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Serious Danger
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 to key figures from the left movement, and talk about how to win a future for all of us. This is NOT an official Greens party podcast, but it IS the official podcast of trying to not go insane while experiencing the sh*tshow that is Australian politics. / Produced by Michael Griffin / Twitter &…
Episodes
Serious Danger212: Amy Remeikis on Israel President visit & One Nation’s rise
Tom is joined by Amy Remeikis from The Australia Institute! First up, what is going on in South Australia? Are the Greens going to team up with the Liberals?!…
Serious DangerExcerpt: Inside the Greens : Greensland emerges, 2019 election, NSW fractures
In this bonus series for Patreon subscribers, Tom and Emerald reach the end of Paddy Manning’s epic history of the Australian Greens movement…
Serious Danger211: Gary Stevenson on the Aussie economic emergency & how the left can fight back
After a quick pop-in from Emerald, Tom is joined by Gary Stevenson, the People’s Economist! (13:28) With the world seemingly falling apart around us, how…
Serious Danger210: Hate speech laws & Invasion Day ft. Larissa Baldwin-Roberts
(Note: Sorry for some unavoidable sound issues later on this ep!) Tom is joined by guest host Larissa Baldwin-Roberts, from Common Threads and former CEO of…
Serious DangerExcerpt: Nationalise the pub? The left politics of alcohol
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom talk booze! Emerald is straight edge and Tom is an occasional lush, how do they feel about…
Serious Danger209: Adelaide Writers Week & SA Election with Robert Simms, SA Legislative Council
Bond, Caleb Bond. Tom is joined by guest host Robert Simms, Greens member of the SA Legislative Council, to talk all things Festival State. First, the Adelaide…
Serious Danger208: Venezuela, Royal Commission & Adelaide Festival with Jeff Sparrow
Getting on the grift with Drew Pavlou. Tom is joined by guest host Jeff Sparrow, Walkley award-winning journalist and writer and senior lecturer at the Centre…
Serious DangerExcerpt: Inside the Greens #11: Dual citizens, Trump & Gonski
Video version - https://youtu.be/FQzjNT6oVHM In this bonus series for Patreon subscribers, Tom and Emerald continue chapter 11 of author Paddy Manning’s…
Serious DangerUNLOCKED: Sean Kelly asks ‘What Does Labor Stand For?’
We will be back with regular episodes starting next week, but for now here is an unlock of a favourite bonus episode from our Patreon. Emerald is back! And…
Serious DangerUNLOCKED: Is centrism killing us? ft. Richard Denniss
In honour of this strange week between Christmas and New Years, where nothing makes sense, what better time to talk centrism? In this unlock of a favourite…
Serious DangerTeaser: Civic Doodie - ‘Annabel Crabb's Civic Duty’ recap
Merry Christmas (?), as in this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, we celebrate with Emerald and Tom by recapping Annabel Crabb’s latest frothy dive…
Serious Danger207: Post-Bondi politics & Emerald on 2025
Video version - https://youtu.be/6VAHTndYDWg Emerald joins Tom to take a look at the aftermath of the horrific Bondi massacre (4:14), the community’s…
Serious Danger206 : Deepcut’s Alex McKinnon on Expenses Rorts & Social Media Ban
City councils vs cartoon watermelons. Tom is joined by guest host Alex McKinnon, co-founder of Deepcut News! First up, a politician expenses scandal has hit…
Serious DangerBonus: Inside the Greens #11: DiNatale’s black skivvy & Senate voting reform
In this bonus series for Patreon subscribers, Tom and Emerald continue chapter 11 of author Paddy Manning’s epic history of the Australian Greens…
Serious Danger205: Hannah Thomas on the state of protest & Aus Election Study results
New theme song! Tom is joined by guest host, Greens candidate and activist, Hannah Thomas! First, an update on her health and the legal proceedings following…
Serious Danger204: Osman Faruqi on the nature bill - did Greens wimp out?
Pauline’s back with another attempt to woo MAGA, aka a burqa for a berko. Tom is joined by guest host Osman Faruqi, as he prepares to present…
Serious DangerBonus: Sean Kelly asks ‘What Does Labor Stand For?’
