π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ π¬ A Rational Fear is supported in part by Australian Ethical On the podcast this week we talk about AUSTRAC investigating Bet365 and BetFair. The Lions trying to escape Sydney's Toronga Zoo. Elon Musk's Twitter purchase. B-52's in Darwin. And whether or not Australia will be welcomed back at the COP27 table. Your fearmongers this week are Osman Faruqi (Nine) Scott Mitche...
Nov 04, 2022β’34 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 173
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ π¬ A Rational Fear is supported in part by Australian Ethical Recorded IN PERSON around Lewis' kitchen table. Fearmongers this week are Chris Taylor, Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba, Dan Adams CEO of Amber, AND WENDY ZUKERMAN from the podcast Science Vs. She's back in Australia β we're lucky to have her! There's a different energy to the in person podcasts that's for sure. We cover...
Oct 27, 2022β’37 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 172
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ π¬ A Rational Fear is supported in part by Australian Ethical This podcast was recorded about 1 hour before Liz Truss resigned β but is well worth a listen. Not only do with have a stellar Australian panel featuring comedian Bea Barbeau-Scurla and Journalist Rick Morton , we brought in the big guns from the UK to help us all understand what is happening in UK politics rig...
Oct 21, 2022β’33 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 171
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ Weβre gearing up for a big 10-week season of weekly A Rational Fear Podcasts β but before we hit full steam, enjoy this chat with one of Australia's most prominent satirical broadcasters. From ABC's The Weekly: Charlie Pickering. We also speak with NASA Scientist and Climate Activist: Peter Kalmus This is a big discussion about civil disobedience and what actions may or m...
Oct 19, 2022β’30 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 170
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ Weβre gearing up for a big 10-week season of weekly A Rational Fear Podcasts β but before we hit full steam, enjoy this chat with the very smart and curious Sarah Wilson in a new ARF format called A Rational Fear Lite. This week on the pod: π€ The Alex Jones $1bn Verdict. π¦Ύ No one at Meta wants to use the Metaverse . Great piece from The Verge π΄οΈThe 10 year anniversary ...
Oct 14, 2022β’29 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 169
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ Australia is the most secretive liberal democracy in the world. Weβd love to tell you more about it, but need our lawyer present. In this special edition of A Rational Fear where weβll rip into Australiaβs most closely-guarded secrets. How did βββββ ββββ drown? And why canβt you say a ββββ has arrived from ββββββββ? On this very special edition of A Rational Fear live on ...
Sep 25, 2022β’56 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 168
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ ποΈ SEE OUR NEXT LIVE SHOW AT THE FESTIVAL OF DANGEROUS IDEAS: https://festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/secretive-australia/ Once in a while on the A Rational Fear podcast feed we do an interview with someone who is a leader on climate, and we've got a great get this week. Richard Duke represents the United States of America around the globe on climate, he is the Depu...
Sep 02, 2022β’39 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 167
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ ποΈ SEE OUR NEXT LIVE SHOW AT THE FESTIVAL OF DANGEROUS IDEAS: https://festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/secretive-australia/ Dan is eating his way through Melbourne's cafes β so this ARF is recorded face to face from Stupid Old Studios. Is a cracker covering Labor Climate Catastrophe, the dance moves of the Finish Prime Minister, the Murdoch's suing Crikey, Russia's n...
Aug 26, 2022β’38 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 166
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ ποΈ SEE OUR NEXT LIVE SHOW AT THE FESTIVAL OF DANGEROUS IDEAS: https://festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/secretive-australia/ In the space of 72 hours we saw the birth, the brightly burning and death of the Scott Morrison Many Ministry Meme. We have a new podcast from A Rational Fear featuring the A Rational Fear twitter key holder, Killian David, and one of the few co...
Aug 19, 2022β’27 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 165
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ ποΈ SEE OUR NEXT LIVE SHOW AT THE FESTIVAL OF DANGEROUS IDEAS: https://festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/secretive-australia/ G'day Fearmongers β After looking at all the data it was discovered that most of you don't listen all the way through the podcast, so that means most of you have never heard Lewis Hobba go on a deranged un-hinged rant about some minutiae. So β h...
