Rob and Jules discuss the government and tech crackdown on "misinformation" and online bullying, the right to protest, and vaccine passports.

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References:

• https://twitter.com/9newsaus/status/1377704934293057541?lang=en
• https://7news.com.au/sunrise/on-the-show/federal-government-considers-forcing-australians-to-provide-id-to-use-social-media-and-dating-sites-c-2497510
• https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2021/australia-is-becoming-a-surveillance-state.html
• https://www.crikey.com.au/2021/08/10/surveillance-bill-data-laptops-police/
• https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/563547-hypocritical-psaki-leads-chilling-effort-to-flag-misinformation?rl=1
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENEUktOrQV8
• https://www.theage.com.au/national/lockdown-protests-were-wrongheaded-in-the-extreme-20210725-p58cq7.html
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexledsom/2021/08/08/france-protests-but-vaccine-passport-enforcement-is-working/?sh=14f0038e103a

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Music: Julian Angelatos

Artwork: Nerpa Mate

Rob and Jules discuss the ABC's reporting of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) 100th anniversary , as well as the media's backflips on whether COVID originated from a lab.

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References:

CCP Article:  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-01/ccp-100-years-chinese-communist-party/100222794

Lab Leak Articles:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/coronavirus-wasnt-created-in-lab-no-signs-genetic-engineering-1.5508735
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-19-wuhan-lab-leak-theory-1.6042038
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-18/coronavirus-misinformation-origin-theory-donald-trump-wuhan-lab/12158774
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-16/wuhan-lab-investigations-origins-of-covid-19-coronavirus/100219030
https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/the-signal/did-covid-19-leak-from-a-lab/13358878

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Music: Julian Angelatos

Artwork: Nerpa Mate

Jules and Rob discuss Melbourne's most recent "snap lockdown", the lack of an economic framework to support shuttered businesses and unemployed workers, and the mysterious reason why the Victorian Government took so long to call the "snap" lockdown.

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Rob and Jules have a wide-ranging conversation on AFL, mindfulness, gambling and everything in between.

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James Hird & Shane Crawford Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0UGWPwfTro

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Rob and Jules have a conversation exploring why Dr Amanda Porter (Melbourne University) labelled the Swinburne University academic, Dr Stephane Shepherd, racist, before retracting her comment.

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References:

https://www.smh.com.au/national/indigenous-academic-apologises-for-calling-african-crime-study-racist-20210413-p57iud.html

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Music: Julian Angelatos

Artwork: Nerpa Mate

Jules and Rob discuss the way in which most modern art reviews are....well, awful and miss reviewing the whole point to the art.

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References:

https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/sex-scandal-drama-a-teacher-makes-a-mess-of-its-lesson-in-morality-20210315-p57ax5.html

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Music: Julian Angelatos

Artwork: Nerpa Mate

Rob and Jules discuss former Australian PM, Kevin Rudd's, recent appearance in the Senate and his case against Rupert Murdoch's media monopoly. 

But is the Murdoch-problem really just a mask for something deeper?

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With the return of the much-loved, previous guest, Jules Angelatos, we break down:

• The storming of the U.S. Capitol
• Its symbolism for democracy
• Trump's ban from the internet

...and much, much more!

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References:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-mob-failure/2021/01/11/36a46e2e-542e-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html?utm_source=acquisition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=intl_engcpa&utm_content=politics_6hours
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/01/18/new-yorker-video-us-capitol-rioters-luke-mogelson/4198301001/
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/25/among-the-insurrectionists
https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-capitol/2021/01/16/957680133/house-lawmakers-open-investigation-into-capitol-attack
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/who-died-in-capitol-building-attack.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-protests/trump-summoned-supporters-to-wild-protest-and-told-them-to-fight-they-did-idUSKBN29B24S
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/elections/2021/01/06/trumps-failed-efforts-overturn-election-numbers/4130307001/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-should-not-be-prosecuted-capitol-riot-incitement-former-fbi-n1254535
https://www.foxnews.com/media/andrew-sullivan-new-york-times-for-dismissing-blm-riots-as-isolated-instances-of-property-destruction
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/01/14/trump-banned-twitter-rachel-bovard-column/4145532001/
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/11/955548910/ex-capitol-police-chief-rebuffs-claims-national-guard-was-never-called-during-ri
https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/533216-as-details-emerge-on-capitol-police-response-to-pro-trump
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55626148

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Music: Julian Angelatos
Artwork: Nerpa Mate

Do Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook have too much power? 

