On tonight's show we will talk about why Sydney's WorldPride march was hijacked by a lone protester.

In our first segment, Science, we talk about PVC recycling.

We follow that up with Econobabble and blurt about Arts funding and why Australians Superannuation is changing.

And to finish off the show, we talk about what happened On This Day.

Now its time to get on with the show with Wence and Keighley.

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Banter

Sydney Mardi Gras protest by Lydia Thorpe →

SBS News - Senator Lidia Thorpe removed from Mardi Gras parade after confrontation with police

Indigenous issues →

The Quarterly Essay - IN DENIAL The stolen generations and the Right

Science

Researchers at University of Michigan successfully recycle PVC →

Scientists Recycle Previously Unrecyclable Plastic

How researchers reviving dead pig organ decay could help humans in the future →

ABC News - Organ decay halted, cell function restored in pigs after death, say Yale researchers

Universal flu vaccine. What is it and how does it work?

The Conversation - How do you make a universal flu vaccine?

Econobabble

How important is the Arts to our economy? Quite a lot in fact →

New Report Released on the Economic Impact of the Arts and Cultural Sector

How many Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway theatres are there in New York? →

Overview of New York Theatres

New changes to Australia’s Superannuation laws. Here what is means to you →

SBS News - Superannuation tax concession changes have been announced.

ABC News - Labor's superannuation tax changes are a low-risk plan for repairing the budget

The Shovel - Millionaires form yacht blockade in Sydney Harbour to protest superannuation changes

The Shovel - Mosman protester throws glass of ’94 Penfolds Grange on famous artwork to raise awareness about superannuation changes

On This Day

US Billboard #1 - I Love A Rainy Night by Eddie Rabbitt

Michael Jackson’s Historic Grammy Night - 28th February 1984

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On tonight's show we kick off with Beerducation. Keighley will review a beer from Jervis Bay. And Wence reviews a beer from the Hunter Valley.

Then we are off to new Zealand with Across The Dutch, where we talk about the latest news from New Zealand. They've had one natural disaster followed by another.

And we round out the night with Blurt On Society, Wence covers the new phenomenon "phubbing". And Keighley will discuss all things World Pride, which Sydney is hosting this year.

It's gonna be great, join us and get on board the new blurt train with Wence and Keighley!!

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Beerducation

One of our favourite segments on the show is when we review beers. This week, both are from NSW, Australia.

Jervis Bay Brewing - Tropical Pale Ale was reviewed by Keighley. Score: 86/100 →

Jervis Bay Brewing - Tropical Pale Ale

Jervis Bay Territory information →

Jervis Bay Territory governance and administration

Jervis Bay Territory

Keighley's photos from his recent holiday

Hope Brewery – IPA was reviewed by Wence. Score: 82/100 →

Hope Brewery, Hunter Valley, New South Wales

Across the Dutch

Let’s help our neighbours in New Zealand by donating to the Red Cross to help with the recent natural disasters.

Red Cross New Zealand Disaster Relief

Cyclone Gabrielle: Where to donate

Blurt On Society

Sydney WorldPride →

Sydney Worldpride 2023

History of WorldPride

Phubbing, phone snubbing. What is it, how to identify it and how to deal with it →

How to Identify and Manage Phubbing

People exposed to phubbing by their romantic partner are less satisfied with their romantic relationship

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Banter

Grammy’s winners →

2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Winners & Nominees List

We did talk about Cheshire Shire in the UK. Famous for Harry Styles and our very own Keighley who was born in Cheshire.

Tripadvisor - Things to Do in Cheshire

Chinese Takeaway

When is a weather balloon not a spy balloon? Some nations believe one can not be the other.

Guardian - China calls for calm amid growing row with US over suspected spy balloons

Guardian - US military searches territorial waters for Chinese spy balloon wreckage

The Conversation - Did China's balloon violate international law?

Do Ya Self A Favour

Smartless with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett →

Google podcast - Smartless

Take Me To You Leader, with host Hamish Macdonald →

ABC Podcast - Take Me To Your Leader

Fun Facts

In parts of Canada, milk is still sold in milk bags, rather than bottles or cartons. Here is an explanation why milk bags are still being used today →

CBC Radio News - Here's why milk comes in bags in parts of Canada

Dolphins actually surf for fun, not just because they can →

YouTube - Dolphins surf for fun

Fun facts and trivia link →

Fun Facts and Trivia

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Join us on The New Blurt as we explore green initiatives that can improve and be sustainable in our segment we call "Green There, Done That".

