In The Shed Podcast

2022 was a mixed bag, and this is a mixed-bag episode, something for everyone. There is no tangent or rabbit hole this episode wouldn't embrace. Tips for Christmas BBQs, dealing with your boomer relatives, how to be a swear bear on Twitter whilst not being sin-binned, how to take 10 mins to answer a yes/no question. Rich people missing the point; starring Meghan and Harry. What can good Labor Gove...

Solidarity vs Division; Advocating Peace in the face of a Publicly-Funded War Machine Comrade Max, fresh from the frontline of the Amazon dispute and Labor Day in NY, joins the shed for the first time. Solidarity, Shenagins and inspiration from the US and some personal reflections on the SAPN dispute; the importance of publically owned essential services and worker power through solidarity. Advoca...

Lizzy's carked it, and simultaneously, her death became a sideshow, a distraction and a source of division hiding in plain sight. Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, round tables, summits that aren't on the top of mountains,  Andrew can't find his Forrest for the trees, searching the dark corners of the profit model on aged care, child care and investment opportunities in the NDIS. Multiple tangents ensue; wag...

Hey, it's ep 45, don't worry, we know what we're doing... but yeah, it has been a while! Labor is back federally; what do we do? Pack up and go home? Will centre-right reform solve all the problems for the working class? Well, it should solve a few, but it's going to take constant pressure from the collective to keep the ship sailing to the port of worker utopia. A couple of lads in the shed can d...

The stalk is over. Clarky conquers the Everest of podcast guests and puts the final boarding call for Dr Richard Denniss on the next plane to Tassie. Simple answers to simple questions; Richard has made it his life work to break down the spin and call bullshit where it lands. The National conversation about economics has done plenty to disenfranchise the average worker from big decisions. Unnecess...

The Shed's back! "Like trying to hold back the tide," resisting the wave of enquiries surrounding a new episode proved futile.  With an election on the horizon and a war just over it in Europe, the time had come to dust off the microphones, stock the fridge, apply some WD40 to the shed door and finally welcome 2022 For some background on the war in Ukraine, here are some excellent links. Firs...

Wrapping up 2021 with a whip around the states Steph(Vic.), Andy(Tas.), Rob(WA) and Alex(SA). Every worker must be engaged and supported in their personal struggle from a position of collective strength. Get around Health, Aging and Disability workers in their struggle for a pay packet that reflects their role in the community, support workers re-educating, get around young workers in the workplac...

A pandora's box of tangents explodes as Australia goes nuclear and sets out to school the west on "foreign diplomacy for dummies", all, at, the same time.  Barnaby alerts the nation to a global energy crisis caused by renewables, whilst here at home, the cost of wholesale power drops below the cost to generate for coal and gas, coincidence?  Political corruption in NSW generates an outpo...

Searching for meaning in the choices society makes, finding personal responsibility in space travel and are carbon credits absolved in lower "shit space" orbit tourism. The news feed is littered with challenges and internal conflicts for a thinking member of the community and mental health should be a daily consideration for those who question the status quo and not left to an annual RUok day The...

Episode 40 brings with it a special guest, a one Mr K. Harkins swings by the shed for an ale and a yarn or three. A constant in the union movement over many years, he is a sparkie, an organiser across multiple branches of the ETU and now with the CFMEU Vic-Tas, and a Secretary in Tassie with both the ETU (now CEPU) and Tasmania's Trades Hall. The episode attempts to explore every rabbit hole and t...

Our man on the ground in WA for the election heads to the beach, but no matter. the working class (95% of the population) finds their political compass and voted accordingly. Is the time right for a renewed Harvester Decision in Australia? Listeners are encouraged to check White Riot (2019) hitting cinema's in Tassie and did having a Labor PM in Hawk during the peak period of neo-liberalism help s...

Rains of biblical proportions hammer the shed to kick off 2021 and whilst the modern mainstream media doesn't need the heavens to whitewash history, no amount of rain will wash away Clarkys ability to tangent from submarines to water bombers and seamlessly rewrite Australia's foreign policy...you're welcome! Morrison's Industrial Relations Omnibus Bill is met with ire from workers and the #StopThe...