Is it time to break up Facebook? 

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References:
https://digiday.com/media/dina-srinivasan-monopoly-facebook-anti-trust-digital-advertising/
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3247362
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/technology/antitrust-case-google-facebook.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/opinion/sunday/chris-hughes-facebook-zuckerberg.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/09/ftc-and-several-states-launch-antitrust-lawsuits-against-facebook.html#:~:text=FTC%20lawsuit,and%20WhatsApp%20for%20%2419%20billion.
https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/1910134fbcomplaint.pdf
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/18/google-facebook-antitrust-lawsuit/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-facebook-agreed-to-team-up-against-possible-antitrust-action-draft-lawsuit-says-11608612219
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/googles-us-ad-revenue-projected-to-fall-this-year-emarketer-says-as-facebook-amazon-gain-share-2020-06-22#:~:text=That%20would%20leave%20Facebook%20with,and%20Amazon's%20have%20climbed%2046%25.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/09/facebook-should-not-be-broken-up-commentary.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-12-14/facebook-might-pose-dangers-it-isn-t-a-monopoly
https://reason.com/2020/12/10/ftc-and-state-prosecutors-join-antitrust-dogpile-on-facebook/
https://about.fb.com/news/2020/12/lawsuits-filed-by-the-ftc-and-state-attorneys-general-are-revisionist-history/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyDAxOwIO8g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RpVbcWaQgM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0QdQ3rzWNs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvimBPJ3XGQ
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2020/12/ftc-sues-facebook-illegal-monopolization
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD89jKFDHCc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzJ3E66EQrk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdq50DBv-zM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVxYOQS6ggk

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Music: Julian Angelatos
Artwork: Nerpa Mate

Former Australian PM Kevin Rudd has come out asking for a Royal Commission into the Murdoch Media Monopoly. Why is he asking for this? Are his claims true?

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References:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BPLBIgKjN8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7qYf8V7q0k&t=386s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fnOVGRZhW4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXZdQPhJquI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzhKp8ETM-o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLQxz9WFZGA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRlUiC7sbAk
https://theconversation.com/factcheck-does-murdoch-own-70-of-newspapers-in-australia-16812
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/how-much-influence-does-the-murdoch-media-have-in-australia-20201015-p565dk.html
https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/Digital%20platforms%20inquiry%20-%20final%20report.pdf
http://www.roymorgan.com/industries/media/readership/newspaper-readership
http://www.roymorgan.com/findings/8189-australian-newspaper-print-readership-and-cross-platform-audiences-september-2019-201910310418
http://www.roymorgan.com/findings/8492-main-sources-news-trust-june-2020-202008170619
http://www.roymorgan.com/findings/8403-roy-morgan-cross-platform-audiences-march-2020-202005080515
https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2013/november/1383224400/robert-manne/why-rupert-murdoch-can-t-be-stopped
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2019/01/10/rupert-murdoch-nbn-kevin-rudd/
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/sep/22/follow-the-money-how-news-corp-wields-power-to-defend-its-interests
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/turnbull-rebukes-rudd-s-insane-conspiracy-theory-he-trashed-nbn-for-murdoch-20190111-p50qwl.html
https://www.afr.com/companies/telecommunications/the-myth-making-around-the-nbn-is-finally-exposed-20191023-p533es
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jul/13/rupert-murdoch-labors-nbn-was-ridiculous
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/sep/20/very-australian-coup-murdoch-turnbull-political-death-news-corps
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-18/liberal-leadership-spill-rupert-murdoch-kerry-stokes-influence/10262552
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/did-rupert-murdoch-really-go-after-malcolm-turnbull-20180921-p5054w.html
https://www.themonthly.com.au/nation-reviewed-mungo-maccallum-comment-rudd-and-murdoch-press--1945?cb=1605318774

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Music: Julian Angelatos
Artwork: Nerpa Mate

"I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!" - President Trump.

