🤑 CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear 📨 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ Recorded at our homes over Google Meet — pumped through the RØDECaster™ Pro — into your ears. Comedians and experts ripping into the global pandemic — slowing the spread one pun at time. This A Rational Fear brings together voice actor Rupert Degas, comedian Bec Melrose, international health student Dr. Jazmin Daniells, New York City broadcaster Brad Blanks and as a speci...
Mar 27, 2020•51 min•Ep 68•Transcript available on Metacast SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear MAILING LIST: www.arationalfear.com The pod must go on — from our separate homes we keep cup and carry on — on the show this week we bring you the best and brightest brains on COVID19 including Eureka Prize winner Dr. Darren Saunders, comedian Rosie Piper, Dj Dylabolical, hosts Dan Ilic and Lewis Hobba and comedian Bec Melrose drops in to do 5min from her cancelled Melbourne Comedy Festival Show. (00:00) Preamble. (01:40) Start. (02...
Mar 20, 2020•40 min•Ep 67•Transcript available on Metacast https://bitly.com/ARF_MICF 🎫 Melbourne Comedy Festival Tickets STILL ON SALE: ☕ https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear Chip in with our Patreon: 📧 http://www.arationalfear.com/ Subscribe to the email: Fearmongers this week are Chris Taylor, Bridie Connell and Professor Hilary Bambrick from the the QUT school of public health and social work. We also have special guests Harry Mountbatten-Windsor and Bernie Sanders as voiced by the insanely talented Rupert Degas. 00:00 House keeping. 01:40 Start ...
Mar 12, 2020•36 min•Ep 66•Transcript available on Metacast MELBOURNE COMEDY FESTIVAL TICKETS ON SALE NOW: https://bitly.com/ARF_MICF PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear Well, Dan lost the show. Always eject the disk properly people!We lost the show! But we still have a podcast! Chock a block of content. (03:30) Sponsorship announcement: Local Newspapers. (05:25) We speak with journalist Asher Wolf about how people with vulnerable immune systems are taking coronavirus seriously. (10:30) And we speak with progressive comedian Francesca Fiorenti...
Mar 05, 2020•23 min•Ep 65•Transcript available on Metacast WE MADE AN AUDIO SITCOM ! — It’s called Riot Act and is out today on Audible. https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Riot-Act-Audiobook/B081VGWJLG?qid=1575317103&sr=1-1&pf_rd_p=771c6463-05d7-4981-9b47-920dc34a70f1&pf_rd_r=H1WJX9FR94HJ36GAQR9H&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1 Over the last couple of years Mark Humphries , Evan Williams and I have been writing a sitcom set in the world of conservative talkback radio. It’s not so much a workplace comedy but a story about ambition, and politics at the extremes. ...
Dec 01, 2019•39 min•Ep 64•Transcript available on Metacast A very special episode of A Rational Fear — this is the audio from the Hungry Beast 10 year reunion show that we put on a couple of months ago. It has many of the voices and faces from the show telling stories about how it was put together and where most of the team is now. "It’s been 10 years since the ABC TV show Hungry Beast was launched. In 2009 it brought together 20 young smart arses to create a new kind of new kind of TV show. One that was curious about the world, and didn’t take itself t...
Nov 10, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Ep 63•Transcript available on Metacast Enjoy a sample of the News Fighters podcast with guest host Dan Ilic from A Rational Fear. Head to newsfighters.com to check out the other episodes. "In the fourth and final episode of our pilot week guest host Dan Ilic cherry picks at Energy Minister Angus Taylor’s appearance on Insiders this morning. Also ABC broadcaster and American political podcaster Josh Szeps drops by to talk Scott Morrison in Washington, the 2020 Democrat candidates and the most important issue on breakfast television. A...
Sep 22, 2019•17 min•Ep 62•Transcript available on Metacast 🎟️Hungry Beast 10 year reunion show is on sale now: http://bitly.com/HUNGRYBEAST PLUG: Beaming to you from around Australia from Telecom Tower — this is recorded live at The Street Theatre in Canberra.A Rational Fear’s Mid-Winter Bore A huge satire-thirsty crowd turned up for our first ever from the capital. Hosted by Dan Ilic , the line-up is massive including: The Guardian’s Photographer at large Mike Bowers , Triple J Hack’s Shalailah Medhora , 730 Satirist Mark Humphries , and Triple J’s Le...
