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Another week, another country. Wencee is now in Thailand enjoying the heat and cultural activities that Chiang Rai offers.

Right, let’s get on with the show!!

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Blurt Around the World

Jimmy Barnes cancels show after medical issue →

ABC News | Jimmy Barnes hospitalised with pneumonia, cancels festival appearance

ABC News | Jimmy Barnes shares update after back and hip surgery cancelled shows

Do your fucking mind!

How can brain parasites get in? Find out more here →

https://www.dyfmpod.com/

Purdue/sackler court case!

sackler news —> Will Purdue need to pay 6 million billion dollars for compensation?

painkiller

nz political

APOLOGIES FOR RUBBISH NOTES, Wencee is the king of notes and details, we have some of the best in the poddie world!

He has had some issues in Thailand unfortunately, whihc has meant its left to me and this is not my jam, as you can surely see :)

We are planning on doing one FINAL SHOW for the week tomorrow for XMAS but this is also up in the air so watch this space, if not we have loved your company in 2023, we will be back in 2024, a massive year with elections, UK and US , tons of trump stuff and more guests, so in case we don’t see you tomorrow night have a great chrissy from wencee and me and all at the New Blurt, thanks to all our guests in 2023, look forward to seeing the ol favourites again and some new faces.

So just in case this is our last show for 2023, thanks all that downloaded and enjoyed the poddie, we love bringing it to you, next year there should be some articles as well, watch this space.

Merry Christmas

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On this week's show, we will be having a Party In The USA where we will give a brief history of Thanksgiving, what is it, why they do it, and what does it mean? What does it mean for the govt, why do they pardon turkeys? wtf?

And on Nature Calls, Wencee will be talking about the Red-shanked duoc and the Kegsta will talk about the world’s most endangered species and what we need to do to save them!!

Right, let’s get on with the show!!

Nearly forgot, Wencee's live from Vietnam!

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Blurt Around The World

New NZ government scraps revolutionary smoking ban legislation that would have saved lives. I guess they care more about tax collection than the health of our people →

New Zealand government scraps world-first smoking ban

And you thought that Clive Palmer was an Aussie. He is suing the Australia as a “foreign investor” →

Guardian News | Who knew Queensland’s richest man is a foreign investor?

Trump Watch

A new novel idea to disqualify Trump from running for the 2024 ballot →

BBC News | The 14th Amendment plan to disqualify Trump, explained

New York Times | Colorado Supreme Court Agrees to Take Up Trump’s 14th Amendment Case

Party In The USA

This week we covered Thanksgiving. How did it start and how did it evolve to that present-day Thanksgiving holiday?

Good Housekeeping News | The True Story Behind the First Thanksgiving

History.com | Thanksgiving

World History | Thanksgiving Day: A Brief History

Nature Calls

How endangered is the Red-Shanked Duoc from Vietnam? Find out more information here →

Endangered Primate Rescue Center| Red-Shanked Douc Langur

Chao Hanoi News | Endangered red-shanked douc langurs detected in central Vietnam

New England Primate Conservancy | RED-SHANKED DOUC LANGUR

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It's been two weeks since our last show and we've lots to cover.

In Banter we'll chat about the Hollywood actor's strike, Trump Watch, Taylor Swift, Trans Awareness week.

In our first segment we get into some Good News.

And we finish off with Across The Dutch and we will see why New Zealand is flapping about.

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Banter

Transgender Awareness Week is from 13 - 19 November 2023. Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is celebrated on 20 November. For more information visit the official webpage here →

Transgender Awareness Week

The Hollywood actors strike has come to an end after four months negotiating with the studios. The Australian movie industry also need to negotiate their own deals to protect their rights and IP. Follow the story here →

ABC News | Hollywood's actor strike ends, but artificial intelligence and wages a 'concern' for Australian industry

BBC News | Actors' strike ends: Which films will resume production

8th November will forever be remembered for the big Optus fail. A near full business day outage cause many issues across the nation when mobile, landline and broadband services went offline from 4am →

ABC News | What caused Optus's nationwide outage, and how long was it down for? Here's what we know

ABC News | Optus identifies cause of nationwide outage, says 'changes to routing information' after software upgrade to blame

Trump Watch

We covered the latest news about the various federal cases against the former US president →

BBC News | Donald Trump: Legal experts see uphill battle in fraud case

Guardian News | Trump unleashes outrage at court clerk online barely an hour after gag order paused

Good News

This weeks’ Good News comes from Queensland.

