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492: The Beginning of the End of COVID

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

  • Jorge got married!
  • Having a wedding in covid times is fuckin weird.
  • The first coronavirus vaccines are administered in England. 
  • William Shakespeare gets vaccinated.
  • Bill Gates is going to have a great time controlling the body of a 90 year old woman in England.
  • Logistics challenges with getting a covid vaccine out to the people.
  • Vaccinating against the disease vs against the virus.
  • Australia can wait and see what happens elsewhere with the vaccines as we’re not in as dire of a situation as the UK and USA.
  • The Trump administration passes up the opportunity to get additional doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Twice.
  • America crosses the threshold of 3k deaths per day.
  • Michael O’Brian and the aggressive mediocrity of the state LNP party.

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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491: Trade Wars and War Crimes

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

  • China and the human rights/trade war shitfight.
  • Morrison takes a shot over the bow regarding Chinese government official’s tweet.
  • Can we criticise other countries’ human rights violations when we have our own? Yes, but it makes it harder.
  • ScoMo’s weird curry obsession.
  • Trump and the never ending election that he for sure lost.
  • The grift that the President is running on the election defence fund.
  • Presidential self-pardoning is now a thing we have to talk about.
  • The GOP is no longer operating in good faith – you’re dealing with a cabal of radicals. 
  • Gay orgies in the time of coronavirus.

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:

@JorgeTsipos

@TomDHeath

@UnnaturalShow

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490: China, you ok bud?

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

  • Trump STILL can’t win the election.
  • Trump vows to take Pennsylvania legal challenge to supreme court.
  • All the legal challenges need to be complete by December 8th, and Joe Biden is then the president.
  • As Trump makes his way into the annals of history, what the hell do we talk about?
  • Dictator of the week!
  • China has a lot to say about our wine.
  • Are we now in a trade war with China?
  • China has done heaps of dumping of steel in the past, so that’s fucking hilarious. 
  • Stop doing human rights abuses and we’ll stop reporting on them. Cheers.

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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@JorgeTsipos

@TomDHeath

@UnnaturalShow

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489: What’s A Few War Crimes Between Friends?

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

  • Looking forward to the day where Trump references are forgotten.
  • Don’t you hate it when you have a night of drinking and start with the drone strikes.
  • Australian SAS allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan. 
  • Is it possible to change the culture in the military?
  • How do you change the culture in an organisation as large as the defence force?
  • The slow moving coup in the USA is failing miserably – but we’re still scared shitless!
  • Rudy’s hair dye and the flop-sweat administration coming to a close.
  • Trump disputes the results of the election, but states are being certified.
  • The incoming biden administration is having to raise funds for the transition themselves.

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:

@JorgeTsipos

@TomDHeath

@UnnaturalShow

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488: Locker Room Cabinet

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

  • Election month drags on and Trump still refuses to concede defeat.
  • Barnaby Joyce, Christian Porter, Alan Tudge and the bonk ban.
  • Four Corners report on the AG into allegations of sexual impropriety.
  • Christian Porter and multiple witnesses at Public Bar in Canberra.
  • What are the ethics of private sex lives in the netional Cabinet?
  • Is the LNP a massive boys club? Hint, the answer is yes.
  • Is it ethical for journalists to choose not to report on political sex scandals?
  • Malcolm Turnbul has an axe to grind against the LNP and Paul Kelly!
  • Here’s some war crimes that the ADF might’ve done.
  • HK pro-democracy legislative council members mass resign.
  • The Turkmenistan President really loves big golden dogs.

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:

@JorgeTsipos

@TomDHeath

@UnnaturalShow

Instagram:

@JorgeTsipos

@AdamCDireen

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487: Biden Wins!

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

  • Holy shit, they really did it. Biden hits 270 electoral votes and becomes the president elect.
  • Trump throws a tantrum, loses the popular vote and refuses to concede the election. 
  • The fact that Dems won Arizona is crazy. That fact that Texas was up for debate should scare the shit out of the GOP.
  • Certificates of Ascertainment and other totally modern normal democracy things.
  • Alex Jones and his pretty scary calls for election violence.
  • Wait, Australia’s in a trade war with China.