Aug 15, 2022β’57 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 164
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ π BUY OUR MERCH HERE Every now and then on the A Rational Fear Podcast feed we have a long-form conversation about climate change with climate leaders from all walks of life. We call them — The Greatest Moral Podcast Of Our Generation. On this episode of GMPOOG: Dan Ilic hosts a conversation with journalist Nick Bryant — Media watchers in Australia would cert...
Jun 15, 2022β’30 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 162
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ G'day Fearmongers — It is with great thanks to the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas we can bring you this excellent conversation about satire and journalism. Can satire change the world? Never . Can satire be more powerful than journalism? Doubtful. Can satire be journalism? Probably not. Australia's top satirists will ask themselv...
Jun 09, 2022β’1 hr 20 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 161
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ ποΈ SEE OUR LIVE SHOW: https://comedy.com.au/tour/a-rational-fear-live/ G'day Fearmongers, This is the 2nd last JZAC — and it's a good one. JZ has a conversation with Independent Candidate for Hume, Penny Ackery. There is a feeling of change in country NSW. Penny Ackery is a former special needs teacher who has been tasked by her community to re...
May 16, 2022β’36 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 158
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ ποΈ SEE OUR LIVE SHOW: https://comedy.com.au/tour/a-rational-fear-live/ 10 Years Of A Rational Fear. Sydney Opera House. June 4th 2022 ----------------------------------------------------- G'day Fearmongers, Thrilled to bring you the A Rational Fear LIVE show we did last month at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. It is a long and very enjoyable show featuring. ...
May 03, 2022β’1 hr 21 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 155
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ ποΈ SEE OUR LIVE SHOW: https://comedy.com.au/tour/a-rational-fear-live/ G'day Fearmongers, Sadly there's no Jan Fran Has Issues this week as all of our producers at F&K Media have been sidelined with COVID19 — instead enjoy this 10 minute sample of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival live show to hear the full thing before it goes on the free feed in a week'...
Apr 21, 2022β’14 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 153
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ ποΈ BUY TICKETS TO OUR MELBOURNE COMEDY FESTIVAL SHOW HERE We're joined this week by fearmonger and filmmaker Damon Gameau. And we cover: Storytelling and climate change Community lead climate recovery Regenerating our democracy PLUGS: See Damon's new film Regenerating Australia in a theatre near you π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalF...
Mar 11, 2022β’42 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 148
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ π BUY OUR MERCH HERE This is the 4th Episode of the monthly spin-off podcast from A Rational Fear : Julia Zemiro Asks 'Who Cares?' Each month for the next 3 months on the A Rational Fear podcast feed, Julia interviews change makers, civic leaders, and people who organise their communities and claim their power to discover the secrets to making good things happen. T...
Mar 02, 2022β’1 hr 21 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 147
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ π BUY OUR MERCH HERE We're joined this week by fearmongers: Steve Hili Lauren Edwards Lewis Hobba and Dan Ilic And we cover: Tim Wilson vs Signage in Goldstein Rest in peace Queen Elizabeth? The Russian Invasion of Ukraine And in EXTRA FEAR only available on Patreon or Apple Subscription we ask Brynn O'Brien from Australasian Centre for Corporate Respon...
Feb 25, 2022β’30 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 146
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ π BUY OUR MERCH HERE We're joined this week by fearmongers: Georgia Hooper James Fitzgerald Lewis Hobba and Dan Ilic And we cover: Clive Palmer's Waratah Coal Tademark Lapse Grace Tame's BONG Russian doping PLUGS: Listen to Georgia and James' show Werk It Out on FBI Radio And in EXTRA FEAR only avaliable on Patreon or Apple Subscription we ask Way...
Feb 18, 2022β’28 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 145
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ π BUY OUR MERCH HERE We're joined this week by fearmongers: Alice Tovey Scout Boxall Alice Fraser and Dan Ilic And we cover: Spies on dating apps The Religious Discrimination Bill That 60 minutes interview The New Liberals PLUGS: See Scout Boxall in Buck Wild at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival See Alice Tovey in One Night Only (Over Seven Ni...
Feb 11, 2022β’39 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 144
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ π BUY OUR MERCH HERE We're joined this week by fearmongers: Dave Warneke Jess Perkins Lewis Hobba and Dan Ilic And we cover: National Press Club Elon Musk's private jet Facial recognition PLUGS: Listen to Jess and Dave on 'Do Go On': Website π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear Heading into the election your support is going to be more cr...
