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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 &…
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Patreon Teaser: Are The Greens Too Woke?
In a special woke bonus for all our woke Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom unpack a recent Age article about whether the Greens are being overtaken by woke…
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63: Perfect vs. Good 2: The Perfectioning
Bill Shorten’s failure kink meets Valentine’s Day. Greens have done another CPRS! 13 more years of inaction! First they did a CPRS by saying science is real…
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62: Lidia Thorpe Quits, Terri Butler Persists
Terri Butler, having defeated Max Chandler-Mather and Jordan Peterson, sets her sights on an easy target: child journalist Leo Puglisi. Lidia Thorpe quit the…
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Patreon Teaser: The 18 Year Plan For A Greens Government
“The Greens can never form government.” But Max Chandler-Mather has detailed a plan to do it by 2040 - and last year’s election has them two seats ahead of…
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61: Meat The Greens
Culture wars that melt in your mouth, not your hand. Emerald and Tom talk animal rights (7:51). What is the Greens view? Can you be progressive and eat meat?…
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60: Voice, Treaty, Greens & Lidia Thorpe
Greens hate the flag and Barclay McGain is taking a stand. Emerald and Tom unpack the state of play around the Voice referendum and the intense reactions to…
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Patreon Teaser: Turfed Out - Should We Ban Lawns?
In this bonus episode for subscribers, oh no are the greenies trying to take your lawn away too now!? Maybe? Emerald and Tom discuss the anti-lawn movement and…
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59: Jim Molan : Too Dead To Defame (ft. Boe Spearim)
Emerald’s family VS Tom’s comedy. Emerald and Tom pay respects to a great Australian this week, a true hero of our great land, a titan, a butcher… former major…
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58: The People’s Pineapple Olympics (ft. Amy MacMahon)
A daring escape from the glue factory. Emerald is joined by guest host, the Greens state member for South Brisbane, Amy MacMahon! First the two chat the cost…
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Patreon Unlocked: Not So Super (ft. Robert Lechte @djrobstep)
We’ve unlocked one of our favourite Patreon bonus episodes, as Tom gets into superannuation with Robert Lechte ( @djrobstep ), who has written on the topic for…
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57: Why Is Crossing The Floor In Parliament So Badass?
Any new year's resolutions? Nurse your hangover while Emerald and Tom discuss some juicy internal Greens party stuff. Firstly, why is the party leader decided…
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56: A Christmas Convoy (The Tale of the ‘Stop Adani’ Convoy)
Emerald and Tom’s weird Christmas stories. Our hosts have been meaning to unpack one of the most contentious protests in recent years - Bob Brown’s Stop Adani…
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55: ScoMoDebt (ft. Tom Studans aka @MaximumCuddles)
Banks caring about climate change? You’ve got to laugh. Emerald and Tom catch up on a few bits of government news - the electricity relief bill was passed…
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54: Rise of the Victorian Socialists (ft. Daniel Lopez)
Emerald has the spicy cough! While she and Tom lick their wounds they interview Daniel Lopez, Australian editor of Jacobin and executive member of the…
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Patreon Teaser: Live at Greens National Conference (ft. Michael Berkman MP)
In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom’s first ever live show together, recorded live at Greens National Conference in Brisbane! We…
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53: Federal ICAC Wow, Scotty Censured & Vic Election Recap
You can’t leave Government House until you sing this song my wife wrote. Emerald and Tom chat about the developments in the last sitting week of federal…
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BONUS: A Greens-Based Extract from “I, Millennial”
**HOT SPECIAL BONUS CONTENT** Tom’s book “I, Millennial: One Snowflake’s Screed Against Boomers, Billionaires & Everything Else” (which Emerald begrudgingly…
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52: Old Enough to Drive (Electric Cars) But Not to Vote
Congratulations Victorian Greens for winning every seat in the state election! Emerald and birthday boy Tom debate whether we should change the voting age to…
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Patreon Bonus: No Such Thing As A Free Brekkie
In this bonus Patreon episode, Emerald and Tom look at Max Chandler-Mather’s free breakfast program and some of the reactions. Is it good or is it virtue…
