Myq Kaplan on the Politics of Comedy, Love and is Bowser a Dragon?
Release Date: 11/12/2025
Reddit Stories – do you have to share the fully loaded nachos?
Progressive Podcast Australia
On episode 309 Nick is joined by Hayden, Ruby and Claire to discuss Reddit stories through a social justice lens. The stories cover: appropriate attire for meeting your partner’s parents, surprise birthdays, TikTok trends, sparkling water, leave for work to care for companion animals, movie theatre etiquette when you’re allergic to dogs, sharing food on dates and calling out line cutters. This show is a 3CR Summer Special – we encourage everyone to listen to and support 3CR Community Radio! Intro music: Embrace by ItsWatR: Outro music: The Blackest Bouquet by...
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Myq Kaplan on the Politics of Comedy, Love and is Bowser a Dragon?
Progressive Podcast Australia
Episode 308 features comedian Myq Kaplan on his Special ‘Rini’, the Riyadh Comedy Festival and the politics of comedy generally, plus plenty of Nick not knowing stuff. This episode is also available in video form on YouTube here: ‘Rini’ is out on Youtube the evening of November 19 US Eastern time and noon on November 20 Australian Eastern time. You can go to the link right now and click the ‘Notify Me’ button to watch it as soon as it comes out! Intro music: Embrace by ItsWatR: Outro music: The Blackest Bouquet by Leonell Cassio: Both of the above...
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A Reddit Story about Chronic Fatigue. You won’t believe what happens next!
Progressive Podcast Australia
Episode 307 features a Reddit story about chronic fatigue as a starting point for a broader discussion about privilege, oppression and the Left. Links: Naomi Klein’s book Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World: Confessions podcast with Sammy Peterson: Rehash podcast on The Dirtbag Left: If you’d like to support our show, we appreciate any ratings/reviews on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or whatever app you listen to our show on – thanks! Music: Intro music: Embrace by ItsWatR: Outro music: The Blackest Bouquet by Leonell Cassio: ...
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Australian Election: Optics, Football Analogies and Biscuit-Related Crime
Progressive Podcast Australia
On episode 306, Katie, Nick and Lottie discuss the Australian federal election and how they’ll be voting. We cover: our love of politics being put to the test, Glutton versus Albo, the Greens under Bandt compared to Di Natale and some of the micro-parties. How Lottie is voting: House of reps - Wills 1. Sue Bolton - Socialist Alliance 2. Samantha Ratnam - Greens 3. Owen Miller - Fusion 4. Margee Glover - Legalise Cannabis 5. Peter Khalil - Labor 6. Jeff Kidney - Liberals 7. Rachel Versteegen - Libertarian 8. Bruce Stevens -...
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Belle Gibson, Apple Cider Vinegar, Influencers and Grifters
Progressive Podcast Australia
On episode 305 we discuss “illness influencer” Belle Gibson and the TV series Apple Cider Vinegar (Netflix). We also cover broader themes of “conspirituality” (drawing on Naomi Klein’s book Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World), evidence-based versus non-evidence-based medicine, influencers and grifters. Additional links/sources covered: The Search for Instagram’s Worst Con Artist (documentary on Netflix). Maintenance Phase podcast episode “Illness Influencer” Belle Gibson (we took that illness influencer phrase above from this!): You can hear the...
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Call Me Queen! Reddit Stories through a Social Justice Lens
Progressive Podcast Australia
On episode 304 Nick is joined by Hayden to discuss Reddit stories covering a wide range of topics, including: chosen names, religion, work, class, dogs, sexuality, gender and cheating. Happy Holidays! This show is a 3CR Summer Special – we encourage everyone to listen to and support 3CR Community Radio! A note to listeners that this show does not contain the music mentioned, for copyright reasons. If you'd like to listen to the full show with all of the music, just go to the Freedom of Species page on the 3CR site: and hit play on the player that says Freedom of Species - 22...
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The Democrats have to offer something beyond “Trump’s Bad” – the US election with Jason Brownlee
Progressive Podcast Australia
On episode 303 Nick is joined by politics professor Jason Brownlee who informs Nick of everything he has missed by just learning about US politics through Late Night with Seth Myers, which Katie watches constantly! More specifically, the discussion covers: Reflection on Biden’s presidency including the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. Will Harris/Walz change the direction of the Democratic party? Should Harris have taken up Joe Rogan’s invitation and joined him on that podcast, as Donald Trump did? *Update: since we recorded this episode, Joe Rogan has...
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Binging Fox News: Getting a Gutful of Gutfeld!
Progressive Podcast Australia
On episode 302 we discuss the time we watched a lot of Fox News – particularly the show Gutfeld! This is a Right-wing alternative to more liberal late-night talk shows like Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. We use this example to talk about broader issues of caricatures of the Left, political comedy and satire, free speech and cancel culture. Here is the image we’ve used as the pic for this episode on our website: And Nick’s tweet with a similar theme: Intro music: Embrace by ItsWatR: Outro music: The Blackest Bouquet by...
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Feminist Pranks? Intention Versus Impact
Progressive Podcast Australia
On episode 301 Lottie and Nick do a deep dive into a prank gone wrong from The Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers in collaboration with Clementine Ford, Antoinette Lattouf and Yumi Stynes. We discuss the politics of pranking and comedy, focusing on intention versus impact and call in versus call out culture. We also reflect on some of the prank-like things we’ve done on this podcast and similarities with the Jokers/feminist panel prank. Links: Antoinette Lattouf explains the prank on her podcast – A Prank. 3 Feminists. Outrage. The Politics of Apologies: ...
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300 Episodes Of Generic Interviews To Kill Time While You're On The Train
Progressive Podcast Australia
We’re back to keep the Progressive Podcast Australia brand alive with our 300th episode special! The show covers a wide range of topics with a bunch of pop culture stuff, a little bit of politics and some meta podcasting about podcasting. We discuss the books Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World Book by Naomi Klein and How We Love by Clementine Ford; the TV shows The Curse and The Traitors (with a focus on disability representation); and the movie Guns Akimbo. We finish the show with a quote that was featured in the Propaganda exhibition in London, which we visited in...
info_outlineEpisode 308 features comedian Myq Kaplan on his Special ‘Rini’, the Riyadh Comedy Festival and the politics of comedy generally, plus plenty of Nick not knowing stuff.
This episode is also available in video form on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/SOXul8783MQ
‘Rini’ is out on Youtube the evening of November 19 US Eastern time and noon on November 20 Australian Eastern time. You can go to the link right now and click the ‘Notify Me’ button to watch it as soon as it comes out! https://youtu.be/y0uf9i_z-Aw
Intro music: Embrace by ItsWatR: https://pixabay.com/users/itswatr-12344345/
Outro music: The Blackest Bouquet by Leonell Cassio: https://pixabay.com/users/leonellcassio-2264996/
Both of the above songs are free to use with credit.
For more in-depth show notes, including additional links, go to: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2025/11/12/308/