Feb 04, 2022β’47 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 143
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ π BUY OUR MERCH HERE We're joined this week by fearmongers: James Colley Bridie Connell Lewis Hobba and Dan Ilic And we cover Forklifts Boris Johnson UAP's insane political advertising spend Play a 2012 clip from the A Rational Fear vault. PLUGS: Listen to Vanity Project Podcast: I nstagram / Omny π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear Head...
Jan 21, 2022β’38 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 142
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ π BUY OUR MERCH HERE We're back for 2021 with a short sharp A Rational Fear. We're joined by Peppa Smith (Yamma Mamma), Travis De Vries (Awesome Black), as well as Dan Ilic and Lewis Hobba. KFC Chicken Shortage. COVID and Cannabis. Australian Republican Movement's new platform for voting for a head of state. LISTEN TO: Trash Tiddas : https://open.spotify.com/show/...
Jan 14, 2022β’32 minβ’Season 2022Ep. 141
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ π BUY OUR MERCH HERE ποΈ BUY TICKETS TO THE A RATIONAL FEAR OPERA HOUSE SHOW — JANUARY 29th HERE. Dan Ilic is still on holidays so he asked his good friend Alan Jones (who was surprisingly available) to host the end of year wrap of all of our sponsors. It's been an extraordinary year for A Rational Fear. π© Melbourne Comedy Festival π© 100th episode Live Show...
Dec 30, 2021β’1 hrβ’Season 2021Ep. 140
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ π BUY OUR MERCH HERE ποΈ BUY TICKETS TO THE A RATIONAL FEAR OPERA HOUSE SHOW — JANUARY 29th HERE. This is the 3rd Episode of the monthly spin-off podcast from A Rational Fear — Julia Zemiro Asks 'Who Cares?' Each month for the next 4 months on the A Rational Fear podcast feed, Julia will be interviewing change makers, civic leaders, and people who...
Dec 17, 2021β’1 hr 17 minβ’Season 2021Ep. 139
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ π BUY OUR MERCH HERE π« GET TICKETS TO OUR LIVE SHOW: 10 Years of Fear at the Sydney Opera House. January 29th: https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/events/whats-on/comedy/2022/a-rational-fear.html We're Talking Fears with the Talking Pictures crew. Yianni Agisilaou Mike Bowers Fiona Katauskas Dan Ilic + Zoe Daniel We talk about the diplomatic boycot of the winter olym...
Dec 10, 2021β’41 minβ’Season 2021Ep. 138
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ π BUY OUR MERCH HERE G'day Fearmongers, If you can't tell in this recording, I'm super stoked to have Alice Fraser and Andy Zaltzman on for the first ever Bugle X A Rational Fear crossover special. We talk. On-line Trolls. Xenobots. NFTs. UK Anti Vax Protests. and I attempt a Pun Run for Andy's sake. Cheers Dan PATREON πΈ: If you enjoy ou...
Dec 01, 2021β’42 minβ’Season 2021Ep. 137
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ π BUY OUR MERCH HERE We have a very loose, dude-heavy podcast this week, that is back to back bros being bros. There is ribbing, slander, sledging, marijuana, bitcoin, and as promised rhyming. Joining Lewis Hobba (Triple J) and Dan Ilic (Third Person Writer) on the podcast this week are two of our old friends in comedy and broadcasting Matt Okine and Alex Dyson (All Day ...
Nov 26, 2021β’43 minβ’Season 2021Ep. 136
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ π BUY OUR MERCH HERE On the podcast this week we are joined by fearmongers who go way back to Hungry Beast: Kirk Docker (You Can't Ask That), Kirsten Drysdale (Reputation Rehab), Lewis Hobba (Triple J) and Dan Ilic (Out Of Home Media Buyer). We're also joined by Michael Mazengarb from RenewEconomy.com.au who gives us break down on the spurious modelling behind the Austra...
Nov 19, 2021β’49 minβ’Season 2021Ep. 135
π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ π BUY OUR MERCH HERE This is the 2nd Episode of the monthly spin-off podcast from A Rational Fear — Julia Zemiro Asks 'Who Cares?' Each month for the next 5 months on the A Rational Fear podcast feed, Julia will be interviewing change makers, civic leaders, and people who organise their communities and claim their power to discover the secrets to making good ...
Nov 05, 2021β’1 hr 10 minβ’Season 2021Ep. 134