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51: All Cops Are Halfwits (ft. Councillor Jonno Sriranganathan)
Free tampons for women, but what do blokes get!?! Emerald and Tom are joined by the Greens councillor for the Gabba Ward of the Brisbane City Council, Jonno…
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50: One Bad Apple… (ft. Josh Cullinan from RAFFWU)
Sydney Uni’s woke anti-Freya agenda must be stopped! Emerald and Tom are joined by Josh Cullinan from the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union to discuss the new…
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Patreon Bonus: Green Meme Review & Shit Takes
In this bonus Patreon episode as requested by our wonderful subscribers, Emerald and Tom do a meme review of some of the best and worst Greens memes and…
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49: Gambling Responsibly & US Midterms (ft. Dave Anthony)
Imagine paying for the shame of having a Twitter blue check. Emerald and Tom discuss the government’s meagre new gambling policies and the scourge of gambling…
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Meet the Candidate - Gabrielle de Vietri, Vic Greens for Richmond
Only a few week’s until November 26 - Tom’s birthday, I mean the Victorian state election! One of the hottest-tipped Greens candidates is Gabrielle de Vietri…
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48: We Are All Budget Losers
Spooky costume ideas. Then because you were good and kicked out the LNP, we get a second federal budget as a treat! Emerald and Tom break down the new…
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Patreon Teaser: Australia Drops West Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital
Emerald and Tom share precocious childhood stories. Then they get into a chat they ran out of time for in the main feed thanks to the Lidia Thorpe bombshell…
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47: Lidia Thorpe & BoM-shells
Predictions of stormy weather at The Bureau. Emerald and Tom then devote the whole episode to the biggest story in the country (for about 3-6 hours till Liz…
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46: A Big Chat with Senator Larissa Waters
The AFR list of the top 10 most influential Australians - did you make the cut? Emerald and Tom are joined for a big chat with their big crush, Senator for…
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Patreon Teaser: Conservative Coachella (ft. Cam Wilson)
We check in on all the action and politics from Australia’s CPAC (the Conservative Political Action Conference) 2022 with Crikey Associate Editor Cam Wilson…
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45: Do A Backflip!
The only good backflip in politics. Emerald and Tom wonder if the government is setting up to do a backflip on the stage 3 tax cuts (5:23), which leads to the…
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44: Yes We Cannabis
Bob “Robin Hood” Katter is stealing from the policy-rich (Greens) to give to the policy-poor. 420 blaze it! Tom and straight-edge Emerald look at the new…
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Patreon UNLOCKED: Wil Anderson’s not-so-secret politics
The Queen never took a day off in her life! (From her gruelling work of attending a succession of parties thrown in her honour.) So we’ve taken the week off -…
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43: Monarchy Shame, Sex Worker Pride (ft. Lulu from Respect Inc.)
McFlags at half mast. Emerald and Tom round up all the good-nice-dead-Queen / bad-angry-pen-King news over the last week (4:39). Then Lulu from Respect Inc…
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Patreon Teaser: Not So Super (ft. Robert Lechte @djrobstep)
In this 82-minute* bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Tom gets into superannuation with Robert Lechte ( @djrobstep ), who has written on the topic for…
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42: The Queen Is Dead & Labor’s Gammin
Some old lady died. Emerald and Tom watched Lidia Thorpe’s “Labor Is Gammin” speech (14:03) and use it to launch into a recap some of the government’s recent…
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41: Unjust Transitions (ft. Vic Greens Leader Samantha Ratnam)
Red flags about the lack of Greens flags. Emerald and Tom discuss the Greens’ proposed National Energy Transition Authority (7:15) and what we can learn from…
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Patreon Teaser - Tom Tanuki on why Aussie political satire sucks
In a new Patreon exclusive episode for subscribers, Tom Tanuki joins us to pull apart Sammy J’s recent Greens “comedy” sketch and discuss the state of Aussie…
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40: The Rent Is Too Damn Cooked (ft. Tom Tanuki)
Robo-justice! Emerald and Tom talk about the state of renting, and the new Greens’ proposal for a rent freeze to make it less totally cooked (4:47). And…