Solidarity amongst Australian organised labour is put to the test as the aspirations of a few seeking to gain a drink from Porter's wine cabinet threaten the future of the country's most effective unions. Multiple musings, brain farts, tangents from the shed; a space where consistent with a general 2020 theme, the truth at times can be considered irrelevant! See ya in 2021 Podcast recommendations...

What to do with food production? How many bins of the fruit must you pick before you make bank on the farm? Should we nationalise food production, park the profit margins and pay a decent wage? What level of wealth do Gina and her ilk in the BRW Rich List need to accumulate before Australia stop subsidising their enterprises? The dangerous questions come thick and fast as well as a bit of commenta...

Episode 035 sees Clarky roll out a new mic and he morphs in old golden tonsils Chris "Laws". Some out there on the interwebs believe Australian Farmer's continue their struggle to find workers they can exploit in this era of restricted travel. Peddled out by mainstream media as the "real victims" of Covid_19, along with business in general and the many markets impacted as being, the only true vict...

Tasmania's leaky border finally gets media attention it deserves through the lens of political corruption. Clarky describes his vision of Utopia and a million tangents ensue. Gilly once again finds his inner boomer much to the amusement of the shed. International solidarity is required for the human tragedy playing out in Beruit, leading by example once again are the legends at APHEDA . The workin...

Smashing Breakfast Burrito's, skipping ABCInsiders to pick up dog shit, it's hard work, but what is hard work? where did #RubyDutton go... wait a minute, Dan Andrews must be sacked, Nah just joking? Identifying those who need to Face the wall. Nationalise Farming, Let the state absorb the risk, hot tip: be wary of the Angus cow profile pic, Uncle Baz gets the shits with the Chinese farm ownership,...

This one is over to the phones, Frosty from FB page " Politics Simplified ", Pat, Danny and Stephanie all dial in and virtually drop by the shed for a mad rant or three. Covid Isolation, Housing affordability, how much shit does one person need?, Ignorance, left/right, ANTIFA, fake news, Pork Barrells, Learning the lessons of the Sports Rorts Saga by offering up drought relief on the flood plains...

Early-onset boomer issues. Active listeners ph in and discuss uniting the downtrodden of capitalism by developing political awareness, especially amongst the worker class. Looking for trust in the institutions of consolidated power. From trials held in secret in China: Media says Bad, whilst trial's held in secret, Australia (Witness K): Media says fine. Phew. Employer's searching for solutions fr...

In this week’s episode of In The Shed. After a long winded intro, the lads discuss the unfolding geopolitical and trade tension with Australia’s largest trading pattern, China, and the tension it’s causing within government ranks with the usual In The Shed humour, crack a beer and enjoy.

Scumbo extends a wilting olive branch to workers, whilst Dreg(air)tasker founder attempts to reverse auction your labour whilst telling you that insecurity is all in your head. George Floyd dies in the US and looting squares up a systems ledger where it can no longer provide the $$$ to buy stuff

Should a high literacy rate be a thing in anti-lock down USA? and will 5G mutate us into a walking dead future? (The) WHO knows, for sure. So when private property rights begin to circle a vaccine for covid-19, the Shed says nationalise everything, well except for takeaway coffee, the free market can have that. Strap in for some global solidarity and triples on the reg. Sit back and enjoy a beer i...

Any idea's for the future? Nah, fuck it we are not in government. "Go Households, go early"? Nah, deliver LNP Darwinism with conditions and confusion and let your boss handle it but hey what the fuck. Why is it only workers that have to demonstrate productivity? meh, do as Tory Jesus says, "sell ya mother and invest in toilet paper"

Back In The Shed, Ep 027 The Shed's Mascot "Lady" the dog survives a near miss. Misconceptions surrounding Foreign Aid gets a run; What would you do if your neighbour suffered financial misfortune amidst a crisis? Attempt to turn a profit? Developing Country as a term gets defined as a "Deliberately Impoverished Country". New Shed Pastimes; Sky-Trolling, Entrepreneur-Trolling. Corona (virus) is no...

This Australian fire season the Government has pushed Volunteer Fire Fighters past, miles past the concept of volunteering your time to benefit your community. Work that is an essential public service is work and should be recognised as such. The shed applies loose understandings of "The Right-Wing Ratchet" "Trickle Down Economics" as a lens to view the exploitation of volunteer firefighters who a...