We take a deep dive into the claims that the election was rigged against Donald Trump.

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References:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/usps-mail-in-ballots-postal-service-extra-trips-election-day
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/07/politics/mail-ballots-dumped-new-jersey-ballots/index.html
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-us-inability-to-count-votes-is
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-philadelphia-judge-elections-convicted-conspiring-violate-civil-rights-and-bribery
https://www.newsweek.com/voting-fraud-real-concern-just-look-around-world-opinion-1522535
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/03/democrats-more-mail-in-ballots-pennsylvania-433951
https://twitter.com/AndySwan/status/1323990699017228288
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/04/viral-image/no-these-fivethirtyeight-graphs-dont-prove-voter-f/
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54811410
https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/11/05/philadelphia-court-decision-poll-watchers-now-allowed-within-6-feet-of-ballot-counting-at-pennsylvania-convention-center/
https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/nov/05/allegations-usps-election-fraud-michigan-dont-hold/
https://www.projectveritas.com/news/update-pa-based-usps-whistleblower-richard-hopkins-comes-forward-and-agrees/
https://www.projectveritas.com/news/breaking-another-one-erie-pa-usps-insider-exposes-nov-3-postmark-voter-fraud/
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/06/pennsylvania-republicans-supreme-court-mail-ballots-434744
https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/42877477/erie-county-election-board-chair-addresses-ballot-backdating-allegations
https://theintercept.com/2020/11/06/hallmark-trump-campaigns-final-days-news-conferences-without-questions/
https://www.ajc.com/politics/kemp-avoids-trump-fraud-claims-but-gop-rep-calls-state-election-handling-embarrassing/YSAMLF52D5AQDIDRXPCZXJ4UWE/
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2020/11/06/no-evidence-thousands-dead-people-cast-ballots-wayne-county/6195468002/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/06/technology/false-dead-michigan-voter-claims.html
https://twitter.com/MichSoS/status/1324391461014675456
https://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2020%20November%20General/Site/Congress.html
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/05/sharpie-ballots-trump-strategy-arizona-434372

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Music: Julian Angelatos
Artwork: Nerpa Mate

Political polling is once again everywhere in the run-up to the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. But how accurate can they really be?

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References:
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomaslandstreet/2019/08/21/the-evidence-is-clear-polls-are-not-to-be-trusted/?sh=56883d6447a6
- https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/upshot/a-2016-review-why-key-state-polls-were-wrong-about-trump.html
- https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/10/29/2020-polls-trump-biden-prediction-accurate-2016-433619
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/29/how-2020-polling-works/
- https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-polls-are-all-right/
- https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/521646-state-of-the-race-cancel-culture-and-polling-dont-mix
- https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/10/do-donald-trumps-abysmal-poll-numbers-matter
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-19/federal-election-results-how-the-polls-got-it-so-wrong/11128176
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzjqjU2FOwA&t=7546s
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_cxmqaUTVE
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQfE1_Y6TTA
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgtCJrbvM44
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8yTVnUf-Ls

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Music: Julian Angelatos
Artwork: Nerpa Mate

What does Twitter & Facebook's  attempted censorship of the NY Post's Hunter Biden article really mean?

