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Welcome back to Shouldn’ta Come! Are you a failed or failing Australian business? Maybe a large department store that rhymes with Schmavid Schmones? Or a video game company with a penchant for horses? There’s only one person you can trust to tell you what went wrong and what you should have done instead, you silly little fool. They say hindsight is 20/20, but Ciaran’s hindsight is 40/40. Welcome t...

Hellooooooooo (but said to rhyme with "boo"). It's Yani and Ciaran, back once again to discuss the ghosts of Australian colonialism. But today, we will be looking at some of the frightening ways the violence of the past shapes the lives of the present, through some place names, hyperincarceration of Indigenous people, and maybe some spooky stories from the outback. If you like what you hear and wo...

Good Morning and Good Riddance! Wait. Bad Riddance! Get off the damn table! We're here to talk about the NEWS! Not, like, "The News", but Data Centres, Sweatshops, Fast Fashion and Ben Roberts-Smith If you like what you hear and would like to support us monetarily, we would love to have you over on our Patreon, at Patreon.com/shouldntacome. If you have any questions about sourcing and such for thi...

Is that Wedding Bells I hear? Perhaps a Sitar? Maybe a Balinese instrument or felt texta of some sort? It's time for Part 2 of our WAGs and HABs series, and this week we look at a young man living his best life in Britain, some white Maharanees and a surprising appearance from a giant of our childhoods. If you like what you hear and would like to support us monetarily, we would love to have you ov...

Congratulations! You are an Australian and you have hitched your wagon to a powerful or influential person overseas! We've got a fun one for you over the next couple of weeks, looking at Australians who have found themselves in odd situations, married to foreign aristocracy and such. We look at exiled Russians, Tech Moguls and whatever it is Elle MacPherson's been up to. If you like what you hear...

Hi again everybody! What are your thoughts on the expression of the soul? The latent homosexuality of the idealised Australian man? The moments of realisation that turn a story on its head? We finish, this week, our unexpected little two-part series on Dave "Hughesy" Hughes, Australia's comedian attempting to rebrand as a serious ambassador of money. We mainly, however, talk about the traditional...

Hi again everybody! This week we are stooping to cover entertainment news; as everybody, we are confused and astounded by the recent political turn of erstwhile Australian Hughesy, and it felt like a good time to knock out one of these more fun episodes. We take a look at the big fellas biography and then start to talk about tragic tropes, but then we go on too long so you can look forward to more...

Good morning party people! What a wonderful week it's been, unseasonably warm like every other season! Wait We have guests again! This week we are lucky enough to be joined by James (Brisbane based musician with PistonFist, The Black Swamp, Razor Nun, Swamp Gully Howlers and a writer for Good Call Live) and Gab (cool gal, friend of the show, young person) to go through the history of chivalry and...

Good morning folks! If you're a person alive in this country, you're desperate to conceive of a way of life that isn't hurtling towards extended pain and disaster for your descendants. This week, we chat to one of many groups trying to prototype a better, fairer and more sustainable world—my old employers at the Canberra Food Co-operative Shop and Café! We speak with Tyla, an old friend who is par...

You ever wanted to have sex with a cryptid? Ever tried to fight all of your party guests with a baby lock? How many kinds of animal can we talk about! This week, for Ciaran's birthday I sourced some wonderful questions from friends and fans and put them to Ciaran, so we can all get to know him a little better, find out his thoughts on stuff and perhaps have a little chuckle. If you like what you h...

Good morning everybody! Had this one ready so I've dropped it a day early. This week, we're just having a little look at the news, but we're going to be focusing on some oddly timed stories from the ABC and Guardian (among other papers of record). Among the multinational rescue effort reacting to the deadly Nepal/Tibet floods is China, and in the West, that's an opportunity to launder Sinophobia i...

I can't believe we're here! The Barnodessy, our four part series about Australia's Most Famous Dog Menacer, Barnaby Joyce, is over. This is the downfall, where we cover the part of the story you've definitely heard about. Relive the riveting events of 2018 or so, travel with us through the vignettes that take us to One Nation, and see how the Joyce of Reason finally shed his skin for good. Still r...

