Maddison Connaughton is the editor of The Saturday Paper. She’s written for Vice News, SBS, The Australian, The Age and others and has been twice-nominated for the Walkley Award for Young Australian of the Year.

Here Maddison discusses why she became a journalist, her thoughts on her role as an editor and the ideological position of her paper, Ita Buttrose’s comments on the loss of “larrikins” and political correctness and the dearth of new ideas in Australian political discourse.

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Check out my new podcast with Audible, What’s the Story?

I’m doing two fun gigs in Melbourne this week

I’ll be performing at Just For Laughs Sydney at the Opera House on Saturday November 2nd

Felicity Ward’s piece on abortion rights for The Mash Report that I helped out (a little) with

Donate to the Heart Foundation in memory of Carla Bellomarino

@madconnaughton

thesaturdaypaper.com.au

Maddison’s writing for Vice

The 7am podcast (7ampodcast.com.au)

Margaret Simons’ profile on Jacquie Lambie

Saturday Paper’s Editorials

Episode 33 with Erik Jensen

ARTICLE: Political correctness has gone too far in Australia, says ABC Chair Ita Buttrose

The Saturday Paper editorial, The untold joke 

The Australian editorial, Endangered larrikins ($) 

Cause of the Week: Give Well (givewell.org) 

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Latika Bourke is an award-winning journalist and since 2016 has been the London correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Canberra Times.

Here Latika reflects on covering British politics as the country has tried to deal with the fallout of the Brexit referendum and its ensuing chaos. She tells me about covering the Labour Conference in Brighton over the weekend and the state of the party, Brexit fatigue, the rise of the Liberal Democrats, what might happen next and what covering UK politics has taught her about the Australian political class.

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I’m on the latest episode of The Bugle

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Latika on instagram

Latika’s articles for the SMH

Latika’s book From India With Love

unherd.com

Cause of the Week: Pet Rescue (www.petrescue.com.au)

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Michael Walker is the host of TyskySour on Novara Media, an independent media organisation dedicated to covering British politics from the Left.

After a big fat crazy week in British politics – Boris Johnson proroguing parliament, MPs defecting to other parties all over the place, general elections being proposed and voted down – Michael joined me in my London flat’s kitchen to chat about what this moment means. He explains why he moved away from anarchism and why he now identifies as a “class war social democrat”, how the Brexit and the Corbyn moments have affected each other and how he thinks Labour can win the next general election (if it’s actually called this year). We also cover the Podemos example, the anti-Semitism row that Labour has faced and the challenges a Corbyn government might face from those within its own ranks.

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ARTICLE: Hazara asylum seeker in detention uses art to ‘build bridges’ and ‘unite humanity’  

I’m on the latest episode of The Bugle

@michaeljswalker

@novaramedia

Michael’s show TyskySour on YouTube

TyskySour the podcast

Cause of the Week: Novara Media (novaramedia.com)

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Dr. Matt Winning (yes! Actual name!) is a climate policy researcher, environmental economist and stand up comedian.

I got to see Matt’s show at the Edinburgh Fringe this year, It’s The End of the World As We Know It, and it make me laugh and also made me sad. Here we discuss the depressing reality we’re faced with when it comes to the climate crisis, what is to be done about it (as individuals and collectively), approaching tipping points, apocalyptic predictions, what that IPCC report really means and where to find some hope.

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ENOUGH is on now at the Soho Theatre until Saturday 7th September

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Please help Refugee Legal support people seeking asylum as they navigate Australia’s rubbish immigration legal system

@mattywin85

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Watch Matt’s 2018 show Climate Strange – Part One & Part Two 

Matt’s podcast Operation Earth

ARTICLE: New Report Suggests ‘High Likelihood of Human Civilisation Coming To An End’ Starting in 2050

What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming: Toward A New Psychology of Climate Action by Per Espen Stoknes 

Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired To Ignore Climate Change by George Marshall 

My episode with climate strikers Emma & Anthony

ARTICLE: Yes, Socialism is Infinity Pools for Everyone by Aaron Bastani

Cause of the Week: 10:10 Climate Action (1010uk.org)

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