Julian Brown

The Brown Note

Society EN ↓ 418 episodes

Thoughts from the abyss on politics, current affairs, culture, news and other ephemera from The Brown Note radio show presented by Julian Brown, recorded unscripted, unedited and live. Full show with music at https://www.mixcloud.com/julian-brown/YouTube version - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSju31TDdZd7KZWwbwOwg4A

Author

Julian Brown

Category

Society

Podcast website

brownnote.podbean.com

Latest episode

Jul 4, 2026

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Episodes

Corbyn v Blair - the cult of personality destroying the UK's Labour party 24.11.2020

Supporters of Jeremy Corbyn are portrayed as irrational zealots, hell bent on destroying the Labour Party, yet the cult of personality really destroying Labour is that of Tony Blair, whose wildly misrepresented legacy as Labour's savior is completely untrue and whose acolytes are in delusion and denial.

Kyle Rittenhouse and Bobby Shmurda - race and the law in America 24.11.2020

Recently Kyle Rittenhouse, charged with murdering two people and shooting a third with an illegally owned assault rifle is now out on a $2 million bail, raised by the public, half of whom regard him as a hero and he may well not spend one more day in prison. The rapper Bobby Shmurda will finish all seven years of his sentence for illegally owning a gun, yet not being the direct perpetrator of any...

Don't offer an olive branch to the right they are the enemy 17.11.2020

With a bitterly fractured world, divided along the political right and left, recent wins against populism have come with some imploring us to reach out to the right and heal. I say no, these are not good people, they want to fight and are the enemy.

Pete Evans isn't a Nazi 17.11.2020

Another winner in 2020 bingo. Why I don't think the celebrity chef and now Qanon-lite grifter is an ACTUAL white supremacist, in light of his recent and utterly bizarre posting of an anti-Trump meme with Nazi connotations and subsequent cross-media cancellation, he may just be incredibly stupid.

Christian Porter and the Family Court 17.11.2020

Australian Attorney General, Christian Porter, was outed on a recent 4Corners TV expose on Liberal party misogyny and bad behavior towards women. Ring wing news media of course came in to bat for him as claiming rumors of his boozing and affairs weren't in the public. With this top legal entity in the country currently involved in a Men's Rights attack on the Family Court that's perceived to be to...

Why Trump is losing the senate and the madness of King Donald 10.11.2020

His election defeat was beautiful but now we enter a dangerous phase we only joked about and that now seems real. Donald really is trying to take over American democracy in a coup and why this is going to lose the republicans their last crown jewel - the senate.

Australia has a class problem - The Liberal Party 4Corners Scandal 10.11.2020

The ABC's 4Corners expose into the systemic sexist, entitled behavior of Liberal National Party government officials shows they really believe themselves to be the ruling elite, above such petty concerns as faithfulness to their wives, respect to their staff or honesty to their electorates.

Why I Stand With Jeremy Corbyn 03.11.2020

The best UK political leader of my lifetime, the UK's Bernie Sanders - Jeremy Corbyn, is once again being railroaded by accusations of racism, despite campaigning against racism for decades in a way almost no UK politician has. SHAMEFUL

Is Populism Dead? 03.11.2020

It's been a horror five years, bouncing from catastrophe to disaster. From Trump to Brexit to Boris to Scomo. The nightmare of populism might be ending though, with great election results in New Zealand, Queensland and the US knocking at the door.

Why I Stand With JK Rowling on Women's rights. 20.10.2020

I can't think of another oppressed or marginalised group who have ownership of their own issue, identity or story so routinely talked over or dismissed as Women. The Harry Potter author, JK Rowling's personal notion of feminism has clashed with Trans rights. Why I stand with her.

The Murdoch Press v Kevin Rudd 20.10.2020

The ex-Aussie Prime Minister takes aim at one of the most pernicious influences on the Western World's political discourse and media landscape - the Murdoch Press. "Some Say" a vile cancerous parasite on the Anglo-Sphere. Find his petition for a Royal Commission into them here:   https://www.aph.gov.au/petition_list?id=EN1938

Why Trump Just Lost The Election 29.09.2020

He probably had anyway but the optics of his $750 tax bill just ended his campaign.

Tax Cuts v Social Welfare - Neoliberalism 22.09.2020

Australia's neoliberal acolyte government seeks to cut unemployment benefit and increase tax breaks during a recession, for a perfect storm of economic ideological lunacy.

The Social Dilemma - Social Media 22.09.2020

A look at the terrifying issues raised by The Social Dilemma documentary, about the colossal, unprecedented and dangerous impact of social media on society.

Trumps attacks on Biden - Politics 17.09.2020

Why Trump and his supporters line of attack on Biden is a colossal mistake and will never get traction.

The Conspiracy of Qanon - Politics 17.09.2020

Though I am loathe to promote any conspiracy theory, here is my own!

Scomo & the great Corona Swindle - blaming six years of economic disaster on coronavirus - Politics 17.09.2020

How Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will try and blame his government's six year economic disaster on coronavirus and the Labor party, why it's a lie and he shouldn't be allowed to get away with it.

Australia's News Media Bargaining code 17.09.2020

A look at the new, world's first News Media Bargaining Code - attempt by the Australian government to start World War 3 with Google and Facebook, entities I suspect may out-gun them, at the behest of people like Rupert Murdoch.

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