In this sample of the new bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald is back! And joined by Tom to meet Sean Kelly, former Labor staffer and current…
Serious Danger203: Amy Remeikis on why Labor gets away with being worse than LNP
The Griff needs your help! Tom is joined by returning favourite Amy Remeikis, one of the few good journalists. First up a bit of Trump Epstein emails chat as a…
Serious Danger202: Sarah Hanson-Young on the net zero morality of the dead fishes in government
Tom and The Griff marvel at Max Chandler-Mather getting a fair run in an Australian newspaper!? Next, Tom is joined by Sarah-Hanson Young, Greens senator for…
Serious DangerBONUS: Making fun of political ads with Wil Anderson, live at Comedy Republic
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom are joined live at Comedy Republic in Melbourne by Wil Anderson! As is his curse for life, we…
Serious Danger201: Punter’s Politics on Mamdani & how lobbyists own Australia
Say nup to the annual Michael McCormack Melbourne Cup skit. Tom is joined by guest host Konrad Benjamin, aka Punter’s Politics! What is his superhero…
Serious Danger200: Live in Melbourne ft. Wil Anderson
Video version - https://youtu.be/p7BpEuvzV_k Live from the Comedy Republic in Melbourne, it’s our 200th episode! It’s Emerald’s last weekly…
Serious DangerBonus: The Information Rights Project - Freedom For The Press event
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Tom moderates the ‘Freedom For The Press’ event live at The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne on Tuesday…
Serious Danger199: Feeling Climate Triggered as First Homes Guaranteed to cost more
Mr. Albanese Goes To Washington and sells our resources for cheap to dictator while media takes Rudd bait. Emerald and Tom look at the announcement that the…
Serious Danger198: Greg Jericho on Gaza, superannuation & how he got here
Emerald is joined by guest host, #auspol legend and Chief Economist at The Australia Institute, Greg Jericho! First up, a chat about his career and being a…
Serious Danger197: 000 Optus outage outrage & let’s look at Larissa’s leadership
Pauline Hanson is upset about paper bags for her pointless distraction this week. Emerald and Tom go through the Optus 000 saga after more unanswered calls…
Serious DangerBonus: Student Politics 101 ft. Dru Sims, UQ Greens President
In this bonus series for Patreon subscribers, Tom and Emerald are joined by Dru Sims, President of the UQ Greens, to discuss student politics! What does…
Serious Danger196: The state of the territory ft. Shane Rattenbury, ACT Greens leader
Freya Fired Out! Emerald and Tom are joined by leader of the Greens in the ACT, Shane Rattenbury! (12:58) First up a look at ACT politics and the state of…
Serious DangerBonus: Inside the Greens #10: Christine Milne’s overhaul & Scott Ludlam’s arrival (Teaser)
In this bonus series for Patreon subscribers, Tom and Emerald continue chapter 10 of author Paddy Manning’s epic history of the Australian Greens…
Serious Danger195: Albo’s Trump selfie & ‘the state’ of NSW ft. Abigail Boyd, MLC
Albanese goes to the UN to obtain photographic evidence to prove to the other kids that Trump thinks he’s cool. Tom is joined by guest host and Greens…
Serious Danger194: Israel’s G-word & Sussan Ley’ss Sstupid Sspeech
The emissions targets are out, and we need to get it right. Emerald and Tom go over the news that the United Nations (sort of) released a report declaring…
Serious DangerBONUS: Targeting emission reductions targets
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom keep talking about the bigger picture for the future of the climate movement. As the government…
Serious Danger193: Asta and Adam’s new jobs & some big news
Paying for an ambulance is crook. Emerald’s back! She and Tom catch up on some Greens news - Hannah Thomas has her charges dropped but that doesn’t…
Serious Danger192: Nazis on the march & are the Greens pawns of capitalism? ft. Tim Hollo
Video version - https://youtu.be/0J3mamN0r60 Albo bullied Max Chandler-Mather at the school formal and the Griff thinks he’s a fugly slut. Tom is joined…
Serious DangerBonus: Is centrism killing us? ft. Richard Denniss - Sample
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom are joined again by economist and Executive Director of The Australia Institute Dr Richard…
Serious Danger191: Did Iran do it & are better things possible? ft. Jack Toohey
Video version - https://youtu.be/gCE58W9Ry9o “Taylor Swift getting engaged means we're about to see some of the worst Labor MP tweets to ever hit the…
Serious Danger190: Tas-mania, a racist rally & a round table ft. Richard Denniss
Brad Battin coming to you live from the scene of the crime. Emerald and Tom recap the mayhem down in the Tasmanian parliament (7:04), as LNP takes government…
Serious DangerExcerpt: Posting & Boasting from WA ft. Gerard Mazza
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom are joined again by outspoken WA climate activist Gerard Mazza. Has the federal government…
