As we come to the end of season 2, Peach and the Colonel find themselves tackling some familiar themes- the power of language, gender politics & identity/ stereotypes, just to name a few…You can also hear our thoughts on The latest Avengers film, Stalin is Dead and some of the other great entertainment we’ve been to see lately.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/mansplaining-definition-history

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/manspreading

http://www.findlaw.com.au/articles/4251/swearing-in-public-is-against-the-law-really.aspx

https://amp.smh.com.au/national/nsw/increased-fines-for-offensive-language-leave-bad-taste-in-mouths-of-critics-20140206-324hv.html

https://theconversation.com/amp/a-nation-of-convict-cussers-time-for-australian-law-to-embrace-our-potty-mouths-83494

Podcasts

http://magiclessons.libsyn.com/

Mal Webb

http://malwebb.com/

Winter Music Fest

http://www.meninsuits.com.au/wintermountainfest/

Comedy

In this Good Friday special episode we debrief the Oxfam 100k walk with Jeurgen Kulmer, hear about his move to Australia from Austria and get a hot tip about where to get the most authentic cheese kransky in Melbourne! 

https://www.oxfam.org.au/my/team/30062

The theme song for this episode:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UrgpZ0fUixs&vidve=5727&autoplay=1

Together again at last Peach and the Colonel have a wide ranging chat about marriage law, going back to study, what it means to be part of a new community and some great new plays Peach has been to see in the last fortnight…don’t waste another moment, get stuck in!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_Act_1961_(Australia)

Some more information about Warrnambool:

https://visitwarrnambool.com.au/

The Children at MTC on until March 10

http://www.mtc.com.au/plays-and-tickets/season-2018/the-children/

This is Eden convict drama closed Feb 25 at 45 downstairs. See links for details. 

http://www.thisiseden.com.au/

https://vimeo.com/136480728

Support The Colonel on his Oxfam Trailwalker Challenge:

https://trailwalker.oxfam.org.au/my/team/30062

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_by_media

https://nswcourts.com.au/articles/trial-by-media-how-does-it-affect-the-right-to-a-fair-trial/?sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwiPj9at_e3YAhUIzmMKHR-zBoAQ9QEIDjAA

https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80004448

Jordon Peterson

https://youtu.be/wwi9Q9apHGI

Azis Ansari affair

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/rendezview/metoo-may-be-overdue-but-its-highly-dangerous/news-story/34fcb0849ab2c481646d8fd516c15809

https://babe.net/2018/01/13/aziz-ansari-28355/amp

https://amp.theguar

Pre Christmas Special 

It’s a Halloween hating special episode! 

Our good buddy Steve dropped by to share some tales this week for our 30th episode! Woo!

Steve has quite an amazing story to tell about life, love, and how sometimes the toughest things in life bring about the greatest sense of purpose in us.

We chatted about the 1993 Guns and Roses concert at Calder Park in Melbourne. It’s some classic rock and roll history, worth a read:

We were chatting briefly about “Angel In America” by Tony Kushner – a 6 1/2 hour play that is definitely worth the butt sores:

Sitting or standing while wiping? We didn’t even realise this was in question. Apparently everyone does it differently:

Matt Killingsworth’s TED talk about the link between mindful presence and happiness:

A brief how-to guide for Astral Travel for those who are interested:

The Colonel dropped some history bombs about Cleopatra’s bee-filled wooden vibrators:

Stay safe everyone