462: Ten Long Years

On this week’s episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff:

  • Adam is definitely still socially distancing by playing footy with mates.
  • Unnatural Selection celebrates ten long years worth of podcasting.
  • The line for ‘da club’ is going to be super long when this is over.
  • The PM plugs domestic travel once freedom of movement restrictions are lifted.
  • Jorge ventures out into the world for his first barista coffee in months.
  • Hard pants and haircuts.
  • ASIO thinks that Coronavirus is a great way of depriving you of your rights!
  • The Australian Government clearly has its priorities in order – they’re worried not about cyber security, but terrorist children.
  • Remember that China has ‘spies’ on Australian campuses?
  • Seriously though, how are people hooking up in a post- pandemic world. 
  • Maybe glory holes will make a comeback.

The Unnatural Selection podcast is produced by Jorge Tsipos, Adam Direen and Tom Heath. Visit the Unnatural Selection website at www.UnnaturalShow.com for stuff and things.

The views expressed are those of the hosts and their guests and do not reflect those of any other entities. Unnatural Selection is a show made for comedic purposes and should not be taken seriously by anyone.

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461: Coupmmittee

On this week’s episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff:

  • Everyone’s stopped giving a shit and went shopping for Mother’s Day.
  • Economy open by July – by open, we mean, the new normal.
  • If you don’t observe social distancing we will have a second wave.
  • The LNP pat themselves on the back for a job well done before the Job Keeper money even goes out + refuse to guarantee the program for 6 months.
  • The US justice department drops case against Michael Flynn.
  • Hong Kong parliament in chaos.
  • The failed Venezuela coup.
  • Elon Musk tweets away $14bil worth of value, because why not.

The Unnatural Selection podcast is produced by Jorge Tsipos, Adam Direen and Tom Heath. Visit the Unnatural Selection website at www.UnnaturalShow.com for stuff and things.

The views expressed are those of the hosts and their guests and do not reflect those of any other entities. Unnatural Selection is a show made for comedic purposes and should not be taken seriously by anyone.

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460: Mostly Not About The Coronavirus

On this week’s episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff:

  • Covid head – everyone’s haircut situation due to isolation.
  • Jobkeeper payments in Australia are taking a minute.
  • Who has the main TV priority in your house?
  • Unacknowledged, Unorthodox and Sex Education.
  • The boys talk about their isolation recommendations on Netflix.
  • I’m so glad that social media didn’t exist like this when we were kids.
  • The concerns around the Australian government’s Covid Safe App.
  • Here are some of the things Australia needs to do in order to begin opening up.
  • Liberate America protest.
  • Spanish reporter gets caught cheating on his partner on a video link call that was going live to air.

The Unnatural Selection podcast is produced by Jorge Tsipos, Adam Direen and Tom Heath. Visit the Unnatural Selection website at www.UnnaturalShow.com for stuff and things.

The views expressed are those of the hosts and their guests and do not reflect those of any other entities. Unnatural Selection is a show made for comedic purposes and should not be taken seriously by anyone.

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459: Life In Iso

Episode 459: Life In Iso

On this week’s episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff:

  • Adam’s very exciting adventure outdoors… that he can’t tell us about.
  • Coffee and beer are essential services for many, many people.
  • Lots of internet services were really not designed for this sort of volume.
  • Is the worst of the health crisis behind us? Don’t ease up on the social distancing though.
  • Virgin Australia: Should the Australian government be supporting Australian owned companies first?
  • Silver Lining: the Coronavirus has thrown a wrench into people’s gambling addiction.
  • Gambling is down – but alcohol is way up.
  • It’s a difficult conversation to have: how much do we restrict commerce to save lives?
  • “There are more important things than living” – Jesus Christ, dude.
  • Coronavirus linked to increased risk of stroke according to Washington Post.

The Unnatural Selection podcast is produced by Jorge Tsipos, Adam Direen and Tom Heath. Visit the Unnatural Selection website at www.UnnaturalShow.com for stuff and things.

The views expressed are those of the hosts and their guests and do not reflect those of any other entities. Unnatural Selection is a show made for comedic purposes and should not be taken seriously by anyone.

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@TomDHeath

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458: America Is Cooked

On this week’s episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff:

  • How’s everyone’s mental health, hey?
  • Trump stokes protests against stay at home protesters in Michigan and Minnesota.
  • Armed US protesters defy stay at home orders in the name of liberty.
  • French shipbuilding company denies Australian senator’s FOI request to see what they’re doing with taxpayer money for ‘commercial reasons’.
  • Trump orders his name to be added to stimulus cheques.

The Unnatural Selection podcast is produced by Jorge Tsipos, Adam Direen and Tom Heath. Visit the Unnatural Selection website at www.UnnaturalShow.com for stuff and things.

The views expressed are those of the hosts and their guests and do not reflect those of any other entities. Unnatural Selection is a show made for comedic purposes and should not be taken seriously by anyone.

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@TomDHeath

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457: What Actually Is Debt Tho?

On this week’s episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff:

  • The Coronavirus crisis drags on into its eleventieth week.
  • George Pell acquitted from child sex offences on appeal to the High Court.
  • Just because you’ve been acquitted of a crime doesn’t mean you’re not a shitty person, George.
  • MMT – the way that the government can borrow from itself and have the money be worth less tomorrow than it is today.
  • How do we think about debt and UBI in the time of coronavirus?
  • Bernie Sanders drops out of the Democratic primary race.
  • Trump thrilled that USA only projecting 100k deaths due to Covid-19.
  • This is why it’s important to have people that are good at government running the government.
  • Coronavirus popularity bump for Trump.
  • AFP late night party booked for breaching social distancing rules.