Sep 08, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep 61•Transcript available on Metacast STOP THE PRESS Journalism is dead. Long live journalism. 🎟️ CANBERRA SHOW - SEPT 7 - THE STREET - ON SALE NOW Recorded live, in front of a massive SOLD OUT crowd at Giant Dwarf ,some of Australia's best known journalists and a couple of Australia's least known comedians discuss the recent government crackdown on press freedom in Australia. (Waxed balls and All) Hear what happened to Ray Martin ’s interview with a top CIA contact. How Kate McClymont sends a death threat to bikie gangs. Ben Fordh...
Aug 09, 2019•1 hr 26 min•Ep 60•Transcript available on Metacast Never miss an episode. Subscribe to the newsletter: http://arationalfear.com Greetings Fearmongers — Recorded live on stage at the — In order for this political comedy podcast to qualify for a “Cabaret Festival” we brought the 2018 ARIA winners for best comedy Bridie Wyatt to sing songs at the start and the end of the show. Cabaret fans would say they’re the best bits. But we have some other great bits too we fix South Australia’s drop in tourists, we chip in on Izzy Folau’s Go Fund Me, and try ...
Jun 23, 2019•1 hr 24 min•Ep 59•Transcript available on Metacast #ClimateWeekQLD Hello Dan Ilic here — Thanks to the Queensland Government for inviting us to perform at Climate Week . The team of producers were incredible, and the production staff at the Brisbane Powerhouse were slick professional units. You may notice there is one word we’re avoiding to say in the show. That word begins with A and ends in I , has Dan in between. We were told about 20 minutes before the show, so some minor tweaks had to happen on the fly. I’m sure you’ll enjoy listening to th...
Jun 07, 2019•2 hr 34 min•Ep 58•Transcript available on Metacast 🎟️ BRISBANE LIVE SHOW ON SALE NOW June 6th at Powerhouse 🎟 ADELAIDE LIVE SHOW ON SALE NOW June 20 & 21 Adelaide Cabaret Festival This is your post-election come down episode of A Rational Fear . Dan Ilic and Lewis Hobba this week are joined by guest fearmongers by two part-lawyer part-comedians writers James Pender (Countdown to Glory) and Bec Melrose . (Tonightly) We rip into The Bish Boot, throw polls out the window, and rip apart post election Liberal spin. ALSO Alan Jones goes on a gloatin...
May 22, 2019•29 min•Ep 57•Transcript available on Metacast 🎟️ BRISBANE LIVE SHOW ON SALE NOW June 6th at Powerhouse 🎟 ADELAIDE LIVE SHOW ON SALE NOW June 20 & 21 Adelaide Cabaret Festival The pre-election blackout starts now! Don’t worry A Rational Fear is here to walk you through the world of Australian politics. Fearmongers Chris Taylor , Lewis Hobba , Lauren Bonner and Dan Ilic are here to ease the squeeze, go for growth with continuity and change. 00:00 Show Plugs 01:49 Start 02:59 Introductions 06:35 Very Fast Trains 11:40 Clive Palmer is in Fiji...
May 15, 2019•29 min•Ep 56•Transcript available on Metacast ***DISASTER*** Fearmongers — we had had a terrible disaster in recording this live show’s podcast. The start-up disk of the computer that was recording the show became too full at and refused to record any more. 20 minutes The Giant Dwarf team and I took the computer back to the office, and spent the afternoon trying to see if the rest of the show was hiding someplace. But sadly it just wasn’t recorded. This is really bad. My apologies to Jane Caro , Michael Hing, Alice Fraser, Dylan Behan , who...
May 08, 2019•23 min•Ep 55•Transcript available on Metacast Dan Ilic interviews maverick economist Professor Steve Keen in Amsterdam via Skype he tells you why if you’re a progressive person, you should be voting for the liberals this election. News.com.au’s Joe Hildebrand unloads on One Nation’s Steve Dickson. Sky News’ Janine Perrett rips into Channel Seven’s coverage of the first debate on Seven Two. And Lewis Hobba wins Disgraced Candidate Jeopardy 00:00 Preamble. 00:40 Intro. 02:00 Clive Palmer’s rambling press conference on Today. 06:46 Clive Palme...
