My show got nominated for the 2016 Helpmann Awards which is mighty nice. Congrats to the other nominees and thanks again to the good folks who came along to check it out.
Author Archives: Tom
Good Evans, It’s A Bobcast!
Got to have a chat with the brilliant Kevin “Bob Evans” Mitchell and you can listen to it here.
Hannah Gadsby’s Speech At Rhys & Zoe’s Wedding
Perfect.
66 – Sami Shah
Sami Shah is a comedian who just so happens to be an ex-Muslim atheist “militant leftist”. Raised in conservative Karachi, Pakistan, and now living in Melbourne (after 5 years living in regional WA), Sami has appeared on QI and Australian Story and regularly performs stand-up all across the country.
Here Sami explains how a book made him a revolutionary and discusses Pakistani politics, the difficulties in criticising Islam and the failures of the refugee rights movement in Australia.
The World Keeps Happening at the Sydney Comedy Store, July 9th
The World Keeps Happening at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Sami’s podcast Sami Says on iTunes
“Northern Exposure”, Sami’s Australian Story
How to fail at being brown by Sami Shah
Dan Carlin’s Hardcore Histories
Sami Shah’s second life as a comedian
Article: Asylum Seeker Resource Centre in turmoil amid toxic culture claims
Cause of the Week: Edhi Foundation (edhi.org)
65 – Eva Orner
Eva Orner is an Academy Award-winning documentarian who is exposing Australia’s shameful offshore detention regime with her new film Chasing Asylum. The documentary features never-before-seen footage from inside the camps on Nauru and Manus Island and brave whistleblowers speaking out about the horrific things they’ve witnessed.
I’ve seen it and (unsurprisingly) it made me cry and it made me even more furious.
Here Eva details her motivation to make work that speaks to power, torture, her frustrations with the refugee debate in Australia, the parallels between the persecution of Jews under Nazi Germany and Australia’s detention system today, government secrecy and what might just help change the conversation.
The World Keeps Happening at the Sydney Comedy Store, July 9th
The World Keeps Happening at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
GetUp petition – Bring Them Here
It’s Okay To Compare Australia In 2016 With Nazi Germany, And Here’s Why by David Berger
Trailer for Taxi To The Dark Side
Cause of the Week: Go see “Chasing Asylum”!!!
Comedy Up Late 2016
64 – Edward Bourke
Edward Bourke is a 15-year-old right-wing conservative who loves the monarchy, Margaret Thatcher and Donald Trump.
In fact, he loves Trump so much he’s launched The Trump Campaign to support the billionaire’s presidential bid and has been interviewed by Vice, Sunrise and news.com.au – and now me. In this lively discussion, Edward and I cover class, immigration, the importance of morals, Indigenous Australians and why he finds The Donald so appealing.
Despite all our disagreements, I really couldn’t help but find myself quite liking the guy. See what you reckon.
I’m at the Sydney Comedy Store this week
The World Keeps Happening at the Sydney Comedy Store, July 9th
The World Keeps Happening at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
SBS’s The Feed’s video on Peter Dutton: The douche that keeps on giving
Outstanding claims – The Saturday Paper’s editorial
Cause of the Week: Saving the Lion (savingthelion.org)
I’ll Just Leave This Here
Catfish Comedy May 24th
63 – Rebecca Shaw (Brocklesnitch)
Rebecca Shaw is a writer, podcaster and twitterer extraordinaire. You may know her best as Brocklesnitch or have chuckled at her parody twitter account, @NoToFeminism (a book is on the way). She writes satire and opinion for SBS Comedy and Guardian Australia.
Bec makes me laugh a lot throughout this chat as we discuss the purpose of satire, queerphobia in country Queensland, feminism and the kind of feedback you can expect if you’re a woman who dares to express her opinion on the internet. Oh also bad tattoos.
The ABC’s Party Room podcast, The Guardian’s Australian Politics Live with Lenore Taylor & Katharine Murphy, Something Wonky’s Wonk The Vote
The World Keeps Happening at the Sydney Comedy Store, July 9th
The World Keeps Happening at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Bec’s podcast with Peter Taggart, Bring A Plate
Cause of the Week: Minus 18 (minus18.org.au), youreaccepted.com.au