The Unnatural Selection podcast is produced by Jorge Tsipos, Adam Direen and Tom Heath. Visit the Unnatural Selection website at www.UnnaturalShow.com for stuff and things.

The views expressed are those of the hosts and their guests and do not reflect those of any other entities. Unnatural Selection is a show made for comedic purposes and should not be taken seriously by anyone.

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456: Everything’s Still Fucked

Photo by Kat Jayne from Pexels

On this week’s episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff:

  • Drugs deals in the new social-distancing economy.
  • Creative destruction: Silicon Valley and the new coronavirus economy.
  • Ecommerce for everything – can this actually work?
  • Pauline Hanson thinks social distancing restrictions are ‘ridiculous’ – thoroughly missing the point.
  • Conservative commentators even now are denying facts about the coronavirus.
  • Are you bored during your self-isolation? There’s heaps of Tiger King on Netflix right now.
  • Joe Exotic and the docu-series about roadside zoos in the US. It’s bonkers.
  • Jorge loves it when people give him a large birth walking past him on the street.
  • Bill Withers passes away at 81.
  • Is Netflix stock going to grow as a result of all these people staying home?
  • Domestic violence expected to rise amid this crisis.
  • There used to be a rainforest in Antarctica. 

The Unnatural Selection podcast is produced by Jorge Tsipos, Adam Direen and Tom Heath. Visit the Unnatural Selection website at www.UnnaturalShow.com for stuff and things.

The views expressed are those of the hosts and their guests and do not reflect those of any other entities. Unnatural Selection is a show made for comedic purposes and should not be taken seriously by anyone.

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@TomDHeath

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455: It’s Only Been Like Three Weeks

On this week’s episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff:

  • The miracle of science that allows us to podcast from afar.
  • It’s only been like 3 weeks since things kicked off here.
  • The corona series – how things deteriorated in real time.
  • How TAL tried to deny coverage to COVID-19 victims in future policies.
  • Is there a crisis that could’ve fucked the economy more than this?
  • This crisis just reveals the cracks that were already there in our system all along.
  • We are all predictably selfish, there’s not going to be a socialist revolution.
  • Nothing happens in a consumer economy without consumers – the response has been skewed towards businesses. Who’s going to buy the stuff when we bounce back.
  • NAB employee who faked a positive coronavirus test has been let go.
  • Social distancing and working from home in the digital age.

The Unnatural Selection podcast is produced by Jorge Tsipos, Adam Direen and Tom Heath. Visit the Unnatural Selection website at www.UnnaturalShow.com for stuff and things.

The views expressed are those of the hosts and their guests and do not reflect those of any other entities. Unnatural Selection is a show made for comedic purposes and should not be taken seriously by anyone.

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@TomDHeath

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454:The One Where Jorge Just Freaks Out

On this week’s episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff:

  • There’s lots of misinformation on the internet, as per usual.
  • 2020 has been cancelled.
  • The thing with the coronavirus is that you’re always two weeks behind the curve – so shit moves quickly.
  • NSW, VIC and ACT flag that they’re going to shut down all ‘non-essential services’ – but what does that mean?
  • Thousands flood Bondi Beach flouting social distancing rules.
  • People arrive all over Australia on cruises without testing.
  • Stronger local measures to enforce social distancing.
  • 9.7% of Aussie GDP is the equivalent of the proposed stimulus.
  • Netflix told to slim down their bandwidth usage so people can work from home on our shitty NBN.
  • Altered Carbon is pretty good if you need 10 hours of content for Netflix on a Tuesday night.

The Unnatural Selection podcast is produced by Jorge Tsipos, Adam Direen and Tom Heath. Visit the Unnatural Selection website at www.UnnaturalShow.com for stuff and things.

The views expressed are those of the hosts and their guests and do not reflect those of any other entities. Unnatural Selection is a show made for comedic purposes and should not be taken seriously by anyone.

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@TomDHeath

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453:The One Where They Just Talk About Coronavirus

On this week’s episode of the Unnatural Selection Podcast we discuss a bunch of stuff:

  • Fears of COVID-19 have increased.
  • Peter Dutton tested positive for the Coronavirus.
  • The #BoomerRemover trending hashtag.
  • Social isolation and what’s going on in Italy?
  • The 2020 Melbourne Grand Prix has been cancelled at the eleventh hour.
  • Flatten the curve – slow the rate of infection and ease the strain on the hospital system.
  • Restaurants and events services will not be on the front foot with this – it’s against their interests to be.
  • ‘Contagion’ and Gwyneth Paltro flashbacks.
  • It’s not about you – it’s about the sick and high-risk people you might infect.
  • Privilege – the ability to survive a plague.

The Unnatural Selection podcast is produced by Jorge Tsipos, Adam Direen and Tom Heath. Visit the Unnatural Selection website at www.UnnaturalShow.com for stuff and things.

The views expressed are those of the hosts and their guests and do not reflect those of any other entities. Unnatural Selection is a show made for comedic purposes and should not be taken seriously by anyone.

Twitter:

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@TomDHeath

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