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:

@JorgeTsipos

@TomDHeath

@UnnaturalShow

Instagram:

@JorgeTsipos

@AdamCDireen

@Tom.Heath

@UnnaturalShow

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486: Vote!

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

– Adam hates Halloween still.
– How many ‘tell alls’ have come out of the Trump administration?
– Trump down 9 points in the polls nationally, but you know, polls.
– Four more years? Absolutely not. Please god no.
– Tens of millions of Americans vote early.
– Jorge wants not Donald Trump for Christmas.
– Voter suppression, Republicans and the deliberate feeling of disenchantment.
– Remember when the president wanted to nuke hurricanes?
– A snifter of Melbourne train cleaning corruption.
– Jorge has… contributed to making those trains dirty.
– Contract cleaning is a dirty business.
– Josh Frydenberg and his super helpful Victoria comments.
– The virus is the economy at this point.
– The suicide rate, excessive deaths and other LNP KPIs.

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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485: Corruptober

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

  • Clean cut boy joins the show – where’s Pirate Direen?
  • Everyone’s upset about the lockdown, but please don’t take it out on the horses.
  • The unofficial VicGov needle exchange in hotel quarantine. 
  • Australia Post gifts $20,000 in watches for senior managers.
  • James Shipton resigns as ASIC Chair after $118,000 personal tax bill comes to light.
  • Jaala Hinchcliffe, head of the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, sacked the barrister who made the recommendation to go hard on the Border Force.
  • Federal ICAC now pls.
  • Trump’s second/third debate with Joe Biden was also terrible.
  • The latino vote in Florida may fuck things up for everyone!

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:

@JorgeTsipos

@TomDHeath

@UnnaturalShow

Instagram:

@JorgeTsipos

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484: Premier

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

  • Lockdowns work – we’re down to single digit cases in Victoria.
  • Adam needs a haircut.
  • Gladys Berejiklian corruption scandal results in two votes of no confidence in her.
  • Gladys’ boyfriend is quite clearly corrupt and she knew SOMETHING about it.
  • For people to have faith in democracy you need not just to avoid corruption, you need to avoid even the APPEARANCE of corruption.
  • Kevin Rudd and the Murdoch Royal Commission Petition, found here: https://www.aph.gov.au/petition_list?id=EN1938
  • Americans begin to vote – what would you wait 11 hours in line for?
  • Judge Amy Coney Barrett belongs to a highly partisan, extremely religious portion of judges who don’t reflect the electorate. And she’s a shoe in!

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:

@JorgeTsipos

@TomDHeath

@UnnaturalShow

Instagram:

@JorgeTsipos

@AdamCDireen

@Tom.Heath

@UnnaturalShow

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483: Le Budget

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

  • Is it even a live show if there’s not someone mowing their lawn during the recording?
  • How to get rid of a couch during quarantine.
  • Josh Frydenberg and the 2020 budget.
  • How good are tax cuts (if you’re already a rich person who doesn’t need them!)
  • Tax cuts don’t help people out of work.
  • Deficits, debts and the reason that you can’t afford a Honda.
  • LNP assumptions about the next 12 months are very optimistic.
  • Wage subsidies – there are some good things about this, but it’s not without its problems.
  • Watch and see how many write-offs from business turn out to be bullshit.
  • Donald Trump has become his own personal super-spreader event.
  • Trump feels GREAT and it has nothing to do with the steroids for sure.
  • The president is not actually receiving good care – he’s getting experimental drugs!
  • “Maybe I’m immune.” Trump is a literal danger to democracy and common sense.

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:

@JorgeTsipos

@TomDHeath

@UnnaturalShow

Instagram:

@JorgeTsipos

@AdamCDireen

@Tom.Heath

@UnnaturalShow