TRASH TORQUE

I think my excitement got in my way a little bit this conversation! I was frothing so hard on the opportunity to talk to this bloke, but also uncomfortably aware of how time-critical his schedule was, and how talking to a completely uneducated armchair scientist like me ranked very, very, very low as a priority.

Dr Charlie Huveneers is a professor at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia, and as much of an authority on sharks as they come. I reckon I could have talked to him for hours on end, but we only had 45 minutes and I wanted to pick his brains about the most controversial aspects of the great white shark debate that’s currently ravaging ocean communities.

My endless thanks again to Dr. Huveneers for being so generous with his time when he could have easily just told me to bugger off! This was such a privilege.

Hope you enjoy it friends, rols xox

Australia's future environmental security depends on rewriting our most conspicuous historical misconceptions.

Please read Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe!!!!!!!!!

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> - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-27/extinct-bilby-release-after-100-years-sturt-national-park/12703800

> - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21401526-dark-emu

> - https://hubpages.com/politics/Problems-Caused-By-Introduced-Hoofed-Animals-in-Australia

> - https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/indigenous-historian-bruce-pascoe-says-weve-got-our-story-all-wrong/news-story/70518cd1c35efd73c126ec0c19bb8281

> - https://www.farmingsecrets.com/important-map-australia-early-grain-belt/

Australia's greenwashed and gas-led COVID economic recovery plan.

Are you cool with it?

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> - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-19/government-backing-power-plant-gas-fired-distraction/12677222

> - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-20/scott-morrison-refuses-to-commit-net-zero-carbon-emissions-2050/12682714

> - https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-09-19/angus-taylor-carbon-capture-storage-gorgon-chevron/12676732

> - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-24/impact-of-gas-led-recovery-australias-carbon-emissions/12688564

> - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-22/malcom-turnbull-says-government-energy-roadmap-crazy/12690294

Have you ever felt like you can't talk about climate change?

You're not alone.

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> - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02669-8

> - https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-09-09/environment-scientists-censored-suppressed-data/12643824

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND we're back.

Sorry for the long intermission. I've been doing some stuff! Mainly goose-stepping through 2020 like everyone else, but also resolving myself towards a new understanding of the relationship between environmentalism and mental health.

You'll notice this has given way to a new title, a new theme, a whole new beginning. It's still me, Rols - the luckiest human on the planet - but I'm gonna start running at this podcast in a new way. I hope you'll come for the ride, which is gonna be in my trusty 4x4 firetruck, powered by waste vegetable oil, around Australia from conversation to conversation about the sustainability of human evolution.

SELF TORQUE!

I'm excited a f.

This is a #sunkenplace recording from last week with my pal/wise uncle @antoineaustin.

Sure, we talked a little bit about colonAvirus, but mainly we DIDN’T talk about coronalvirus, because how fkn boring is that to hear/see/read all the bloody time!!

Instead, we sat down and talked supreme shit about gaming addictions.

Every face-to-face conversation feels that much more meaningful these days, and this one was no exception. Talking is fun.

#thesunkenplace #podcast #straya

Had a responsible and socially-distanced chinwag with my mate Fob the other day. No prizes for guessing where we podcasted from - that’s right, the sunken place, the bottom of the bloody ocean of madness that is the Coronavirus-ridden world of 2020.

Enjoy our uneducated and impassioned analysis of pandemic-life!

#thesunkenplace #fobandrols

The other day me good m8 Sam and I cracked a few cold tins down at the beach and shot the breeze, mainly idiosyncrasies about making coffee and 4x4s.

Fun yarning and good quarantine listening!

Leah and I have been mates for a good while now. She is the weapon behind @leahsmark_illustration and a gangster eco ninja. This podcast has been a long time coming!!!

We talked about, well, pretty much all the things.

I got very very close to being swung at by a stranger recently for stepping between him and a woman he was abusing, we talked about that. Surf rage, gender, being “busy”, climate change, the pill... it was such a fun ramble!

We didn’t plan it, but a big part of what made this recording special was talking about mental health. Being diagnosed with depression was probably the most catalytic experience of my life. It forced me to take responsibility for my happiness - to acknowledge how much of my quality of life is a choice - and it was cathartic to share moments of rock bottom (as it always it, right?!).

Very grateful for this chat, thanks for the time and space lady.

www.emuparade.org

https://www.leahsmark.com.au/

I got fined over the New Year’s holiday period for making people free coffee in exchange for rubbish they picked up at my favourite local beach. It sucks!

Particularly as I’m less than two months out from leaving on the biggest one man cleanup expedition in Australian history. I’ll be circumnavigating the coasts throughout 2020 to pick up as much rubbish as I can... goes without saying that hopefully this doesn’t keep happening.

But who better to yarn to about it to than my INeedYouMan confidant @antoineaustin as we enjoyed some fresh air in his front yard. Impossible not to feel good hanging out with this bloke.

Thanks for listening!!! xox #thesunkenplace