During my visit to Canada I had the honour of meeting renowned scientist, broadcaster and activist David Suzuki as well as his daughter and fellow-activist Severn Cullis-Suzuki. So I asked them a bunch of questions that are relevant to Australia. This is the companion to our Honest Government Ad about Canada You can also watch the video of this episode here on our YouTube channel - which we recommend 👉 David Suzuki Foundation 📽️ Interview filmed in Vancouver by Dan Loan 🎹 Featuring music by t...
Oct 01, 2023•46 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast Labor's key policy to regulate the coal and gas industry, the Safeguard Mechanism, will only pass through the Senate with support from the Greens. So my guest today is the leader of the Greens, Adam Bandt. This is the podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad about the Safeguard Mechanism You can also view this episode of the podcast here on our YouTube channel - which we recommend as it includes our video conversation. 👉 Here's my 2020 interview with Adam Bandt about the CPRS (make ...
Feb 26, 2023•18 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast Brazil's election is on October 2nd and the outcome is criticial for the whole world: I talk about it with academic and YouTuber Sabrina Fernandes - who co-wrote our latest Honest Government Ad and did the voiceover too. This is the podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad about Brazil You can also view this episode of the podcast on our YouTube channel - which we recommend as it includes our video conversation. 👉 You can find Sabrina Fernandes here and here 👉 You can find TeseOnze...
Sep 28, 2022•33 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast In which we launch the new Juice Media Podcast format for Season 3, and talk about the US Supreme Court and it's plans for the 2024 election. Feat. Pixelsmixel This is the podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad about the US Supreme Court - SCOTUS You can watch the video of this episode on our YouTube channel (Which we recommend!) 👉 You can follow Pixelsmixel here 👉 REFERENCES: 🔹 Second Thought video: Why You Can't Reform The Supreme Court 🔹 Brennan Centre for Justice, The 'Inde...
Aug 04, 2022•17 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast Giordano here with some final thoughts on this election result, and what comes next, before we get ready to launch into Season 3 of the Honest Governmenty Ads. You can also view this episode of the podcast here on our YouTube channel 🙏 This podcast was produced thanks to our Patrons. If you'd like to help keep us going, you can support us on Patreon or via these other options. 🎹 Music by Tom Day You can find us on Youtube | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram...
May 26, 2022•8 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 31: In which we answer your questions on how our voting system works and how to make your vote count on climate at this crucial election - feat. Ellen Burbidge! This is the podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad about the election You can also view this episode of the podcast on our YouTube channel - which we recommend as it includes our video conversation. Here are the links we mentioned in the podcast: AEC resources: 🔹 How to vote in the House of Reps 🔹 How to vote in the Se...
May 09, 2022•12 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 30: In which I ask Polly Hemming a billion questions to help us better understand how the Coalition is rorting carbon credits and offsets and the shit-buffett that is the Clean Energy Regulator and Emissions Reduction Fund. This is the podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad about Carbon Credits & Offsets You can also view this episode of the podcast on our YouTube channel - which we recommend as it includes our video conversation. 👉 You can follow Polly Hemming here 👉 You can ...
Apr 13, 2022•39 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 29: In which I talk with Lismore local, farmer, mother/grandmother, and kickass environmental lawyer Sue Higginson about the incredible community response to these devstating floods; the acts of heroism that saved hundreds of lives; Morrison's shitty visit to Lismore and the woeful governmenmt response; as well as the Sharma v Sussan Ley federal court case, and more. This is the podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad | The Floods You can also view the video version of this inter...
Mar 22, 2022•43 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 28: In which I chat with not one, but two climate scientists about the IPCC's latest Working Group II report, and how to deal with the psychological toll that this fuckery is having on all of us who are paying attention. Feat. NASA scientist Peter Kalmus and atmospheric scientist, Ella Gilbert. You can view the video version of this interview on our YouTube channel - which we recommend as it includes our faces :) 👉 You can follow Peter Kalmus here 👉 You can find Ella Gilbert's YouTube chann...
Mar 07, 2022•52 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 27: In which I chat with Simon Holmes à Court about Hung Parliaments, Not-Shit Independents and how they can help end this shit-stained Government at the 2022 election. This is the podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad | Hung Parliament You can also view this podcast on our YouTube channel - which we recommend as it includes our video conversation. 👉 You can follow Simon Holmes à Court here: twitter.com/simonahac 👉 You can find out more about the Climate200 here: climate200.c...
