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Saudi Arabia and Australia are basically the same, if you ask the Shouldn'ta Crew, who spend some time looking at the links between Australia and Saudi Arabia, our investment in Weapons Companies, and how many guns we give people doing war crimes.

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Hey folks! This week we're having a look at Australia's Past-time, a sport that most people either don't like, don't know about, or don't want to hear a single fucking word about!

We talk about how much space it needs, how the sport itself reifies classist relationships, the most debased things Yani heard playing cricket, the whiteness of the Australian team, the Spirit of Cricket and, finally, the Mankad.

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Hello everybody! It's wonderful to have you with us today, on this most wonderful of days, the day where we we reminisce.

We check back in with the following people and stories that we've covered over the past most of a year: Adam "Lean, Green, Socialist Machine" Bandt, Anthony "Albo Forever" Albanese, David "Kids-are-fully-responsible" Crisafulli, Bill "The Fraction Warrior" Shorten, Penny "Passion and Principle" Wong, K'Gari (FKA Eliza Fraser is a Dipshit Island), Save Victoria Parkl!, Eurovision, and of course, The Clive (Palmer) And The Spurious.

See you next week for Saudi Australia Part 1!

Hey folks! Welcome to Part 2 of our Halloween Double Feature. Lots of discussion about flightless birds this time! Yani's going to do her draft of cryptids to take on the NBA All-star team.

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Hey folks! Happy Halloween week! This week we've got a special two part series about Australia's cryptids. Ciaran and L introduce Yani to some of Australia's weirder, funnier, odder and sexier beings. Tune in to learn about the Bunyip, the Yara Ma Ya Who, and the Hawkesbury River Monster (among others)

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Dear Listener. I wish to acquaint you with some of the occurrences of the present, past and future. I do not wish to give the order full force without giving timely warning but I am a Widow’s Son, outlawed and my orders must be obeyed.

We look at Ned Kelly's Jerilderie Letter, a beautiful, maddened manifesto written by a surprisingly young man.

The genocide in Gaza is still ongoing and there are innumerable people suffering unimaginable hardships. After being displaced from his home, Karam is one of many struggling to stay alive amidst Israel's co...

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The genocide in Gaza is still ongoing and there are innumerable people suffering unimaginable hardships. After being displaced from his home, Karam is one of many struggling to stay alive amidst Israel's continued assault. Karam and his family are seeking help with accessing food, shelter and medicine. You can learn more about his story, or donate funds if you can, at https://gogetfunding.com/providing-basic-needs-of-my-family-in-gaza/

Episodes are now available on Youtube with a slideshow for your viewing pleasure! You can head to youtube.com/@shouldntacome if that's the kind of stuff you're...

Hey folks! We return to our story about Papua New Guinea. We talk about the figures of the Race Traitor, the Intermediary and the Comprador and spend some time recounting PNG's history post independence. We focus on the Ok Tedi mine, Julius Chan's corruption and then round out talking about Justin Tkatchenko, PNG Foreign Minister and Brisbane Property Mogul.

The genocide in Gaza is still ongoing and there are innumerable people suffering unimaginable hardships. After being displaced from his home, Karam is one of many struggling to stay alive amidst Israel's continued assault. Karam and his family...

Hello everybody! Can you hear me? Can you - hello? Can you hear me? Ok I can hear you. No I can't, can you hear me?

That was the scene at thousands of houses across Australia as the Optus outage KILLED PEOPLE, my god. What a calamity. Ciaran and Casey have a special Two C's On A Pod episode to talk about the history of Telstra and Optus.

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Hello everybody! We are back for another round of visiting Australia's Pacific possessions. We talk about the process of how Papua New Guinea became called that and their flag, and what day-to-day Australian rule was like for some people over there.

The genocide in Gaza is still ongoing and there are innumerable people suffering unimaginable hardships. After being displaced from his home, Karam is one of many struggling to stay alive amidst Israel's continued assault. Karam and his family are seeking help with accessing food, shelter and medicine. You can learn more about his story, or donate...

What's up folks! It's ya girl Yani and we are here to talk about Europe, where all you weird freaks came from! I don't know what we're doing in this singing contest, but Ciaran put together a wonderful trip for the three of us to go on with some friends, Steph and L.

The genocide in Gaza is still ongoing and there are innumerable people suffering unimaginable hardships. After being displaced from his home, Karam is one of many struggling to stay alive amidst Israel's continued assault. Karam and his family are seeking help with accessing food...

Hi everybody! This week we have a Patreon Preview for y'all, a really interesting wide-ranging discussion we had over the weekend regarding a dizzying week in Australia.

From Bob Katter and the March for Australia, the fugitive Dezi Freeman, restrictive changes to Freedom of Information, kids being poisoned by lead, new Nauru deportations and the Australian Mayors Against Antisemitism conference, we try to catch ourselves (and you all!) up on some of the structural things in motion, and how the hard edge of imperialism, colonialism and capitalism play out on the groudn.

Wild week in...

