Macca and Van talk to the newly minted Joy Media CEO, former Saturday Magazine Newsreader Paul Scott-Williams.

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Macca and Van talk to fellow Joyster, Yiannis Koullas, about their new Joy Show, Living Life Single.

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Van and Macca are joined live on air, by Bruce Wolpe, commentator, Senior Fellow (non-resident) at the United States Studies Centre. Bruce is a regular contributor on US politics across media platforms in Australia. In recent years, Bruce has worked with the Democrats in Congress during President Barack Obama’s first term, and on the staff of Prime Minister Julia Gillard. He has also served as the former PM’s chief of staff.

Wolpe writes, in his latest article, see link below, that “Donald Trump loved “Liberation Day”. There he was on Wednesday afternoon, launching the biggest global trade war since the 1930s – the one that ultimately fuelled the Great Depression. Trump effectively sent flowers and a card signed “America First” to grace the tombstones of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World Trade Organisation. Together, they had spawned more than 75 years of global liberalisation of commerce and economic growth. From the Rose Garden, a farewell kiss from the White House”

Full article here:

https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-trump-20250404-p5lp3v.html

and

https://www.ussc.edu.au/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-trump

Image courtesy of USA Studies Centre

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Macca and Van talk to Joe Ball, LGBTQIA Commissioner, Human Rights Updates Travel Warnings for LGBTQIA

What new issues and dangers do  the LGBGTQIA community face now that Trump 2.0’s stance on the Trans community have come into force.

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Van and Macca are joined live on air by Greens candidate for McNamara,   Sonya Semmens as they discuss Greens election policies, the upcoming general election, minority government and more.

Photo  courtesy of https://sonyasemmens.com/

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Van and Macca are joined live in the studio by Josh Burns, ALP candidate and current sitting member for McNamara, as they discuss the upcoming federal election. Josh also announced a new Joy funding pledge if ALP wins the next election.

ALP federal member for Wills, Peter Khalil also joins in to support the announcement.

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Van and Macca talk to Nick Reece, Melbourne Lord Mayor, Green Line and Queer Town Update and how Donald Trump’s tariffs will affect the Melbourne economy.

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Macca is joined in the hosting chair this week by playwright and journalist, Van Badham.

Their first guest for this week is Prof. Patrick McGorry, Patron of Headspace as they discuss what really happened with Opposition Leader Peter Dutton at Headspace Melton.

Professor Pat McGorry AO is a psychiatrist known world-wide for his development and scaling up of early intervention and youth mental health services and for mental health innovation, advocacy and reform.

He is Professor of Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne, and founding editor of the journal Early Intervention in Psychiatry.

He led the advocacy which resulted in the establishment by the Australian Government in 2005 of the National Youth Mental Health Foundation, which in 2006 became Headspace and he remains a founding board member of that organisation.

He has played a key advocacy and advisory role to government and health system reform in Australia and in many parts of the world.

He chaired the Expert Advisory Committee of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System.

He has published over 1000 publications, with 51,822 citations and a “h” index of 119 (Scopus).

He is President of the International Association for Youth Mental Health, Past-President of the Schizophrenia International Research Society, Past-president of the Society for Mental Health Research, and was Founding President and is now Treasurer of the IEPA: Early Intervention in Mental Health.

In 2010 Professor McGorry was selected as Australian of the Year and became an Officer of the Order of Australia.

In 2013 he received the Annual Research Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill in Washington DC and in 2015 was awarded the Lieber Prize for Schizophrenia Research by the US-based Brain and Behaviour Foundation.

In 2016 he became the first psychiatrist to be elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.

In 2018 he received the Schizophrenia International Research Society Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2019 the Humanitarian Award of the Society of Biological Psychiatry and the NHMRC Research Excellence Award.

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Macca and Tamzyn talk to Laura Hartley-Quinn-Head Security Culture at NAB about fraud and banking scams.

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Tamzyn and Macca talk to Heather Corkhill- Legal Director Equality Australia, New Polling and Trans Travel Advice.

Heather Corkhill is a dedicated human rights and anti-discrimination law and policy specialist. With combined qualifications and experience in law, mediation and film production, Heather is committed to promoting equity, diversity, and human rights for LGBTIQ+ Australians, addressing systemic issues through practical and innovative solutions.

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