A chance meeting at a Local Government conference lead to half sisters to meet for the first time →

ABC News | These sisters would never have met had it not been for a kind word at a work conference

And on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, a father and son who are eco-warriors, cleaning up the Noose River, found a lost and very expensive watch. They managed to find the owners →

ABC News | On a clean sweep of Noosa River, eco-warriors find $30,000 vintage watch

Across The Dutch

Who won the Bird of the Century? With the help of British John Oliver, US talk show host, a massive 350,000 votes were counted to determine the New Zealand bird of the century →

Official New Zealand Bird of The Century webpage

And the winner is....pūteketeke

Guardian News | ‘Puking’ pūteketeke crowned New Zealand bird of the century after John Oliver campaign

votethisbird.com

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Happy trick or treating! That's right, it's Halloween and it has certainly taken a foothold here in Australia.

Today we will take you back to how Halloween originated and how it became commercialised.

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Banter

Bushfires raging across South East Queensland →

Queensland bushfire update - 31 October 2023

Bruce the brolga at one with Brisbane Moreton Bay area residents →

Guardian News | How Bruce the brolga won over a Queensland community

Day of the Dead history and how it’s gained a global following →

CNN | Day of the Dead is full of longstanding traditions meant to honor ancestors

History.com | Day of the Dead: How Ancient Traditions Grew Into a Global Holiday

Blurt on Society

Some links on the ancient and modern history of Halloween →

History.com | A history of Halloween

BBC | Trick or treat? A brief history of Halloween traditions

Great People That Did Stuff

To keep the Halloween theme for this show, Tim Burton created “The Nightmare Before Christmas” movie. It was directed by Henry Sellick and the soundtrack was produced by Danny Elfman →

New York Times | ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’: A Hit That Initially Unnerved Disney

Famous villains associated with Halloween →

Fandom | Jason Vorhees from Friday the 13th

IMDB | Freddy Kruger from A Nightmare on Elm Street movies

Fandom | Michael Myers from the Halloween series

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It's been a tough week reflecting why the Voice referendum failed.

This week on Indelible Indigenous, Wencee and the Kegsta will look at why it failed and how we move forward. Also a quiz on how much we really know about referendums, live!

We will have the normal banter and TRUMP WATCH, see you there :)

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Banter

It’s been over 100 days but what’s happening with the Hollywood actors’ strike? We blurt about it on the show and here is some more information →

Euro News | Hollywood actors strike hits 100 days: What next (and why no Halloween costumes)?

To celebrate Cal Wilsons’ long career on the comedy circuit, here is a YouTube playlist of some of her shows over the last 20 years →

YouTube | Cal Wilson video playlist

You go on holidays and you expect your home to be standing. Not this family from Atlanta →

Associated Press News | Woman returns from vacation to find Atlanta home demolished

Indelible Indigenous

Tonight, Wencee and the Kegsta took a deep dive why the Voice referendum failed and where do go now? Here are some links to find out more information →

NITV News | The referendum is over, the Voice rejected. Where to from here?

NITV News | 'Not the end of the road': Reactions to the defeated Indigenous Voice referendum

ABC News | The No victory in Voice to Parliament referendum reveals more than a divide between urban and regional Australia

ABC News | The Voice to Parliament has been rejected by Australians in a referendum. What happens now?

How well do you know about reconciliation in Australia? Take the quiz to find out →

Reconciliation Australia | Take the reconciliation quiz

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We are gutted here at The New Blurt. We were hoping Australians would find it in their heart to recognise the First Nations of this country and enshrine their Voice in our Constitution. Wencee and the Kegsta were working as hard as we could to make it happen.

Alas, the majority of Australian voters did not agree with the proposal. So, to respect the First Nations wishes, we will have a weeks' silence before we talk more in depth of where we go from here to get First Nations reconciliation back on track.

First off the bat: Across The Dutch, we will talk all things Kiwi.

Then in our last segment, Green There Done That, we will talk about how electric bikes are taking over.

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Banter

Poland had an election on 15th October and the opposition party, Civic Coalition, led by Donald Tusk has been elected to lead the country →

ABC News | Polish Opposition Leader Donald Tusk declares an election win — so what does this mean for relations with Ukraine?

Politico News | Poland election results: Opposition secures win, final count shows

Stranded Mako shark on Florida beach, bravely saved by passersby →

Insider news | Dramatic video shows a stranded shark thrashing wildly as beachgoers try to save it

Across The Dutch

In more election news, New Zealand also went to the polls over the weekend of 14th/15th October. The NZ Labour party suffered a massive loss and the Kiwis have elected the National Party to lead them for the next 3 years. Read more information here →

ABC News | New Zealand elects new government as Labour suffers heavy losses across electoral map

The Conversation | It’s National on the night as New Zealand turns right: 2023 election results at a glance

Green There, Done That

What’s better than an electric vehicle? An electric bicycle. It’s great for short distances and better than driving to the local shops for some milk! Here’s more information about why more Australians are investing in e-bikes →

Guardian News | ‘They pay for themselves’: why more Australian families are ditching cars for e-bikes

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We're in the last days before the crucial Voice referendum. C'mon Australia. Let's push for a positive change, VOTE YES!

