2022 Yearly Wrap @ Comedy Republic

 

WHEN: Wednesday 14 December, 6:45pm

WHERE: Comedy Republic, 231 Bourke Street Melbourne

 

2022 is almost done! Hosted by Tom Ballard, Comedy Republic’s Yearly Wrap is the definitive deep dive into the year that was.

We’ll be investigating the best, worst, and cursed moments – from the rewarding, to the wretched, and even the damn right ridiculous.

Emma Holland takes a scalpel the pop culture trends that was, Fergus Neal & Dahn Rozario tackle the internet’s atrocities, Jordan Barr provides an unorthodox in memoriam, Pat McCaffrie examines the state of politics, and Gillian Cosgriff adds the cherry on top with a song.

 

Book here.

253 – Leo Puglisi

I’m back! Again! Sorry about the big gap between episodes. I am bad.

Leo Puglisi is a digital journalist who just so happens to be 14 years old. He founded what would eventually become the online news service 6 News Australia when he was just 11, and he’s since grown it into a respectable independent media outlet that does pretty great journalism, and regularly puts mainstream “adult” media outlets to shame. During the 2022 election, Leo even managed to secure and conduct insightful interviews with Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese.

Here Leo talks to me about starting a media outlet so young, what he sees as the mission behind 6 News, the kind of criticism and trolling he’s had to face online, his dedicated to fact checking and what he thinks makes for a great political interview.

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My debut book I, Millennial: One Snowflake’s Screed Against Boomers, Billionaires & Everything Else is out November 30th – pre-order it now

Check out with my other podcast about the Greens and green politics with Emerald Moon, Serious Danger

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My debut book “I, MILLENNIAL” is OUT NOW WOAH

 

‘A damn hilarious read.’ Nazeem Hussain

‘A true barbarian.’ Andrew Bolt

Our world is in chaos lol. And no, Australian Millennials, it’s not your imagination: things are especially f**ked for us.

Millions of Baby Boomers got beach houses, free education, jobs for life and a franking credit-fed retirement. But Millennials have been handed a housing crisis, crippling student debt, the gig economy, a cooked planet, a truly broken political system and now wars, inflation and a global pandemic, as a treat.

This fully sucks. But never fear – this book is going to fix everything. Through the power of jokes, history, interviews and sass, so-called comedian Tom Ballard unpicks how his generation got here, and explains why we should probably do a revolution.

Fact-filled and furiously funny, this is a must-read not just for young people wondering why they’ve been given such a raw deal,
but for anyone with an interest in how we’re making our collective future impossible.

‘Tom Ballard is one of the most original, fearless and hilarious voices in Australian comedy.’ Wil Anderson

‘As a fellow beleaguered Millennial, Tom is exactly the voice we need in this time of wailing capitalist death throes. Funny but biting, he lays out how the system has screwed us all – and it has nothing to do with avocado toast. You’ll never be able to afford a house, so spend your money on this book instead.’ Amy Remeikis

‘Ballard is fuming, funny, and armed with facts.’ Tom Tilley

‘Speaking as Tom’s non-biological mother, I am naturally proud to bursting of everything he does, especially the gay sex and particularly the class consciousness, which you will find emerging in this book.’ Helen Razer

‘Tom makes me laugh, and think. I’m not sure in which order. This book might be his last but that’s ok – he’s nailed it.’ Dave Hughes

 

ORDER HERE!

#Kwanda: A Play Full Recording

Here’s the satirical play I wrote back in 2019 for your viewing pleasure.

Monday night, 9.30pm, ABC.

Five panellists join a veteran journalist host on the nation’s flagship discussion program, ready to answer audience questions about the 2019 Australian federal election.

It’s set to be a scintillating display of civilised and enlightening debate.

Then someone starts saying what they really think, and it all goes to shit.

A satire about politics, words, honesty and The Discourse.

Recorded @ MICF 2019

Ra Chapman as SUSAN MINN

Emily Taheny as KATIE BIRD

Michelle Brasier as MEREDITH DUNN

Tom Ballard as TONY JONES

Patrick Livesey as MICHAEL LAWSON

Geraldine Hickey as LEONIE HARRIS

Scott Edgar as BRIAN / GUITARIST

Written by Tom Ballard

Directed by Alan Brough

Thanks to Zen, the MICF and all at Token Events

Enough Airdate on Channel 10: October 10th

 

Stand-up special Tom Ballard: Enough, which has previously screened on Paramount+, has a Free to Air screening on 10 in October.

The special was filmed at Chapel off Chapel in Melbourne in late 2021.

Tom Ballard’s had Enough. He’s had enough of COVID, anti-vaxxers, being lonely, culture wars, the super wealthy, capitalism and Baby Boomers. He’s over it. But he’s determined to fix all these things by yelling horrible jokes about them in a beautiful venue. Ballard’s fearless, he’s unrelenting and he is at his white-hot rage best in Enough.

10:10pm Monday October 10 on 10! Is that deliberate?