Serious Danger

In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom talk about Ben Roberts-Smith, who is a war criminal. It’s cool to say that now, he can’t even defo us! What happened, why is the media defending him, and how does it all reflect on the country, the military and the government sending troops off for dodgy reasons? We stand with Yumi Stynes. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and c...

Mark Kenny solves The Da Max Chandler-Mather Code. Emerald and Tom go over the Greens offer of compromise on the housing bill, and wonder just how under the thumb Labor MPs are to their party bosses. Next, old mate Philip Lowe has unveiled another interest rate rise, and he didn’t even invite us to his afterparty. Then, the Greens National Conference has passed an updated resolution on Israel-Pale...

In this bonus ep for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom talk vaping. Is it a public health nuisance, or the tool that will finally end smoking? Are IGET boxes the new cigarette butts? Then Emerald is joined by tobacco harm reduction expert Dr Colin Mendelsohn to talk harm reduction, misinformation from the medical community, why adults should be allowed flavour, and wonder why vaping is illegal...

Emerald’s returned, meanwhile Tim Smith is threatening to. Emerald and Tom learn about the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) - and wonder why the government is going to make less from it than student loan indexation. Speaking of, that’s the second topic! How much did the HECS-HELP indexation cost Emerald? The PM got a free education, why can’t you? Finally, a call to action. Full video version of...

Live from Brisbane, it’s one year to the day since the 2022 election! Tom is joined by (this week’s Patreon bonus episode guest) Geraldine Hickey and Max Chandler-Mather, the member for Griffith and Greens housing spokesperson, for an insider chat about the first year of the Albanese government. Then they jump into a deep dive on the HAFF housing bill and future fund. Why is it bad? Why won’t the...

In this bonus ep for Patreon subscribers, it’s the first half of our sold-out live show in Brisbane, on the first anniversary of the 2022 election and the Greenslide! Tom is joined by Aussie comedy hero Geraldine Hickey to chat election night memories, coming out as Green to her father, and the passing of Barry Humphries and the ugly rise of anti-trans rhetoric in Australia. The second-half with M...

The hip hop treasurer. Tom is joined by guest host from Wankernomics and The Chaser, Charles Firth, to react to the reaction to the budget. What does Charles think of the Greens? After a decade of the LNP, is mediocre the new good? Did anyone watch Peter Dutton’s budget reply? Then, a year to the day since the election, how has the last year gone and how can we get more Greenslides? Finally, a cal...

The peasants have no bread. Tom is joined by guest host, Victorian Senator Janet Rice, to discuss the ‘No One Left Behind’ budget. Will it help with the cost of living? What good is $2.85 per day? Will this cause inflation? Why are there more gains coming from student debt indexation than from gas tax? Is Max-Chandler Mather a sell-out? Is Penny Wong the most politician-y politician in the country...

In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom, together finally in the same room, answer listener questions. What radicalised them? Why do the media hate the Greens? Can Greens win government? What does Tom think about Triple J? How do we maintain hope as the world gets shittier? What is the cringiest moment in Australian politics? And have you seen any good leftie movies lately?...

A quick catch up on the government’s week of pre-budget LNP cosplay. Emerald and Tom answer listener questions on topics like dealing with Labor supporters, engaging young people and fave music (4:20). Then we’re playing an extended clip from our recent Patreon episode with Georgia Hinds talking about AI and killer robots (28:34). It’s Emerald’s sister! Finally, a call to action (43:27). Full vide...

Omg Tom and Emerald are in the same room, live, in real life! Emerald and Tom catch up on the state of the housing bill and another big Adam Bandt National Press Club speech (4:44). Then they talk about the push to raise the age for both parenting payments and child incarceration (35:02). Finally, a call to action (58:41). Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/S...

In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, EMERALD’S BIG SISTER Georgia Hinds, the Legal Adviser for new technologies of warfare at the International Committee of the Red Cross, joins for a full episode to talk killer robots, aka autonomous weapons systems. What place does AI have in the future of warfare? Should an algorithm have the right to take human life? And most crucially, does she have...