May 03, 2019•47 min•Ep 54•Transcript available on Metacast Next A Rational Fear Live Show: May 7th @ Giant Dwarf $15 Tickets with the code “Podcast” He has risen — in the polls. Has ScoMo inched ahead in preferred Prime Minister numbers, or is that just Bill Shorten dropping out of sight? Fearmongers this week: Lewis Hobba , (Triple J) Chris Urquhart , (Immediate Communications), Alison Piotrowski (A Current Affair) and host Dan Ilic (Romper Room) wade into the deep end with #Watergate with Michel West (MichaelWest.com.au). We drink whatever Barnaby’s b...
Apr 24, 2019•36 min•Ep 53•Transcript available on Metacast LIVE SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT: 7:30pm May 7th at Giant Dwarf Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba, Alice Fraser, Jane Caro, Michael Hing TICKETS: https://giantdwarf.com.au/events/a-rational-fear-2/ SHOW NOTES This is the first of our weekly #AusPol2019 show heading into election season. On the pod this week Walkley-Jacoby Scholarship winner and Crikey Investigative Reporter Amber Schultz, Indigenous X’s Luke Pearson , Triple J’s Lewis Hobba Pre-Show Fearsome Fears Intro Guests Gaff’s Campaigns Luke Pearson’s Wedding ...
Apr 18, 2019•36 min•Ep 52•Transcript available on Metacast Where The Bloody Hell Are You ScoMo? - Giant Dwarf - 26th February 2019 A Rational Fear LIVE Giant Dwarf February 26, 2019 Lewis Hobba @lewishobba Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox1 Adam Liaw @adamliaw James Valentine @Valentine702 Dylan Behan @dylabolical Federal ICAC. Helloworld CEO Phone Message. Paladin. Manus Island Strike. Where The Bloody Hell Are You, ScoMo? Let Millennials Be Millennials. George Pell Cartoon Retrospective. Alan Jones Apologises To Malcolm Turnbull. End of Party Politics. What's...
Feb 27, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Ep 51•Transcript available on Metacast Something a little different: Dan is begging you for money. To make something really dumb: All info here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-australian-pm-hotline/x/1681048#/ WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA? In the last 10 years, Australia has had just under 31,023 Prime Ministers. No one can remember who the current one is. So I've created a hotline, that with the power of some code, can update automatically via Wikipedia and tell us who is the Prime Minister at that given moment? It's just like the sp...
Feb 04, 2019•4 min•Ep 50•Transcript available on Metacast Chris Taylor, Veronica Milsom, Lewis Hobba and Dan Ilic run amok with the week's news. - Citizenship Uniforms - Election Campaign has Kicked off - Clive Palmer - Australia Day - Change The Date - Brooke Boney - Alan Jones on Australia day - Gillette - Trump - Shutdown - Prince Philip A Rational Fear on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. If Patreon isn't your thing, and Apple Subscriptions are too Appley — chip in with A-Cast here: ...
Jan 17, 2019•30 min•Ep 49•Transcript available on Metacast What you should be scared of this week: Pedestrian's Lucinda 'Froomes' Price brings her best Cane Toad Hunter to the table. Tonightly's Kara Schlegl gives us a brief history on Australia's recent lurch to the right. Triple J's Lewis Hobba over pronounces Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and A Current Affair's Dan Ilic goes to Canberra to cover the rising rents. - Cash for Cane Toads. - Cane Toad Hunter Steve Earnin' - Old People Share Fake News - Fraser Anning's new party. - The Rise of the Right Explai...
Jan 11, 2019•33 min•Ep 48•Transcript available on Metacast What you should be scared of this week: Ian 'Dicko' Dickson announces his strongman run for the Prime Minister of Australia. Lewis Hobba is concerned about Brazilians. Hannah May Reilly investigates twisted sister. And host Dan Ilic laughs in all their faces. - Brazil's new strongman President: Jair Bolsonaro. - Who is responsible for Neil Prakash? - Blair Cottrell. - Alan Jone's New Year Resolution. - British Army new millennial ad campaign. - Google minimized its tax (again. - Adolfo Cambiaso ...
