Podcasts by The Double Disillusionists
Light-hearted political chat with Andrew P Street and Dom Knight along with a range of more eminent experts. Sadly, we haven't done one of these since 2017.
Further podcasts by Andrew P Street and Dom Knight
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The Post Postal Survey Show (live with Antony Green and Sally Rugg) from 2017-11-14T14:16:23
On the evening when the ABS' postal survey postbox finally slammed closed, Sally Rugg (GetUp's marriage equality campaign director) and Antony Green (the ABC's election analyst) shared their impres...
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A Wake for the Citizenship Five from 2017-11-02T01:32:28
So, courtesy of the High Court, Malcolm Roberts is no longer a senator, because life is cruel, and schadenfreude is delicious. Recording in a pub, we commemorated his passing with beers and regrets...
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Yes (live with Dee Jefferson and Brendan Maclean) from 2017-09-08T07:17:45
So much talk about same-sex marriage, so little of it from the people on whose lives it will actually impact. So we invited Brendan Maclean (actor/singer/general performance powerhouse) and Dee Jef...
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Polls, Plebiscites and This Postal Palaver (with Rebecca Huntley) from 2017-08-25T05:12:33
Essential Communications' Rebecca Huntley talks APS and Dom through the postal survey shenanigans from the perspective of a professional pollster – how meaningful will the numbers be, exactly? Plus...
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Don On The Fourth Of July (with Amanda Tattersall and David Smith) from 2017-07-10T15:58:33
A special US politics edition live at Giant Dwarf. On Independence Day, APS and Dom were joined on stage by Dr David Smith from Sydney Uni's US Studies Centre and Dr Amanda Tattersall, host of the ...
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Why Our Climate Policy Bights (with Peter Owen) from 2017-06-14T11:20:51
With the Coalition once again tying itself in knots over climate policy and renewable energy, we thought we'd talk to someone who wishes we'd just get on with it – Peter Owen, who's the Director of...
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It's Never Too Late For An Early Election (with Alice Workman) from 2017-06-01T10:55:04
Could there be an early election? Even though it feels like only yesterday that we had a really, really long one? Alice Workman (BuzzFeed) has a theory you'll want to hear – book your international...
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Like Stunned Cattle To The Slaughter from 2017-05-24T14:14:13
We'll deny we said it, but One Nation are having a tough week. Meanwhile, the government can't make inroads in the polls, and Labor are for some reason experiencing leadership jitters right when th...
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First Anniversary Super Exciting Budget Birthday Party Edition from 2017-05-15T14:50:05
It's been a year since our first podcast, so APS and Dom (we) are takin' the podcast acoustic and unplugged, stripping it back to what it's really all about... two guys talking extensively about th...
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Budget Pre-Mortem (live with Kristina Keneally and Mark Humphries) from 2017-05-04T15:24:05
One week before the Federal Budget, we welcomed Kristina Keneally (Sky News, The Guardian) and Mark Humphries (The Feed, Chaser Quarterly) to help APS and Dom understand Malcolm Turnbull's sudden t...
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Australians All Let Us Revise (with Janine Perrett) from 2017-04-26T15:48:01
As its Australian values campaign rolls on, government MP Andrew Laming wants to update the national anthem, while Cory Bernardi is taking Family First under his generous wing, and on Manus – well,...
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Reservoir Of Good Sense Dogs from 2017-04-22T08:38:08
Andrew P Street and Dom Knight dip into the Australian people's alleged reservoir of good sense to find Malcolm Turnbull rebranding himself as a warrior for Australian values. Like in the film Rese...
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The War On Snowflakes (with Maddie Palmer) from 2017-04-13T06:41:34
Mark Latham's Outsiders is new to Facebook, so the Double Disillusionists have an even more low-fi competitor in the "people talking about politics on the internet" stakes. Maddie Palmer has watche...
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Beat the Q Society (live with Chris Taylor and Jacqueline Maley) from 2017-04-07T07:55:40
At our April live event, Jacqueline Maley (SMH) tells us about her curious trip to the Q Society's controversial event in North Ryde, and Chris Taylor (The Chaser) considers comedy in the Trump era...
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Rightsiders (with Mark Humphries) from 2017-03-29T23:28:42
In a shameless bid for a no-holds-barred panel show, Dom, APS and Mark Humphries launch their own three-bloke anti-PC straight talkfest, 'Rightsiders'. Truth bombs incoming! (PS - the moment we sto...
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Duttocalypse Now? (live with Van Badham, Alice Workman and Michael Hing) from 2017-03-09T02:42:34
We're doing the show live on the first Tuesday of each month... here's some of our first one for 2017. With leadership speculation surging around Canberra yet again, we cast an eye across the field...