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References:
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/18/business/media/new-york-post-hunter-biden.html?searchResultPosition=3
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/opinion/trump-campaign-rudy-giuliani.html?searchResultPosition=5
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/technology/twitter-new-york-post.html
- https://nypost.com/2020/10/01/joe-biden-hires-facebooks-jessica-hertz-for-transition-team/
- https://nypost.com/2020/09/18/twitters-public-policy-chief-leaves-for-biden-transition-team/
- https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/oct/19/no-russian-conspiracy-biden-laptop-scandal-dni-rat/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork
- https://taibbi.substack.com/p/facebook-and-twitters-intervention-650
- https://newrepublic.com/article/159829/facebook-twitter-hunter-biden-election-interference?utm_content=bufferf126e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/facebook-spokesperson-top-democrats-new-york-post
- https://twitter.com/HawleyMO/status/1319037770837463040
- https://twitter.com/michaelshermer/status/1305168591646461954
- https://www.vox.com/2017/11/1/16593066/trump-clinton-facebook-advertising-money-election-president-russia
- https://www.npr.org/2019/04/24/716374421/fact-check-russian-interference-went-far-beyond-facebook-ads-kushner-described
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpHfjBfCyyg
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-bill-limit-big-techs-section-230-immunity-censorship-outcry
- https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/
- https://nypost.com/2020/10/15/emails-reveal-how-hunter-biden-tried-to-cash-in-big-with-chinese-firm/
- https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/14/biden-campaign-lashes-out-new-york-post-429486
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-parliament-prosecutor/ukraine-appoints-poroshenko-ally-with-no-legal-experience-as-top-prosecutor-idUSKCN0Y311A
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-prosecutor-excl/exclusive-ukraine-to-fire-prosecutor-who-discussed-bidens-with-giuliani-source-idUSKBN1XE20C
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ukraine-court-forces-probe-into-biden-role-in-firing-of-prosecutor-viktor-shokin/2020/02/27/92710222-5983-11ea-8efd-0f904bdd8057_story.html
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/fbi-hunter-biden-laptop-russia/2020/10/20/3478408a-133d-11eb-bc10-40b25382f1be_story.html
- https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/521637-hunter-bidens-laptop-a-russian-trick-a-hack-job-or-just-what-it-looks
- https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/19/hunter-biden-story-russian-disinfo-430276

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Music: Julian Angelatos
Artwork: Nerpa Mate

The Australian state of Victoria has endured one of the strictest and longest lockdowns in the world, despite having a relatively low level of coronavirus in circulation. To break this down, I'm joined by my long-standing friend, Julian  Angelatos. We discuss what happened in Victoria, the reasoning behind the State Government's policy, and the problems associated with handing over these powers to government.

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Articles referenced in the interview:
- https://www.smh.com.au/national/covid-19-has-hammered-home-some-uncomfortable-truths-about-us-as-a-people-20200915-p55vrb.html
- https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/what-justifies-covid19-lockdowns-by-peter-singer-2020-10
- https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/sep/22/scientists-disagree-over-targeted-versus-nationwide-measures-to-tackle-covid
- https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/oct/07/victorias-daniel-andrews-to-scrap-controversial-detention-powers-in-bid-to-pass-covid-omnibus-bill
 
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Music: Julian Angelatos
Artwork: Nerpa Mate

"Shitshow", "disaster", "disgrace" - just some of the words used to describe the first 2020 U.S. Presidential Debate between President Trump and Former Vice President Biden. Despite this, there are some policy issues worthy of discussion. 

Who's saying what? Who's making credible arguments? And who's full of shit?

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References:

• ‘Amy Coney Barrett: Trump nominates conservative favourite for Supreme Court’, BBC.
• ‘Supreme Court Justices Split Along Unexpected Lines In 3 Cases’, Nina Tontenberg,NPR.
• ‘What Happened With Merrick Garland In 2016 And Why It Matters Now’, Ron Elving, NPR.
• ‘A Long List of GOP Senators Who Promised Not to Confirm a Supreme Court Nominee During an Election Year’, Tim Murphy, Mother Jones.
• ‘Justice Kennedy’s Retirement Will Lead to a More Divided Supreme Court’, Oliver Gladfelter, The Data Face.
• ‘How Trump’s Prescription Drug Executive Orders Reduce Costs For Seniors & Taxpayers’, Avik Roy, Forbes.
• ‘If Trump wins, 20 million people could lose health insurance. If Biden wins, 25 million could gain it.’, Dylan Scott, Vox.
• ‘Closer Look: Trump, Biden Plans on Health Care’, Nick Tate, Web MD.
• ‘President Donald J. Trump Is Implementing His America First Healthcare Agenda’, White House.
• ‘Trump’s Executive Orders on Prescription Drugs’, Lori Robertson, FactCheck.org.
• ‘Opinion: Trump’s executive order on health care is no replacement for Obamacare — here’s why’, Simon F. header, MarketWatch.
• ‘Comparing the Economic Plans of Trump and Biden’, Deborah D’Souza, Investopedia.
• ‘The Real Problem Behind The $26.8 Trillion U.S. National Debt’, Seeking Alpha.
  United States Government Debt to GDP, Trading Economics.
• ‘US National Debt by Year Compared to GDP and Major Events’, Kimberly Amadeo & Michael J Boyle, The Balance.
• ‘How the Coronavirus Bailout Repeats 2008’s Mistakes: Huge Corporate Payoffs With Little Accountability’, Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica.
• ‘The Anatomy of the $2 Trillion COVID-19 Stimulus Bill’, Nick Routley, Visual Capitalist. 
• ‘How the world’s greatest financial experiment enriched the rich’, Christopher Thompson, NewStatesman.
• ‘The ballooning money supply may be the key to unlocking inflation in the U.S.’, Thomas Franck, CNBC.
• ‘The controversial 1994 crime law that Joe Biden helped write, explained’, German Lopez, Vox.
• ‘Biden vs. Trump: Who’s the Actual Criminal Justice Reformer?, Politico.
• ‘Is Critical Race Theory racist?, Helen Pluckrose, Unherd.
• ‘Proud Boys chairman condemns white supremacists, says Trump’s message of ‘stand by’ wasn’t call to action’, Amy Viteri, Local10.
• ‘The Trump administration already made huge refugee cuts. It’s making more.’, Nicole Narea, Vox.
• ‘Travel Ban Updates: Temporary Ban of Foreign Nationals Traveling From Mainland China Per Novel Coronavirus Outbreak; Additional Countries Added To Travel Ban 3.0’, National Law Review.
• ‘Trump dismantles environmental protections under cover of coronavirus’, Emily Holden, The Guardian.
• ‘What Joe Biden was trying to say about the Green New Deal’, David Roberts, Vox.
  Joebiden.com
• ‘The year of mail-in voting: Why this year’s U.S. election could take weeks to decide’, Emerald Bensadoun, Global News.
• ‘US election: Do postal ballots lead to voting fraud?’, BBC.
• ‘EAVS DEEP DIVE: EARLY, ABSENTEE AND MAIL VOTING’, White Paper, U.S. Election Assistance Commission.

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Music: Julian Angelatos
Artwork: Nerpa Mate

Is a vaccine the only way out of COVID-19? Surely not. Let's explore the other exit routes that the media isn't talking about.

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References:

