Episode 155 "A Giant Wrench of that Ratchet" (feat Denise Sear-Pirko)

00:03:47 Why stage 3 tax cuts going through is a real, serious long-term problem and will not only seriously harm people in the short term, it will seriously stuff up progressive politics in the medium and long term; also can we reverse the bloody ratchet?

00:19:15 ALP's paid parental leave... eventually? And still without super, ability to promote the change it's supposed to promote

00:35:31 Thorburn: another fake "religious persecution" beat up

Episode 154 "Bringing The Other Side Together" (feat Denise Sear-Pirko)

01:11 Covid receives a strongly-worded letter from the National Cabinet; will the virus go away now the premiers say it’s over? (No.)

15:18 Labor tries to make its new ICAC model appealing to Peter Dutton, whose approval would definitely mean they’re on the right track;

23:04 The Libs refuse to be dismayed by Coolio’s passing, because they’ve found their own new rapping talent;

30:42 Jeremy and Denise try to figure out why the left is so much worse at finding common cause with allies than the right (thanks Tom, Emerald and Wil for the conversation trigger).