Unnatural Selection: Deeply Unqualified Australian & American Political Comedy

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: Trump declares a national emergency over the border wall. I didn't have to do this - but how is it then an emergency? Ann Coulter and her shrill books and tweets. Could you imagine if Obama did ANY of this?? LNP gets kicked in the nuts over medivac bill. Fire up the old boat cannons - how good is that propaganda. Parliament wrap...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: Clive Palmer is at it again: mass texting more texts about mass texts. Adam reads all of the terms and conditions on everything. Have there been any assassination attempts on Trump? Dividend cash imputations - get excited. Tim Wilson's Committee - where's the line between a public inquiry and a party fundraising effort? LNP want...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: The US and Russia both pull out of a nuclear treaty. It's like some sort of not warm warm. Walk softly, but carry a big dick: LBJ and his big ol dick Banking Royal Commission comes to a head. Everything is fine. Josh Frydenberg and Commissioner Hayne have a fun time handing over the banking royal commission report. The Trump Adm...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: Is Jorge's sister's dog cute or just very small? Australia Day - we solved it the change the date debate, you guys. 46 Degree Day - Free beer and outdoor cooking, what else could you ask for? Who watches the watchdogs? ASIC and the ACCC forced to disclose the 'gifts' they've been given by the companies they're regulating. FYRE -...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: MAGA Hat-wearing shitlords have a go at a native American elders. Ben Shapiro wants to not kill baby Hitler, because he's still a baby? Irish man found to have been injecting himself with semen to cure his back pain? Gnocchi is potato butts - how did we get to this? Michael Cohen helps Trump fake some polls with a Supervillian I...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: The US Government shutdown. It's the longest in US history. Yay. The President Generally owns the shutdown no matter who's in power. There's no minority trying to force an issue - the GoP is doing this to themselves. Mitch McConnell refuses to table bills that he knows Trump won't sign - it's ironically a Mexican standoff. Donal...

  On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: The Birdbox discussion - love it or hate it? Less is more. Don't show the monster. Pokemon - cockfighting with sentient animals. Nazis on the beach - St Kilda beach in Melbourne overtaken by protests by a far-right group. Free-speech vs de-platforming. Are we giving extremists oxygen by protesting? Fishing sinkers at a protest...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: Red Dead Redemption hour with Tom and Jorge. Donald Trump and the slowly escalating Russia scandal.  Fortnite - Is it murdering your children? Kids in cages and other crimes against humanity. The Caravan. Encryption laws and the distraction of the population. Andrew Broad resigns amid sugar daddy scandal. The LNP's slow and stea...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: Adam likes unloading on air. David Leyonhjelm loves his young brown men in the strangest compliment ever. The libertarian contrarian who's brain behaves like an octogenarian. Trolly man and the case of the Milkshake Duck. John Pesutto loses his seat in Hawthorn, will no longer lead the LNP. The human toll of instant delivery - A...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: That time the boys drank a beer made by a guy who punched a shark. ScoMo BoMo a NoGo - Julia Banks decides to resign from the LNP. Turns out we like Malcolm Turnbull a lot more when he's shredding the LNP. Craig Kelly has a go at a bunch of kids protesting because freedom. Remember when people resigned from politics because of s...

  On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: Everything that's happened in the world in the last month. Trump and operation 'Faithful Patriot' and other racist dog whistles. Democrats and the blue wave that actually materialised. Labor sweeps the LNP in recent Victoria State election. Some call it a 'Danslide' but we can't get behind that at all. John Pesutto (maybe?) lo...