• ‘Oxford epidemiologists: suppression strategy is not viable’, UnHerd.
• ‘Why Covid-19 will become the new common cold’, UnHerd.
• ‘Individual variation in susceptibility or exposure to SARS-CoV-2 lowers the
  herd immunity threshold’, M. Gabriela M. Gomes, Rodrigo M. Corder, Jessica G. King, Kate E. Langwig, Caetano Souto-Maior, Jorge Carneiro, Guilherme Goncalves, Carlos Penha-Goncalves, Marcelo U. Ferreira, Ricardo Aguas.
• ‘Herd immunity thresholds for SARS-CoV-2 estimated from unfolding epidemics’, Ricardo Aguas, Rodrigo M. Corder, Jessica G. King, Guilherme Goncalves, Marcelo U. Ferreira, M. Gabriela M. Gomes, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford.
• ‘New restrictions on prescribing hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19’, Therapeutic Goods Association.
• ‘Pharmacovigilance Memorandum’, May 19 2020, FDA.
• ‘WHO discontinues hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir treatment arms for COVID-19’, WHO.
• ‘Hydroxychloroquine works in high-risk patients, and saying otherwise is dangerous, Harvey Risch, Washington Examiner.
• ‘An Effective COVID Treatment the Media Continues to Besmirch’, Steven Hatfill, Real Clear Politics.
• ‘Retraction—Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis’, Lancet.
• ‘More Evidence Presented for Why Hydroxychloroquine Should be Made Available, in a New Court Filing by AAPS’, AAPS.
• ‘What if ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Closer Than Scientists Thought?’, Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times.
• ‘The impact of host resistance on cumulative mortality and the threshold of herd immunity for SARS-CoV-2’, Jose Lourenco, Francesco Pinotti, Craig Thompson, Sunetra Gupta.
• ‘The Coronavirus Is New, but Your Immune System Might Still Recognize It’, Katherine J. Wu, New York Times.
• ‘The Good (But Not Great) News About T-Cells and Herd Immunity’, David Wallace-Wells, NY Mag.
• ‘Karl Friston: up to 80% not even susceptible to Covid-19’, UnHerd.
• ‘Herd Immunity May Be Slowing Spread in U.S., As Study Finds 40 Percent Community Infection Provides Protection, ARISTOS GEORGIOU, Newsweek.
• ‘Quick and affordable saliva-based COVID-19 test developed by Yale scientists receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization’, Michael Greenwood, Yale News.
• ‘One-second coronavirus test achieves 95% success rate - initial data’, MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN , Jerusalem Post.
• ‘How to stop the COVID-19 pandemic? Harvard doc says cheap tests are the answer’, Karen Weintraub, USA Today.
• ‘Spanish Flu’, History.com.
• ‘Trump had no side effects after taking hydroxychloroquine, White House doctor says’, Kevin Breuninger, CNBC.
• 'Professor Sunetra Gupta: the epidemic is on its way out', UnHerd.
• 'Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Pandemic', EconTalk.
• 'We may already have herd immunity – an interview with Professor Sunetra Gupta', Reaction.
• (And a special thanks to Yinon Weiss @yinonw on Twitter for a very helpful and informative thread.)
  
  

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This episode dives into the scandalous origins of the war on drugs. Prior to 1914, drugs were widely available. Yet with each successive step of prohibition this past century, governments have lied to the public about the underlying reason for criminalizing drugs. The true story - one of political oppression, propaganda and disturbing corruption - must be told. 

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References:

• ‘Joe Rogan Experience #1250 - Johann Hari’, The Joe Rogan Experience.
• ‘Joe Rogan Experience #142 - Graham Hancock, Duncan Trussell’, The Joe Rogan Experience.
• ‘The Truth About the War on Drugs - Graham Hancock’, London Real.
• 'America’s War on Drugs', Season 1, Talos Films.
• ‘A Brief History Of The War On Drugs’, NPR.
• ‘Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs’, Johann Hari, 2015, Bloomsbury Publishing. 
• Trebach, Arnold.  1982.  The Heroin Solution.  New Haven, CT: Yale University Press
  Treating Drug Problems: Volume 2: Commissioned Papers on Historical, Institutional, and Economic Contexts of Drug Treatment. 
• ‘A Century of American Narcotic Policy’, David T. Courtwright, Treating Drug Problems: Volume 2: Commissioned Papers on Historical, Institutional, and Economic Contexts of Drug Treatment.
• ‘The Eleusinian Mysteries: The Rites of Demeter’, Ancient History Encyclopedia, Joshua Mark. 
• ‘The Consumers Union Report on Licit and Illicit Drugs’, by Edward M. Brecher and the Editors of Consumer Reports Magazine, 1972.
• ‘THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEADING INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL CONVENTIONS’, Jay Sinha, Law and Government Division, 21 February 2001.
• ‘Dynamics of Intervention in the War on Drugs: The Buildup to the Harrison Act of 1914’, Audrey Redford & Benjamin Powell, The Independent Review, 2016.
• ‘ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, PROHIBITION BEGAN IN EARNEST—AND WE’RE STILL PAYING FOR IT’, Maia Szalavitz, Pacific Standard.
• ‘How the Myth of the ‘Negro Cocaine Fiend’ Helped Shape American Drug Policy’, Dr Carl Hart, The Nation.
• Galliher, John F., and Allynn Walker. “The Puzzle of the Social Origins of the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937.” Social Problems, vol. 24, no. 3, 1977, pp. 367–376. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/800089. Accessed 4 June 2020.
• ‘An excess of democracy', Hilary Wainwright, Open Democracy.
• ‘As Heroin Use Grows in U.S., Poppy Crops Thrive in Afghanistan’, Elizabeth Chuck, NBC.
• ‘How the heroin trade explains the US-UK failure in Afghanistan’, Alfred W McCoy, The Guardian.
• 'Psychedelic Salon #623 - “Timothy Leary Meets Jiminy Glick”', Psychedelic Salon.
• 'Psychedelic Salon #533 - “The Social Virus of Political Correctness”', Psychedelic Salon.

