Unnatural Selection: Deeply Unqualified Australian & American Political Comedy

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: The boys reminisce on traditional media from when they last watched it… 15 years ago. Google's bad faith open letter criticising proposed changes by the ACCC. Google Streisand Effect's their own open letter.  If we pay news organisations fairly, where does it end?? If the internet giants are going to eat traditi...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: We are still in lockdown - it's exhausting. Zoom is fucking exhausting. Should you dob on your neighbours? A study. Are Tom's neighbours artists or are they on meth? Why not both? Russia announces a sweet as, totally real vaccine. Belarus has an 'election' - dictator wins with 80% of the vote. Why do dictator's...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: We are still in lockdown. Now for the really important part - who's fault is everything? Federal LNP sticks the boot in to state Labor party for coronavirus handling. Everyone's a wizard with 2020 hindsight during this crisis. The Beirut blast leaves over one hundred and forty dead and thousands injured. How did...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Melbourne goes into stage four lockdown. Learning from home and staying within a 5km radius of your house. Queensland is ripe for a coronavirus comeback - especially with all the Melburnians that have escaped there. We've created a system of casualised employment that has forced people to choose between self-iso...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Mandatory mask wearing as Victorian Coronavirus cases rise. Some Karens are VERY not stoked about it. The boys dissect a video from Victoria of a woman badgering the police that are trying to get her to wear a mask. Hilarity not guaranteed. Depression? Almost certainly.  If you film it yourself, are you definite...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Mandatory mask wearing as Victorian coronavirus cases rise. Are the same people that are raging over face-masks the same ones that were in favour of conscription. The piss-pants/mask analogy. Masks are to protect people FROM you - not really FOR you, so much. All of a sudden, nobody's interested. Gough Whitlam a...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: The panic buying has started again in lockdown 2.0 #DictatorDan trending - Dan Andrews cannot cop a break. Hard lockdown at the public housing towers in Melbourne draw criticism. Turns out Andrew Bolt has no clue what he's talking about. KFC Order results in 26K lockdown fines in Dandenong. The weird world of US...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Tom's raised some money for The Globe theatre in London - #GamingfortheGlobe. Follow him on Twitter at @TomDHeath for more info and a chance to donate. Maneater: a long and bloody story. Victorian hard lock-downs for 9 public housing estates. Australian Gov to spend an extra $270 bil on the military over ten yea...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Tom's raised some money for The Globe theatre in London - #GamingfortheGlobe. Follow him on Twitter at @TomDHeath for more info and a chance to donate. COVIDSafe App leaves much to be desired. Issues with iPhone and maintaining an active connection at all times. No cases have been discovered via COVIDSafe alone....

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff:  Tom's raising some money for The Globe theatre in London. Follow him on Twitter at @TomDHeath for more info. The LNP wants to 'reform' higher education for the worse. Easy way to attract people to a career? Raise the wages, which you control. The government doesn't know what's going to happen with job needs in...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Adam's new webcam is the top story. Why introduce the murder hornets if you're not even going to use them?? Poll: Will Trump leave office voluntarily if he loses the 2020 election? Anyone can say they're ANTIFA. That's the point of ANTIFA. What does 'defund the police' actually mean? Trump tweets. Defeating Trum...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: George Floyd protests continue into their 2nd week. The media wants to show you dramatic chaos - if it bleeds it leads. Citizen journalists are actually useful in this situation. Buffalo PD assault a citizen, he gets a head injury, and then they say he tripped. Buffalo squad resigns in protest… for the worst pos...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: The boys talk about the George Floyd case and the resulting fallout. American cops need some kind of different training. Cop and robbers and Indians and guns and everything else that's broken. Vote by mail and the Republican push to restrict voting during a pandemic. Trump's spat with Twitter's fact-checking of...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Zack Synder finally gets his own cut of the movie Justice League. Thank god. Trump testing positive to not having the coronavirus. The US nears 100K coronavirus deaths. Could coronavirus precipitate some sot of armed conflict? How are we meant to open up the economy again with public transport? 20 people to be a...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Adam is definitely still socially distancing by playing footy with mates. Unnatural Selection celebrates ten long years worth of podcasting. The line for 'da club' is going to be super long when this is over. The PM plugs domestic travel once freedom of movement restrictions are lifted. Jorge ventures out into t...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Everyone's stopped giving a shit and went shopping for Mother's Day. Economy open by July - by open, we mean, the new normal. If you don't observe social distancing we will have a second wave. The LNP pat themselves on the back for a job well done before the Job Keeper money even goes out + refuse to guarantee t...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Covid head - everyone's haircut situation due to isolation. Jobkeeper payments in Australia are taking a minute. Who has the main TV priority in your house? Unaknowledged, Unorthodox and Sex Education. The boys talk about their isolation recommendations on Netflix. I'm so glad that social media didn't exist like...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Adam's very exciting adventure outdoors… that he can't tell us about. Coffee and beer are essential services for many, many people. Lots of internet services were really not designed for this sort of volume. Is the worst of the health crisis behind us? Don't ease up on the social distancing though. Virgin Austra...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: How's everyone's mental health, hey? Trump stokes protests against stay at home protesters in Michigan and Minnesota. Armed US protesters defy stay at home orders in the name of liberty. French shipbuilding company denies Australian senator's FOI request to see what they're doing with taxpayer money for 'commerc...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: The Coronavirus crisis drags on into its eleventieth week. George Pell acquitted from child sex offences on appeal to the High Court. Just because you've been acquitted of a crime doesn't mean you're not a shitty person, George. MMT - the way that the government can borrow from itself and have the money be worth...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Drugs deals in the new social-distancing economy. Creative destruction: Silicon Valley and the new coronavirus economy. Ecommerce for everything - can this actually work? Pauline Hanson thinks social distancing restrictions are 'ridiculous' - thoroughly missing the point. Conservative commentators even now are d...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: The miracle of science that allows us to podcast from afar. It's only been like 3 weeks since things kicked off here. The corona series - how things deteriorated in real time. How TAL tried to deny coverage to COVID-19 victims in future policies. Is there a crisis that could've fucked the economy more than this?...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: There's lots of misinformation on the internet, as per usual. 2020 has been cancelled. The thing with the coronavirus is that you're always two weeks behind the curve - so shit moves quickly. NSW, VIC and ACT flag that they're going to shut down all 'non-essential services' - but what does that mean? Thousands f...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Fears of COVID-19 have increased. Peter Dutton tested positive for the Coronavirus. The #BoomerRemover trending hashtag. Social isolation and what's going on in Italy? The 2020 Melbourne Grand Prix has been cancelled at the eleventh hour. Flatten the curve - slow the rate of infection and ease the strain on the...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Fears of COVID-19 have driven Australians to stockpile all the essentials: Toilet Paper. Actually just that.  Is a pandemic worse for poor people? Only if you can't afford to stockpile resources or take time off work. How much toilet paper can you go through in 14 days? Who gives a crap sales exceed 800% of norm...