Serious Danger189: Palestinian recognition & 4-day work week
The Cheek of that Hannah Ferguson, thinking she has solved left politics. Emerald and Tom go over this week’s announcement of the upcoming recognition of…
Serious Danger188: 300,000 bridge protest takes & Tas results update
Bond, Caleb Bond, in… Never Say Anything Again. The Emerald and Tom go through some of the worst and funniest responses to the enormous protest for…
Serious DangerTeaser: Inside the Greens #10: 2013 election, Christine Milne & Rudd-Gillard-Rudd
In this bonus series for Patreon subscribers, Tom and Emerald talk through chapter 10 of author Paddy Manning’s epic history of the Australian Greens…
Serious Danger187: Turning point on Israel & banning the Wiggles
Black skivvy Wiggles vs the government. Emerald and Tom look at the state of global reaction to Israel’s attacks on Gaza (6:40). Why is this the moment…
Serious Danger186: Tas votes, Drew Hutton complains, Parliament returns ft. Osman Faruqi
Hunter Biden succeeds at being a failson. Tom is joined by guest host, journalist and co-host of the Lamestream podcast! First up, Tasmania had another…
Serious DangerBonus: Can we fix mental health without crushing capitalism? ft. Jocelyn Brewer
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald is joined by Jocelyn Brewer, psychologist and Greens candidate for the south Sydney seat of Watson in…
Serious Danger185: Doorknockers on doorknocking
It’s a big episode of doorknocker discourse! Emerald is joined by two of the countries’ best political doorknockers - Andrew Mason, recently from…
Serious Danger184: Trump screws PBS, Labor screws arms dealers
Meet the new Labor MPs and their many houses but few unions. Emerald and Tom assess the brewing threat that Trump and Big Pharma are coming after the…
Serious DangerBonus: Inside the Greens #9: Gillard, carbon tax, BDS & Bob Brown retires
In this bonus series for Patreon subscribers, Tom and Emerald talk through chapter 9 of author Paddy Manning’s epic history of the Australian Greens…
Serious Danger183: Palestine protests & childcare crisis ft. Sen. Steph Hodgins-May
DJ Albo picks his favourite dad-rock. Emerald and Tom talk about recent news on protests for Palestine (9:17) - former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas might…
Serious Danger182: Unilateral podcast ft. Toilet Paper Australia’s Raushaan Seychell
Emerald is joined by Admin 1 from Toilet Paper Australia, Raushaan Seychell! First up, green shoots for the left as Zohran Mamdani wins the New York Democratic…
Serious DangerTeaser: Talking Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, Live in Brisbane
In this bonus segment for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom come to you from a sold-out live show at Good Chat Comedy Club in Brisbane! One Nation was one…
Serious Danger181: Live in Brisbane ft. Elizabeth Watson-Brown
Emerald and Tom come to you from a sold-out live show at Good Chat Comedy Club in Brisbane! First up, a grab bag of news - war with Iran (for or against?)…
Serious Danger180: Israel snubs & AUKUS subs ft. Sen. David Shoebridge
(Note - this was recorded before Israel’s strike on Iran) Do any other Greens senators have Labor membership skeletons in their closet? Tom is joined by…
Serious DangerTeaser: The Male Complaint ft. Simon Copland
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom chat with director of the ACT Conservation Council and ANU researcher, Simon Copland, about his…
Serious Danger179: We wish her well (derogatory)
Even Barnaby Joyce did more work as a fake envoy than Peter Khalil! After some bafflement about Tasmania, Emerald and Tom unpack Senator Dorinda Cox, the very…
Serious Danger178: “The light on the hill” runs on coal & gas
Of course Kamala Harris spoke at 2025 Australiasian Real Estate Conference on the Gold Coast, duh. Emerald and Tom bemoan the Labor party’s evil act this…
Serious DangerTeaser: Inside The Greens #9 : CPRS, Rudd-Gillard & the 2010 election
In this bonus series for Patreon subscribers, Tom and Emerald talk through chapter 9 of author Paddy Manning’s epic history of the Australian Greens…
Serious DangerBONUS: Radical Suburbs Forum - Growing Greens support in culturally diverse outer-metropolitan communities
As a bonus on the feed, here is Jono aka Jonathan Sriranganathan, former member for Gabba Ward in Brisbane and Greens Lord Mayor candidate, with - "A…
Serious Danger177: The Greenlight ft. Larissa Waters
The Griff has election takes. Tom is joined by new leader of the Australian Greens, Senator Larissa Waters! (10:26) What happened? What is she going to do…
Serious Danger176: Come on in, the Larissa Waters is fine
Greens consider historic three-way (leadership team). Emerald and Tom go over the news that Larissa Waters was elected new leader of the Australian Greens!…
Serious DangerTEASER: Kevin Bonham on polling denialism & electoral reform
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom are joined by one of Australia’s finest psephologists (election analysts), Dr Kevin…