Then, in "Let's Get Technical" we talk about chat bots and will they be the death of jobs around the world? And how can schools deal with these chat bots?

And in our last segment "Nature Calls" we'll talk about our toilet habits, no sorry, we'll chat about the wonderful world of creatures that inhabit this beautiful planet.

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Banter

On the below Triple J Hottest 100 results page, scroll down to view all the facts about this year's voting →

ABC Triple J Hottest 100 result

Genesis Owusu - GTFO (Official Music Video)

Elephant seal runs amok in the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria →

Elephant seal that smashed windows may have appeared in Blairgowrie on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula

We also spoke about a Geelong street artist, Tyrone Wright, better known as Rone →

Rone - Flinders Street Station Art Exhibition

Green There Done That

The Ocean CleanUp - A dutch not-for-profit initiative to remove plastic waste from rivers from around the world, so it does not end up in the oceans →

The official Ocean Cleanup website

Clickable Ocean Cleanup map

The Interceptor #003 located in Can Tho in Vietnam

A greener way to be buried →

Why this green burial startup wants to turn people into trees

Let's Get Technical

It’s all over the news. Chat bots. And in particular ChatGPT. We discuss the positives and negatives of having ChatGPT in our lives →

ABC News - What is ChatGPT and why are schools and universities so worried about students using AI to cheat?

What is ChatGPT and how does it make money?

Google doesn’t want to miss out and are creating their own chat bot →

Google is Launching its Own Chatbot to Rival ChatGPT

Nature Calls

Queensland, home of the cane toads, has produced Australia’s largest cane toad →

Toadzilla to join other giant cane toads at Queensland Museum

Cane toads coming back from the dead. How is this possible? →

Zombie cane toads are real. Here's how they can come back from the 'dead'

Do dogs dream? What do they dream about? →

Your dog loves you so much, they even dream about you

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On today’s show we talk about Great People That Did Stuff where we will focus on the notable people we lost over the Christmas and New Year period.

Then we talk about the Voice to Parliament in our segment we call Indelible Indigenous.

And to round off the show, we talk about the latest goings on in the USA in the Party In The USA segment.

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Banter

Did you vote in the ABC Triple J Hottest 100 for 2022? Did you listen to the Hottest 100? Here are the top 100 as voted by the listeners →

Triple J Hottest 100 list for 2022 best songs

Did you miss the GABS Hottest 100 for 2022? Here is the list of best beers in Australia as voted by beer lovers →

Best beers for 2022 as voters by lovers of beer.

Great People That Did Stuff

This week we celebrate the people that left this planet while we were on our Christmas.

Maxi Jazz - 24 Dec 2022 (Faithless), Pele - 29 Dec 2022, Vivienne Westwood - 29 Dec 2022, Barbara Walters - 30 Dec 2022, Jeff Beck - 10 Jan 2023, Lisa-Marie Presley - 12 Jan 2023, Renee Geyer - 17 Jan 2023, David Crosby - 19 Jan 2023

On this weeks’ show we focused on:

Pelé, born 23 Oct 1940, passed away 29 December 2022. Football legend, musician and politician →

Encyclopaedia Britannica - Pelé

The Guardian - Pelé, Brazil World Cup winner and football legend, dies aged 82

Netflix - Pelé documentary

Maxi Jazz, born 14 June 1957, passed away 24 December 2022. DJ and musician, founder of Faithless →

Wikipedia - Maxi Jazz

Wikipedia - Faithless discography

Lisa-Marie Presley, born February 1 1968, passed away January 12, 2023. Singer and songwriter →

BBC News - Lisa Marie Presley, singer and daughter of Elvis, dies aged 54

Jeff Beck, born 24 June 1944, passed away 10 January 2023. Rock guitarist →

CNN - Jeff Beck, legendary rock guitarist and musician, dead at 78

Wikipedia - Jeff Beck

Indelible Indigenous

The New Blurt support a Voice to Parliament. For more information on what we all need to learn about the Voice and the upcoming referendum, please refer to the following websites.

