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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

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482: He Got It

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

  • Victoria’s restrictions ease somewhat.
  • St Kilda beachgoers go absolutely nuts at the first signs of warm weather. Apparently coronavirus doesn’t like the beach?
  • Seven News reporter doesn’t really get it.
  • Clearly Australians actually just don’t give a shit about other people at this point.
  • How about a story that hundreds of people are flouting the law and it’s unacceptable? 
  • The Trump/Biden debate was an absolute dumpsterfire, and it was 1000% Donald’s fault.
  • Debate 2.0 will be better this time, they promise. 
  • Trump gets coronavirus.
  • The Trump administration had reason to believe Trump had been exposed and still turned up to the debate without masks.
  • I can’t believe I’m looking forward to the vice-presidential debate.
  • What if he dies?

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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481: Lefties at a Structural Disadvantage

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

  • Westpac pinged with a record $1.3bil fine which has affected them, not at all, as it turns out.
  • Turns out the LNP is totally on board with the fibre to the premises NBN – as they always have been!
  • Loosening lending standards – great for the banks annnnnndd….
  • Are lefties at an inherent disadvantage when it comes to good behaviour in parliament?
  • 70% of people with Andrews on climate change but Murdoch media describes it as ‘Stockholm Syndrome’
  • Balance as Bias.
  • Jenny Mikakos, Dan Andrews and the bad faith attack from the conservative media.
  • Vietnamese re-used condom scheme.

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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480: RBG

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

  • Covid cases in Victoria are down!
  • Lots of deeply upsetting non-corona content!
  • The LNP and their disappointing half-measure on climate change.
  • Say ‘energy policy’ and the knives come out in the LNP party meeting.
  • The very depressing story out of an ICE detention centre in Georgia.
  • The US immigration Ice hysterectomy allegations in line with US’s long and racist history of eugenics.
  • Guatemala syphilis experiments.
  • Tuskegee Syphilis Study.
  • RBG has passed away at 87, a judicial and femminist giant.
  • The political situation with the presidential election of 2020 and supreme court appointments.

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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479: Wet Ass Premier

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

  • Wet Arse Pussy.
  • Dan Andrews announces the roadmap out of coronavirus has… some critics.
  • If you want to get out of the lockdown faster, then BEHAVE.
  • Government is hard – bureaucracies aren’t meant to respond in an agile fashion.
  • You gotta love all these morons acting like they could’ve done a better job on the COVID-19 response.
  • Never attribute to malice what you can attribute to incompetence.
  • The Ballarat protest was a bit of a fizzer in the end, thank Christ.
  • The new trend towards smart metres that could have your personal data end up in unexpected places. 
  • The need for legislation that allows us to control our data – one day may be too late.

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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478: The Road Out

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

  • Dan Andrews announces the roadmap out of coronavirus restrictions.
  • Jorge’s neighbours think he’s a sexist because he yells at his Google Home puck.
  • A more cautious reopening for Victoria, with KPI’s.
  • We’re gonna need some good reporting to make sure all of these things are clear.
  • Freedom Humpers Unite! Melbourne anti-lockdown protesters arrested.
  • Ballarat woman arrested for putting together an anti-lockdown protest on Facebook. The Right-Wing reacts really well.
  • Pick an island – any island, call it Freedom Island and let them all catch the virus. 
  • Speaking of Facebook, they’re firing shots at the ACCC.

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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477: Bad Faith

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

  • If you just read the headlines you would be terribly misinformed after this week.
  • Andrews government gets a one-off extension of their six month state of emergency – no thanks to the LNP.
  • You don’t need that many people to pump a conspiracy theory.
  • Do you know a conspiracy theorist who is promoting this ‘petition’?
  • The ring-wing echo chamber and how it is affecting the discourse.
  • Freedom Alliance Australia and the dozen other totally unaccountable organisations that are poisoning the discourse.
  • How do we stop further political polarising.
  • Can we harness the energy for collective action from coronavirus for other endeavours? 

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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476: Google Doesn’t Want to Pay for News

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

  • The boys reminisce on traditional media from when they last watched it… 15 years ago.
  • Google’s bad faith open letter criticising proposed changes by the ACCC.
  • Google Streisand Effect’s their own open letter. 
  • If we pay news organisations fairly, where does it end??
  • If the internet giants are going to eat traditional media, don’t they deserve some crumbs?
  • #DanLiedPeopleDied – The hashtag that is probably a disinformation campaign.

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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475: Exhausted

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

  • We are still in lockdown – it’s exhausting.
  • Zoom is fucking exhausting.
  • Should you dob on your neighbours? A study.
  • Are Tom’s neighbours artists or are they on meth? Why not both?
  • Russia announces a sweet as, totally real vaccine.
  • Belarus has an ‘election’ – dictator wins with 80% of the vote.
  • Why do dictator’s always give themselves insane margins?
  • Russia announces a coronavirus vaccine – whether it works or not!
  • Biden announces Kamala Harris as his VP.
  • Alan Jones can’t stop talking absolute shit about coronavirus and lockdowns on SkyNews.
  • How do you combat misinformation on the internet?
  • Why do people share unattributed information on social media?

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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474: March 161st

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

  • We are still in lockdown.
  • Now for the really important part – who’s fault is everything?
  • Federal LNP sticks the boot in to state Labor party for coronavirus handling.
  • Everyone’s a wizard with 2020 hindsight during this crisis.
  • The Beirut blast leaves over one hundred and forty dead and thousands injured.
  • How did the explosion in Lebanon happen and who’s responsible?
  • Ammonium nitrate and the failure of the free market.
  • Jonathan Swan’s Trump interview on Axios.
  • Trump moves to ban TickTok.
  • Who owns TikTok? Are there legit privacy concerns around using TikTok?

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