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In this episode, I speak with Tristan Aubry, who is a Canadian addictions counsellor. We spoke about what constitutes drug addiction, how this view has evolved over time, and the broader impacts of drug policy on addiction and society.

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Music: Julian Angelatos
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In response to the coronavirus, Western governments have told a story that because nobody expected this pandemic, they have had no choice but to enact unprecedented measures and collectively spend trillions to protect our health and economies. This episode exposes why this story is a lie.

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References:

• ‘Trade Adviser Warned White House in January of Risks of a Pandemic’, Maggie Haberman, New York Times.
• ‘The Next Epidemic — Lessons from Ebola’, Bill Gates, The New England Journal of Medicine.
• ‘We Were Warned’, Uri Friedman, The Atlantic.
• ‘Taiwan has only 77 coronavirus cases. Its response to the crisis shows that swift action and widespread healthcare can prevent an outbreak.’, Isaac Scher, Business Insider.
• ‘Timeline: how Australia responded to the coronavirus outbreak’, Paul Karp, The Guardian.
• Joseph Norman, Yaneer Bar-Yam, and Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Systemic risk of pandemic via novel pathogens – Coronavirus: A note, New England Complex Systems Institute (January 26, 2020).
• ‘#102 – Michael Osterholm, Ph.D.: COVID-19—Lessons learned, challenges ahead, and reasons for optimism and concern’, The Peter Attia Drive Podcast.
• ‘Taiwan's coronavirus protocol might be seen as 'extreme' to Canadians, but it works’, Timothy Sly, Macleans.
• ‘Infection Control: Evidence Summary’, Australian Government Department of Health.
• ‘Australian Health Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza’, Australian Government Department of Health, August 2019.
• ‘COVID-19 National Health Plan – National Medical Stockpile – Purchase of Masks, Other Personal Protective Equipment and Pharmaceuticals’, Australian Government Department of Health.
• ‘Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community’, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 29 January 2019.
• ‘We practised for a pandemic, but didn’t brace’, Ian Boyd, Nature.
• ‘World not prepared for the next big pandemic: report’, Leslie Young, Global News. 
• ‘Officials warned Canada couldn’t enforce coronavirus quarantine for travellers from China: memo’, Beatrice Britneff & Amanda Connolly, Global News.
• ‘Ottawa had a playbook for a coronavirus-like pandemic 14 years ago. What went wrong?’, Kathy Tomilson & Grant Robertson, The Globe and Mail.
• ‘Canadian military intelligence unit issued warning about Wuhan outbreak back in January’, CBC, Murray Brewster.
• ‘Timeline of the Coronavirus Pandemic and U.S. Response’, Ryan Goodman & Danielle Schulkin, Just Security.
• ‘Management of the National Medical Stockpile’, ANAO Audit Report No.53 2013–14.
• ‘Everyone Thinks They’re Right About Masks’, Ed Yong, The Atlantic.
• ‘Information on surgical masks – Version 6 (14/04/2020)’, Australian Government, Department of Health.
• ‘Respiratory Infection Transmission (Community) Face Masks and Respirators (AS-1)’, Joanna Briggs Institute.
• ‘COVID-19 - virtual press conference - 30 March 2020’, WHO.
• ‘Statement on healthcare worker use of PPE when caring for suspected, or confirmed COVID-19 patients’, Australian Health Protection Principal Committee.
• ‘Taiwan’s Success Is the Bane of Beijing’s Global Coronavirus Propaganda’, Jo Kim, The Diplomat.
• ‘Coronavirus outbreak prompts warning for Australian GPs to wear masks during consultations’, ABC. 
• ‘COVID-19: WHY WE SHOULD ALL WEAR MASKS — THERE IS NEW SCIENTIFIC RATIONALE’, Sui Hang, Medium.
• ‘US intelligence agencies warned of virus in November | WNT’, ABC News, YouTube.
• ‘Americans are not rallying around Donald Trump during the pandemic’, The Economist.

