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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
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102: Kissinger My Butt ft. Alexa from Rising Tide
Greens send the text to the person the text was about (the Australian Electoral Commission). Henry Kissinger is no longer immortal! Tom takes Emerald through…
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101: Slightly Dangerous
Tom’s mum loves the podcast! Emerald and Tom unpack the recent high court decision that overturned the precedent for indefinite immigration detention. Is this…
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Teaser: Ep 100 Live - The History of Ralph Babet
In this Patreon bonus segment from our sold-out 100th show live at Comedy Republic in Melbourne, Tom takes Emerald through the “colourful” history of Ralph…
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100: Live ft. Nazeem Hussain & Hiero Badge
We made it to 100 episodes!!! Emerald and Tom are live at Comedy Republic in Melbourne to celebrate. Emerald explains why Greens MPs are naughty kids who…
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99: Walking Out & Standing Up ft. Adam from CPSU Members United
It’s beginning to look a lot like Ham-Mas. Emerald and Tom talk through the latest on Israel’s attacks on Gaza and the fallout from the Greens walkout in…
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Teaser: That’s My Jam - A Kitchen Cabinet Recap Pod
As a special bonus punishment for Patreon subscribers, Serious Danger morphs into That’s My Jam - the first and only recap show for Kitchen Cabinet, Annabel…
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98: Gaza War & Sh*t Rentals ft. @purplepingers
Pauline Hanson - ally to gay youth. Emerald and Tom catch up on the latest horrors in Israel’s war on Gaza, before Aussie hero @purplepingers aka Jordie Van…
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97: A Red-Haired Weirdo
Australian Greens (Parody) is Tom’s new favourite blue tick. Emerald and Tom learn about Andrew Pratt, Australia’s cardboard box billionaire, Trump submarine…
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Teaser: Inside The Greens - Chapter One
In the second part of this bonus series for Patreon subscribers, Tom takes Emerald through chapter one of author Paddy Manning’s epic history of the Australian…
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96: War in Gaza, Green Wins in Aotearoa/NZ ft. Chlöe Swarbrick
“ABC star Tom Bollard has unleashed at a woman he met in a pub who voted ‘No’ in the Voice referendum.” Emerald and Tom (Bollard) discuss the current state of…
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95: Oh No
It’s the morning after the Voice referendum, and Emerald and Tom have a look at the results so far and what we can take from the unsuccessful campaign to…
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Teaser: Happy Holidays?
In this bonus episode for our Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom are back from overseas holidays and Emerald is packing some guilt. With the world falling…
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94: Voicing Our Final Pre-Referendum Thoughts
“The Funny One” is back. Emerald and Tom read a listener question about getting involved with the Greens, what is the best way to help the cause? Then with the…
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93: Farewell to Two Great Aussie Dictators ft. Dave Milner
Kamahl-mentum! Tom is joined by co-host Dave Milner, editor and podcaster at The Shot to farewell a duo of Aussie dictators. First up, Dictator Dan Andrews has…
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Teaser: Inside The Greens - Prologue
In a new series for our Patreon subscribers, Tom is taking Emerald through author Paddy Manning’s epic history of the Australian Greens movement, “Inside The…
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92: The Voice, Friendlyjordies & Green Elites ft. Jade Ritchie
Tom and The Griff react to Friendlyjordies' 3.5 hour react video to our react video about his react video. Qld Deputy Premier Steven Miles defends airplane…
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91: HAFF A Gurner At That Fivehead! ft. Max Chandler-Mather
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Teaser: The Co-Op Cast
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, we’re doing a subscriber request episode - all about co-ops! What are co-operatives, i.e. member-owned…
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90: Flying Blind On Qantas & Climate
Dark Emerald rises. Emerald and Tom reconvene from the other sides of the world (so please excuse some imperfect sound) to watch as The Spirit of Australia…
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Unlocked: Recapping The Friendlyjordies Ep About Us
We are on leave. Everyone is entitled to leave. I ask that the media respects our privacy. Hi! We are on leave this week so we are unlocking one of our…
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89: Labor Left vs Children’s Rights ft. Senator Penny Allman-Payne
Slip slop slap. Emerald is joined by returning guest and Senator for Queensland, Penny Allman-Payne! Penny talks about her first year in office before they…
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Teaser: Taylor Swift - A Political Analysis (Emerald’s Version)
As a bonus for our Patreon subscribers, Emerald takes Tom on a journey through the politics of Taylor Swift. Why was she afraid to share her politics publicly?…
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88: Home Goals: Matildas & Housing
Police antics - culture war or cozzie livs? Emerald and Tom celebrate their terrifying first Media Watch appearance, before a look at the housing reform…
