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February 11, 2022 Dr Debbie Garratt: manipulated by Covid-19 Messaging
Dr Debbie Garratt is an author, counsellor to physicians, clinical supervisor and registered nurse. As the counsellor to GPs and other medical practitioners, Debbie is witnessing first hand the unnecessary destruction to our healthcare systems in Australia by governments on the warpath to ‘keep us safe’.
Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/j40KyHuFxJA
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Our Town Hall on Creating and Growing a Business Income: https://www.crowdcast.io/newincome
Our Town Hall on Ethics with Acting Senior Sergeant Krystal Mitchell: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/learnethics
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DR DEBBIE GARRATT
https://debbiegarratt.com
https://twitter.com/DebbieGarratt
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-debbie-garratt-78248519
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5:25 Debbie is a psychologist for psychologists
7:40 ‘Alarmist Gatekeeping’ during the Covid-19 hysteria
10:00 The manipulative language being used to justify Covid-19 responses
13:52 Failing the vulnerable
16:26 Fear is shutting down our cognitive functions
18:10 How do you reach those consumed by fear?
22:06 Abortion – marginalised mothers
24:23 So invested in a position that you deny all contrary statistics
31:28 Alarmist recruitment and inconsistent messaging
32:59 Perspective gatekeeping – censorship
34:08 Doctors speaking out are being cancelled
40:23 Why is everyone so compliant with mass coercion?
43:55 When independent experts start to sound just like the government
45:03 The media were the catalyst to the devastation
46:18 People are not inherently good
50:26 Empathy for all, including bad people
52:58 The conundrum of the 3rd vaccine ‘booster’
55:35 The terrible ‘new normal’ for our society
59:40 Winning people over to curiosity and openness
1:05:33 Censorship is everywhere
1:08:38 Doctors are gagged on a whole host of issues
1:11:10 Suppressing cognitive dissonance to cope with reality
1:12:54 People rely on connection for survival
1:15:50 The rise of the anxious society
1:18:33 The attack on men and their identity
1:20:15 Are Australians more likely to prolong the madness?
1:22:28 Australians are angry and unhappy with the government
1:24:20 We have destroyed paternal and maternal instincts
1:35:44 Men are victims of abuse too
1:39:33 The need to hold any abuser to the same standards
1:46:05 What life is like in regional Vic
1 hr 50 min
February 09, 2022 Cosplay - Finding Your Inner Hero
Corrine joins Matt to teach us what cosplay is all about and why everyone needs to ‘find their inner hero’, no matter their age.

Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/zFpSCKm6myo

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Our Town Hall on Ethics with Acting Senior Sergeant Krystal Mitchell: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/learnethics
Our Town Hall on Fleeing Australia and Golden Visas: https://discernable.webinarninja.com/live-webinars/7180138/register
CORRINE
https://www.instagram.com/supergirldiaries
https://www.instagram.com/corrine.loves
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1:59 What is Cosplay?
2:54 Corinne’s affinity with Supergirl
5:47 Corinne’s cosplay origin story
12:15 Corinne’s costumes
12:55 The importance of attention to detail for costumes
15:32 It’s not really about what you look like
16:23 Wearing the costume in public
18:10 Finding your inner hero in a dark time
21:58 What’s behind the costume?
29:32 People’s offences are reflections of their own insecurities
31:30 The Batman Effect
32:47 Super Tee for kids in hospital
37:35 We need more superheroes representative of everyone
38:47 The issue with remaking original characters
41:48 Characters are a reflection of the time they were created
42:57 Should superheroes be sexualised?
45:57 Stop caring about the crowd
50:25 Act as society demands
53:44 The importance to protect who you are inside
56:22 Losing people as your life evolves
58:08 Coping through lockdowns
1:02:32 Superheroes tell us to stand up for ourselves
1:04:12 Wonder Woman and the thigh wobble
1:09:51 The moment that changed Corinne’s life at 23
1:14:05 People are afraid to live
1:15:52 The importance of values
1:18:44 Life is not black and white
1:19:50 Abuse cycles, media and the government
1:22:20 Heroes and Villains have similar origin stories
1:22:45 Lex Luthor was gaslit by Clark Kent
1:25:21 People in power are playing out their childhood issues
1: 27:15 Some have chosen empathy and are becoming heroes
1:30:32 Finding a role model with attributes you can aspire to
3 hr 16 min
February 01, 2022 Let's Talk Virtue Signaling with Dr Cameron Murray
Dr Cameron Murray returns to Discernable to talk virtue signaling and group psychology. As an economist specialising in human behaviour, corruption and property, he conducts research and experiments on the ‘groupish’ behaviour of humans and how those groups are formed, maintained, and dismantled.
A key ingredient of any human ‘group’, ‘tribe’ or ‘crowd’ is the signals they employ and spread to new converts. Group ‘signaling’ explains much of the pandemic reaction we witness today in both government and populations, especially as both health experts and governments openly admit that science is not the determining factor of their policies. The latest admission from NSW and VIC figures is that the performance art of QR code check-ins helps to soothe the anxious in our community, so even though they are now ‘useless’, we should continue the theatre anyway.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/27/qr-code-check-ins-useless-in-australias-omicron-wave-but-experts-urge-for-them-to-stay
‘Groups’ form around these sort of signaling behaviours precisely because groups use signals, and signals create groups. Just like Victoria’s ‘creeping assumption’ that killed ~800 people in 2020, the current circular feedback loop is a fertile nursery for the many ‘sides’ you see society divided into today.
So then what are we to do in this groupish world? Matt discusses with Cameron the best ways to see, to form, and to dismantle groups in the name of classical science, academia, logic and reason.
Watch this interview: https://youtu.be/lMVhEO_YuCs
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DR CAMERON MURRAY
https://twitter.com/drcameronmurray
https://gameofmates.com
https://theconversation.com/the-singapore-inspired-idea-for-using-super-for-housing-that-could-cut-costs-50-174401
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5:35 Virtue signaling versus logical thinking and risk assessments
9:32 Classic ‘group’ behaviour
11:27 Signaling is a biological mechanism built into all humans
13:50 Clearing up the Joe Rogan and Josh Szeps argument
16:34 ABC: Experts change their tune when the cameras turn off
18:20 Own echo-chambers: an inescapable reality
21:21 The miraculous transformation of Australia’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Nick Coatsworth
23:28 Can we succeed in life without signaling and without joining a group?
31:42 ‘Virus gonna virus’
36:02 Confirmation bias: ‘who are the most hesitant of vaccines?’
38:58 Fragile groups – those without metanarratives
42:40 Classical Academia – how did open debate ever coalesce into a group?
48:30 Solving Australia’s collapsing home ownership rate: “Housemate”
55:05 The problem with trusting the government again
1:01:40 ‘Superannuation is terrible’
1:02:36 Saying something out loud to give others permission to follow
1:07:57 The paradox of leadership – betraying your followers
1:10:22 Create an environment where disagreement brings the group closer together
1:10:50 The political incentives and polls gave us the current lockdown culture
1:13:50 93% vaccination rate is not accurate when mandates exist
1:16:23 Predicting the future in Australia – the ‘theatre’ will continue
1:17:50 ‘We all act as if vaccines don’t work while we say that they do’
1:19:22 Logic does not have to win in the end
1:21:09 The Covid-19 ‘performance’ may never end
1:22:25 Australia’s quarantine camps
1:24:05 Cultural dynamics evolving over time
1:24:58 Why do Australians live so long?
1:26:30 People change their minds socially, not logically
1:28:01 Over-hearing Joe Rogan on the streets of Australia
1:30:58 Virtue signaling – it is based on Aristotle’s ‘virtue ethics’
1:34:21 Why virtue signaling is accepted in society
1 hr 38 min
January 25, 2022 Town Hall Announcement: START + GROW your business income
Joined by special guest Bill Lang from Small Business Australia, Discernable will be running an online Town Hall packed with hours of teaching on growing a business income.
Delivered in two parts, this could be the most empowering evening you've had since the entire pandemic began.
Part 1 is for those who have lost their jobs or have resigned and now need to make an immediate income. We will be exploring business opportunity selection and screening, testing and validation.
Part 2 is for those with existing small businesses who need strategy on how and where to pivot, how to diversify and reinforce income streams, and how to take advantage of the market share opportunities that have unearthed.
REGISTER HERE: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/newincome
5 min
January 21, 2022 The People's Project: God Mode, Racists, Bills and Joe Rogan
In this episode of The People's Project:
SCOMO ACTIVATES GOD MODE
The Australian Government exercises its 'God-like powers' to kick Djokovic out of the country and ban him for 3 years, even after admitting that he did not break any rules.
CANADA LOSES IT
The Prime Minister of Canada says that 'anyone who disagrees with vaccination' are usually 'racists', 'misogynists', and questions whether society should 'tolerate' them any longer.
WHO'S GOING TO PAY THE BILL?
The Liberal Party are not the 'good stewards of the economy' that they claim to be. In the end, the people will pay the bill...through INFLATION.
NEW MEDIA HAS ALREADY WON
Joe Rogan has proved by a factor of 5-10x that the 'mainstream media' is not so mainstream after all. There are many, many more eyeballs watching New Media than anything on television.

Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/3naW4HvSHsA
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DAMIAN COORY
https://www.linkedin.com/in/coory
https://theothersideaustralia.buzzsprout.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUaFGNz6NTvrA2dHWUTy7RQ
https://www.facebook.com/TheOtherSideAus
1 hr 13 min
January 19, 2022 Damian Coory Returns from the USA to find Australia in Ruins (but wants to fix it)
Damian Coory is a crisis management expert who spent 20 years in Asia leading corporations such as Edelman Asia Pacific. He later rose to fame as a political commentator on his show The Other Side Australia and is now running for the lower house seat of Ryan, QLD in the 2022 Australian federal election.
Disillusioned with the Liberal party which has become decidedly illiberal in Damian’s view, he joined the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) because of what he describes as a rational and logical understanding of history, government and policy.
Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/aug-I0xN6BY
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DAMIAN COORY
https://www.linkedin.com/in/coory
https://theothersideaustralia.buzzsprout.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUaFGNz6NTvrA2dHWUTy7RQ
https://www.facebook.com/TheOtherSideAus
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5:46 Matt told Damian to enter politics
6:28 Campbell Newman failed QLD
8:19 Incremental vs breakthrough change
9:31 How would Matt reform the ABC?
12:01 How the LNP should lead the narrative
13:52 Damian’s experience at LNP meetings
14:45 Virtue signalling by supporting the Greens even when you’re a Liberal Party member
17:00 The Greens Party has peaked
19:30 Australia is split politically
21:15 The Tall Poppy Syndrome
22:36 Australia’s psychological mindset – we are convicts AND jailers
24:45 The beginning decay of a healthy society
27:45 Matt is angry at the government and takes it out on a red light
29:00 Damian’s review of the USA
30:20 LA smells like marijuana and is full of homeless people
33:10 Covid compliance and panic in the USA
35:20 We suck at collecting clean Covid data
36:35 In the USA, no one believes the 800k death toll
38:00 Australians believe the government rhetoric more than Americans
40:52 Australians are not questioning the media or government
41:45 Florida vs California – who fared better against Covid-19?
44:07 The debate around masks
46:08 Damian wants to cap all fines
48:00 Mobile phone and seatbelt cameras are wrong
50:58 Reducing rural speed limits
53:17 Is Damian’s using the LDP or does he really believe in their mission?
57:02 Does the LDP represent what the LNP used to be?
1:02:48 Your vote cannot be ‘wasted’
1 hr 6 min
January 14, 2022 Who is Topher Field? Why he created Battleground Melbourne
Topher Field has been a political commentator, speaker and content creator for 12 years. He was our first live guest on Discernable and returns today to discuss his first feature-length documentary, 'Battleground Melbourne: The Fall of the World's Most Liveable City, through the eyes of those who risked everything to save it'.
Classically, 'history is written by the victors' but in the age of new media and indie film-making, Topher has managed to show Melbourne through the eyes of the protest groups who he regularly describes as having 'lost to Premier Daniel Andrews'.
In this interview we discussed the motivation behind Battleground Melbourne, the bias of the piece, history wars and geopolitical realities that we could all be facing in the coming decades.
Topher describes Battleground Melbourne as the 'finest' and 'most important' work he's ever done and in many ways it serves as an answer to the question 'who is Topher Field?'. Watch this interview to discover how Topher thinks, how he evolved, the challenges he sees facing the world today, and where he thinks we are heading.

Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/wi4EztGVaXk
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TOPHER FIELD
https://www.topherfield.net
https://www.facebook.com/TopherField
https://www.instagram.com/topherfield