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As Newspoll Giveth, Newspoll Might Just Taketh Away from 2017-03-01T01:39:14
As the Coalition rushes towards yet another spill, pundits everywhere are wondering exactly which alternative PM can somehow doing a better job of selling the same unpopular policies. Tony Abbott? ...
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Great Highly-Paid Job, Michael Sukkar (with Richard Cooke) from 2017-02-21T12:56:20
This week's podcast asks whether we can afford housing and burnimgcoal burning as Richard Cooke (The Monthly) joins us to explain why the Coalition might be tricking Labor into that ol' creeping so...
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Baby, It's Coal Outside (with Maddie Palmer) from 2017-02-14T12:51:26
Ever get the sense that our parliamentarians are fiddling while Australia burns... even more coal? Then again, those lumps ARE fun to play with in Parliament! Dom, APS and writer/broadcaster Maddie...
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Cory Reactor Meltdown (with Dee Madigan) from 2017-02-07T06:59:08
Parliament's back in action, and so are we for another year of #auspol a-banterin'! Political strategist Dee Madigan (Gruen, PM Live) joins APS and Dom to make sense of Cory Bernardi's departure fr...
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A Very Double Disillusioned Christmas (with Alice Workman and Dan Ilic) from 2016-12-20T14:36:44
What a year. No, really, what a year. In our final episode for 2016, Dan Ilic (Fusion) and Alice Workman (BuzzFeed) join APS and Dom from LA* and Canberra respectively to look back on a year strang...
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Race, #Rod4PM and the rise of Trump (live with Ruby Hamad and Mark Di Stefano) from 2016-12-05T23:30:43
As the repercussions from Donald Trump's victory continue, Ruby Hamad (Daily Life) explains why she thinks Peter Dutton should resign, and Mark Di Stefano (Buzzfeed) gives a masterclass on how to g...
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Explain the Swamp from 2016-11-15T05:27:24
APS and Dom talk Trump. For more on what his election means for Australia, join us in person, along with Mark Di Stefano (Buzzfeed) and Jacqueline Maley (Fairfax), at Giant Dwarf in Sydney on Thu 2...
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The Shear Genius of Rod Culleton (with Jacqueline Maley) from 2016-11-03T05:44:04
Sure, senators are getting referred to the High Court with dizzying rapidity, and we'll discuss that – but the big news is that the Australian Border Force has a podcast, available in both audible ...
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When The Solicitors-General Talk (with Jane Gilmore) from 2016-10-26T07:20:13
Two Commonwealth Legal Officers... now, only one will survive. Well, neither is a genuine possibility. Writer Jane Gilmore joins Dom and APS to mull over the legal imbroglio, Tony Abbott's recent a...
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It Just Wasn't Bob Day's Day (with Maddie Palmer) from 2016-10-18T17:36:52
WhatsApp this week, you ask? We're discussing the…
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Can An Election Mend A Broken Heart? (with Lee Zachariah) from 2016-10-11T12:19:51
Lee Zachariah wrote the book 'Double Dissolution'…
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Whither/Wither The Plebiscite? (with Mark Humphries) from 2016-09-27T07:22:49
This week, it's nearly all about the plebiscite. …
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What If A Senator Quit And Nobody Noticed (with Alice Workman) from 2016-09-21T10:26:40
Ever ghosted? That is, left a party without telli…
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The Empirical Evidence for Squat Toilets (with Charles Firth) from 2016-08-18T06:15:06
Charles Firth (Chaser Quarterly) joins APS and Do…
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Stop Making Census (with Alex Lee) from 2016-08-11T17:15:34
Returning post their post-election hiatus, APS an…
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There's Never Been A More Exciting Time To Go To The Pub from 2016-07-05T23:24:58
Looking back on Saturday's election result, APS a…
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The Brexit Instability Crisis Disaster Episode (with Mark Humphries) from 2016-06-28T01:45:49
This week, The Feed's Mark Humphries joins Andrew…
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Scare Campaigns And ScoMophobia, Oh My! from 2016-06-23T07:15:48
As the parties become increasingly shrill and des…
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Preferences, Privilege and Palmer (with Jacqueline Maley) from 2016-06-13T23:49:45
As politicians' tempers fray, SMH columnist Jacqu…
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Bring Out The Half-Time Oranges (with Dee Madigan) from 2016-06-03T01:37:50
It's about halfway through the campaign, so campa…
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A Debate Without Winners (with Richard Cooke) from 2016-05-30T11:54:02
Is this election broken, is our political system …
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Dead Cats and Dodgy Broadband (with Alice Workman) from 2016-05-24T17:15:36
Buzzfeed's Alice Workman joins APS and Dom to ans…
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The Spirit of Tasmania (with Dan Ilić) from 2016-05-17T14:55:03
Dan Ilić is hitching his way from Hobart to Cape …
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It's On! (with Sean Kelly) from 2016-05-09T04:52:32
It's On! Both Election 2016 and this new podcast.…
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