Christine Forster was one of the leading voices for same sex marriage. It was a personal fight. The Columnist asks her about how Australia is living with the change, and tells her why she should send a cheese basket to the head of the Christine lobby.

Christine’s new book is Life, Love & Marriage — out now from wilkinsonpublishing.com.au

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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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After a dreadful tweet, Clementine Ford gets to keep grant money from the City of Melbourne. The Columnist wonders if any lessons have been learned.

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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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John partnered with the the drug ICE, and together they lost everything we all fear losing.

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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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After being alone on a street with one of the city’s homeless, The Columnist considers the true meaning of isolation. He has a coffee at the Salvo’s Lighthouse Cafe and talks with worker Trev and Major Brendan Nottle.

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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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As we yawn out of isolation, Victoria is one of the last states to let golfers play again. The Columnist is a non-player of the strange game, but he walks a hole with some desperate men and finds the beauty. 

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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 lockdown is a lonely game and there’s nothing in this world that can’t be linked to sex. The Columnist talks to escort and author Samantha X about how her clients are living through the virus.  

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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 Collingwood, there’s a classic Melbourne cafe called Terror Twilight. The Columnist gets a long black and talks with the owner about a barista’s life under the virus. 

Tell Justin your story at [email protected].

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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We’re finally able to read the Royal Commission’s findings on Cardinal George Pell. The Columnist finds no surprises, and history makes more sense than it did yesterday.  

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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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A state medical officer sends a tweet questioning Australia’s history, and it launches an attack on her vital job. The Columnist wasn’t to know how we got so crap at debating our past.

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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 Covid19 Pandemic has had a profound economic impact on Australia. The pain is present across multiple industries. Lachy Hulme is an actor and he's worried that without federal support, arts in Australia will find itself in permanent reruns. 

Tell Justin your story at [email protected].

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. 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.