BATTLEGROUND MELBOURNE
https://battlegroundmelbourne.com
https://youtu.be/xzfJGC1_yPo
https://www.facebook.com/battlegroundmelbourne
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1:51 What moved Topher to make Battleground Melbourne
4:24 From organised protests to a leaderless movement
5:30 30% of Victorians will not be voting for mainstream parties
8:45 There are too many laws in Australia
10:27 Global all cause deaths 2018-2020
16:16 Swedish Covid Data comparison with Victoria
17:29 Daniel Andrews did not protect us
18:50 This is about politics, not science
21:50 Haters are irrelevant
25:29 How ‘Topher Field’ began
26:43 Many want to be monetised influencers
27:56 Topher cares about water in Victoria
29:55 History Wars – Battleground Melbourne is a totem pole
34:04 Topher’s conclusion of the last 2 years
35:42 Everyone is a libertarian in at least one area
37:03 Topher has been 'based' for years
39:50 The governments propaganda media machine
42:22 The Murray Darling water market
44:33 The government should not be the biggest customer of media broadcasters
45:58 Will there be a retort to Battleground Melbourne?
47:43 Is Battleground Melbourne biased?
50:48 Who was the target audience for Battleground Melbourne?
54:53 What the world can learn from Melbourne and her mistakes
56:00 Coercion - abused people want others to be abused just like they were
1:01:34 Friend Triage – using your resources wisely
1:03:37 Polarising people with alternate views are fascinating
1:05:52 What’s the future of the protest movement?
1:06:55 Daniel Andrews will use tools other than lockdowns
1:08:57 Daniel Andrews thinks he is wildly popular
1:10:09 The tension within the Labor Party
1:11:23 Daniel Andrews is despised within the party, staff and advisers
1:12:55 The point of no return for Victoria
1:16:30 The Cloward Piven strategy of orchestrated crisis
1:17:38 Is there anywhere in the world that is a shining light right now?
1:26:45 Venezuela could be Australia’s future
1:29:19 Future projects for alternative media
1:36:33 The elections are going to be the litmus test for people to know who Victoria really is
1 hr 41 min
January 12, 2022 AFL Star Tom McDonald from the Melbourne Football Club
Tom McDonald plays for the Melbourne Football Club – 2021 AFL Premiers. In this sit-down Tom educates Matt on the life of an athlete, their earning potential, how their careers are fashioned and what the transition back to a regular life looks like.
Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/Cc4oRKcgvuY
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TOM MCDONALD
https://twitter.com/tommcdonald92
https://www.instagram.com/tommcdonald25
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01:18 Tom’s football career
03:10 Tom McDonald gets into trouble for speaking against mandates
06:33 Tom’s pivot to business
9:03 Poker with Andrew Bogut and his classic cars
11:29 Buyer’s advocacy – are real estate agents a scam?
13:11 Salaries in professional sport
14:28 The psychological trauma of changing careers
17:29 The best job in the world
19:10 Using protein to crowd out bad foods
22:40 A week in the life of an AFL athlete
24:47 AFL strategy and tactics
26:50 AFL players are better looking
29:58 The Great Resignation – reimagining your work life
31:30 Talking business supply chains
33:35 The planet is under-populated
34:50 Misanthropy has infiltrated mainstream perspectives
37:40 The rise of podcasts and idea sharing
39:27 Tom’s friendship with Hamish Blake
41:00 The best hot chips
41:28 Tom’s top podcasts
43:30 Are elite athletes ‘stupid’?
48:14 Bec Judd in longform interview?
51:24 AFL diets and funding AFL clubs with poker machines
55:31 Hair lines and hair transplants
55:58 Getting Matt down to 100kg
58:27 Going on a 3-month bender
1:00:25 Kids prefer animal products over vegetables
1:02:25 People need to start speaking up for what they believe in
1 hr 7 min
January 11, 2022 How Novak Djokovic Defeated the Australian Government
Novak Djokovic defeated the Australian Government and has been released into the Australian community. How exactly did he and his legal team pull this off?
Going deep on the law and procedures of visas and migration, immigration law professional Anka Sahin sat down with Discernable to lay out exactly what unfolded, from the airport detention, to the court case.
We also discussed the political machinations behind the scenes and how the Australian Government postures endlessly, finally ending our discussion on the plight of many people stuck inside the Australian migration system, often for years at a time.

Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/LccYXo5SFLo
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ANKA SAHIN
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankasahin
[email protected]
www.truebluemigration.com
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3:00 What Novak did to get into Australia
5:51 This was a Tennis Australia process
7:44 Novak thought he had an exemption
8:42 Novak being detained and interviewed at the airport
10:00 Novak disclosed his vaccination status
10:46 Government exemptions on unvaccinated travellers
13:22 The initial court hearing, injunction and hotel detention
15:22 Gaps in the online court stream
16:51 Migration professionals speculated on Novak’s case…correctly
18:08 Game day – Djokovic’s lawyers lay out their case
19:11 The First Ground – ATAGI advice
22:16 The Second Ground - Failure to consider provided documents and the absence of extenuating circumstances
23:38 The Third Ground – Procedural Fairness
27:00 Renata Voracova has her visa cancelled
29:12 The result of the Novak’s court hearing
30:15 The Minister for Immigration can still cancel Novak’s visa
35:46 What is the government’s motivation?
39:40 Unvaccinated Australians are not allowed to depart their country
51:35 Mehdi Ali has been detained for 9 years since the age of 15
59:11 Anka is a polyglot
1:02:00 Music as a language
1:04:25 Anka’s nomadic work/home life and the truth about living outside Australia
1 hr 19 min
December 25, 2021 Christmas Message from Discernable
Merry Christmas to you 🎉 and congratulations on making it through 2021.
You may be battered, bruised, or completely unscathed but here are my hopes and thoughts for 2022.
Spoiler: It will be darker but the lights will be brighter💥.

Watch this message in video form for free at: https://discernable.locals.com/post/1459264/christmas-message-from-discernable
9 min