Shouldn'ta Come

Some more musings on the irresponsible unaccountability of the Australian armed forces, a tangent into true crime and then a little chat about Olympic Diversity. To hear the full episode, subscribe to our Patreon at https://patreon.com/shouldntacome . If you have any questions, contact us at shouldntacome@gmail.com. Xoxoxoxo Gossip Yani

It's finally here! We're going to travel far away and then deep inside, taking a trip through Clive Palmer's odd relationship with the entire idea of China, and then we have a read of some of his heartfelt poetry. Thank you Casey for joining us on this episode, as well as all the help making the entire series come together. If you'd like to support the show, you can do so at our Patreon : https://...

Want to hear us sound off about the news? We're hanging out over on our Patreon , so if you want to hear more please head over there! As a preview, enjoy our conversation about our bumbling armed forces. Our patreon: www.patreon.com/shouldntacome You can also email us at shouldntacome@gmail.com Part 3 of the Clive Palmer series coming on Wednesday!

Hello! Welcome back to Shouldn'ta Come! This is part two of the Clive Palmer story, and we're going to figure out just how fast this fucking guy is. If you can decisively pick your favourite Clive moment from this episode, let us know all about it at shouldntacome@gmail.com. You can also throw a couple bucks our way on Patreon at http://patreon.com/shouldntacome Beth recently published an article...

Welcome back to Shouldn'ta Come! This is part one of the Clive Palmer story, and ohmygodohmygodohmygod.... I cannot stress to you enough the insanity herein. Today we look into a bit of Clive's personal life from a young lad on the Gold Coast to I guess an older, richer lad on the Gold Coast, as well as his real estate wheelings and dealings. If you can decisively pick your favourite Clive moment...

Welcome back to Shouldn'ta Come! We continue our ongoing critical eye at the Queensland Government's rabid anti-child rhetoric and take another episode to break down some potentially misleading and spurious statistics. If you'd like to support the show, and we'd love if you do, check us out at our Patreon : patreon.com/shouldntacome Want to tell us about your favourite youth crimes? Or your favour...

Welcome to Shouldn'ta Come! It's the long-awaited part two of our deep dive into Penny Wong. Come with us as we explore Penny's sexuality, politics and draw somewhat hopeful but vague conclusions. If you'd like to support the show, and we'd love if you do, check us out at our Patreon : patreon.com/shouldntacome Want to tell us more about Penny Wong? Or even just another Penny you know? You can ema...

Welcome to Shouldn'ta Come! Today we bring you some interviews from Brisbane's Labour Day March - we went out to the people to get an understanding of unions in Queensland and how they feel about the recent Labor election victory. We'd also like to take this opportunity to link to an important cause: As you'll no doubt be aware, the genocide in Gaza is still ongoing, and there are innumerable peop...

Hi Shouldn'ta Come fans! You were probably expecting a podcast today, and we do have a more podcasty bonus coming up later this week from the May Day March, but I (Yani) wanted to share a demo of an album I've been working on for a while. Sorry there's no proper episode this week, but I hope this makes up for it. Track Listing with Timestamps: stupid lying murmurs (00:00) sorry i never said bye (0...

Hi everybody! Today we're going to look at the Executive Council of Australian Jewry's 2024 Antisemitism report, which is at the heart of many news stories you may have seen about rising antisemitism. We'll learn what we can about the report's author, have a gander at each of their alleged cases and see if we can't just draw maybe a slightly different conclusion. If you'd like to read the ECAJ Ant...

We do another mailbag episode with some questions from our Patrons, this time about the 2025 Election! It's not that we're super excited to have more Albo, but I'm very excited to never, hopefully, deal with Peter Dutton again. One of the last few of the ScoMo diehards, Peter lost his seat amid the catastrophic Liberal party defeat to the Labor Red Wave of 2025. Damn shit's crazy. If you want to s...

Hi all! We joined Rose O'Hagan of the Save Victoria Park advocacy group to talk about all of the absurdities wrapped up in the plans for construction there for the Olympics. It was super cool to hear from somebody working in the actual legal and infrastructural side of things and you'll get to hear some really pretty birds as well! Save Victoria Park: https://www.savevictoriapark.com/ Instagram: @...

Welcome to Shouldn'ta Come! It's the long awaited Penny Wong episode - are you ready?? Join us on part one of this journey as we discuss and analyse three key aspects of Penny's identity: race, gender, and sexuality; and how they have shaped her political career. Questions? Comments? Sources? Contact us at shouldntacome@gmail.com Love our work and want more? Join our Patreon for exclusive episodes...

