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Laughing in the face of fear. Comedians and experts rip into the news. It's #QandA on crack. π Winner Best Comedy Podcast 2020 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023. Sign up to the newsletter: http://www.arationalfear.com If Patreon isn't your thing, and Apple Subscriptions are too Appley β chip in with A-Cast here: https://plus.acast.com/s/a-rational-fear-1. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dan Debuf (Dan and Maz, The Bachelor Unpacked, Lords of Luxury) has realised that creative and interesting people have creative and interested brains that are easily obsessed. They're dying to talk about their latest or lifelong obsessions, if only someone would ask... well, he's asking! Artwork by Dave Ferrier and Jo Cutri. Music by Caleb Garfinkel.
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Recorded at Telstra Vantage 2019, this podcast is about meeting with the smartest brains navigating the razors edge of technology; itβs not about the future, because the future is here, ready or not. Hear from Telstra CEO Andy Penn, Telstra Group Executive of Enterprise Michael Ebeid, Accenture Senior Managing Director Johnathan Restarick plus more. Hosted by Dan Ilic.
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In the popular imagination preppers are eccentric, hoarder types with a fondness for tinned pineapple and a belief that βthe end of the world as we know itβ is on its way. But as we move into an era that marks time by the rate and severity of disasters β with a pandemic in the rear view and more black summers out ahead β isnβt it about time we all started to prepare? As heat records break and the weather becomes wilder, are we preparing hard and fast enough for the climate changes that are c ...
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Jon Ronson on psychopaths, shame & spending time with Alex Jones
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π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear Here's all the fun stuff you get when you sign up to Patreon. π§ Get an ad-free and sponsor free version of the show. π Get early access and discounts to live showsβ¦
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Direct from COP29: The juicy gossip and a beached whale
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π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ Salam Fearmongers, This week weβre connecting with two of our favourite friends of the pod who are wandering around the hall of COP29 in Baku, Azerbijan. Linh Do & Richie Merzian. We chat negotiations, financial commitments anβ¦
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π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ Howdy Fearmongers, Trying to make sense of the US Elections is a fools errand. Well, consider us your fools. I spent Wednesday afternoon not being able to do work, or anything really, the limit of my motor skills maxed out at β¦
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Season finale of the United States of America
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π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ Howdy Fearmongers, Weβre in the home stretch β at the time of publishing, thereβs only 6 days left until Americans everywhere skip work, neglect their families, and dodge bullets to line up in droves to spend a few good hours β¦
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π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ Welcome to the JokeTober episode. Throughout October I had the privilege to run some satirical comedy workshops for 2SER, a community radio station in Sydney Part of the βprizeβ of being selected as a JokeTober co-hort they goβ¦
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π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ G'day Fearmongers, This week weβre joined by Emerson Brophy and Hannah Ferguson. While the NACC is getting knackered, climate action is getting neutered, and action on cost of living is nixed. Albo is really getting into shrinβ¦
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π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ π LISTENER SURVEY: CLICK HERE Gβday Fearmongers, UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer had one of the all time gaffes in politics this week β demanding at the Labour conference that Hamas βFree the sausagesβ immediately he spat out ββ¦
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π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ π FILL OUT OUR AUDIENCE SURVEY: https://z5xf13rh5z4.typeform.com/to/J0SFy05N Charlotte George, Zach Mander, Wayne Smith, Lewis Hobba, Dan Ilic Gβday Fearmongers, This week Peter Dutton took his Nuclear dog for a walk in Sydneyβ¦
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Scrotum lookalike wants the world to burn
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π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ G'day Fearmongers, Big thanks to Ampel and Myrtle & Pine Studio for lending us their podcast studio to record this week's A Rational Fear in person. We have in the studio Grace Tame, and Punter's Politics, as well as Lewis Hobβ¦
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Don't ask where the money is coming from - Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba, Mark Connely & Alice Brennan
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π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ In this episode of A Rational Fear, the hosts discuss a range of topics including the impact of Russian funding on YouTube influencers, the effectiveness of political propaganda, and a detailed analysis of the recent US presidβ¦
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When it comes to climate change, answers can be difficult to nail down. Will the world reach net zero in time? What does a climate change future even look like? Will the changes come in my lifetime β or is it my kids or grandkids who will suffer? With every uncertainty, you can feel your head sink a little deeper into the sand... What is it about oβ¦
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Gβday Fearmongers β Weβre back next week with all new A Rational Fear Podcast episodes. But before that please enjoy this brand new podcast series I worked on with the UNSW Centre For Ideas called Preppers. Itβs about how we all need to get prepared for the end of the world together. We talk to so many great people for this podcast. On the A Rationβ¦
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Preppers Episode 2: The End of the World As We Know It
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The Earth is cracking under the weight of our expectations, with growth held up as the economic north star. Meanwhile, wildlife populations are collapsing, the ocean is acidifying, and carbon emissions are still increasing. Despite everything we know about whatβs wrong and what to do about it, we cling to our current way of life. Civilizations haveβ¦
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As we struggle to reduce carbon emissions, environmental markets are creating a world where money really does grow on trees. But does putting a price on nature, and forcing the economy to value the things itβs always taken for granted, really work? And can it help us prepare for climate change? This episode features: Miri (Margaret) Raven β Senior β¦
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We. Love. Heat. Bring on the summer! Right? But as each month sees another heat record broken, should we start thinking about heat differently? Whatβs happening on a local and global level to prepare us for extreme weather events β and for a much sweatier future? This episode features: Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick β Professor of Climate Science, ANU Lβ¦
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In the popular imagination, preppers are busy hoarding tinned food in their bunkers while they wait for the end of the world. But is this what most prepping looks like? And is climate change as bad as all that? The bin fire of the last few years has ramped the eco-anxiety up to an 11. But as we go about our lives, studying, feeding our families, paβ¦
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Get ready to confront the uncomfortable truths about climate change with investigative humorist and climate action enthusiast Dan Ilic in Preppers, a podcast by the UNSW Centre for Ideas that dives deep into the realities we often avoid. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By UNSW Centre for Ideas
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Sneaking into Pine Gap - behind the scenes with Boy_Boy
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π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ Alex Apollonov and Aleksa Vulovic are the co-hosts of the youtube channel Boy_Boy who have built an epic following thanks to their adventures in democracy, civics and capitalism. They share how they snuck into the super secretβ¦
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π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ Celebrating 1,000,000 downloads live in Melbourne at the Malthouse Theatre This is the show that rips into the news with the the best and brightest including Charlie Pickering. Sami Shah. Kirsty Webeck Richard Fidler DJ Andrewβ¦
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ποΈ BUY TICKETS TO OUR MELBOURNE 1,000,000th DOWNLOAD SHOW: https://www.malthousetheatre.com.au/what-s-on/malthouse-outdoor-stage/a-rational-fear/ π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ John Delmenico, the editor of The Chaser, joins the podcast to discuss his role β¦
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A Rational Year β Peter Dutton presents the best sketches and bits from 2023
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π€ CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear π¨ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ ποΈ BUY A TICKET TO OUR 1,000,000th Download show: https://www.malthousetheatre.com.au/what-s-on/malthouse-outdoor-stage/a-rational-fear/ Gβday Fearmongers β Thrilled to drop our end of the year special 2023 β hosted by Peter Dβ¦
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