Unnatural Selection: Deeply Unqualified Australian & American Political Comedy

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Turns out your favourite satirical podcast is actually news according to Facebook. The Unnatural Selection Podcast is now unavailable to livestream on Facebook after they decided to shoot the hostage and ban all news media being shared on the platform. The spread of misinformation during a pandemic, that's fine....

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: We've done five hundred of these! Deputy Prime Minister flags excluding agriculture from the proposed 2050 climate 'preferable' target. The Nationals and the Liberals - can these crazy kids make it work? Peter Dutton completely abuses his authority by preferencing his pet projects for funding - and it's totally...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Andrew Bolt - terrible opinions, with whisky! Jorge is not on the show and it's because his arm is stuck in a vending machine. There's nearly 500 episodes of this! Right? Tanya Plibersek and Craig Kelly face off over his conspiracy theory nonsense. Aung San Suu Kyi and the fall of democracy in Myanmar to a funky...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Australia Day, Scott Morrison and the LNP own goal. Change the date - seriously though, just change it. Jorge and Adam relitigate the last Australian election. Finally. Australia's Nazi fiesta down at the Grampians. Far right extremism makes up 40% of ASIO's current caseload. Google threatens to pull their searc...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Trump finally leaves the Whitehouse. God it feels good. Biden inauguration and crowd sizes. How nice is it that Biden actually thinks about someone other than himself? Biden's executive orders - here comes the Paris climate accord. Stop building that wall! Self pardons and the total abuse of power. How about all...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Adam wants to take over producing the show! Ten Republican house members vote to impeach Trump… 20 less than the amount of Democrats that voted to impeach Clinton. Rudy Giuliani isn't getting paid his 20k per day to defend Trump. Misinformation plunges by 73% after the president's Twitter. Twitter bans Trump and...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Let's start with the good news - Dems won both runoff elections in Georgia. Okay, now the rest. How complicit were the Capitol police in the invasion? Rudy Giuliani stokes violence by asking for trial by combat. Donald Trump withheld the national guard from the nation's capital as violent insurrectionists invade...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Now that Biden's definitely won, we can make fun of him being a million years old. Ted Cruz and his batshit failed attempt at a coup. Didn't Trump say Ted Cruz's dad assassinated JFK? Why is he defending him? Influencer parties in the USA in the midst of the rona. Mask mandates in Sydney and Gladys dipping her t...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: It's Christmas time and everyone's busy. 2020 stacks up pretty good against pretty much all of the past. Turns out the entire US government has been hacked for 8 months. Trump takes this cyber attack super seriously, just kidding, he's golfing or something. Cyber attacks are asynchronous, it's all about getting...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Jorge got married! Having a wedding in covid times is fuckin weird. The first coronavirus vaccines are administered in England.  William Shakespeare gets vaccinated. Bill Gates is going to have a great time controlling the body of a 90 year old woman in England. Logistics challenges with getting a covid vaccine...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: China and the human rights/trade war shitfight. Morrison takes a shot over the bow regarding Chinese government official's tweet. Can we criticise other countries' human rights violations when we have our own? Yes, but it makes it harder. ScoMo's weird curry obsession. Trump and the never ending election that he...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Trump STILL can't win the election. Trump vows to take Pennsylvania legal challenge to supreme court. All the legal challenges need to be complete by December 8th, and Joe Biden is then the president. As Trump makes his way into the annals of history, what the hell do we talk about? Dictator of the week! China h...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Looking forward to the day where Trump references are forgotten. Don't you hate it when you have a night of drinking and start with the drone strikes. Australian SAS allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan.  Is it possible to change the culture in the military? How do you change the culture in an organisation a...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Election month drags on and Trump still refuses to concede defeat. Barnaby Joyce, Christian Porter, Alan Tudge and the bonk ban. Four Corners report on the AG into allegations of sexual impropriety. Christian Porter and multiple witnesses at Public Bar in Canberra. What are the ethics of private sex lives in the...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Holy shit, they really did it. Biden hits 270 electoral votes and becomes the president elect. Trump throws a tantrum, loses the popular vote and refuses to concede the election.  The fact that Dems won Arizona is crazy. That fact that Texas was up for debate should scare the shit out of the GOP. Certificates of...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Adam hates Halloween still. How many 'tell alls' have come out of the Trump administration? Trump down 9 points in the polls nationally, but you know, polls. Four more years? Absolutely not. Please god no. Tens of millions of Americans vote early. Jorge wants not Donald Trump for Christmas. Voter suppression, Re...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Clean cut boy joins the show - where's Pirate Direen? Everyone's upset about the lockdown, but please don't take it out on the horses. The unofficial VicGov needle exchange in hotel quarantine.  Australia Post gifts $20,000 in watches for senior managers. James Shipton resigns as ASIC Chair after $118,000 person...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Lockdowns work - we're down to single digit cases in Victoria. Adam needs a haircut. Gladys Berejiklian corruption scandal results in two votes of no confidence in her. Gladys' boyfriend is quite clearly corrupt and she knew SOMETHING about it. For people to have faith in democracy you need not just to avoid cor...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Is it even a live show if there's not someone mowing their lawn during the recording? How to get rid of a couch during quarantine. Josh Frydenberg and the 2020 budget. How good are tax cuts (if you're already a rich person who doesn't need them!) Tax cuts don't help people out of work. Deficits, debts and the re...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Victoria's restrictions ease somewhat. St Kilda beachgoers go absolutely nuts at the first signs of warm weather. Apparently coronavirus doesn't like the beach? Seven News reporter doesn't really get it. Clearly Australians actually just don't give a shit about other people at this point. How about a story that...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Westpac pinged with a record $1.3bil fine which has affected them, not at all, as it turns out. Turns out the LNP is totally on board with the fibre to the premises NBN - as they always have been! Loosening lending standards - great for the banks annnnnndd…. Are lefties at an inherent disadvantage when it comes...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Covid cases in Victoria are down! Lots of deeply upsetting non-corona content! The LNP and their disappointing half-measure on climate change. Say 'energy policy' and the knives come out in the LNP party meeting. The very depressing story out of an ICE detention centre in Georgia. The US immigration Ice hysterec...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Wet Arse Pussy. Dan Andrews announces the roadmap out of coronavirus has… some critics. If you want to get out of the lockdown faster, then BEHAVE. Government is hard - bureaucracies aren't meant to respond in an agile fashion. You gotta love all these morons acting like they could've done a better job on the CO...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Dan Andrews announces the roadmap out of coronavirus restrictions. Jorge's neighbours think he's a sexist because he yells at his Google Home puck. A more cautious reopening for Victoria, with KPI's. We're gonna need some good reporting to make sure all of these things are clear. Freedom Humpers Unite! Melbourne...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: If you just read the headlines you would be terribly misinformed after this week. Andrews government gets a one-off extension of their six month state of emergency - no thanks to the LNP. You don't need that many people to pump a conspiracy theory. Do you know a conspiracy theorist who is promoting this 'petitio...