We have a special Blurt On Society segment today. We have Mike, a Melbourne MICA paramedic on the show and we will talk a day in the life of a paramedic.

We'll finish off with Wot's On The Box, where Wencee will review Gentefied on Netflix and the Kegsta will review an Australian movie called Happy Sad Man.

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Banter

We blurted about China’s 996 policy were people work from 9am to 9pm 6 days a week. Here’s more information about that news →

BBC News | China steps in to regulate brutal '996' work culture

What is the role of the Australian Electoral Commission in elections and referendums? Read the following for more information →

Australian Electoral Commision | About AEC

Trump Watch

What’s happening with Trumps’ numerous trials? Here’s one of the current ones regarding his over-inflation of the value of his properties →

Guardian News | Trump real estate case: what to know about the civil fraud trial

Blurt On Society

We had a chat with Mike the Ambo (MICA). Join us to find out a “Day In The Life of An Ambo”.

Ambulance Victoria | Types of paramedics, including what MICA paramedics do

Ambulance Victoria | 50 years of MICA

Wot’s On The Box

Gentefied on Netflix was reviewed by Wencee and gave it out 4 of 5 Blurtstars.

YouTube | Genetefied trailer

Netflix | Genetified series

Kegsta reviewed Happy Sad Man and he gave it 4.6 out of 5 Blurtstars.

Official website for Happy Sad Man

YouTube | Happy Sad Man trailer

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Hey Blurtstars

Collingwood has now won an equalling 16th premiership with Carlton and the Drug cheats, they have far better chance of making it 17 than the others!

To read the Australian Constitution, follow this link:

Parliamentary Education Office and Australian Government Solicitor | AUSTRALIA’S CONSTITUTION

Sports Of All Sorts

We at The New Blurt are supremely joyous that the mighty AFL team Collingwood won the Grand Final for 2023 →

AFL | Sweet 16: Magpies outlast Lions in thrilling Grand Final

Collingwood Football Club | Family Day photo gallery

Collingwood Football Club | One flag, one daughter and 44 sons: McRae's day to remember

Party In The USA

50 Moments That Define the Trump Presidency

https://www.theatlantic.com/unthinkable/

Who truly was the most dishonest president?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56246507

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Victoria is reeling that the longest serving Labor premier has suddenly resigned. Well, maybe not all Victorians are crying.

Speaking of crying, Hollywood screenwriters and actors might be crying with joy as their strike might be coming to an end.

On tonight's show, in our Science segment we'll cover the latest NASA success story and have conversations with plants.

And in Econobabble, Wencee will tell us all about a method to make housing affordable. It's not a quick fix, but it could work. And Kegsta will let us in on the economics state of the states.

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Banter

Victoria’s longest serving Labor premier, Dan Andrews, resigns after 9 years as premier and 21 years in Victorian politics →

Guardian News | Daniel Andrews resigns as premier of Victoria

Screenwriters strike. What’s the latest news? Find out here →

CNN News | Writers Guild and studios reach tentative deal, potentially ending a monthslong strike that ground Hollywood to a halt

What happens when you take a selfie and forget about your surroundings? You fall 10m down a cliff →

Guardian News | Woman falls off Phillip Island cliff while trying to take photos

Can Apple Airpods survive in your stomach? One woman find out the hard way →

Apple Insider News | Woman accidentally discovers swallowed AirPods are acid resistant for nine hours

Science

NASA’s spacecraft that dug asteroid dust, arrives on Earth ready to be studied →

NASA | OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Capsule Lands in the Utah Desert

Ever conversed with plants? Researchers at the University of Cambridge are using Optogenetics, light stimulus, to activate plant cells. You can find detail here →

Science Daily | Conversations with plants: Can we provide plants with advance warning of impending dangers?

Econobabble

Ever wondered how your states’ economy is performing against other states? We have the answers and here are some links you can read for more information →

Commonwealth Bank | State of the States - State and Territory Economic Performance Report

Grant Thornton | 2023-2024 State Budget Updates: Navigating the evolving grant funding landscape

Reserve Bank Australia | Economic Growth Explainer

In Australia there’s a housing crisis that has been decades in the making. New Zealand made changes seven years and are only now seeing positive changes that is making housing more affordable. Find out what the NZ government did here →

ABC News | New Zealand's housing density experiment saw approvals for new builds in Auckland 'skyrocket' while house prices kept climbing

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Hi all just a 30 minute episode mainly talking Pies in SOAS(sportsOf All Sorts)

If you are Pies supporter then this lil bewdy is for you, enjoy !!!

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