Jorge Tsipos and his mate Ilana Charnelle sit down and have a chat about her new album, cabaret, Deafferant Theatre and networking in the arts. Spotify and the future of music money. 'Vlogging' music to cheat the algorithms. Paying for studio time and a memorialising music model. Do Both: how to do all the things and survive as an artist. "Am I Successful?" Imposter Syndrome and the arts. How to c...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: New studio - new you. Jorge is one sweaty boi. China plans to launch artificial moon = triple the moon, triple the good. Saudi Arabia says a fight inside the consulate led to Jamal Khashoggi's 'accidental death'. Shouldn't have brought fists to a bone saw fight. Government loses majority government in Wentworth by election. The...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: A Stargate Tangent + Dark Angel and other Dad Shows. The New Guard and the infiltration of the NSW Young Nationals. The Overton Window has shifted so far to the right. That time Jorge saw some Neo-Nazi's in Seattle. Trump wasn't the cause of the problem this week. Trump prays with released Pastor. The president hangs out with Ka...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: #Qanda Jorge is moving into his parents place. Everything is going great. Trump literally got rich by fraudulently laundering his father's money. Michelle Guthrie/Justin Milne fallout and the future of the ABC. When has a shell company been used for legal purposes? Jeff Flake is a spinless turd who stands for nothing. Brett Kava...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: Needles in fruit in Australia and NZ. Copycats and the media. The casualisation legal case. Journalism student wants the courts to reverse his failing grade. Scientists give octopuses MDMA to investigate behaviour. Manafort co-operates with the Muller investigation. Game time. MAPS and MDMA phase 3 trials going ahead. Don't see...

Host of the podcast Jorge Tsipos and his friend Matt O'Reilly sit down and have a chat about long-form conversations, the future of work and upskilling. Talking into microphones. Counselling as a career path + mental health industry. How do you know when to pivot? How do you balance full time work and literally anything else? Maybe a job is just a thing you do. Make a deliberate effort to have lon...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: Secret Russian sabotage on the ISS? Elon Musk and his Joe Rogan interview. Corey Booker flexes a bit of muscle. Brett Kavanaugh and his insane nomination process Is Melbourne's train system cooked? Yes, stick a fork in it. Where's Digimon at right now? Amazon and their labour problem. Matthew Guy and his extensive paper trail. T...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: The Victorian Government has announced a sweeping new 30 year infrastructure plan… 30 years too late. Population bomb in Melbourne. Melbourne's $60bn infrastructure shortfall. Peter Dutton and his Au Pair scandal. LNP leadership spill - we're left with an unpopular ScoMo. The Unnatural Selection podcast is produced by Jorge Tsip...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: #LibSpill. Malcolm Turnbull out - ScoMo in. Dutton resigns from the front bench after his failed spill attempt. Abbott overdoses on schadenfreude. POLLS POLLS POLLS Jobs and growth... in the LNP. The PM's great failing - always equivocating. Toxic culture in politics. Stand for something -> personality politics. 'On Leadership'....

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: Jack Heath and The Truth App - a new book series for young adults. The GoP and month 7 of being a spineless amoeba. Writing as a job + writing festivals fame. Fraser Anning and his virrulently racist speech. All the senators that congratulated Anning after his 'final solution' speech. Bob Katter reckons Senator Anning is a-ok. T...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: Every Aussie is entitled to a portrait of the Queen? Framing things is very expensive. Jared Kushner and his anti-Palestine agenda. NBN customers don't want to give their neighbours a discount. Hijacked plane in Seattle. The Unnatural Selection podcast is produced by Jorge Tsipos, Adam Direen and Tom Heath. Visit the Unnatural S...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: Nicolas Maduro maybe had an assassination attempt? Voluntary Human Extinction Movement. Enlightenment Now and the finite use of the earth's resources. Humans are pretty good and we should keep them. Steven Segal named as a special envoy to the US from Russia.  The Unnatural Selection podcast is produced by Jorge Tsipos, Adam Dir...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: Adam's steam train adventure. Labor retains their seats in Super Saturday. Lets be partisan about it. Fairfax to be absorbed by Channel 9. Only great things are going to happen. Putin's gift of a soccer ball to Trump. Donald Trump's Hollywood star destroyed with a pick axe. Peter Thiel and the Gawker Media saga.  Did Russia do i...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: Are we part of the problem? I don't see why it wouldn't be? You know you've fucked up when FOX NEWS tells you to slow your roll. How Russia hacked the DNC - with pictures! Hassan Rouhani warns against Trump provocation. The President of the United States loses his fucking mind. Meanwhile in Australia. Super-Saturday: A Orgy of b...