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87: Woodside, Treaty & Albo’s T-Shirt ft. Jesse Noakes
It’s Homelessness Week but spare a thought for the Greens-voting landlord. Emerald and Tom check in on the Voice campaign and the recent discussion about…
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Teaser: Lee Rhiannon on the State of the Left
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, former NSW federal senator and Greens legend Lee Rhiannon joins the show. What has she been doing since…
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86: Scandalised By Trump, Nauru, Dutton, Qantas & The Reef
Albo Jr in the Chairman’s Lounge. Emerald and Tom catch up on the latest dodgy offshore detention news about Nauru and Peter Dutton, before morphing into Chapo…
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85: “Double Disillusion,” TERFs & How to Steal An LNP Seat ft. Esther Vale
A Marxist takeover of your local council. Emerald is joined by guest host and campaign manager of Elizabeth Watson-Brown’s winning 2022 federal campaign in…
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Teaser: Getting On The (Listener Mail)bags
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom rack up some listener questions. They answer Qs about the Hollywood labour strikes and comrade…
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84: Down With Commonwealth Games, Up With Landlords!
Fadden by-election results say no to Mad Max, yes to Cannabis. Emerald and Tom look at the shock cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, and…
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83: Robodebt Rort Recap ft. Asher Wolf
Hooning with the Katter Party. Emerald and Tom start with a recap of some of the week’s news. The LNP had their annual conference and the Brisbane Lord Mayor…
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Teaser: A Film About Bob Brown But Also Trees
It’s movie night for our Patreon subscribers, as Emerald and Tom review ‘THE GIANTS’ - a new documentary telling the story of Greens party founder Bob Brown…
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82: A NACC For It
Tanya Plibersek takes flight to approve some more mines. Emerald and Tom look at the new NACC (National Anti-Corruption Commission), the PWC scandal and the…
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81: Free Uni & Taylor Tix For All ft. Senator Mehreen Faruqi
Another QLD MP makes some regrettable after-dinner tweets. Emerald and Tom are joined by Senator for NSW Mehreen Faruqi! First up is a recap of the state of…
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Teaser: Recapping The Friendlyjordies Ep About Us
Friendlyjordies did an episode about the housing bill and our live interview with Max Chandler-Mather! Did you hear bruz-es and sisters, that Tom called the PM…
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80: Living Rent Free(ze) ft. Max Chandler-Mather
The Teals are doing a Maccas run, want anything? Emerald and Tom look at another bad bill that the Greens have to oppose (sigh) - is the Nature Repair Market…
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79: Chapo Sh*t House
Friendlyjordies discovers the podcast. Tom’s made a flying fox folly. Emerald and Tom are back on the housing bill, and remarking how Max Chandler-Mather…
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Teaser: War Crimes (Ben Robert-Smith’s Version)
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom talk about Ben Roberts-Smith, who is a war criminal. It’s cool to say that now, he can’t even…
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78: Philip Lowe’s House Party
Mark Kenny solves The Da Max Chandler-Mather Code. Emerald and Tom go over the Greens offer of compromise on the housing bill, and wonder just how under the…
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Teaser: The Dust-Up Over Digital Durries (ft. Dr Colin Mendelsohn)
In this bonus ep for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom talk vaping. Is it a public health nuisance, or the tool that will finally end smoking? Are IGET…
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77: The Cost of Learning Crisis
Emerald’s returned, meanwhile Tim Smith is threatening to. Emerald and Tom learn about the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) - and wonder why the government…
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76: One Year of Greensland - Live with Max Chandler-Mather & Geraldine Hickey
Live from Brisbane, it’s one year to the day since the 2022 election! Tom is joined by (this week’s Patreon bonus episode guest) Geraldine Hickey and Max…
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Patreon Teaser: Live in Brisbane with Geraldine Hickey
In this bonus ep for Patreon subscribers, it’s the first half of our sold-out live show in Brisbane, on the first anniversary of the 2022 election and the…
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75: The Lucky C**try (ft. Charles Firth)
The hip hop treasurer. Tom is joined by guest host from Wankernomics and The Chaser, Charles Firth, to react to the reaction to the budget. What does Charles…
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74: Left Behind (Budget 2023 ft. Senator Janet Rice)
The peasants have no bread. Tom is joined by guest host, Victorian Senator Janet Rice, to discuss the ‘No One Left Behind’ budget. Will it help with the cost…
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Patreon Teaser: Cracking Open The Listener Mailbag
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom, together finally in the same room, answer listener questions. What radicalised them? Why do the…
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73: You’re Not A Secret Tory In Disguise, Are You?