“A Voice to Parliament gives the Australian Government the opportunity to make policies WITH Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, RATHER THAN FOR Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.” - Quote from From The Heart website.

The official Uluru Statement

Uluru Statement - The Voice model

From The Heart - What is a voice to parliament?

From The Heart - Take the constitutional recognition course

ABC News - Megan Davis: the road to the Uluru Statement from the Heart

Official Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission

Party In The USA

Only in America. Another Republican lying, allegedly, through his teeth.

US ABC News - Investigations and complaints facing George Santos could bring serious penalties

BBC News - George Santos: Drag queen claims embroil embattled congressman

CNN - George Santos’ ex says congressman will never resign because ‘his ego is too big’

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Wencee and The Kegsta wish to thank all our guests we had on The New Blurt in 2022. We learnt plenty from you all in all our chats.

S3 Ep 63, 25 January - Indelible Indigenous with Hannah McCleary

S3 Ep 64, 1 February - Get Off The Grass ScoMo with Dylan Behan

S3 Ep69, 8 March - Ash Fils-Aime on Good News

S3 Ep75, 19 April - Mark Kelly on Get Off the Grass ScoMo

S3 Ep78, 10 May - Get Off The Grass ScoMo with Cr Nicole Johnston

S3 Ep79, 17 May - Get Off The Grass ScoMo with Dylan Behan

S3 Ep83, 14 June - Good Edi on Green There Done That

S3 Ep84, 21 June - Dr Marija Traflaga on Econnobabble

S3 Ep 98, 27th September - Mark Pacitti from Dancing With The Black Dog on Blurt On Society

S3 Ep 99, 4th October - Dr Marija Traflaga on Blurt On Politics

S3 Ep100, 11 October - Dan Ilic on Do Ya Self A Fava

S3 Ep 102, 25th October - Ange Lavoipierre on Do Ya Self a Favour

S3 Ep105, 29th November- Green There, Done That - with Sumithri Venketasubramanian

2022 In Review

22 Things That Happened for the First Time in 2022

Good News Stories From 2022 That Prove Everything Isn’t Terrible

Christmas Around The World

How do other countries celebrate Christmas? →

Christmas in Finland

Christmas in Vietnam

Christmas in China

Christmas in Singapore

Nature Calls

The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards - Gallery of Winners and Finalists 2022 Finalists

The Comedy Wildlife Photography 2022 winners

Good Morning Vietnam

While Wencee is travelling around Vietnam, he has posted some videos and photos on Instagram. Follow these links to see them →

Wencee travelling in a Saigon taxi at a busy intersection, no rules apply

Sizzling breakfast in Can Tho, Vietnam

Staying Alive while crossing the road in Can Tho, Vietnam

Photos of Christmas decorations in Saigon and Can Tho.

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Where’s Wencee? He’s travelling in Vietnam but that won’t stop him from broadcasting live for The New Blurt.

On this week’s show, we will talk about: Vietnam of course in our first segment.

Then we will bring cheer and fun in the Good News segment.

So, let's get on with the show with Wencee and the Kegsta.

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Banter

Ange Lavoipierre investigates the character, Loab, generated by Artificial Intelligence →

There's a woman haunting the internet. She was created by AI. Now she won't leave

Good morning Vietnam

Encyclopaedia Britannica - Vietnam facts

Vietnam is one of the highest exporters of coffee beans, cashews and black pepper. There is no official religion in Vietnam, as Buddhism is a spiritual construct, and not a religion. But Buddhism is the most practised amongst the population →

50 Fun Facts about Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City population is officially approximately 9 million, but it could be as much as 12 million, unofficially →

Ho Chi Minh City Population 2022

Geography of Vietnam, north to south is approximately 1650km →

Wikipedia - Geography of Vietnam

Good News

Wellington Warriors Football Club recovers $100k gear container swept away by floods

'No barrier' for Murray-Darling fish, Menindee Weir open fully for first time in a decade

Theatre an inclusive space for Next Gen actors with disabilities, mental illness

Ballarat community raises $100,000 to buy sleep bus for city's homeless people

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With COP27 done and dusted for another year, what does it mean for climate change. Will it make a difference? What was agreed on? Can Australia meet any new targets? Let's find out when we talk with Sumithri Venketasubramanian, an Anne Kantor fellow from The Australia Institute.

