This week, Gregg and Jake try and stay true to their mantra of not taking the news TOO seriously and enter what they've affectionately called: GAMESHOW MODE! It's their first line of defence in a world where our Prime Minister misinterprets our history, China decides WE are the bad guys and noble protests are banned in the interest of our nation's health and safety... 

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This week, Gregg and Jake express their devastation that tennis courts and swimming pools are NOT included in the latest government handouts. They then contemplate whether accepting Donald Trump's invitation to the G7 would break social distancing rules... wait... do we still have social distancing rules? What are the rules? Didn't the courts ban protests because of Coronavirus? Oh, just in NSW? So the virus CAN detect borders. We knew it! Oh, wait that's been overturned as well. Anyway... about that recession... wait... What do you mean we're not actually in a recession? Oh it's coming. Can't wait! Certainly explains why house prices have remained stable. We think... If only there was a podcast that would try and explain what on Earth is going on... 

Welcome to this special episode of The Pouch. Today, you get to be a fly on the wall as two friends sit down to record themselves as they have a genuine conversation about what they think the Black Lives Matter movement means for Australia.

From the get-go, this podcast has always been about documenting mine Jake’s journey to delve deeper into the important matters happening in our country and it doesn’t get much deeper than the inequalities experienced by many Indigenous Australians.

It’s very possible that the conclusions we reach in this episode are incorrect, or, at the very least, need a certain level tweaking. However, we are open to understanding different perspectives and changing our mind as a result.

Therefore, if you listen to this discussion and would like to reach out, we encourage you to do so by contacting us at [email protected] or searching for The Pouch The Podcast on the main social media platforms.

We hope you get something out of hearing this discussion, if for no other reason than the fact that, sometimes, it is tremendously nerve-wracking to put these discussions in the public sphere for consumption, critique and feedback…

But, let’s keep the conversations going, let’s keep it peaceful and let’s keep it filled with hope.

Hello and welcome to The Pouch; The abandoned cockatoo feather of podcasts that helps the average Aussie make sense of their current political environment. On today’s episode, we talk about cabinets, reconciliation, borders, and so much more!

In this special episode, Gregg and Jake celebrate 5,000 downloads the only way they know how... By doing a podcast dedicated to only to good news! They talk Powderfinger, giant kookaburras, the return of rugby league, multi-skin coloured crayons and give shoutouts to fans who let them know their good news! Thank you from Gregg and Jake and we'll see you on Sunday!

This week, Gregg and Jake talk casual workers, casual borders and an extremely casual saving of a casual $60 billion dollars!

In this special mid-week episode, Gregg and Jake try their darnedest to become arm-chair experts in Australia's strained relationship with China while developing a sudden interest in Australia's Barley industry!

*Well, I mean, as much as the next person has, anyway.

This week, Gregg and Jake say the word bubble one too many times in their musings on what a trans-tasman travel relationship could mean for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. They also discuss which specific parts of the planes QLD will own with their 200 million dollar bid on Virgin Australia and they tackle the biggest question of them all: How on Earth do we find a solution to the China problem that doesn't involve hiding under our doonas until it's safe to come out..

Pete Smissen, host of the incredibly successful and influential Aussie English podcast, drops by to discuss how Australian's are viewed overseas and how his initial shame at some aspects of Australian culture led him to begin his now world-renowned and globally-respected podcast.

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Gregg and Jake discuss the latest in the Eden-Monaro by-election casualties and tackle the reasonability of Dan Tehan's comments about schools. They also unpack the government's new three step plan to freeing us from the prison of isolation caused by the COVID-19 lockdown and, just because they could, they review the Beastie Boys' Apple TV+ Live Stage Movie... Spoiler alert: Apparently you DON'T have to fight for your right to party, because parties are illegal anyway. Rock on!

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