The Conditional Release Program

Listeners! This week we do a classic newsy segmenty episode where we kick off with a chat about pandemic management - former NSW police commissioner Mick Fuller looks back on how the pandemic may have been handled a little better. It was far from perfect. Did we learn any lessons though? Probably not. We also look at the costs calamity facing Monica Smit, who kinda won her court case but still nee...

Polling a week after the debate shows Kamala enjoyed a bounce. In Australia, the AFP drive a wrecking ball through organised crime with a superb investigation. In the UK the NHS, a public health system that was once the envy of the world is in disarray, requiring urgent attention from the Starmer government. In sport, Man City's hearing begins in a veil of secrecy. 

The Two Jacks analyse the debate. Harris clearly won and has got a boost in the polls but will it be sustained? Polling in many battleground states polling shows it neck and neck. JTI thinks it will come down to Pennsylvania and if it stays blue, Harris will win the presidency. In other news, the media's obsession with a hung parliament as a likely outcome of the next election is explored. JTI...

Good friend of the podcast Dave has been keeping an eye on a few things. While most cookerwatchers point and laugh from the sidelines (this is fair, they are very funny) Dave gets right into the thick of it - and helps keep an eye on when cookers cross over the funny/dangerous line. If you don't already know him, he's an environmental activist from way back and knows almost bloody everyone...

It's part 2 of 3! Well, if we stay on track. This one is about following the money! Spoiler alert - a lot of it came from the estate of dead rich white men whose nepo baby children have decided to perpetuate their parents shitty ideology and pretend that they deserve to be billionaires becuause 'the free market works'. Tax the rich. Enjoy! ----------------------------------------------...

Jack's in England gallivanting around and spending fake money on things like Cricket and lager. So it makes total sense to bring it full circle and have our brilliant British mates from Some Dare Call It Conspiracy join Joel for a chat. We discuss the last year or so with Brent's story becoming global news, and then we look at things that will make Neil upset. England's race riots, the...

The Two Jacks discuss disturbing revelations of historical child sex offending in the Victorian state education system and how the education department did as so many other institutions have done, merely shuffled the offenders off to new schools and unsuspecting children. In NSW, Premier Minns dips a toe into the water of the housing crisis as federal Labor's polling problems continue. Chaos i...

Since Dave Oneegs jumped on the Kangen Water bandwagon, the magic water filter grift has got a lot of unwanted attention. But it's not just oneegs - there's a large decentralised network of shameless charlatans who are will manipulate desperate people into thinking that selling overpriced magic water machines will make them healthy and wealthy. Sadly, it works. And many people not only fal...

Kamala Harris is now the Democrats presumptive nominee. Was it a coup or was she just in the right place at the right time? Is Barack Obama who wanted an open convention now diminished as the Kamala train steams ahead? Kamala has started with a boost but the polls still have her trailing by around a point. Further polling shows her support among 18-34yo voters 60 her way, 40 Trump's. She'l...

Here's a preview of this weeks premium epiosde. Monica going to court is very funny but we can't really put the full thing on public since it's before the courts - but here's a long snippet to give you a feeling of the vibe of the thing. Don't forget - cbco.beer still has the CRP10 voucher code to get 10% off the already amazing prices with free shipping. Get on it! Cheap good...

There's been another major twist in the presidential contest with Joe Biden being persuaded to step aside, allowing his VP, Kamala Harris to step in. She isn't quite confirmed as the nominee yet but it seems Barack Obama is more or less alone among senior Democrats in calling for an open convention in Chicago on 19 August. The Two Jacks discuss the role of Nancy Pelosi as Joe's executi...

The Two Jacks discuss the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and what it means to the presidential race. HK Jack says the Dems can still win but it just got a whole lot harder. We turn to the potential Democrat candidates should Biden stand down. HK Jack believes Kamala Harris has one shot and might be the contender. The allegations of corruption within the CFMEU are considered while the Two...