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Green There Done That

This week, we have the privilege to have Sumithri Venketasubramanian from The Australia Institute on the show and we blurt about COP27 →

COP27 Reaches Breakthrough Agreement on New “Loss and Damage” Fund for Vulnerable Countries

What are the key outcomes of Cop27 climate summit?

The Australia Institute - Climate of the Nation 2022

Indelible Indigenous

This week we heard the Nationals political party will not support a Voice to Parliament. Here are their arguments and analysis why they have chosen that path →

National party won’t support Indigenous voice to parliament, saying it won’t close the gap

Nationals to oppose Indigenous Voice to Parliament

Why do the Nationals oppose the Indigenous voice and do their arguments stand up to scrutiny?

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Victoria are about to go to the polls again. This time it's the state election. It's been an ugly campaign. Will Labour lose their large majority, or can the Liberal party miraculously win this election? We will look at both sides in Blurt on Politics.

Then we will continue with Party In The USA from last week, as we didn't have time to cover the US Midterm elections. And Donald Trump has put his hat in the ring to run for president in 2024.

And in our last segment, Green There Done That, we will continue from last weeks' show because we ran out time.

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Banter

Australian Podcast Awards Winners 2022

Green There, Done That Part 2

AGL, Australia’s largest electricity generator has elected new directors to the board. Will this mean a quicker transition to renewables? →

AGL shareholders overrule board to elect directors nominated by Mike Cannon-Brookes

AGL board must work as one, warns McKenzie

Frydenberg Lobbied AGL to Fire CEO over Net Zero Plans

Earth has reached 8 Billion people →

Earth now has 8 billion people—and counting. Where do we go from here?

Party In The USA Part 2

This week we continued our chat about the US Midterm elections now that most of the results have been confirmed →

Politico - US Midterm results

Historical record of midterm

Michigan makes history: 2022 state-wide midterm election results

Blurt On Politics

Victorian state election has gotten ugly this year. Who will win the 26th November election? →

Why has the Victoria state election campaign turned so ugly?

Victorian state election pledges on offer from Labor, Liberals, Nationals and the Greens

Liberal leader Matthew Guy ignored warnings about Renee Heath’s religious views

‘We are safe’: Matthew Guy seeks a reset in final days of Victorian election campaign

Liberal candidate rails against Indigenous people, abortion and climate change

Sister of controversial Victorian Liberal Party candidate opens up about City Builders Church

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After a two week break, WE'RE BACK BABY!

Many predicted a red wave across the US midterm elections. But it didn't happen. It was more of a ripple. Why did the Republicans not do as well as expected? Michael Moore predicted that it would be a close election. Let’s talk all about it in our segment called Party In The USA.

We will also get tasting in Beerducation where Wencee and the Kegsta will review a beer or two.

And in Green There Done That, we will talk about the environment.

So let's get on with the show with Wencee and the Kegsta.

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Beerducation

* Dainton Beer, Red Eye Rye was reviewed by Wencee. Score: 87/100

Dainton Beer - Red Eye Rye Ale (Limited edition)

* Golden Pipes Brewing - Hazy Pale Ale was reviewed by The Kegsta. Score: 84/100.

Party In The USA

This week, it’s all about the US Midterms. Who won? Who lost? Here are some articles and videos that will inform and entertain →

The Red Wave That Wasn’t

Sky News Australia predicting a red wave

Who were the big winners and losers of the US midterm elections?

US midterm results: Republicans one seat away from taking control of House of Representatives

Trump ally Kari Lake loses to Democrat Katie Hobbs in Arizona governor race

US midterms: America appears to have passed ‘peak Trump’

A Canadian Tweeted How It Felt To Watch US Elections & The Responses Are So Divided

Stephen Colbert - This Is How Kari Lake's Comments Would Sound If They Were Actually Creatively Edited

Green There, Done That

With soft plastic recycling on a temporary hiatus in Australia, what can we do? Listen to the show for some advice.

Let us know on our socials what you think we can do to minimise our plastic usage.

REDcycle: soft plastic scheme closes ‘temporarily’

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