90 – Nakkiah Lui

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Tom

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Playwright, Black Comedy writer, tweeter and Aboriginal not-activist Nakkiah Lui joins me for a chat ahead of that ugly date, January 26th. Nakkiah reveals how she and her family mark Invasion Day and we discuss the merits of even having a national day at all.

We also touch on ideological diversity within Indigenous Australia, the “personal responsibility” narrative, deconstructing whiteness, the myth of multiculturalism, Bill Leak and the new TV series we’re now going to pitch all over town, Blackfulla Mirror.

Reconciliation Comedy Gala at at the Malthouse Theatre on Invasion Day

Invasion Day Melbourne Event on Facebook

My Work in Progress show starts at Perth Fringeworld next week

Article: Why are we fighting Islamaphobia at the expense of Indigenous Australians? by Sara Saleh

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Nakkiah on The Osher Günsberg Podcast

Article: It’s not racism that Australia needs to get rid of – it’s the privilege of whiteness

Article: As an Aboriginal teen I thought about killing myself every day

Article: Australia Day is a time for mourning not celebration

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Black Is The New White coming to Sydney Theatre Company

An Octoroon coming to Queensland Theatre Company

Cause of the Week: Butucarbin Aboriginal Corporation (butucarbin.org.au)

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Sofie Hagen’s Made of Human Podcast

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Tom

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I had a delightful chat with the delightful comedian Sofie Hagen back in August and she’s just now posted it.

It’s a chat about Boundless Plains, why I’m a comedian, trying to be a good person and aliens. I hope you get something out of it; listen to the full thing here.

89 – Lara Jeffery

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Tom

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Lara Jeffery is the director of MyChoice Australia and describes herself as a right-wing libertarian. She’s all about pushing back against the “nanny state”, reducing the size of government and letting the free market do what it does.

Here we discuss how she came to this worldview and how that plays out in relation to education, healthcare, social justice, housing, smoking, the environment and more. We also cover the legacy of Ayn Rand, claiming the moral ground and Uber.

Boundless Plains To Share is coming to Perth Fringeworld for 2 shows only!

I’m bringing a Work In Progress to Fringeworld from Tuesday January 31st

I’m also touring to Adelaide Fringe, Brisbane Comedy Festival & the Melbourne Comedy Festival

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Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance forum: Women In Politics

Cause of the Week: Students For Liberty Australia & New Zealand (studentsforliberty.org/anz)

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Reconciliation Gala

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Tom

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Come to this! It’s a good cause with a sizzling hot line up. Tickets available here.

Radio National interview

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Tom

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I got to chat to Hamish McDonald on Radio National Breakfast about the ideas behind Boundless Plains To Share. You can listen to it here.

The show is coming to Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne next, details here.

88 – Sally Goldner

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Tom

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Happy 2017 everyone!

Sally Goldner is the Executive Director of Transgender Victoria, the treasurer of the Bisexual Alliance Victoria and the first ever trans woman to be included on the Victorian Women’s Honour Roll.

Here she kindly shares her personal journey from the “soulless life” she lived for 30 years to the defiant person she is today. She lays out the challenges facing gender diverse folk, including the discrimination that often comes from within the queer community itself, outlines her thoughts on everything from identity politics to Cate McGregor and argues for the queer rights movement to take a more assertive and uncompromising approach to those who oppose us.

Boundless Plains to Share is on this weekend at the Belvoir Theatre, 4 shows only

And Boundless is coming to Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane & Melbourne in the coming months, on sale now

My new stand up show Problematic is coming to Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane & Melbourne, on sale now

My piece for Fairfax: A brand new Dutton-worthy citizenship test, with extra values

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Article: Sally Goldner lands top award for her dedication to transgender advocacy

Article: A ten point guide to not offending transgender people

Cause of the Week: Transgender Victoria (transgendervictoria.com), 3CR (3cr.org.au), Bisexual Alliance Victoria (bi-alliance.org)

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A new Dutton-worthy citizenship test

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Tom

My piece for Fairfax:

Well boys and girls, it’s January in Australia, and we all know what that means: family holidays, sizzling barbecues and blatant racism. Hooray! What would Australia Day season be without our political leaders wheeling out some sweet nationalism infused with xenophobia?

Why, that would simply be forgetting the reason for the season.

Anti-Immigration Minister Peter Dutton got into the spirit of things this week as he called for a revamp of the citizenship test that prospective Australians have to undertake. “We need to have a look at the way we welcome people into our country,” he said (the phrase “TELL US ABOUT IT!” could be heard echoing around Nauru and Manus Island).

Read it in full here.

87 – Adam Bandt (Live)

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Tom

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The Greens MP for Melbourne Adam Bandt joined me for the first ever live instalment of LIASYO.

Recorded in Collingwood on Sunday afternoon at the Easy Street Concert Hall in Collingwood, Melbourne, this discussion examines how Adam, the only Greens MP ever elected to the House of Representatives, is feeling at the end of what has been, largely, a shitty year for progressive causes.

An eternal optimist, Adam picks apart Turnbull’s legacy, parliament’s effectiveness, Trumpism, neoliberalism, the future of the Greens and how progressives can get better at winning. He even manages to find some good news in all of this.

AND he tells a great story about getting a voicemail from Tony Abbott. AND he tells us what he admires about Christopher Pyne.

This will be the final ep for the year, I’m going to have a break and cry more and drink beer and get sunburnt and think more about the revolution. Never fear: the show shall return in 2017. Thanks for everything, y’all.

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