On this year’s final episode of Future Perfect, Dylan is joined by David Manne, Executive Director of Refugee Legal, to explore the federal government's new suite of measures cracking down on refugees and asylum seekers. (1:06) Dr Jordana Silverstein, Senior Research Fellow in the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at The University of Melbourne, gives an overview of her new podcast Being Stateless which draws together oral history interviews with people experiencing statelessness in Austral...
Dec 02, 2024•2 hr 35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Content warning: this episode contains discussion of gendered violence. If you find any of this distressing, you can seek support via 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732. Dylan is joined by Dr Stephanie Wescott, Lecturer in the School of Education, Culture and Society at Monash University, to discuss the interventions that could address young men and boys being susceptible to the manosphere and its ties to violence against women, as explored in her ongoing research for ANROWS . (1:10) Jana Favero, Deput...
Nov 25, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast Dylan is joined by Jeff Sparrow to walk us through what Donald Trump’s election win could mean for politics in Australia. (1:02) Psychologist, author and educator Dr Chris Cheers chats all things loneliness ahead of his appearance at the in-conversation event Solving Loneliness Together at Federation Square in Melbourne on November 20. (19:04) Lisa Given, Professor of Information Sciences and Director of Social Change at RMIT University, unpacks the federal government’s plan to impose a ‘Digital...
Nov 18, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dylan is joined by Cam Walker, campaigns coordinator at Friends of the Earth, to unpack what the re-election of Donald Trump could mean for global climate and environmental policy amid the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference. (0:56) Clinton Fernandes, Professor of International and Political Studies at the University of New South Wales, takes us through the geopolitical implications of Trump’s return for Australia and the world. (17:00) Carody Culver, editor of Griffith Review, and a...
Nov 11, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast Dylan is joined by Dave Nichols, Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Melbourne, to dive into the history of The Age after the newspaper marked 170 years of publication, and pay tribute to Melbourne musician Ollie Olsen following his recent passing. (1:07) Journalist Antony Loewenstein unpacks his new podcast series The Palestine Laboratory , based on his 2023 book of the same name that investigated Israel’s use of Palestine as a testing ground for its weapons and surveillance techno...
Oct 21, 2024•2 hr 40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dylan is joined by Benita Kolovos, Victorian state correspondent for Guardian Australia, to bring us up to date on what’s going on in the race for Melbourne’s next Lord Mayor ahead of the Melbourne City Council election this month, and the current leadership tension within the Victorian Liberal Party. (1:03) Lawyer and author Josh Bornstein visits to discuss his new book Working for the Brand which analyses how corporations came to hold so much power over their employees, as well as exploring ca...
Oct 14, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dylan is joined by Paul Strangio, Emeritus Professor of Politics at Monash University, to discuss Anthony Albanese’s Prime Ministership and the key issues ahead of early next year’s election. (0:57) Writer, Triple R broadcaster and Yorta Yorta man Daniel James visits to unpack his recent piece for The Monthly that covered his visit to Alice Springs and the social issues and government failures facing the area. (21:21) Financial journalist Alan Kohler dives into the ongoing issues informing Austr...
Oct 07, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dylan is joined by Cam Walker, campaigns coordinator at Friends of the Earth, to talk through the decommissioning of aging oil and gas infrastructure in the Bass Strait and ahead of a Victorian Parliamentary inquiry, and the impact of the upcoming US election on global climate action. (0:59) Rebecca Johnston Ryan, Director and Principal Lawyer of Night Service at Fitzroy Legal Service, drops by to discuss the 2024 edition of their Law Handbook and the importance of community access to free legal...
Sep 16, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dylan is joined by American author and political analyst Thomas Frank to break down what we can expect in the lead-up to the US election, and what he experienced attending the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. (0:57) Psychiatrist and author Dr Mark Cross unpacks his new book Mental State , outlining a range of systemic problems in how we currently treat and manage mental ill health across the nation, and some possible solutions. (33:15) Kirsty Bishop-Fox, sustainability educator an...
Sep 09, 2024•2 hr 32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guest host Ben Harrington is joined by Dr Karinna Saxby, Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, to make sense of the recent controversy around the federal government’s original move not to include questions about gender diversity and sexual orientation in the 2026 census, and why having this data on a national scale is so important. (1:01) Nicole Gurran, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Sydney, takes us inside the recently released final report from the Peop...