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In this episode, we explore the Trump side of the US-China Trade War, including protectionism, US de-industrialization, China's trade violations and the alleged new cold war taking place before our very eyes.

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• ‘Why Trump Will Win the US China Trade War – Stephen Moore’, American Thought Leaders – The Epoch Times, YouTube.
• ‘US China Trade War: ‘Trump is Not Going to Back Down….This is a War of Values’ – Curtis Ellis’, American Thought Leaders – The Epoch Times, YouTube.
• ‘Trumponomics: Inside the America First Plan to Revive Our Economy’, Stephen Moore and Arthur B. Laffer, 2018, All Points Books, United States.
• ‘Schism: China, America and the Fracturing of the Global Trading System’, Paul Blustein, 2019, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada.
• ‘Trade War From The Chinese Side’, Milton Ezrati, Forbes.
• ‘How China Really Sees the Trade War’, Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs.
• ‘The U.S. Trade War Has Caught Beijing’s Attention. Now Washington Needs a Longer-Term Plan.’, Tim Roemer, Foreign Policy.
• ‘2018 Data Report’, Reshoring Initiative.
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• ‘The China Shock: Learning from Labor Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade’, David Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson, NBER Working Paper No. 21906, January 2016, National Bureau of Economic Research.
• ‘Trump’s Push to Bring Back Jobs to U.S. Shows Limited Results’, Jim Tankersley, New York Times.
• ‘WTO chief: 'Months' needed to fix disputes body’’, Jonathan Josephs, BBC.
• ‘David Autor on Trade, China, and U.S. Labor Markets’, Econ Talk Podcast.
• ‘China’s Currency Moves Escalate Trade War, Rattling Markets’, Ana Swanson, Alexandra Stevenson and Jenna Smialek, New York Times.
• ‘Does China manipulate its currency as Donald Trump claims?’, Farok J Contractor, The Conversation.
• ‘Why Capital Flows Uphill’, Peter Passell, Foreign Policy.
• ‘Why China Buys U.S. Debt With Treasury Bonds’, Shobhit Seth, Investopedia.
• ‘The Impact of China Devaluing the Yuan’, Investopedia.
• ‘China's Xi allowed to remain 'president for life' as term limits removed’, BBC.
• ‘China has started ranking citizens with a creepy 'social credit' system’, Alexandra Ma, Business Insider.
• ‘Made in China 2025: The Industrial Plan that China Doesn’t Want Anyone Talking About’, Emily Crawford, PBS.
• ‘China NBA: How one tweet derailed the NBA's China game plan’, Mark Dreyer, BBC.
• ‘Australia to tighten foreign investment rules amid China concerns’, Jamie Smyth, Financial Times.
• ‘China's Belt and Road Initiative: Where it goes and what it's supposed to accomplish’, CBC.
• ‘China’s Sea Control Is a Done Deal, ‘Short of War With the U.S’’, Hannah Beech, New York Times. 
• ‘Steve Bannon's Warning On China Trade War (w/ Kyle Bass) | Real Vision Classics’, Real Vision Finance, YouTube.
• ‘Steve Bannon on the US-China trade war (full interview)’, CNBC Television, YouTube.
• ‘US China Trade War: ’Trump is Not Going to Back Down… This is a War of Values’—Curtis Ellis’, America Thought Leader – The Epoch Times, YouTube.

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Artwork: Nerpa Mate