While we're in the habit of watching COVID numbers every morning, the Columnist talks to a funeral director about the growing deaths from the S-Word. 

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Produced by Jay Mueller as part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network. 

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With the dangers of COVID on the rise, The Columnist tries to understand the unendangered species that has become a growing threat -- the bush lawyer. 

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The Columnist is a podcast designed to help us understand what is happening in the world one conversation at a time. 

Justin's debut novel Babies of the Rose is available for pre-order. 

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The Columnist says we’re only one crisis and rough bottle of Pinot away from a constitutional disaster in Australia, as he talks with historian Professor Jenny Hocking, fresh from her big win in the High Court.

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The Columnist is a podcast designed to help us understand what is happening in the world one conversation at a time. 

Justin's debut novel Babies of the Rose is available for pre-order. 

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The virus now requires everyone to wear a mask. The Columnist writes about the need for extra kindness while he remembers a story his daughter told him. And then she talks to him about it again. 

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The Columnist is a podcast designed to help us understand what is happening in the world one conversation at a time. 

Justin's debut novel Babies of the Rose is available for pre-order. 

Produced by Jay Mueller as part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network. 

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In 2013, the Columnist was embedded with Australian troops in Afghanistan. He makes contact with platoon commander Pat Rooney after seven years. 

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The Columnist is a podcast designed to help us understand what is happening in the world one conversation at a time. 

Justin's debut novel Babies of the Rose is available for pre-order. 

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With the news that an independent inquiry found a former High Court judge guilty of sexually harassing young associates, The Columnist writes about removing his honours and grand titles, and giving them to the people who deserve it. 

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The Columnist is a podcast designed to help us understand what is happening in the world one conversation at a time. 

Justin's debut novel Babies of the Rose is available for pre-order. 

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Like everything else on the planet, pubs are struggling. It’s simple pleasures have been beaten down by the complicated virus. The Columnist has a counter meal and talks about what’s next.

Recorded at The All Nations Hotel in Richmond, Victoria. 

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The Columnist is a podcast designed to help us understand what is happening in the world one conversation at a time. 

Justin's debut novel Babies of the Rose is available for pre-order. 

Produced by Jay Mueller as part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network. 

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While the world is glowing by the fire of anti-racism, The Columnist writes about dumping Australia Day. 

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The Columnist is a podcast designed to help us understand what is happening in the world one conversation at a time. 

Justin's debut novel Babies of the Rose is available for pre-order. 

Produced by Jay Mueller as part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network. 

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The Columnist with the Melbourne voices of Black Lives Matter. 

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The Columnist is a podcast designed to help us understand what is happening in the world one conversation at a time. 

Justin's debut novel Babies of the Rose is available for pre-order. 

Produced by Jay Mueller as part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network. 

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While being vaccinated against the flu, The Columnist meets a student of philosophy, and he’s reminded how much we’ve become lazy thinkers. 

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The Columnist is a podcast designed to help us understand what is happening in the world one conversation at a time. 

Justin's debut novel Babies of the Rose is available for pre-order. 

Produced by Jay Mueller as part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network. 

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