Unnatural Selection: Deeply Unqualified Australian & American Political Comedy

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: George Floyd protests continue into their 2nd week. The media wants to show you dramatic chaos - if it bleeds it leads. Citizen journalists are actually useful in this situation. Buffalo PD assault a citizen, he gets a head injury, and then they say he tripped. Buffalo squad resigns in protest… for the worst pos...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: The boys talk about the George Floyd case and the resulting fallout. American cops need some kind of different training. Cop and robbers and Indians and guns and everything else that's broken. Vote by mail and the Republican push to restrict voting during a pandemic. Trump's spat with Twitter's fact-checking of...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Zack Synder finally gets his own cut of the movie Justice League. Thank god. Trump testing positive to not having the coronavirus. The US nears 100K coronavirus deaths. Could coronavirus precipitate some sot of armed conflict? How are we meant to open up the economy again with public transport? 20 people to be a...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Adam is definitely still socially distancing by playing footy with mates. Unnatural Selection celebrates ten long years worth of podcasting. The line for 'da club' is going to be super long when this is over. The PM plugs domestic travel once freedom of movement restrictions are lifted. Jorge ventures out into t...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Everyone's stopped giving a shit and went shopping for Mother's Day. Economy open by July - by open, we mean, the new normal. If you don't observe social distancing we will have a second wave. The LNP pat themselves on the back for a job well done before the Job Keeper money even goes out + refuse to guarantee t...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Covid head - everyone's haircut situation due to isolation. Jobkeeper payments in Australia are taking a minute. Who has the main TV priority in your house? Unaknowledged, Unorthodox and Sex Education. The boys talk about their isolation recommendations on Netflix. I'm so glad that social media didn't exist like...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Adam's very exciting adventure outdoors… that he can't tell us about. Coffee and beer are essential services for many, many people. Lots of internet services were really not designed for this sort of volume. Is the worst of the health crisis behind us? Don't ease up on the social distancing though. Virgin Austra...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: How's everyone's mental health, hey? Trump stokes protests against stay at home protesters in Michigan and Minnesota. Armed US protesters defy stay at home orders in the name of liberty. French shipbuilding company denies Australian senator's FOI request to see what they're doing with taxpayer money for 'commerc...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: The Coronavirus crisis drags on into its eleventieth week. George Pell acquitted from child sex offences on appeal to the High Court. Just because you've been acquitted of a crime doesn't mean you're not a shitty person, George. MMT - the way that the government can borrow from itself and have the money be worth...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Drugs deals in the new social-distancing economy. Creative destruction: Silicon Valley and the new coronavirus economy. Ecommerce for everything - can this actually work? Pauline Hanson thinks social distancing restrictions are 'ridiculous' - thoroughly missing the point. Conservative commentators even now are d...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: The miracle of science that allows us to podcast from afar. It's only been like 3 weeks since things kicked off here. The corona series - how things deteriorated in real time. How TAL tried to deny coverage to COVID-19 victims in future policies. Is there a crisis that could've fucked the economy more than this?...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: There's lots of misinformation on the internet, as per usual. 2020 has been cancelled. The thing with the coronavirus is that you're always two weeks behind the curve - so shit moves quickly. NSW, VIC and ACT flag that they're going to shut down all 'non-essential services' - but what does that mean? Thousands f...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Fears of COVID-19 have increased. Peter Dutton tested positive for the Coronavirus. The #BoomerRemover trending hashtag. Social isolation and what's going on in Italy? The 2020 Melbourne Grand Prix has been cancelled at the eleventh hour. Flatten the curve - slow the rate of infection and ease the strain on the...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Fears of COVID-19 have driven Australians to stockpile all the essentials: Toilet Paper. Actually just that.  Is a pandemic worse for poor people? Only if you can't afford to stockpile resources or take time off work. How much toilet paper can you go through in 14 days? Who gives a crap sales exceed 800% of norm...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: COVID19 and the news media and stock market is freaking out. The effect of the coronavirus on the stock market. It's not crazy to have a go-bag. Personal space is not overrated in a pandemic. Flat earther dies in attempt to prove the earth isn't flat. LNP government is talking a lot less about surplus. The Unnat...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff: Trump isn't wearing makeup, the Twisties have just hit his bloodstream. The show is real weird when we look into each others eyes. Jeff Bezoz spends $10bil to 'fight the environment' - or the impacts of climate change. Is it weird to contribute money to fighting global warming if you're one of its chief proponen...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff. I'm a description, not a cop. The Unnatural Selection podcast is produced by Jorge Tsipos, Adam Direen and Tom Heath. Visit the Unnatural Selection website at www. UnnaturalShow.com for stuff and things. The views expressed are those of the hosts and their guests and do not reflect those of any other entities. U...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: Tom secretly has a black heart… off air. Trump acquitted by the Republican controlled Senate. Mitt Romney, GOP member, voted his conscience to convict a Republican president, for the first time in history. Trump's reality tv show version of the state of the union. The Iowa Caucuses - a goddamn mess. Nancy Pelosi tears up Donald...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: Brexit finally happens, we think. Everything has changed, but also, nothing has? Want a Brexit coin? It's a thing. John Bolton is a messy bitch - leaks tell-all book in the middle of the Senate impeachment trial. Alan Dershowitz: If Trump does it, it's not illegal. Coronavirus in China and the problem of dealing with a pandemic...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: Australia Day weekend standard controversy + Triple J's hottest 100 date. We're too old for Triple J - Tom Tilley 'teaching the controversy' and changing the date. Considering a hard pivot every decade. Sport minister Bridget McKenzie welcomes the inquiry into questionable spending. Barnaby Joyce and his fun little existential v...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: Smoke looping the planet from the Australian bushfires. Virginia democrats take control of both houses - civil war ensues. Trump piles on, encouraging discord over state plans to implement gun control due to Democratic control. Trump henchman comes out against the president and Rudy Giuliani.  Clearview AI and the race to end pr...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: We're not having world war three because of Iran - everyone be chill. Trump chooses the most extreme option from a menu from the joint chiefs in a pretty big miscalculation. More bushfire content. Scott Morrison interviewed by David Spears on the ABC about his government's response to the bushfires. ScoMo regrets going to Hawaii...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: Scotty from marketing returns from his Hawaiian vacation. Australian's just kinda need someone to be mad at at and the PM is in charge. Government announcements of funding for fire services (and just about anything) is sort of untethered to reality. Not about political point scoring: it's not my fault, by Scott Morrison. ScoMo i...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: Not Adam's 30th birthday - lots of Fireball to be had. Guys with guns at Australia's airports so you feel nice and safe. Jorge is always the recipient of 'random' bomb screenings at airports. Donald Trump has articles of impeachment filed against him by congress. Mitch McConnell is a literal supervillian. Impeachment is going no...

On this week's episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss: Arts funding redux - the Morrison government has done a great turn for arts funding by lumping it in with… infrastructure? The military industrial complex isn't a thing... Medevac bill gets repealed. Government finds government good. Secret deals going down between Jacquie Lambie and the Coalition government… or are they? The se...