Episodes
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
While this episode starts off as a reaction to listening to two seasons of the Wolverine podcast found on Stitcher, it then brought up much political analysis of pop culture and how it all helps your garden variety lefty geek understand the world.
Quite profoundly, there is also significant mention of the Saved by the Bell TV show, so much ground ended up being covered.
Links:
Access to Wolverine podcast season 1: Listen to 'Wolverine: The Long Night' for Free | Marvel.
Access to season 2: Marvel's "Wolverine: The Lost Trail" (wolverinepodcast.com)
As per prior experience it can be a hit-and-miss process finding these podcast episodes for free, if anyone gets stuck drop me a message on the TIYS FB page and happy to help a geek in need :)
And possibly the most useful link produced on this podcast channel thus far: Zack Morris Is Trash - Funny Or Die.
Monday Dec 07, 2020
Episode 19 - Has the Trumpageddon ended?
Monday Dec 07, 2020
Monday Dec 07, 2020
m* chats with Jason, a high school teacher, historian and writer from the US to find out just exactly what is happening in the US at this present weird and scary time. It all appears to be just as uncertain as Trump actually leaving the White House come next year.
Links:
"These Are America's Brezhnev Years" - recent post by Jason on his blog "Tropics of Meta" - These Are America’s Brezhnev Years – Tropics of Meta.
"Twenty-First Century Victorians" - Jacobin article written by Jason and how I initially found the guy through this fine piece of writing - Twenty-First Century Victorians (jacobinmag.com).
The YouTube article I mention in the episode explaining the legal goings-on of Trump's election fraud claims - I mention it mainly as it has a Simpson's reference in it :) - Will the President’s Lawsuits Overturn the Election? - YouTube. More particularly, refer to 9:30 in the clip.
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Episode 18 - Organise the bookshop, organise the union
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
m* interviews Hayden, a worker in the biggest bookshop in the Southern Hemisphere and member organiser for the Retail And Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU). Hayden shares his experiences organising within the bookshop and their relations with the union in doing so. Both m* and Hayden conclude some union affiliates are just better than others.
Links:
Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) - www.raffwu.org.au.
Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association (SDA) - www.sda.org.au.
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Episode 17 - Student activism - a new hope!
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Monday Nov 16, 2020
m* interviews Swapnik, newly-elected soon-to-be president of the University of Sydney student representative council. Swapnik reflects over their time within student politics to date, and how recent social changes have led to a renewed student movement. Both also discuss the tension between 'career activism' and student councils as a handy resource for activism.
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Episode 16 - Meanwhile, in Syria...
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
m* speaks with Michael Karadjis, an academic at Western Sydney University and a fervent follower and activist on issues centering on the ongoing Syrian conflict. Michael believes events of Syria expose a contradiction within western lefty discourse, that is, a version providing a truthful account on what is happening in Syria and then one not so accurate.
The not-so one, both agree, gives another opportunity to talk more on the toxicity of the 'Tankie politics' phenomenon within lefty discourse and how this serves as a potential barrier towards true solidarity with Syrian peoples.
In other good news, its an episode where I barely talk about COVID-19 for once! Hooray!
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Episode 15 - m* gets their clothesline fixed
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
m' returns to do the oddjob of restringing m*'s clothesline, and amidst ironic non-washing-friendly pouring rain both tend to some political discussion. As a job well done m* allows m' to reflect on their recent entry into lefty politics through online encounters.
Links relevant to episode:
"Some More News" - The online entry point for anti-capitalist dialogue for m' - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvlj0IzjSnNoduQF0l3VGng?fbclid=IwAR2MCfwHiNJnA6mch0y5WrLaFppB7Vi-xLhdMfWabVUvfyQyKQaBsYByIdQ
"NonCompete" - Another initially handy YouTube channel m' found - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkZFKKK-0YB0FvwoS8P7nHg?fbclid=IwAR1vYPH_Sg6X7k5dI7p6aTjtgHrm8XNKikP5fQ3w7_iO2klg5Y6R5Z_gilg
Some useful reddit channels m' also discoverd early on:
For anarchists:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Anarchism/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Anarchy101/
For socialists:
https://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Socialism_101/
For Marxist-Leninists (or if you're into self-induced torture):
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Episode 14 - Two community services workers talking shop
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
m* chats with Kate, a recently hired uni graduate into mental health services. m* and Kate reflect over both Kate's new role and the community services sector overall.
Kate also talks about her community building project for social (and community development!) workers in Sydney - The Sydney Social Work Community (SSWC).
Disclaimer: Views expressed within this episode are those owned by both m* and Kate, and may not necessarily be reflective or representative of the services both work at!
Links:
Sydney Social Work Community - https://www.sydneyswc.com/
HS Net - https://www.hsnet.nsw.gov.au/
NSW Social Housing - https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/housing/help/ways/social-housing
National Disability Insurance Scheme - https://www.ndis.gov.au/
Medicare - https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/medicare
Cool NSW govt spectacle scheme Kate mentions - https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-nsw-spectacles-program
Psychological Support Services program, providing FREE psychological services for people falling within service gaps - https://www.cesphn.org.au/general-practice/help-my-patients-with/mentalhealth/psychological-support-services-pss?
Ask Izzy (awesome google-like platform to find services) - https://askizzy.org.au/
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Episode 13 - A mystical lucky 13th episode reflection on podcasting
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
m* and John take the time to reflect on where Thorn in Your Side has gone so far, where future episodes may go, and if the Australian PM indeed shat his dacks in the late 1990s at Engadine Maccas.
Episode links:
Article on ScoMo Dackgate: https://thebrag.com/sco-mo-shat-his-pants-at-engadine-maccas
The WSU book burying scandal: https://honisoit.com/2017/04/six-feet-under-why-uws-buried-tens-of-thousands-of-usyds-books/
The Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum podcast: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/inside-of-you-with-michael-rosenbaum
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Episode 12 - m* celebrates his birthday with Living the Dream
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
m* celebrates their birthday by recording an episode with the podcast that serves as primary inspiration for TIYS. m* speaks with Dave Eden from the Living the Dream podcast, with both running the fair gamut of present major political economic discussions to be had within Australia in times of COVID-19. All exhaustively fit within 50-odd minutes of juicy analytical candour!
Episode links:
Living the Dream podcast page: https://livingthedream.podbean.com/
Dave's recent Jacobin article that Jacobinites went and jumped all over: https://jacobinmag.com/2020/10/australia-neo-keynesianism-capitalism-alp-greens-economics
Home page for the ACTU's current 'For the workers' campaign: https://fortheworkers.australianunions.org.au/home
And once again, because it is so darned fascinating, the Leftisms FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/391245808382954
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Episode 11 - m* finds an American
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
The first episode where this podcast can be unashamedly named! Also, the US appears to be going to shit. Consequently m* thought it proper to speak with an American on this, and found Ruth Oskolkoff, writer and with the podcast 'Eating Cake'. We both find these are interesting times for the US and the world, and we give it a red n black go of it!
Ruth's podcast Eating Cake: https://anchor.fm/eatingcake
A very viral blog Ruth has written: https://ruthoskolkoff.wordpress.com/2016/12/26/%e2%80%8bmy-apology-to-the-world-as-a-us-citizen/?fbclid=IwAR3DsU_5PXkoT-CvYMTMA8pUlQ78W4STX-77aJN9MxygDigZOXkXvRUWiFE
Facebook group that Ruth administers which appears to be attracting every shade of lefty in the US: https://www.facebook.com/groups/391245808382954