Unnatural Selection: Deeply Unqualified Australian & American Political Comedy

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Jorge can push the darkness deep down inside. The COVID 19 vaccine is going just swell, thanks for asking. Lockdown 4: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. One open door in hotel quarantine in Adelaide shuts down all of Victoria. AstraZeneca vaccine and choosy boomers. Greg Hunt, the health minister, doesn't want to ad...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Who is 'strawberry' in this Neapolitan ice cream situation? The ADF can't do an LGBTQI morning tea because Dutton reasons. Angus Campbell, Peter Dutton and the ADF ban-hammer. Who doesn't love a morning tea?? Arizona's corrupt vote audit by Cyber Ninjas and the GOP campaign to undermine democracy nationwide. 'Ho...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: We're all just one miniature train ride away from bliss. The Budget. Here's what's wrong with the way we talk about the budget - winners and losers. David Spiers on Insiders interviewing Josh Frydenberg and the ensuing bloodbath. Cash splash is fun for the LNP, but it's a debt and deficit bomb if it's Labor, got...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Streaming on Twitch with Pickle Rick. The things that Jorge would do on a livestream for $5AUD. ScoMo and the weird 'backpedaling' on Indian/Australian repatriations. LNP loves their bloody announceables. Was the jail term for citizens a fuckup or racism? NSW Coronavirus case and how he got it. How much communit...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: The Snyder Cut - still a terrible film. Tasmanian election goes to the libs.  The Australian Government is subsidising the fuel industry to the tune of $10.3bil per year. Here's the thing about subsidies. Fuel tax credits scheme, money for R&D and infrastructure - all of these things add up to artificially low p...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Pandemic's over mate - haven't ya heard? Derek Chauvin convicted of the murder of George Floyd. We solved racism guys, don't stress. 'Defund the police' and messaging about police reform. Iindigenous deaths in custody. The Morrison government tries to change the topic to hydrogen by spending half a billion dolla...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Adam's HD webcam is weirdly on the fritz. Melbourne International Comedy Festival is a bit of a hit this year. The Andrew Laming saga continues - and apparently he's going to run next time. What a fun 'resettlement allowance'. Delays to the vaccine rollout will cost billions and whoever runs the federal governme...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: The boys talk about sports. Not really. Prince Phillip, still dead at 99. ABC's rolling, 24 hr coverage of Prince Phillip's death. Tribe in Vanuatu thought Prince Phillip was a god. Or the son of a god, at least. Shadow Health Minister criticizes Australia's COVID vaccine rollout. VIPIT, AstraZeneca and calculat...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Tom survives an encounter with Great White sharks. Andrew Laming and the unlimited leave policy that only applies to LNP ministers going through a scandal. Upskirting, a discussion. Michael Johnson resigns amid rape allegations. 4 ways Australia's COVID vaccine rollout has been cooked. Biden wants corporations t...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: LNP staffer wanks on an MP's desk in parliament. Was it a recent desk wank, or was it historical? Remember Kony 2012? That was a historical wank. THIS WAS ALL ONE WEEK. Christian Porter AG and Linda Reynolds are suspected to lose their cabinet roles in rumored ministerial reshuffle, and not because of their alle...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: The women's March. ScoMo hears the concerns of Australia's women regarding sexual violence… from inside his office. Did the PM just say women should be grateful that there was no violence visited on the protestors? Peter Dutton gags Anthony Albanese… whilst Albo is talking about Brittany Higgins being gagged by...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: China reports Australia to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.  Former finance minister Mathias Cormann named OECD chief. Australia pays a lot for one job. Half-price flights on offer in a $1.2bil LNP donor relief package for the airline industry. Job-Keeper is being wound back and the Liberal party has nothi...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Christian Porter rape allegations. Defamation after death - why Porter's accuser is getting battered in the media. Attorney General's rape allegations are not another battle in the culture wars. Progress takes time and it's generational. Sexual harassment in parliament seems more permissable. 1.9tril relief pack...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Dan Andrews prepared to rip up Crown's casino licence if royal commission confirms the corruption that we already know exists. Craig Kelley surprises nobody by quitting the Liberal party. Historical rape allegations against cabinet minister referred to police. McCormick sauce workers gone on strike to force pay...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Turns out your favourite satirical podcast is actually news according to Facebook. The Unnatural Selection Podcast is now unavailable to livestream on Facebook after they decided to shoot the hostage and ban all news media being shared on the platform. The spread of misinformation during a pandemic, that's fine....

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: We've done five hundred of these! Deputy Prime Minister flags excluding agriculture from the proposed 2050 climate 'preferable' target. The Nationals and the Liberals - can these crazy kids make it work? Peter Dutton completely abuses his authority by preferencing his pet projects for funding - and it's totally...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Andrew Bolt - terrible opinions, with whisky! Jorge is not on the show and it's because his arm is stuck in a vending machine. There's nearly 500 episodes of this! Right? Tanya Plibersek and Craig Kelly face off over his conspiracy theory nonsense. Aung San Suu Kyi and the fall of democracy in Myanmar to a funky...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Australia Day, Scott Morrison and the LNP own goal. Change the date - seriously though, just change it. Jorge and Adam relitigate the last Australian election. Finally. Australia's Nazi fiesta down at the Grampians. Far right extremism makes up 40% of ASIO's current caseload. Google threatens to pull their searc...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Trump finally leaves the Whitehouse. God it feels good. Biden inauguration and crowd sizes. How nice is it that Biden actually thinks about someone other than himself? Biden's executive orders - here comes the Paris climate accord. Stop building that wall! Self pardons and the total abuse of power. How about all...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Adam wants to take over producing the show! Ten Republican house members vote to impeach Trump… 20 less than the amount of Democrats that voted to impeach Clinton. Rudy Giuliani isn't getting paid his 20k per day to defend Trump. Misinformation plunges by 73% after the president's Twitter. Twitter bans Trump and...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Let's start with the good news - Dems won both runoff elections in Georgia. Okay, now the rest. How complicit were the Capitol police in the invasion? Rudy Giuliani stokes violence by asking for trial by combat. Donald Trump withheld the national guard from the nation's capital as violent insurrectionists invade...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Now that Biden's definitely won, we can make fun of him being a million years old. Ted Cruz and his batshit failed attempt at a coup. Didn't Trump say Ted Cruz's dad assassinated JFK? Why is he defending him? Influencer parties in the USA in the midst of the rona. Mask mandates in Sydney and Gladys dipping her t...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: It's Christmas time and everyone's busy. 2020 stacks up pretty good against pretty much all of the past. Turns out the entire US government has been hacked for 8 months. Trump takes this cyber attack super seriously, just kidding, he's golfing or something. Cyber attacks are asynchronous, it's all about getting...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Jorge got married! Having a wedding in covid times is fuckin weird. The first coronavirus vaccines are administered in England.  William Shakespeare gets vaccinated. Bill Gates is going to have a great time controlling the body of a 90 year old woman in England. Logistics challenges with getting a covid vaccine...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: China and the human rights/trade war shitfight. Morrison takes a shot over the bow regarding Chinese government official's tweet. Can we criticise other countries' human rights violations when we have our own? Yes, but it makes it harder. ScoMo's weird curry obsession. Trump and the never ending election that he...