Hi all! Ciaran's in, just, so much pain, so we've recorded this episode while he reclined in bed. We went through all the winners of Australian of the Year, the (modest) highlights, the (mostly) lowlights and the reflections on what the country was trying to be at the time. We'll be back next week with our properly scripted episodes—there's two coming close to finished at once, we'll see what we d...

Hello everybody and welcome back to Shouldn'ta Come! This week, we finish off our medium-dive into the world of Australian Chiropractic. We finish off our time with the ACCC and the hell world it portended, and meet some sneaky and potentially pernicious paediatric chiropractors. If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon at patreon.com/shouldntacome . You'll get access to exc...

Hi everybody! Thanks for joining us for this Mailbag episode, where we answer some questions from our patrons! This week, we're talking about some old favourites—Queensland's most notorious MP ever (Pauline Hanson), Australia's most notorious bearded bushranger (Ned Kelly) and university campuses' most divisive spruikers (Socialist Alternative, or SAlt). If you'd like to ask a question for the mai...

Hi everybody! We are back with a two-parter, about the history of Chiropractic in Australia—the controversial super-massage that is weirdly popular here! This week we're going to be covering some prehistory and early history, trying to understand why there's so many Chiros here. You'll meet DD Palmer, the ACCC and so much back pain. If you're enjoying the show and would like to support us and subm...

Welcome to Shouldn'ta Come! Today we are chatting about the symbolism in Australian culture from flags to Chiko Rolls. Hey did you know convicts had tattoos? Or that there are no less than fifteen national sports teams named after bouncing marsupials? Well, you do now! As always, you can contact us on shouldntacome@gmail.com and we now have an Instagram! Woah! Check us out @shouldntacome. Please e...

Hello, welcome back to Shouldn'ta Come! This episode was recorded on our balcony, which I think we shan't be doing again—but enjoy the sounds of the road! This episode's a bit of a news roundup, we're gonna talk about this Caravan, some cops, and whether we should go to Ukraine (no). We're also launching our Patreon, which we'd love if you sign up to at patreon.com/shouldntacome For just $5 a mont...

Hi everybody! Welcome back to Shouldn'ta come, Australia's number 1 podcast about how we shouldn't have done any of this, and all the worst bits. We're gonna talk about the Sydney Olympics today, so get ready to kill the child inside yourself, learn about the wheeling and dealing behind your favourite athletic event, and try to tune out the sounds of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred. It's been quite the...

Hi everybody, and welcome back to Shouldn'ta come! We decided to take a trip down memory lane to the Melbourne 1956 Olympics, and also do a little bit of true crime while we were at it. Tune in to learn about the Brownout Strangler, wonky housing policy and sports! Thank you to Simon for help editing this episode! You can find him at @bowertothebeople on Instagram and Bluesky. For questions, comme...

Welcome to Shouldn’ta Come! Today we are having a look at the Israel-Palestine War, its impact in Australian culture, and the nature of propaganda - things we are super qualified to talk about, pinky-promise!! In particular we’ll focus on controversy surrounding two nurses from Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital and the influencer that published the whole thing - Max Veifer. For questions, comments, and...

Welcome to Shouldn'ta Come! Today's subject comes to you from a little island just north of the Sunshine Coast, coordinates 25°14'58.9"S 153°09'58.7"E. One of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites, a tourist hotspot, and the home of an endemic group of "omg are those dogs?!". The custodians of the land call it K'gari, and if you call it anything else the custodians of this podcast will call you A Piece Of...

Welcome back to Shouldn'ta Come! Today we're taking a trip through the Katter Dynasty in Australia, starting all the way back in the 1890s to now. We'll be discussing such notable Katterites like Carl Katter, Bob Katter (not that one), Carl Katter (not that that one), and Robbie Katter (the only Robert who doesn't go by Bob). Have you ever wondered what kind of family created one of the most memea...

Welcome to Shouldn'ta Come! Its the second, and final, instalment on DOCTOR Adam Bandt. He's a fully-fledged pollie now, but can his Green New Deals save us from ourselves? I'm reaching out to Bob Brown's famous dead aliens through a charming little billiard... "Better not tell you now". Hmmm, guess we'll have to wait and see! Contact us at shouldntacome@gmail.com if you'd like links to sources, s...