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39: Labor vs Labour (ft. Dr. Elizabeth Humphrys)
Scotty From Multitasking has so many jobs! Emerald and Tom are joined by Elizabeth Humphrys (12:02), author of How Labour Built Neoliberalism: Australia’s…
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Patreon Teaser: Register of Interests
The Members of the 47th Parliament have begun disclosing their interests, and they’re… interesting. In this bonus Patreon ep Emerald takes Tom through the few…
Serious Danger38: The People vs Terri Butler
Adam Bandt’s fake drug tweet is based. Emerald and Tom react to Terri Butler’s accusations that the Greens are populist (7:41) and delve into a chat about what…
Serious Danger37: State of Undress (ft. Wil Anderson)
Tom’s back! And he’s VERY TALL? Our hosts discuss their alarming size discrepancy, Max Chandler-Mather’s dress code faux pas (4:06) and Lidia Thorpe dissing…
Serious Danger36: Parliament Sits & Footy Gets Queered (ft. Jim Malo)
What would you say during your first speech to the nation? Emerald’s guest co-host this week is Jim Malo, Deputy Editor at Pedestrian and “prolific poster.”…
Serious Danger35: TikTokcracy or Murdocracy? (ft. Cam Wilson)
Julie Bishop (“J.Bish”) is putting the gas in gaslighting. Emerald is joined by guest host Cam Wilson, associate editor for Crikey. They start by talking…
Serious DangerPatreon Bonus Teaser: Rusted-On Bingo (ft. Jon Kudelka)
In this special Patreon subscriber-only episode Tom and Emerald play Rusted On Bingo - the game for Labor Hacks who are terminally online - with the game’s…
Serious Danger34: The Real Virus Is Austerity
Queenslander, QUEENSLANDER! Emerald and Tom learn that COVID isn’t actually over yet, even if government support payments soon will be (5:58). Then, the LNP…
Serious Danger33: No Floor, No Ceiling, No Religion
Emerald’s back! And she’s brought a reading list! It’s 2009 all over again as the difficult Greens are facing criticism for threatening not to wave in Labor’s…
Serious Danger32: Blockade Australia Is Good, Actually (ft. Stephen Bates)
Trudeau forgot “Tony” Albanese’s name. New member for the seat of Brisbane, Stephen Bates joins Tom as co-host. Stephen fills us in on his month as a…
Serious Danger31: Flag Hags & Inflation Floozies (ft. Alison Pennington)
Tom, Alison and Emerald run their flag takes up the flag pole. This week Tom is joined by co-host Alison Pennington, Senior Economist at the Centre for Future…
Serious Danger30: Live at Greens National Conference (ft. Jonathan Sri & Elizabeth Thompson)
It’s our first ever live episode, recorded at Greens National Conference 2022! Drunk on power after the Greenslide, Tom gives a rousing call to arms…
Serious DangerPatreon Bonus Teaser: A Spicy Chat About Ideology & Factions
This bonus episode for Patreon subscribers sees Emerald and Tom (and Tom’s whisky) get into Greens party politics - What are the four pillars? Should the…
Serious Danger29: Climate War Is Over (If You Want It) (ft. Ketan Joshi)
A holiday update from Emerald! Climate and energy communicator Ketan Joshi joins Tom as guest host this week (2:41). Is there an energy crisis? (15:02) Are the…
Serious Danger28: Meet The New Cabinet, Similar To The Old Cabinet (ft. Kristin O’Connell)
Peter Dutton had some thoughts on Macklemore. Emerald is on holiday so Tom’s guest host this week is welfare and anti-poverty activist Kristin…
Serious Danger27: Four On The Floor (ft. Max Chandler-Mather)
Note: Since recording this episode (sorry for the delay), Stephen Bates won Brisbane!!! The former member for Griffith bows out gracefully. The new member for…
Serious Danger26: GREENSLIDE (Federal Election Hot Takes)
Imagine being in The Greens and winning. IMAGINE. We laugh and celebrate and tear up and reflect on the best electoral result for The Greens EVER, say BYE BYE…
Serious DangerBONUS: Meet the Candidate - Lidia Thorpe, Greens Senator for Victoria
In the final instalment of our bonus series interviewing Greens candidates for the upcoming federal election, Tom meets Lidia Thorpe, Greens senator for…
Serious DangerBONUS: Meet the Candidate - Dr. Tjanara Goreng Goreng, Greens Senate Candidate for ACT
In this instalment of our bonus series interviewing Greens candidates for the upcoming federal election, Tom meets Dr. Tjanara Goreng Goreng, Greens senate…
Serious DangerBONUS: GREENSLAND - Stephen Bates for Brisbane & Elizabeth Watson-Brown for Ryan
Next in our bonus episodes interviewing Greens candidates for the upcoming federal election, Tom meets both Stephen Bates, Greens candidate for Brisbane, and…
Serious Danger25: There’s A Hole In Our Wages, Dear Bosses (ft. Tim Hollo)
Albanese and Labor get rekt by the LNP’s meme ad skills. Emerald and Tom talk wages and cost of living (17:41), before Tim Hollo joins to chat ACT…
Serious DangerBONUS: Meet the Candidate - Sarah Jefford, Greens Candidate for Wills
This instalment of our bonus episodes interviewing Greens candidates for the upcoming federal election has Tom meeting Sarah Jefford, Greens candidate for…