Yes, it’s true, this man has no dick. Emerald and Tom are furious to discover that Labor says it will not raise the raise of support payments in the upcoming budget (6:58). Then they are joined by newly elected NSW Upper House member Dr Amanda Cohn to talk about her arrival in parliament and the state of GPs and medicine in Australia (30:45). Finally, a call to action (1:05:58). Full video version...

Tasmanian senator tries to kill herself and others with tinfoil scheme. Emerald and Tom catch up on the progress of the Voice and the Liberal’s shit-stirring (7:40). Then they join with the ABC in celebrating the good news about child labour exploitation at a NSW jam factory, and take a look at the history of children working in this country (40:43). Finally, a call to action (1:03:52). Full video...

Tom and Emerald play Rusted On Bingo - the game for Labor Hacks who are terminally online - with the game’s creator himself, cartoonist Jon Kudelka. Can we get 4 squares in a row and avert 10 years of climate inaction?! No new episode this Easter weekend but please enjoy one of our favourite Patreon subscriber episodes. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon e...

In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom go through the 2022 ANU Australian Election Study results looking back over the federal election. What can we learn from the Greenslide? Why do people hate the major parties? Which leaders do they like best? Pull up the stats, we’re going in! Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests l...

Jono says goodbye to Brisbane City Council in true Jono fashion. Emerald and Tom go through the fairly unremarkable results of the NSW election (6:09), before they are joined by former editor of The Monthly, Nick Feik (25:58) to unpack the Greens-Labor safeguard deal. Is it bad? Yes. Should the Greens have agreed to it? Wellll……. Finally, a call to action (1:07:16). Full video version of this epis...

Did you hear the one about the police officer being charged for stealing cookies from the cookie jar? A new IPCC climate report just came out, so Emerald and Tom unpack all the positive news about how the government is going to follow its directions to the letter (8:15). Gotcha! No they are doing the opposite lol. Next, there are transphobes and Nazis afoot in the country (31:57). Why have these t...

As Bruce Lehrmann would say, “Got any gear?” In this bonus episode for our Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom chat to Dr Stephen Bright from Edith Cowan University about some big news. As of July 1, Aussie psychiatrists will be able to prescribe psilocybin (aka mushrooms) and MDMA for treatment-resistant depression! Why the change now? Will this actually increase access? Is this good science or...

We all live in a yellow-bellied submarine-buying hellscape, a yellow-bellied submarine-buying hellscape, a yellow-bellied submarine-buying hellscape. Emerald and Tom are joined by Izabella Antoniou, Greens candidate for Summer Hill, to chat next week’s NSW state election (10:05). They go through the state of the campaign, what the different parties are offering, what it’s like being a candidate, w...

Gaping holes threaten our national flag! Emerald and Tom go through this week’s Greens negotiations with the government about the safeguard policy and Reconstruction Fund, and ponder if this is an existential threat for the Labor party (8:24). Then Nick McKim, Senator for Tasmania, joins (32:25) to talk interest rates and the Reserve Bank’s follies, before moving on to his offshore detainee evacua...

In a bonus episode for our wonderful Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom take a look at International Women’s Day. From its activist roots, has it been ruined by TERFs, pinkwashing and corporate exploitation? Has it gone from an important day of awareness, to cake in the meeting room at 2? Has it become Mother’s Day? And then, they discuss whether quotas are an identity politics distraction or a...

Australia’s first hip hop treasurer has a birthday buddy! Emerald and Tom take a gander at the superannuation changes the government has put forward (7:15). Are they simply an excuse to keep stage 3 tax cuts, and why was The Today Show briefly on the side of good? Then they get into Mardi Gras / World Pride (29:44), and ask whether it is still a meaningful event or just a way to sell toothpaste. A...

Why even bother holding the NSW election, the winner of all seats will clearly be the Liberal Democrats. Emerald and Tom start by celebrating some good news - a successful major four-day workweek trial from the UK (7:13)! After a quick recap of the state of play in the upcoming NSW state election (11:22), Emerald welcomes Greens NSW Upper-House candidate Lynda-June Coe to discuss her campaign and...

In a special woke bonus for all our woke Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom unpack a recent Age article about whether the Greens are being overtaken by woke youths. Is that a fair assessment or are there rats in the ranks? What does woke even mean, what are the views of Greens members, and how does it differ across the states? Is there any cure for this woke mind virus!?! Subscribe on Patreon to...