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What's up folks! Do you have issues spelling? So do many Australians! We explore some possible solutions to the crisis facing Australian children, in that they can't read or write. But first, we read through an article from the substack Militarism in the Northern Territory, rounding up some alarming military buildup in the NT. If you like what you hear and would like to support us monetarily, we w...

HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS! We are back for another season of Shouldn'ta Come, and we've got a full house today. We go over some events of the last few months that we didn't have a chance to look at, namely the appointment of a Rightwing Psycho to the Queensland Curriculum Board, Concussions, Mike Cannon-Brookes, AI and Surveys, Racism, Armed Zionists and the Selling Off of Australia. If you like what y...

Merry Crisis Everybody! It is the end of the year and we've got a smooth dismount into our little two week break coming up. Yani quizzes Ciaran on what Australia's biggest Google Trends were this year, the crew discuss sports controversies and then we play "True Crime Podcast or Underbelly Episode"! Have a nice holiday and we'll see you again soon :) If you like what you hear and would like to sup...

Hi folks! We're back with our second-last episode of the year, where we're just going to go around some recent happenings—although, obviously, the news has moved on to the other big thing that happened. Anika Wells is the latest Minister for Sport, and politician in general, to be caught up in a scandal regarding the amount of public money that goes to the lifestyles of the rich and dangerous. We...

Australia's Racial Discrimination Act, brought in by the Gough Whitlam government in 1975, is an optimistic attempt to legislate away racism in public life, like housing and employment. Section 18c tries to do that with hate speech. And that's perhaps a challenge not befitting Australia's legislative system—or, maybe, any. We have a look at an ongoing case by the Zionist Federation of Australia's...

Welcome back to Shouldn'ta Come! Today we defy all logic to assk the quesstion: Who Iss Sussan Ley? Sussan is not only the first women to be Leader of the Liberal Party (and the Liberal-National Coalition), she's also the first woman to be Leader of the Opposition, the first woman to do so with a pilots license, and the first woman to do all that and also add an extra S to her name for numerology...

Hi folks! We're back with another episode in the ongoing Saudi Australia series, comparing and (occasionally, but not often) contrasting the two sport-focused countries constructing anachronisms in the desert. How would an archaeologist even begin to approach the Line as a concept? If you like what you hear and would like to support us monetarily, we would love to have you over on our Patreon, at...

Saudi Arabia and Australia are basically the same, if you ask the Shouldn'ta Crew, who spend some time looking at the links between Australia and Saudi Arabia, our investment in Weapons Companies, and how many guns we give people doing war crimes. If you like what you hear and would like to support us monetarily, we would love to have you over on our Patreon, at Patreon.com/shouldntacome. If you h...

Hey folks! This week we're having a look at Australia's Past-time, a sport that most people either don't like, don't know about, or don't want to hear a single fucking word about! We talk about how much space it needs, how the sport itself reifies classist relationships, the most debased things Yani heard playing cricket, the whiteness of the Australian team, the Spirit of Cricket and, finally, th...

Hello everybody! It's wonderful to have you with us today, on this most wonderful of days, the day where we we reminisce . We check back in with the following people and stories that we've covered over the past most of a year: Adam "Lean, Green, Socialist Machine" Bandt, Anthony "Albo Forever" Albanese, David "Kids-are-fully-responsible" Crisafulli, Bill "The Fraction Warrior" Shorten, Penny "Pass...

Hey folks! Welcome to Part 2 of our Halloween Double Feature. Lots of discussion about flightless birds this time! Yani's going to do her draft of cryptids to take on the NBA All-star team. Episodes are now available on Youtube with a slideshow for your viewing pleasure! You can head to youtube.com/@shouldntacome if that's the kind of stuff you're into. If you'd like to support the show, you can d...

Hey folks! Happy Halloween week! This week we've got a special two part series about Australia's cryptids. Ciaran and L introduce Yani to some of Australia's weirder, funnier, odder and sexier beings. Tune in to learn about the Bunyip, the Yara Ma Ya Who, and the Hawkesbury River Monster (among others) Episodes are now available on Youtube with a slideshow for your viewing pleasure! You can head t...

Dear Listener. I wish to acquaint you with some of the occurrences of the present, past and future. I do not wish to give the order full force without giving timely warning but I am a Widow’s Son, outlawed and my orders must be obeyed. We look at Ned Kelly's Jerilderie Letter, a beautiful, maddened manifesto written by a surprisingly young man. The genocide in Gaza is still ongoing and there are i...