Dec 19, 2021•55 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 26: In which I chat with Greta Thunberg about the importance of honesty in the fight for real climate action; her experience of COP26; and other important issues - like how much she loves the Honest Government Ads :P This is the podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad: Net Zero by 2050 You can also view this podcast on our YouTube channel - which we recommend as it includes our video conversation. 👉 You can follow Greta here: twitter.com/gretathunberg 🔹 Fridays for Future ...
Nov 14, 2021•40 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 25: In which I chat with Allan Behm about AUKUS, the new trilateral pact between Australia, the US and UK, and what we should actually be doing to ensure peace and stability in our region rather than helping bring about fkn World War 3 :) This is the podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad : watch it here You can also view this podcast on our YouTube channel - which we recommend as it contains lots of visuals to help you follow the conversation. Follow Allan Behm here Read more b...
Oct 09, 2021•43 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 24: In which I chat with Richie Merzian about the top two bullshit climate solutions the Australian government (and others) are proposing to use to reduce CO2 emissions: Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Blue Hydrogen. This is the podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad : watch it here You can also view this podcast on our YouTube channel - which we recommend as it contains lots of visuals to help you follow the conversation. You can follow Richie Merzian here Here are the lin...
Sep 07, 2021•41 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 23: In which I ask Dr David Berger about airborne transmission of Covid19 and why, along with vaccination, we must fix our shitty hotel quarantine system if we're going to prevent ongoing outbreaks like the one currently screwing Sydney sideways. This is the podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad : watch it here You can also view this podcast on our YouTube channel - which we recommend as it contains lots of visuals to help you follow the conversation. You can follow David Berge...
Aug 04, 2021•39 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 22: in which we take a journey around Australia with Naomi from Lock the Gate so we can get an overview of the Government's gas-led shitfuckery - including huge new fracking projects - and things local communities can do to stop it. Plus a special guest! This is the podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad : watch it here You can also view this podcast on our YouTube channel - which we recommend as it contains lots of visuals to help you follow the conversation. Thanks to Nathan H...
Jul 12, 2021•54 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 21: in which I chat with Ketan Joshi about EVs: how Norway succeeded in electrifing its transport system; how the Australian Government is failing at it; and why the Victorian Government is trying to tax EVs, FFS This is the podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad: watch it here You can also view an edited version of this podcast on YouTube - which we recommend as it contains lots of visuals and graphs to help you follow the story. 👉 Sign the letter to the Victorian Parliament t...
May 01, 2021•2 hr 36 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 20: in which I chat with digital rights lawyer Lizzie O'Shea about the News Media Bargaining Code to get a deeper understanding of the shitty and very consequentlial law the Australian Government just passed, and which Governments around the world will want to copy. This is the podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad about the News Corp Bargaining Code - watch it here . You can also view this podcast on YouTube - which we recommend as it contains lots of visuals and graphs to hel...
Mar 03, 2021•40 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 19: In which we open the new year by giving the mic to climate scientist Michael E. Mann who talks about the new challenges we face in this critical decade for climate action, and as we enter an election year here in Gasland (aka Australia). Content warning: contains unusual levels of optimism. This is a bonus podcast to start off the new year and acts as a companion to all our Honest Governmenmt Ads about climate and energy policy this year. We discuss a number of issues, from US and Austral...
Feb 15, 2021•56 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 18: In which we take a trip back in time with Richie Merzian to learn the story of how Australia earned it's precious Kyoto Carryover Credits and, in the process, learn about international climate politics and why our Government has pissed off the entire world with its bullshit. Essential history for all Aussies. This is the podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad about the Kyoto Carryover Credits - watch it here . You can also view this podcast on YouTube - which we recommend as...
Dec 21, 2020•52 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 17: In which I chat with our US correspondent James From The Internet about all the shitfuckery that will be going down on, and especially *after* election day in the USA. A great summary for anyone who's been living under a rock and just came out to vote. This is the podcast companion to our last two Honest Government Ads about the US election: QAnon and Honest US Postal Service Ad . You can watch the video version of this podcast here Follow James From The Internet at act.tv and on YouTube ...