Sep 02, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Content warning: this episode contains discussion of sexual assault and violence. If you find any of this distressing, you can seek support via 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732 and the Men’s Referral Service on 1300 766 491. Dylan is joined by author and food journalist Dani Valent to take a further look at the issues tackled in her new piece for The Age , which shines a light on sexual abuse and assault in the hospitality industry. (1:22) Dr Melinda Hildebrandt, Policy Fellow at the Mitchell Instit...
Aug 26, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dylan is joined by Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor at Monash University and gambling reform expert, to discuss the federal government’s imminent response to the parliamentary inquiry into online gambling and why a partial ban won’t work. (1:05) Ika Trijsburg, Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, unpacks how cities can help to address disinformation and prevent discrimation in light of protests in the UK fuelled by anti-Muslim rhetoric, as explored in her current project and r...
Aug 12, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dylan is joined by Laura Davy, social policy expert and lecturer at ANU, to dig into the federal government’s response to the Disability Royal Commission, and its acceptance in full of just 13 out of the report’s 172 recommendations for which it has responsibility. (0:51) Amelia Leavesley, Researcher at the University of Melbourne, visits to break down the ongoing investigation into the role ‘Big Plastic’ has in swaying local and international recycling and climate policies. (15:41) Journalist a...
Aug 05, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dylan is joined by Jana Favero, Head of Systemic Change at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, and former Nauru detainee Betelhem Tibedu, to explore the health crisis in Australia’s offshore detention camps in PNG and Nauru, as highlighted in the ASRC’s new report . (0:56) Matt Byrne, Politics Lead at the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, visits to discuss the threat that AI poses to journalism and the creative industries, as outlined in the MEAA’s submission to a Senate inquiry into the ...
Jul 29, 2024•59 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast Content warning: this episode contains discussion of sexual assault and violence. If you find any of this distressing, you can seek support via 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732 and the Men’s Referral Service on 1300 766 491. Dylan is joined by Mark Willacy, journalist and reporter for ABC Investigations, to take us inside Retribution , his 2-part series for Four Corners on what a second Trump presidency would look like, featuring interviews with Project 2025 leaders, pro-Trump supporters and whistleb...
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast On this special bonus episode of Future Perfect, former Breakfaster Jeff Sparrow and cartoonist Sam Wallman join Dylan for an RRR In Conversation event from Triple R's Performance Space, to discuss the release of their new comic-book guide 12 Rules for Strife . You can check out a preview gallery of 12 Rules For Strife here: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/news-articles/preview-gallery-12-rules-for-strife-by-jeff-sparrow-sam-wallman...
Jul 22, 2024•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dylan is joined by David Mejia-Canales, Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, to break down his new report ‘ Protest in Peril ’, which looks at anti-protest trends across various jurisdictions in Australia. (1:11) Juanita Sherwood, Professor in Indigenous Policy at the University of Technology Sydney, discusses the snap curfews recently imposed to curb youth violence in Alice Springs, and concerns about how such powers discriminate against First Nations people and communities. (16:29) Fo...
Jul 15, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dylan is joined by Ben Wellings, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations at Monash University, to dig into France’s political future following the leftist coalition beating out Marine Le Pen’s far-right party in the country’s parliamentary election. (1:14) Clare Corbould, Associate Professor of History at Deakin University, discusses the uncertain path ahead in US politics amid calls for President Joe Biden to step down from the presidential race, and the Supreme Court’s deci...
Jul 08, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast Guest host Ben Harrington is joined by Sam Whiting, lecturer in Creative Industries at the University of South Australia, to discuss the financial crisis facing Australian musicians and the live music sector, and the role Triple J and commercial radio has to play in it all. (1:09) Tricia Malowney, Chief Accessibility Advocate at the Department of Transport and Planning, talks all things public transport accessibility, and her recent travels overseas to investigate contemporary examples of transp...
Jul 01, 2024•55 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast Dylan is joined by climate scientist and author Joëlle Gergis to dig into her new Quarterly Essay Highway to Hell: Climate Change and Australia’s Future , which confronts what the future holds if action isn’t taken on the climate crisis. (0:55) Jon Richardson, Visiting Fellow at ANU and former diplomat, gives an update on the status of the war in Ukraine and the outcomes of the Ukraine peace summit over the weekend. (18:23) Jordy Kaufman, Associate Professor at Swinburne University, breaks down ...