Such is podcast. The genocide in Gaza is still ongoing and there are innumerable people suffering unimaginable hardships. After being displaced from his home, Karam is one of many struggling to stay alive amidst Israel's continued assault. Karam and his family are seeking help with accessing food, shelter and medicine. You can learn more about his story, or donate funds if you can, at https://goge...

Hey folks! We return to our story about Papua New Guinea. We talk about the figures of the Race Traitor, the Intermediary and the Comprador and spend some time recounting PNG's history post independence. We focus on the Ok Tedi mine, Julius Chan's corruption and then round out talking about Justin Tkatchenko, PNG Foreign Minister and Brisbane Property Mogul. The genocide in Gaza is still ongoing a...

Hello everybody! Can you hear me? Can you - hello? Can you hear me? Ok I can hear you. No I can't, can you hear me? That was the scene at thousands of houses across Australia as the Optus outage KILLED PEOPLE, my god. What a calamity. Ciaran and Casey have a special Two C's On A Pod episode to talk about the history of Telstra and Optus. Episodes are now available on Youtube with a slideshow for y...

Hello everybody! We are back for another round of visiting Australia's Pacific possessions. We talk about the process of how Papua New Guinea became called that and their flag, and what day-to-day Australian rule was like for some people over there. The genocide in Gaza is still ongoing and there are innumerable people suffering unimaginable hardships. After being displaced from his home, Karam is...

What's up folks! It's ya girl Yani and we are here to talk about Europe , where all you weird freaks came from! I don't know what we're doing in this singing contest, but Ciaran put together a wonderful trip for the three of us to go on with some friends, Steph and L. The genocide in Gaza is still ongoing and there are innumerable people suffering unimaginable hardships. After being displaced from...

Hi everybody! This week we have a Patreon Preview for y'all, a really interesting wide-ranging discussion we had over the weekend regarding a dizzying week in Australia. From Bob Katter and the March for Australia, the fugitive Dezi Freeman, restrictive changes to Freedom of Information, kids being poisoned by lead, new Nauru deportations and the Australian Mayors Against Antisemitism conference,...

Hi everybody! Welcome back to another hefty episode of Shouldn'ta Come, Australia's premier hater podcast. We are going to discuss a real freak today—John "Jules Francois" Feltham, founder of The Bulletin, discoverer of Banjo Patterson and Henry Lawson, and one of the real-life men most to blame for the state of Australian news media. AND ONE OTHER SURPRISING THING. Don't worry, he's been dead for...

Hi everybody! Welcome back to Shouldn'ta Come, it's lovely to have you with us. This week, we take a meandering look, like the Kokoda Trail, at the prismatic angles of Men's Health discourse. We cover the hilarious fall of South Australian Liberal Leader David Speirs, meet the gigantic Special Envoy for Men's Health, Dan Repacholi, and round out talking about a surprise returning character in Ciar...

Hello again everybody! Welcome back to Shouldn'ta Come, where we're going on a little jaunt around the colonies—yes, it's Yani's Geography Gorner! Today, we're looking at Australia's naval empire—a bunch of islands in the middle of various Oceans where we've usually killed a bunch of animals. The genocide in Gaza is still ongoing and there are innumerable people suffering unimaginable hardships. A...

Hello again everybody! This week, it was announced that the Australian Government will 'recognise a Palestinian state'. On the one hand, messaging like this is too little, too late, and as described by APAN, a "fig leaf" without sanctions on Israel. On the other hand, Mark Leibler is probably apoplectic about this, and so I hope that's painful for him. This is part 2 of our series on the man, the...

Hi everybody! It's time for us to meet the alleged cabal, which some people claim is an acronym! In this episode, we spend a little bit of time talking about Jillian Segal, the new Antisemitism Envoy, and then we dive into the story of Mark Leibler, AIJAC and Tax Law. The genocide in Gaza is still ongoing and there are innumerable people suffering unimaginable hardships. After being displaced from...

Hi everybody! Sorry this episode is late—we were dealing with an infestation of Grain Mites and lost a couple of days for it! Ciaran pulled together some of the most infamous and intriguing Australian conspiracies, ranging from some you'll have heard about to some kooky desert activity that will have your eyebrows raised/burned off. The genocide in Gaza is still ongoing and there are innumerable p...