Oct 31, 2020•47 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast Ep. 16: In which I chat with economist Richard Denniss about the Government's economic shitfuckery as we head into a deep recession, the federal budget, MMT, taxes and whether the Libs really are good economic managers. This is the podcast companion to our Honest Government Ad, 'The Recession'. If you haven't seen the video, you can watch it here. This podcast is also available as a video - you can watch it here on our YouTube channel. You can follow Richard on Twitter here: @RDNS_TAI The Austra...
Oct 10, 2020•48 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast Ep. 15: In which I ask world-renowened intellectual, activist and political dissident Noam Chomsky to comoment on the unfolding trainwreck of the 2020 US election, the state of humanity, democracy, Julian Assange and more... This is the podcast companion to our TRUMP2020 Honest Government Ad. If you haven't seen the video, you can watch it here. This podcast is also available as a video - you can watch it here on our YouTube channel. For a list of Noam Chomsky's works see here. Here are links to...
Sep 20, 2020•39 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 14: In which I give the leader of The Greens Adam Bandt a chance to respond to Malcolm Turnbull's claim in our last podcast that the Greens are to blame for our lack of climate policy today. You wanted debates folks! This is part 2 of our companion podcast for our latest Honest Government Ad: Economic Recovery. If you haven't seen it, you can watch it here. You can follow Adam Bandt at @AdamBandt The Green's recovery Plan: greens.org.au/recovery This podcast is also available as a video - wat...
Jun 20, 2020•41 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 13: In which I talk with former Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull about our Honest Government Ads, the climate wars, and what we can do to get meaningful climate legislation before this Government gets us all killed. This is the podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad - Economic Recovery. If you haven't seen the video, you can watch it here. This podcast is also available as a video - you can watch it here on our YouTube channel. You can follow Malcolm at @TurnbullMalc...
Jun 14, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 12: In which I have an epic chat with award-winning author Naomi Klein about the lessons we're learning during this historic period, the decisions we need to make before the Machine is turned back on, the coming US election, and much more This is the podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad - The Machine. If you haven't seen the video, you can watch it here. This podcast is also available as a video - you can watch it here on our YouTube channel. You can follow Naomi Klein here: @...
May 21, 2020•54 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 11: In which I have an in-depth chat about the Government’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic, the CovidSafe tracing App, the economic bailout and more, with human/digital-rights lawyer Lizzie O’Shea and journalist Ben Eltham This is the podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad - The Machine. If you haven't seen the video, you can watch it here. This episode is also available in video form on our Youtube channel, you can watch it here . You can follow Lizzie O'Shay on twitter h...
May 09, 2020•48 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 10: In which I speak with Dr Norman Swan, presenter of ABC's Health Report and co-host of Coronacast, about the latest Covid-19 situation in Australia, our Government's response, school closures, potential treatments, and what we need to do right now to avoid Italy's nightmare. This is the podcast companion to the latest Honest Government Ad about the COVID-19 virus. If you haven't seen the video, you can watch it here. You can follow Doctor Norman Swan on twitter here: @NormanSwan Make sure ...
Mar 21, 2020•29 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 9: In which I speak with renowned climate scientist Michael E. Mann, co-author of the famous hockey stick graph, about the fires, the science, the clouds and our government's climate shitfuckery. This is Part 2 of our podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad about the fires. If you haven't seen the video, you can watch it here. You can follow Michael Mann on twitter here: @MichaelEMann Here's Michael Mann's free online course, Climate Change: The Science and Global Impact Here's s...
Feb 22, 2020•47 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 8: In which I speak with Simon Holmes à Court about the state of renewables in Australia, our long history of shitfuckery with energy and climate policy, and the solutions that are right within our grasp to avoid epic climate change fail. This is Part 1 of our podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad about the fires. If you haven't seen the video, you can watch it here. Simon's chosen call to action is the petition to support Independent MP Zali Steggall's bill for a Climate Chang...
Feb 18, 2020•47 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 7: in which I have an extended conversation with Scott Ludlam, formerly an Australian Senator and currently a not-quiet Australian, about wtf is going - everything from the fires currently raging across our country, to our deadshit government's response, environmental resistance movements, and what we can all do to play a part. Here's the video associated with this podcast episode: Honest Government Ad | The Quiet Australians Follow Scott Ludlam on Twitter and Insta : @Scottludlam Music featu...
Dec 13, 2019•47 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast 