SIDDOWN!!! Folks it's part 3 of four of the Barnaby Joyce story! This is where we reach the summit of the Barnaby Joyce experience. Moving from the Senate to the House of Representatives, Barnaby wrings every last drop of money that get put in his power as Agriculture Minister. He then finds himself in the position of Deputy Prime Minister, and we follow his, uh, machinations. If you like what you...

Hi folks! We're back with another look at the Barnaby Voice! It's part 2, where we cover Barnaby's time as a Senator for Queensland. Telstra gets sold, students get sold out, and climate action is cut. If you like what you hear and would like to support us monetarily, we would love to have you over on our Patreon, at Patreon.com/shouldntacome. If you have any questions about sourcing and such for...

SIDDOWN! And brace your ears for another wonderful episode of Shouldn'ta Come, where we look at the childhood, young adulthood and early misadventures of Barnaby Joyce. Most notably in the news for cheating on his wife and two separate dog-intimidation incidents, briefly reaching international attention when he threatened to deport Johnny Depp's dogs, Barnaby Joyce has been a reliably chaotic voic...

Hi folks! This week, Yani puts Ciaran through a contrived quiz, to guess the age of Australia's Invasive Religious Buildings. Basically, we're going to work backwards in time, from 1994 to 1793, and Ciaran's going to try guess which religion set up their first place of worship in Australia in the year in question. What that means for you, is a perplexing trip through Australia's migration and indu...

Hello everybody! Sorry this episode was a little late to get up, I just forgot to actually upload it. For Queensland listeners: send an email to your State MP via the Conservation Council This week we're looking at some of the things that just happen here, or here and one or two other places and those places are really telling. A bit of anticolonial revenge, some animals that unexpectedly roam the...

Hello and welcome! This week on Shouldn'ta Come, we have a little deeper look at the Territory behind the Government described recently as "Trump-like". Is this true? Are people in the Northern Territory using the mechanisms of government to enrich themselves and commit violence on an underclass? We look at what the last few years have been like up North, from the brutality and racism inherent in...

Namaste Folks! This week, Yani takes Ciaran through some of the basic structures of Hindu Nationalism; the relationship between the Hindu majority and the Dalit/Adivasi minorities, some poorly-understood Genetics, and then the ways in which Hindu Nationalist organisations operating outside of India conceal their ideology and promote a liberal multiculturalism all the while supporting (emotionally...

Hi everybody! We're back with another thrilling week of Australian Jurisprudence or whatever. We're looking at the Social Cohesion Antisemitism Royal Commission, and I had a read through all of the presented evidence and I have something to report! We try our best to get to the meat of what's presented, what peak Zionist bodies such as the Zionist Federation of Australia and the Executive Council...

Hello everybody! Wonderful to have you with us again! We are working on our big look into the Antisemitism Royal Commission and wanted to do a little companion piece looking at Royal Commissions of the old and slightly less old days. We wanted to figure out their general purpose and effectiveness, but mainly ended up pointing and going "huh???" at some weird people from the 1930s. If you like what...

Hey folks! This week we're popping around the news to cool off a little bit, see what's going on, catch up on our stories, all the good stuff. We start with the story of a Queensland man with a "High public profile" who's named as a party in some legal proceedings. We follow up by talking about the extremely high profile Julie Bishop and the impact she had on the Australian National University, wh...

Hi folks! Wonderful news—we live among geniuses! Yes, though we are pretty hard on the Australian intellect at times, there have been the odd resonant brainwaves on this parched continent. We talk about a super cool spear thrower, some political bullshit, a food, a vehicle, a drink and some surprising instrument lore! If you like what you hear and would like to support us monetarily, we would love...

Hi folks! We have reached the end of Jacqui Lambie month here at Shouldn'ta Come, where we cover her time in political wilderness, her reality show moments, and the second iteration of the Lambster as a politician. If you like what you hear and would like to support us monetarily, we would love to have you over on our Patreon, at Patreon.com/shouldntacome. If you have any questions about sourcing...

Hi folks! We continue the Month of Lambie with part 3, where we get properly acquainted with the Jacqui Lambie years that everybody remembers; Clive Palmer, the Sharia Law arguments, her son with an ice addiction, and the big stunts. Featuring some returning characters! If you like what you hear and would like to support us monetarily, we would love to have you over on our Patreon, at Patreon.com/...