Some little fella had a crack at Trump. He missed, thankfully. America would be ablaze right now if that little twerp could shoot. In the wake of this paradigm changing event we look at the absolute slop that has been served up on social media, especially Elon's Twitter. We don't know the motive. We don't know the truth. But we know a whole bunch of total nonsense that idiots made up o...

The Two Jacks discuss the Payman defection and agree that as it stands it holds no great risk for Labor. Meanwhile in the US, the Dems circle the wagons around Grampa Joe. Japan is finally kicking its floppy disk addiction. The Tories are sent packing and there was no one more deserving than Liz Truss and Jacob Rees-Mogg. The French prove themselves damned unpredictable again while in sport, Jessi...

It's time for a news roundup which kicks off with a bit of a correction from our Digital ID episode which saw the cookers get one right. Kinda. Well sort of. A bit. But they did. Big thanks to Michael for letting us know! Then we jump straight into politics - Biden struggled in the debate and the UK was set to go to the polls. The results are in and Labor pissed it in, but we knew that so it&#...

The Two Jacks discuss the disastrous performance of Joe Biden in the first Presidential debate. Can he survive it? The Two Jacks say no and a replacement must be found. Who will it be? Not Kamala, HK Jack says, more likely Gavin Newsom, the California governor. In local politics, the Senator Payman distraction is causing a huge headache for the Albanese government who desperately wanted to bed dow...

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Julian Assange is a free man after 12 years of living in confined spaces. It's a victory for quiet diplomacy and Albo, Rudd and the Labor government deserve credit for it. Regardless of what people might think of Assange, he had spent too long in prison. Meanwhile Lisa goes back to the Federal Court for her hat. In New Zealand a woman takes her partner to a dispute tribunal for not taking her...

In the wake of two Seinfeld shows disturbed by protestors, the Two Jacks take a look at the role of comedy in our society. The first point to make is a comedian with more than 50 years experience like Seinfeld, standing with a mic in his hand among a mainly adoring audience is going to sit any hecklers on their arses in quick time. The discussion enters into the best stand up comedians of all time...

Count 'em folks. Seven. That's what Dutton is planning. How much will they cost? Dunno. When will they be ready? Ten years or so mate, give or take a few. What do we do in the meantime Dutts? Gas. That's cheap and reliable. Not. What a dumb policy. We look at it. We are harsh but fair. Enjoy!

Donald Trump is a convict now or as they would say in Illinois a justice impacted person. What now for the presidential race? JTI has done the analysis and Trump's polling is down by three points since April 1. Biden's is also down 1.2 points. The US economy is going well but consumer confidence is low and historically it has wrenched presidents from the White House. An emu was on the loos...

CORRECTION: In Queensland they have made it all but mandatory to use a myGovID to sit a skills exam to rewew your electrical licence. I've cut the part cause it was wrong. In other states it's still mostly PDF form based etc etc but Queensland are dead keen on getting people to use myGovID. Which is very weird because one of the reasons they passed this (in the explanatory memorandum) was...

The Two Jacks have been witnessing the Tory death march to the next election in the UK. That march turned into a sprint when PM Rishi Sunak announced that national conscription for 18 year olds would be in place should he be re-elected. He won't so what manner of political posturing is this? In Australia, a Redbridge poll gives the coalition zero chance of winning the next election. Immigratio...

The Two Jacks discuss the plant-based food industry who have been getting belted in sales since the end of the pandemic. They've gone from green to red, now promoting their goods for carnivores albeit it without cholesterol. JTI rants about fines imposed on kids in NSW. In Iran, the President and his foreign minister die in a helicopter crash. Was it a simple coincidence or were Iran's ene...

This is part one of - uh - lots? At the core of this episode is a well planned script. The other 2 hours is mostly waffle between two cooked brains. Add to that the sustained consumption of alcohol and you got yourself an episode. The Atlas Network is an umbrella organisation that helps create, sustain and propel libertarian thinktanks into media and modern meme culture. Its roots extend into the...