Jan 04, 2019•30 min•Ep 47•Transcript available on Metacast Hosted by Dan Ilic, fearmongers on this episode are Nina Oyama (The Angus Project) Jazz Twemlow (Tonightly) and Andy Saunders (Raw Comedy) - Sponsor: Order leftovers on demand with Leftoveroo. - Japan commences commercial whaling. - Food delivery by drone in Canberra. - Australia's continental heatwave. - David Attenborough on how politicians should deal with climate change. - Satan: how to hell is dealing with climate change. - How sharemarket volatility is being driven by computer trading. - T...
Dec 28, 2018•33 min•Ep 46•Transcript available on Metacast A Rational Fear steps off the stage and into the studio to bring you the first of 5 summer programmes on ABC Radio. Hosted by Dan Ilic, fearmongers on this episode are Rosie Waterland, Jame Colley, Michael Chamberlin, with feature voices from Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki, Jan Fran, and Simon Chilvers. - Vladimir Putin wants to control Hip Hop. - Trump declare victory over ISIS. - Andrew Broad's New Idea. - Women encouraged to join Parliament. - Border Force send a warning to Santa. A Rational Fear on P...
Dec 21, 2018•30 min•Ep 45•Transcript available on Metacast Special interview guest Alex Turnbull gets grilled by the panel about the ABC, the Australian Liberal Party, and energy policy. Dan Ilic and guests for a laugh at the live recording of A Rational Fear as our panel of comedians, smart-arses, and experts explore what it is we should really be scared of. Welcoming guest panelists: James Colley Tanya Ali Rosie Waterland Lewis Hobba A Rational Fear on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. ...
Nov 02, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Ep 44•Transcript available on Metacast TICKETS: https://giantdwarf.com.au/events/arf/ Join host Dan Ilic and guests for a laugh at the live recording of A Rational Fear as our panel of comedians, smart-arses, and experts explore what it is we should really be scared of. Welcoming guest panelists: Bec Shaw Tanya Ali Rosie Waterland Lewis Hobba A Rational Fear on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. If Patreon isn't your thing, and Apple Subscriptions are too Appley — chip ...
Oct 25, 2018•1 min•Ep 43•Transcript available on Metacast Recorded live at @GiantDwarfHQ in Sydney. Host @DanIlic takes us through his month's top fears Trump vs Iran, My Health Record, and water on Mars. Fearmongers: @jan__fran: On having PTSD from ethnic gang reporting. @LewisHobba: Gives Fairfax the send-off that Greg Hywood couldn't do. @RosieWaterland: Disects #PlaneBae, the biggest Milkshake Duck of the year so far. @Struthless69: Nails the hypocrisy of online commentary. A Rational Fear on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear See omnys...
Jul 27, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Ep 42•Transcript available on Metacast This month it's a AAA+ rated show featuring. Logies. Golliwogs. Hanson in a Burqua. Monsanto Merger. And Super Saturday By-election. A Rational Fear on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. If Patreon isn't your thing, and Apple Subscriptions are too Appley — chip in with A-Cast here: https://plus.acast.com/s/a-rational-fear-1 . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 01, 2018•58 min•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast We're back! Recorded live on stage at Giant Dwarf Friday 25th of May Rosie Waterland Lewis Hobba, Jazz Twemlow, Dan Ilic Cath Brown A Rational Fear on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. If Patreon isn't your thing, and Apple Subscriptions are too Appley — chip in with A-Cast here: https://plus.acast.com/s/a-rational-fear-1 . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 31, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast Hello, Since the A Rational Fear audience is a discerning bunch, here is a pilot idea for something I'm making over a Gizmodo. I'd love to hear your feedback. Please leave me a message on SoundCloud / Twitter / Facebook. Let me know if you liked it. Also the bits you didn't like. A Rational Fear on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. If Patreon isn't your thing, and Apple Subscriptions are too Appley — chip in with A-Cast here: http...
Jun 19, 2017•35 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast 