Hi everybody! Welcome back to another hefty episode of Shouldn'ta Come, Australia's premier hater podcast.

We are going to discuss a real freak today—John "Jules Francois" Feltham, founder of The Bulletin, discoverer of Banjo Patterson and Henry Lawson, and one of the real-life men most to blame for the state of Australian news media. AND ONE OTHER SURPRISING THING. Don't worry, he's been dead for like 100 years.

The genocide in Gaza is still ongoing and there are innumerable people suffering unimaginable hardships. After being displaced from his home, Karam is one of many struggling to...

Hi everybody! Welcome back to Shouldn'ta Come, it's lovely to have you with us.

This week, we take a meandering look, like the Kokoda Trail, at the prismatic angles of Men's Health discourse. We cover the hilarious fall of South Australian Liberal Leader David Speirs, meet the gigantic Special Envoy for Men's Health, Dan Repacholi, and round out talking about a surprise returning character in Ciaran's cultural life.

The genocide in Gaza is still ongoing and there are innumerable people suffering unimaginable hardships. After being displaced from his home, Karam is one of many struggling...

Hello again everybody! Welcome back to Shouldn'ta Come, where we're going on a little jaunt around the colonies—yes, it's Yani's Geography Gorner! Today, we're looking at Australia's naval empire—a bunch of islands in the middle of various Oceans where we've usually killed a bunch of animals.

The genocide in Gaza is still ongoing and there are innumerable people suffering unimaginable hardships. After being displaced from his home, Karam is one of many struggling to stay alive amidst Israel's continued assault. Karam and his family are seeking help with accessing food, shelter and medicine. You can lear...

Hello again everybody! This week, it was announced that the Australian Government will 'recognise a Palestinian state'. On the one hand, messaging like this is too little, too late, and as described by APAN, a "fig leaf" without sanctions on Israel. On the other hand, Mark Leibler is probably apoplectic about this, and so I hope that's painful for him. This is part 2 of our series on the man, the candlelit politician.

The genocide in Gaza is still ongoing and there are innumerable people suffering unimaginable hardships. After being displaced from his home, Karam is one of...

Hi everybody! It's time for us to meet the alleged cabal, which some people claim is an acronym! In this episode, we spend a little bit of time talking about Jillian Segal, the new Antisemitism Envoy, and then we dive into the story of Mark Leibler, AIJAC and Tax Law.

The genocide in Gaza is still ongoing and there are innumerable people suffering unimaginable hardships. After being displaced from his home, Karam is one of many struggling to stay alive amidst Israel's continued assault. Karam and his family are seeking help with accessing food, shelter and medicine...

Hi everybody! Sorry this episode is late—we were dealing with an infestation of Grain Mites and lost a couple of days for it! Ciaran pulled together some of the most infamous and intriguing Australian conspiracies, ranging from some you'll have heard about to some kooky desert activity that will have your eyebrows raised/burned off.

The genocide in Gaza is still ongoing and there are innumerable people suffering unimaginable hardships. After being displaced from his home, Karam is one of many struggling to stay alive amidst Israel's continued assault. Karam and his family are seeking help wi...

Hey Folks! This week we've pulled our normal Patreon fare over to the main feed—welcome to Shouldn'ta Said That, where we give commentary about the news. We check back in briefly with Clive before discovering Labor's persuadability metrics, and then drown in 20 metres of algae.

The genocide in Gaza is still ongoing and there are innumerable people suffering unimaginable hardships. After being displaced from his home, Karam is one of many struggling to stay alive amidst Israel's continued assault. Karam and his family are seeking help with accessing food, shelter and medicine. You can learn more ab...

Hello! Welcome back to Shouldn'ta Come, where we like to think we're the baddies, but ultimately we’re just waiting our turn, because we are, after all, all the way the fuck over here. Today, we react to how the media reacted to how our politicians reacted to Iran’s reaction to Israel’s random bombing of a bunch of houses and such. We’ll start with a broad look at how the Australian media at-large framed the initial strikes, before later diving into the ABC and Government line.

The genocide in Gaza is still ongoing and there ar...

We test Ciaran's Australianness with a selection of questions from current and historical citizenship tests.

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And finally, the genocide in Gaza is still ongoing and there are...

Over on the Patreon, we take a look at Anthony Albanese's anti-DEI most favourite songs or whatever. We then look at how he's orchestrated the blinding of a political rival, chat about childcare and investigate the dastardly Lowy poll.

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Xoxo Yani

After our Clive Palmer odyssey, we'll whip around some old stories. We take a look at developments in police powers in the provinces, and then peek behind the curtain of the Voice for Victims Facebook Group/Political Lobbying Group.

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We have a little chat about the debased reporting around a tragic family murder, and then we also talk about Israel—oh wait.

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Wow, well, I'm glad we finished this off in time for the world to end—tremendous thanks to Beth and Casey for joining us for this big one! We finally finish learning about Clive, the herald, Palmer, the Harbringer. Have you heard the heart of a heathen hollowed and hated? Well, you're going to today! Enjoy the finale of our weird month-long side-quest into this guy, Clive Palmer, the twerking billionaire.

