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There's been a shift in the climate crisis debate in Australia... we're finally talking about the money. Will talking about the financial impact of climate change push the country into taking decisive climate action?

Crystal explains three promising news stories that leverage financial losses to inspire environmental action.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• Reframing the climate conversation around money
• The lesson in the Rest Super lawsuit
• Deloitte's economic predictions
• Climate is about survival, survival is about money
• 10 surprising Australian groups now demanding climate action
• The need to shift behaviours

Links:

Mark McVeigh sues Rest Super: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-02/rest-super-commits-to-net-zero-emmissions/12840204

Rest Super settlement agreement: https://rest.com.au/why-rest/about-rest/news/rest-november-statement

Deloitte Access Economics report: https://www2.deloitte.com/au/en/pages/economics/articles/new-choice-climate-growth.html

Business groups supporting climate: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/28/climate-crisis-business-farming-and-environment-leaders-unite-to-warn-australia-woefully-unprepared

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At times, it's felt like the entire world might collapse under the weight of the 2020 US Election. And now there's only one week to go... but will the result impact Australia as much as we might think? Will a Trump or Biden presidency be better for young Aussies?

Crystal asks RMIT's Dr Emma Shortis, a historian who specialises in US politics, four big questions:

IN THIS EPISODE:

• What will a Trump re-election mean for Australia?
• How will a Biden presidency affect Australia?
• Will either election outcome impact our day-to-day lives in Aus?
• Is this election more influential than usual?

Links:

Read the article for this episode here: https://zeefeed.com.au/will-2020-us-election-result-impact-australia/

Barely Gettin' By interview with Barrie Cassidy: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a-force-for-good/id1478594339?i=1000495612146

Van Jones TED Talk 'What if a US president refuses to concede after an election?'

Video: https://www.ted.com/talks/van_jones_what_if_a_us_presidential_candidate_refuses_to_concede_after_an_election?language=en

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-if-us-presidential-candidate-refuses-to-concede/id160904630?i=1000496141164

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Kevin Rudd swung for the fences, calling for a royal commission into Australian ownership concentration and the outsize influence of Rupert Murdoch. While his petition already has over 220,000 signatures, it doesn't answer some of the pressing questions: How big is the media ownership problem in this country, and is it even fixable?

Crystal explains the petition, the commission, and the laws, and the only outcome that seems likely...

IN THIS EPISODE:

• What the petition asks for
• Why media ownership concentration is a problem
• Explaining the reach and dominance of News Corp and Nine Entertainment Co
• Why we ditched the laws that could have stopped it
• The digital platforms inquiry
• Crystal's prediction of a digital-focused outcome

Links:

Read the article for this episode here: https://zeefeed.com.au/kevin-rudd-petition-australian-media-ownership/

Twitter thread of every media business owned by News Corp Australia: https://www.instagram.com/p/CGR4MxXjSRN/

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Recession Recovery for Dummies! While there will be lots of analysis of the details of the 2020 Budget, we're asking a bigger picture question: What's the best way to fix an economy – public or private-sector spending?

Crystal explains how spending on businesses vs spending on services each fix the economy, as the concept that underlies the #Budget2020 media coverage.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• How private sector-led economic recovery works
• How public sector-led recovery works
• The big question that both strategies ask about society
• Hard truth: the goal is not to help everyone
• Will the impact of COVID on spending habits change the outcome?

Check out our budget breakdown here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CF_2CR5jQD1/

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We're all consuming more news than ever before, but how well do we really understand what we see and read? Crystal shares her advice for reading news content including the tricks she uses for doing research.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• Why you are misunderstanding the purpose of headlines
• The role emotion plays in news
• How to distinguish between news and opinion
• The political stance of every major Australian news outlet
• Why you should read "opposite news"

Read the full article for this episode: https://zeefeed.com.au/how-to-understand-news/

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SOLO EPISOE: This episode is a mental reset. Crystal explores the idea of two competing groups both holding equally true arguments, and whether refusing to acknowledging when others are 'right' is ultimately what is holding all of us back from progress.

Are we really trying to make the world better, or are we just in it to see our side 'win'?

In the episode:

K.C Cole 'Quantum mechanics has a lesson for our polarized society: Two contradictory things can still be true' https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-cole-quantum-mechanics-in-the-age-of-trump-20181021-story.html

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Body Positivity: what does it really mean, who is it really for, and was Zee Feed right to criticise the movement in favour of body neutrality in 2019? The answers, as always are… complicated, but worth thinking about.

April Watson, aka Bodzilla, podcaster and BoPo advocate joins Debatable to discuss how mainstream awareness has changed the movement.

Follow April: https://www.instagram.com/thebodzilla/

Listen to the BODcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-bodcast/id1523248942

Links from the episode:

Body Positivity on Unpopular Opinions https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17910770104323841/

Fat Girl Flow “What to Expect Going Forward” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNt8pNpBbOs

Summary of Body Neutrality https://www.thecut.com/2017/03/forget-body-positivity-how-about-body-neutrality.html

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SOLO EPISOE: No guests, just Crystal exploring how a week of arguing with random men on the Internet prompted her to re-evaluate her definition of optimism.

In the 21st Century, should optimism be less about fate and more about active resourcefulness?

In the episode:

The Cut: Optimism https://www.thecut.com/2020/08/listen-to-the-first-episode-of-the-cut-podcast.html

Emily Esfahani Smith, The Power of Meaning https://www.ted.com/speakers/emily_esfahani_smith

How to Win Every Argument https://www.zeefeed.com.au/shop/how-to-win-every-argument-book

Steven Pinker, Is the World Getting Better or Worse? https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_is_the_world_getting_better_or_worse_a_look_at_the_numbers?language=en

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Millennials and Gen Zs are not the same. Sure, we might fight on the same team sometimes but each generation has fundamental differences. Let’s get honest: What do Millennials and Gen Zs hate about each other?

In this special episode of Debatable, Crystal is joined by her baby sister Chelsea Andrews to get their generational differences out in the open

Follow Chelsea: https://www.instagram.com/chelandrews/

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Australian news media was savaged this week for being so, so white, and entertainment media is not much better. How can we – the viewers, listeners, readers – help make the media and entertainment landscape more representative of the population? It turns out we have more power than we think.

Pavan Dutta, screenwriter for Neighbours, joins Debatable to discuss the power of soaps and telling culturally specific stories.

Follow Pavan: https://twitter.com/PvnDutta

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