criminals, News Corps' cynical foray into activism, and the politics of fashion.

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✎ These are the links we mentioned:

• Lady Gaga | Fashion!
• Facing the despair of climate change – Witness Performance
• Biden Should Stop Attacking the International Criminal Court
• THE WORLD IS ON FIRE FASHIONISTAS
• ICC chief prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israeli PM and Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes - ABC News
• Scarlett Johansson told OpenAI not to use her voice — and she’s not happy they might have anyway - The Verge
• Vincent Namatjira says he 'paints the world as he sees it' in response to Gina Rinehart portrait controversy - ABC News
• the empire has no clothes | The Molehill
• Modesty | Articles of Interest
• Anthony Albanese says children under 16 should be banned from social media | Australian politics | The Guardian
• News Corp's 'Let Them Be Kids' campaign is stupid and hypocritical
• Queensland chief health officer declares 'public health alert' over mental wellbeing of teenagers - ABC News

We hope you loved the pod, hosted by your fave personality hires Simran Pasricha & Ryan Hamilton. Tell a friend about us and we'll love you forever! Otherwise, we'll see you next week with a new episode.

Recorded on unceded Bunurong and Wurundjeri country by two friends who met on Kombumerri country. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. Join us in ​Paying the Rent​.

This week we dive deep into Cancel Culture. Why do we do it? What’s it for? How can we cancel well? Can I cancel my bestie? Plus, we chat about Bumble’s catastrophic marketing campaign, the absolute mess that was Eurovision 2024, and who the *real* winners and losers are of the federal budget.

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✎ These are the links we mentioned:

• Gen Z's 'Sex Negativity' Is Very Progressive, Actually - Zee Feed

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Recorded on unceded Bunurong and Wurundjeri country by two friends who met on Kombumerri country. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. Join us in ​Paying the Rent​.

Let them eat cake — Today’s episode is dedicated the cost of living crisis and humanitarian crises that contemporary society forces our complicity in.

We chat about the demographic most at risk of homelessness in Australia, Labour’s lacklustre support, Al Jazeera’s banning from Israel, and the Commonwealth Government’s unique solution to misogynistic radicalisation.

Plus, we dissect Dua Lipa’s floppy flop flop era, plus the controversies and bops going down at the Met Gala and Eurovision.

And to top it all off, we have the ultimate Diva showdown—trying to figure out who is the ultimate diva.

Hope you love it x

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✎ These are the links we mentioned:

• Eurovision winner Jamala says Ukraine ‘cannot afford’ to boycott contest | Eurovision | The Guardian
• Macklemore's pro-Palestine rap Hind's Hall has got social media buzzing - ABC News
• TikTok - Bianca
• A Marvelous Order - Wikipedia
• Dua Lipa is a pop star with no lore on ‘Radical Optimism’ - LA Times
• The Garden of Time by J.G. Ballard | Goodreads
• Jane Jacobs - Wikipedia
• WAY » fortyfivedownstairs
• Met Gala 2024 Red Carpet Looks: See Every Celebrity Outfit and Dress from Last Night | Vogue
• The Death and Life of Great American Cities - Wikipedia
• Macklemore - The Language of My World Lyrics and Tracklist | Genius
• Australia will trial ‘age assurance’ tech to bar children from online porn. What is it and will it work?
• 8. Heiress or terrorist? - history of Patty Hearst - Found Objects - a history podcast | Podcast on Spotify

We hope you loved the pod, hosted by your fave personality hires Simran Pasricha & Ryan Hamilton. Tell a friend about us and we'll love you forever! Otherwise, we'll see you next week with a new episode.

Recorded on unceded Bunurong and Wurundjeri country by two friends who met on Kombumerri country. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. Join us in ​Paying the Rent​.