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Some more musings on the irresponsible unaccountability of the Australian armed forces, a tangent into true crime and then a little chat about Olympic Diversity.

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Xoxoxoxo Gossip Yani

It's finally here! We're going to travel far away and then deep inside, taking a trip through Clive Palmer's odd relationship with the entire idea of China, and then we have a read of some of his heartfelt poetry.

Thank you Casey for joining us on this episode, as well as all the help making the entire series come together.

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Want to hear us sound off about the news? We're hanging out over on our Patreon, so if you want to hear more please head over there! As a preview, enjoy our conversation about our bumbling armed forces.

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Part 3 of the Clive Palmer series coming on Wednesday!

Hello! Welcome back to Shouldn'ta Come! This is part two of the Clive Palmer story, and we're going to figure out just how fast this fucking guy is.

If you can decisively pick your favourite Clive moment from this episode, let us know all about it at shouldntacome@gmail.com. You can also throw a couple bucks our way on Patreon at http://patreon.com/shouldntacome

Beth recently published an article about Social media-based diagnoses. If you're interested, please have a read over here!

And finally, the genocide in Gaza is still ongoing...

Welcome back to Shouldn'ta Come! This is part one of the Clive Palmer story, and ohmygodohmygodohmygod.... I cannot stress to you enough the insanity herein. Today we look into a bit of Clive's personal life from a young lad on the Gold Coast to I guess an older, richer lad on the Gold Coast, as well as his real estate wheelings and dealings.

If you can decisively pick your favourite Clive moment from this episode, let us know all about it at shouldntacome@gmail.com. You can also throw a couple bucks our way on Patreon at...

Welcome back to Shouldn'ta Come! We continue our ongoing critical eye at the Queensland Government's rabid anti-child rhetoric and take another episode to break down some potentially misleading and spurious statistics.

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The demo of Yani's new album Mostly Words I Mostly Know is up now on bandcamp: https://yanix...

Welcome to Shouldn'ta Come! It's the long-awaited part two of our deep dive into Penny Wong. Come with us as we explore Penny's sexuality, politics and draw somewhat hopeful but vague conclusions.

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Want to tell us more about Penny Wong? Or even just another Penny you know? You can email us at shouldntacome@gmail.com.

The demo of Yani's new album Mostly Words I Mostly Know is up now on bandcamp...

Welcome to Shouldn'ta Come! Today we bring you some interviews from Brisbane's Labour Day March - we went out to the people to get an understanding of unions in Queensland and how they feel about the recent Labor election victory.

We'd also like to take this opportunity to link to an important cause:

As you'll no doubt be aware, the genocide in Gaza is still ongoing, and there are innumerable people suffering unimaginable hardships. After being displaced from his home, Karam is one of many struggling to stay alive amidst Israel's continued assault. Karam and...

Hi Shouldn'ta Come fans! You were probably expecting a podcast today, and we do have a more podcasty bonus coming up later this week from the May Day March, but I (Yani) wanted to share a demo of an album I've been working on for a while. Sorry there's no proper episode this week, but I hope this makes up for it.

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Today we're going to look at the Executive Council of Australian Jewry's 2024 Antisemitism report, which is at the heart of many news stories you may have seen about rising antisemitism. We'll learn what we can about the report's author, have a gander at each of their alleged cases and see if we can't just draw maybe a slightly different conclusion.

If you'd like to read the ECAJ Antisemitism report yourself you can do so at that link. If you'd like to have a look at my spreadsheet and notes, you can do so...

We do another mailbag episode with some questions from our Patrons, this time about the 2025 Election!

It's not that we're super excited to have more Albo, but I'm very excited to never, hopefully, deal with Peter Dutton again. One of the last few of the ScoMo diehards, Peter lost his seat amid the catastrophic Liberal party defeat to the Labor Red Wave of 2025. Damn shit's crazy.

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Hi all! We joined Rose O'Hagan of the Save Victoria Park advocacy group to talk about all of the absurdities wrapped up in the plans for construction there for the Olympics. It was super cool to hear from somebody working in the actual legal and infrastructural side of things and you'll get to hear some really pretty birds as well!

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Welcome to Shouldn'ta Come! It's the long awaited Penny Wong episode - are you ready?? Join us on part one of this journey as we discuss and analyse three key aspects of Penny's identity: race, gender, and sexuality; and how they have shaped her political career.

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Hi all! Ciaran's in, just, so much pain, so we've recorded this episode while he reclined in bed. We went through all the winners of Australian of the Year, the (modest) highlights, the (mostly) lowlights and the reflections on what the country was trying to be at the time.

We'll be back next week with our properly scripted episodes—there's two coming close to finished at once, we'll see what we do first!

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Hello everybody and welcome back to Shouldn'ta Come!

This week, we finish off our medium-dive into the world of Australian Chiropractic. We finish off our time with the ACCC and the hell world it portended, and meet some sneaky and potentially pernicious paediatric chiropractors.

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