A quick catch up on the government’s week of pre-budget LNP cosplay. Emerald and Tom answer listener questions on topics like dealing with Labor supporters…
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72: Rent Freeze Pixie Dust
Omg Tom and Emerald are in the same room, live, in real life! Emerald and Tom catch up on the state of the housing bill and another big Adam Bandt National…
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Patreon Teaser: Killer Robots (ft. Georgia Hinds - Emerald’s sister!)
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, EMERALD’S BIG SISTER Georgia Hinds, the Legal Adviser for new technologies of warfare at the International…
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71: Labor vs You Living With Dignity (ft. Dr. Amanda Cohn)
Yes, it’s true, this man has no dick. Emerald and Tom are furious to discover that Labor says it will not raise the raise of support payments in the upcoming…
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70: Child Labour & Liberal Childishness
Tasmanian senator tries to kill herself and others with tinfoil scheme. Emerald and Tom catch up on the progress of the Voice and the Liberal’s shit-stirring…
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Unlocked: Rusted-On Bingo (ft. Jon Kudelka)
Tom and Emerald play Rusted On Bingo - the game for Labor Hacks who are terminally online - with the game’s creator himself, cartoonist Jon Kudelka. Can we get…
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Patreon Teaser: Unpacking the 2022 Federal Election Results
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom go through the 2022 ANU Australian Election Study results looking back over the federal…
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69(nice): Safeguard & NSW Election - Who Lost? (ft. Nick Feik)
Jono says goodbye to Brisbane City Council in true Jono fashion. Emerald and Tom go through the fairly unremarkable results of the NSW election (6:09), before…
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68: A Safeguard Against Nazis
Did you hear the one about the police officer being charged for stealing cookies from the cookie jar? A new IPCC climate report just came out, so Emerald and…
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Patreon Teaser: Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy!?! (ft. Dr Stephen Bright)
As Bruce Lehrmann would say, “Got any gear?” In this bonus episode for our Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom chat to Dr Stephen Bright from Edith Cowan…
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67: NSW: The Renter’s Election (ft. Izabella Antoniou - Greens for Summer Hill)
We all live in a yellow-bellied submarine-buying hellscape, a yellow-bellied submarine-buying hellscape, a yellow-bellied submarine-buying hellscape. Emerald…
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66: Say The Line, Labor! (ft. Senator Nick McKim)
Gaping holes threaten our national flag! Emerald and Tom go through this week’s Greens negotiations with the government about the safeguard policy and…
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Patreon Teaser: Is International Women’s Day The New Mother’s Day?
In a bonus episode for our wonderful Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom take a look at International Women’s Day. From its activist roots, has it been ruined…
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65: Don’t Rain On My Pride Parade
Australia’s first hip hop treasurer has a birthday buddy! Emerald and Tom take a gander at the superannuation changes the government has put forward (7:15)…
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64: NSW Election Preview (ft. Lynda-June Coe)
Why even bother holding the NSW election, the winner of all seats will clearly be the Liberal Democrats. Emerald and Tom start by celebrating some good news -…