
Serious Danger
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Serious Danger is a podcast about our broken political system and its greatest threat: the Greens. Join traitorous SJWs Emerald Moon and Tom Ballard as they discuss the #auspol news of the week, chat with key figures from the left movement, and talk about how to win a future for all of us.
Serious Danger
9h ago
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald takes Tom through Peter Dutton’s recent appearance on the Straight Talk with Mark Bouris podcast. We watched it so you didn’t have to, and here’s some of the blurst bits. Are we fans now? Is he a monster? Will Mark ask him a single challenging question? And the most important question for any future PM - what’s his footy team!?
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Serious Danger
5d ago
What are the odds that staffers would bet on the election results? Emerald and Tom check out the just-released AEC donations data for the 2023/24 financial year (10:19). What goss can we glean? Which party takes the most dirty cash? Then, take your blood pressure meds, cause it’s an update on Trump and Gaza (40:52). Is the US going to “take over” the Gaza Strip or is this just hot air? Why won’t the founder of the Parliamentary Friends of Palestine (aka PM Albanese) speak out? Finally, a call to action (1:10:29).
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Serious Danger
1w ago
New record - only 89 seconds till Doomsday! Tom is joined by guest host, the Chief Political analyst at The Australia Institute, Amy Remeikis! What is the state of Auspol and the upcoming election? (15:41) Next, the opposition has proposed a government efficiency portfolio, just like Daddy Elon’s DOGE, because they are soulless opportunist ghouls who believe in nothing (34:18). Then Greens want 50c fares, Future Made In Aus & nature laws looking likely, and Labor delays gambling reforms, because they are soulless opportunist ghouls who believe in nothing. Finally, a call to action (1:08:03 ..read more
Serious Danger
2w ago
Albo and Tom attend the Triple J 50th anniversary party. For this Invasion Day, Emerald and Tom are joined by Senator Lidia Thorpe (6:43). What is the state of Australia and its national day in 2025? How has the aftermath of the referendum and Trump’s victory emboldened racism? What is the current relationship with Lidia and the Greens? And, sizzle, an exclusive about her plans for the future. Finally, a call to action (52:48).
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Just released on Patreon - “Is Australia left or right? A nerdy look at the stats”
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Serious Danger
2w ago
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Tom takes Emerald through “Left | Right | Out : How voters perceive their own politics and the relative positions of political parties in a left/right ideological - An Accent Research and RedBridge Group report.”
Stats nerd alert, time to get deep into voter intentions, how people see each party, how each party voters see each other, all the good stuff! What can this tell us for the 2025 election and beyond?
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Serious Danger
3w ago
Advance Australia vs Serious Danger. Emerald and Tom turn on tethering and chat about the government’s election announcement to ‘finish’ the NBN (13:21). Fibre to the what now? Then a look at the rest of this week’s election news (33:31) - Dutton launches the LNP campaign, and Greens discuss power sharing, education and climate policies, while Labor and LNP are getting their muckraking agencies together. Finally, a call to action (1:02:16).
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Just released on Patreon - another instalment of Inside the Greens: Chapter 7: Tampa, Telstra, 9/11
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Serious Danger
1M ago
Clive Palmer tries to own the Teal. Emerald and Tom are back for 2025, and oh no - Labor just announced a Bruce Highway upgrade policy, which means the 2025 election year is underway! (12:31) When will the election be? Does road spending win votes? Then, a look at the state of the race. (33:27) Will the Greens grow their seats? And with a minority government looking likely, Adam Bandt has announced a plan to lend support - in exchange for dental and mental in Medicare. Finally, a call to action. (57:54)
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Just released on Patreon - another instalment of Inside the Greens: Chapte ..read more
Serious Danger
1M ago
In this bonus series for Patreon subscribers, Emerald takes Tom through chapter 7 of author Paddy Manning’s epic history of the Australian Greens movement, “Inside The Greens: The Origins and Future of the Party, the People and the Politics.” In this instalment - the aftermath of the 2001 election, a Labor member exodus to the Greens after the Tampa scandal, Bob Brown makes a captain’s call on Telstra, and then 9/11 comes along and changes everything.
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Serious Danger
1M ago
Happy new year! New episodes back next week Sun 12th Jan, but we’ve unlocked a Patreon recent episode, enjoy!
In this bonus for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom watched the 2022 film How To Blow Up a Pipeline, adapted and fictionalised from the 2021 non-fiction book by Andreas Malm. Is property destruction the answer to the climate crisis, or should the movement embrace non-violence? Speaking of, is property destruction violence? Are the book and film dangerous? What can the movement learn from it? And is it a good watch?
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Serious Danger
1M ago
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, live from the Newcastle Comedy Club during the Rising Tide blockade, it’s a special Boxing Day panto! As a young man getting into green politics, former senator Scott Ludlam wrote the play Atomic Oz -
“The story of the nuclearisation of Australia and how ordinary people can get in its way. Played out on a giant map of Australia, the show travels from 1947 to 2001 in a circus sideshow of military, industry and Prime Ministerial figures doing their stuff with the assistance of the Public Relations aide and their pet monstrosity 'the Friendly ..read more