Jun 17, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dylan is joined by Julian Assange’s father John Shipton to update on the campaign to free his son, following the London High Court’s ruling to grant Assange the right to appeal his extradition to the United States. (1:02) Hannah Dickinson, Principal Solicitor at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, visits to unpack the moral panic, media coverage and government rhetoric towards immigration detainees released as a result of last year’s High Court decision that found indefinite immigration detention...
Jun 03, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast Dylan is joined by Andrea Furger, Graduate Researcher in International Law at The University of Melbourne and former member of staff at the International Criminal Court, to discuss the ICC Chief Prosecutor’s arrest warrant application for members of both the Israeli government and Hamas, and how the US government likes to pick and choose when it supports the work of the ICC. (0:55) Peter Mares, independent writer and researcher and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at Monash University, cuts throug...
May 27, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Content warning: this episode contains discussion of homophobia and queerphobia in sport - if you find any of this distressing, you can receive specialised peer support via QLife on 1800 184 527 or head to switchboard.org.au for more info. Dylan is joined by Dr Ryan Storr, Research Fellow at Swinburne University, to discuss new research revealing the continued extent of discrimination faced by LGBTQIA+ people in community sport. (0:52) Regular guest Jeff Sparrow unpacks his new analysis featured...
May 20, 2024•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Content warning: our first interview this week touches on issues of domestic violence, sexual assault and violence against women in Australia. If any of these topics are sensitive or impact you, or if you require any assistance – you can call 1800 RESPECT to speak to a domestic violence counsellor. For men who are worried that they may be violent toward their partners or family, and would like to seek help and support – you can call 1300 766 491 to reach the Men's Referral Service for counsellin...
May 06, 2024•2 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dylan is joined by Benita Kolovos, Victorian state correspondent for Guardian Australia, who explains the state government’s decision not to proceed with a second safe injecting room in Melbourne, despite an expert report finding a new facility would save lives. (1:02) Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert, Co-founder and Director of the Australian Wrongful and Arbitrary Detention Alliance, speaks on the formation of the new organisation and her experience as a leading voice in hostage diplomacy since returnin...
Apr 29, 2024•2 hr 32 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Dylan is joined by journalists Stephanie Tran and Eve Cogan to get into their investigative report for Declassified Australia The Pentagon’s Infiltration of Australian Universities , which uncovered that the US Defence Department has been funnelling hundreds of millions of dollars into Australia’s higher education sector to fund research activities that benefit American military power. (1:05) Dave Nichols, Professor of Urban Planning at The University of Melbourne, visits to discuss the saga tha...
Apr 22, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Warning: this episode contains topics around mental health, violence and the recent attack at Bondi Junction on Saturday April 13. If any of these issues bring you distress, you can visit lifeline at lifeline.org.au or speak with someone on 13 11 14. This episode also contains discussion of homophobia and queerphobia in sport - if you find any of this distressing, you can receive specialised peer support via QLife on 1800 184 527 or head to switchboard.org.au for more info. Dr Christen Cornell, ...
Apr 15, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dylan is joined by Andrew Macintosh, Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at ANU, who discusses his research into the integrity of Australia’s carbon credit scheme, which formed the basis of an article in The Saturday Paper The Great Carbon Offset Scam . (0:57) Jeff Sparrow, Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne, shares his analysis on the recent killing of a number of humanitarian workers in Gaza by the IDF, the response from the Australian a...
Apr 08, 2024•2 hr 33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dylan is joined by David Manne, Executive Director of Refugee Legal, to talk about their work helping Palestinians who had their visitor visas cancelled en-route to Australia. Jill Young drops by to chat about organising Run The Tan for Sam – a run around Melbourne’s iconic Tan track to commemorate Samantha Murphy and reclaim public spaces for women to exercise without fear. Plus, renowned percussionist Jim White tells the story behind his debut solo album All Hits: Memories , the creative exper...
Mar 25, 2024•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Dylan is joined by economist and bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis to unpack his recent book Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism and why we should be concerned about this new economic and political age. Journalist and author Lech Blaine discusses his Quarterly Essay Bad Cop: Peter Dutton’s Strongman Politics and how Dutton’s political history and identity inform his approach as opposition leader. Plus, Aaron Curnow looks back over the history of his label Spunk Records - which has put out ...
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