The Conditional Release Program

The Two Jacks - Episode 120 - Voting at 16, Planes in Peril - Typhoons, Polls & Power Plays


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A T10 typhoon batters Hong Kong while political storms swirl from Canberra to Westminster. Jack the Insider and Hong Kong Jack break down Australian polling shocks, UK voting reforms, Middle-East flashpoints, the tangled Epstein files, and a grab-bag of sport, entertainment, and aviation safety stories.

Here are the robot's ten title ideas. Do they suck? I dunno, haven't listened to the episode yet.

10 Title Ideas
  1. Typhoons, Polls & Power Plays
  2. Storm Fronts: From Hong Kong Skies to Canberra Corridors
  3. Voting at 16, Planes in Peril – A World Tour with The Two Jacks
  4. Branch Stackers & Ballot Shakers
  5. Druze Dilemmas and Down-Under Dramas
  6. Coldplay Slip-Ups & Late-Night Shake-Downs
  7. From Epstein Files to AFL Finals
  8. Hare-Clarke Hiccups: Tasmania on a Tightrope
  9. Middle-East Flashpoints & Western Media Fade-Outs
  10. Polling Tsunamis and Political Aftershocks

Episode Highlights: Robot Edition


• “This could be the end of the Liberal Party as a national force if they don’t find the centre ground—and fast.” — Jack the Insider

• “Votes at 16? Sure—but give them a civics class before you hand them the ballot.” — Hong Kong Jack

• The boys predict Tasmania’s next premier may “need a calendar, not a throne” given fragile coalition math.

• Coldplay’s stage-dive mishap leads to a riff on “Slip, Slop, Slap—Rock-star edition.”


  • "these quotes would be a real knee slapper - if I had knees!" - ChatGPT probably.



Useful Links & Further Reading
  • Australian Electoral Commission polling trends dashboard
  • UK Elections (Voting Age) Amendment Bill 2025 – House of Commons briefing
  • UN OCHA Gaza humanitarian update, July 2025
  • ATSB report on deliberate cockpit incidents (2022–24)


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