LATEST NEWS
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- Welcome to our website. We hope you enjoy our podcast as much as we enjoy making it.
- Gareth's latest blog (posted: June 10, 2020) is up now on Patreon.
- The latest PoC: SHOUT OUT - We The Unhoused (18.06.2020) - Episode 26: Black Trans Lives Matter
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We are in our fifth year and this little podcast continues to amaze us. April has beaten February's record to become our most downloaded month. That is so cool! From our Covid bunker to yours, THANK YOU!!!
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LATEST EPISODES
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SERIES 5 EPISODE 10 - June 25, 2020
SPOTIFY - SOUNDCLOUD - APPLE PODCAST - STITCHER - YOUTUBE Gareth and Olly look at the impact European settlement has made on the indigenous population from the time of first arrival to contemporary times. SHOW NOTES 1. Lousy Little Sixpence, 1983, by Alec Morgan details history of unpaid servitude of Aboriginal people. Available on YouTube 2. Servant or Slave, 2016 directed by Steven McGregor, written by Mitchell Stanley, Hetti Perkins, the film details the lives of five indigenous women, stolen from their families and forced into indentured labour. Available on SBS until the end of the month. 3.Bringing them Home Report (1997), Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families. Conducted by the Australian Human Rights Commission, this is a 500 page document, that details the history, nationally and by state and territory, makes the case for reparations, and the provision of recommended services. My Island Home - Warumpi Band |
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PoC: Around the World - June 11, 2020
SPOTIFY - SOUNDCLOUD - APPLE PODCAST - STITCHER - YOUTUBE Gareth and Olly look at the recent movements of the CCP to undermine Hong Kong's autonomy. What does that mean for the millions of people who proudly proclaim themselves to be Hong Kongers rather than Chinese? |
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SERIES 5 EPISODE 8 - June 5, 2020
SPOTIFY - SOUNDCLOUD - APPLE PODCAST - STITCHER - YOUTUBE An in-depth look at the death of George Floyd and the reaction it has triggered across the United States. SHOW NOTES Upgraded murder charge Trump's Rose Garden Speech |
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PoC: Around the World - May 25, 2020
SPOTIFY - SOUNDCLOUD - APPLE PODCAST - STITCHER - YOUTUBE In this episode, Gareth and Olly look at the issues facing the people of the world's youngest nation, South Sudan. Having fought for decades to obtain it's independence that finally became a reality in 2011; the tiny country was quickly plunged into civil only two years later as the President and Vice President fought over political power and oil. As always, those who were hurt the most were the most vulnerable, which in South Sudan, is the majority of the population. Now that the fighting has mostly stopped, what remains is a country riddle with famine and poverty, created by conflict and compounded by climate change and the global impact of Covid-19. Organised crime is on the rise and a lucrative trade in children has made it exceptionally dangerous for both boys and girls to simply walk the streets. South Sudan has also seen the increased practice of families selling of their daughters for marriage to the highest bidder - sometimes even using Facebook to facilitate the sale. SHOW NOTES Daughters are sold for cows and goats in South Sudan and Kenya as war and climate change plague East Africa How Stealing and Selling Children Became a Business in South Sudan (Video) South Sudan Is Collapsing Thanks to Corruption Over Oil (Video) War, Peace, and Women in South Sudan: Q&A with Betty Ogwaro Red Cross Information Sudanese independence and civil war What's the child marriage rate? Coronavirus could put 4 million girls at risk of child marriage History of South Sudan Timeline: South Sudan since independence |
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SERIES 5 EPISODE 8 - May 20, 2020
SPOTIFY - SOUNDCLOUD - APPLE PODCAST - STITCHER - YOUTUBE Gareth and Olly look into the sexual assaults allegations leveled at presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President, Joe Biden by former junior aide, Tara Reade. What they find is a deeply frustrating topic, full of contradictory information, changing stories, political bias and a man who doesn't understand why touching women without consent should not happen. SHOW NOTES Tara Reade's 'Democracy Now!' interview Tara Reade's 'Katie Halper Show' interview Tara Reade's 'Megyn Kelly' interview Joe Biden's 'Morning Joe' interview |
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PoC: Around the World - May 6, 2020
SPOTIFY - SOUNDCLOUD - APPLE PODCAST - STITCHER - YOUTUBE Gareth and Olly look into the death that wasn't of Nth Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Why did the press think he was dead? Where was he? And what does it have to do with bullet proof trains? In Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has used the Covid-19 pandemic as cover to make a move for the one thing he has desired for a long time - ultimate control. How has Orban been able to do this, and what does it mean for the many minority groups in his country? |