Author Archives: Tom

Next Week: Fully Furnished

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FullyFurnished_SquareLast year my mate Tommy Dassalo and I cheekily stole some hard cash from SBS Comedy and made a pilot for a web series.

She’s out next week so keep an eye out or even both of them.

3 – Ian “Dicko” Dickson

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You probably know Dicko best as that arsehole judge from Australian Idol, but there’s a lot more to the old codger than that. He’s been a window washer, a music journalist, a radio host and more, all the while retaining his trademark unflinching honesty.

Here we discuss his father’s remarkable story, the political colouring of his youth, stories from his time working with everyone from Pearl Jam to Rage Against the Machine, political correctness and why he’s found himself in hot water with Quentin and Paulini.

Cause of the Week: The Australian Children’s Music Fund

Dicko’s story about Quentin on ABC iView

 

 

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2 – Kate Doak

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Kate Doak is a freelance investigative journalist who runs her own current affairs website (thedeadlynewt.com) and writes and reports for numerous publications.

She is a proud transwoman who’s passionate about confronting transphobia and other forms of discrimination facing the LGBTIQ community. Listen to hear about her coming out story (both of them), the physical threats trans people still face and the importance of language and visibility.

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Cause of the Week: The Safe Schools Coalition

For more info check out The Gender Centre & short film In My Shoes

 

 

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1 – Samah Hadid

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Samah Hadid is a human rights and social justice campaigner who’s worked with the Global Poverty Project, the UN and grass-roots organisations all over the world.

She very kindly sat down with me in a Bankstown cafe to talk about being called a terrorist, wearing (and not wearing) a veil, Charlie Hebdo, foreign aid and being addicted to warzones.

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Cause of the Week: www.globalpovertyproject.com

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This is my free weekly podcast in which I sit down with interesting people and have them explain stuff to my dumb head.

I ask activists, advocates, politicians, journalists, writers, comedians and pretty much anyone else out there to tell me who they are and what they believe in and hopefully we’ll all learn some stuff along the way and hey maybe laugh a bit why the hell not lol.

You can subscribe to the show on iTunes here or via libsyn here.

A Letter to My 17-Year-Old Self

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Dear Tom,

 

Please put down that “sandwich” of toasted bread and tomato sauce* and listen to me.

 

 

 

Firstly, I’m sorry that this message from the future isn’t too glitzy. I imagine it’s a bit disappointing that your future self is communicating to you via a letter; generally you want your messages from the future to be delivered via a hologram or a robot or something. Future you (aka me) is doing okay, but we’ve all got our budgets, particularly in this economy.

 

By the end of this year you will finish Year 12 with a high score (that’s not quite as high as your brother’s was), you will turn 18, you will not go on Schoolies because it clashes with musical theatre camp and you will audition for the top acting courses in the country and not get into any of them.

You will not even get a call-back from NIDA even though you thought the man running the auditions liked the look of you (don’t flatter yourself, honey).

 

 

Read the rest on Junkee here.