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After a big year of pretty toxic politics globally, can we learn to disagree better? Jules has been reading up about the "Dignity Index", so could it make a difference? And the so called "hot assassin" has lots of people talking about healthcare and health insurance in the US. Also, could "Not Stupid" get in the Guinness Book of Records?
SHOW NOTES
Buy tickets to our Adelaide show!
https://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/events/2025-writers-week/podfest-not-stupid/
Utah Governor advert:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5_ajRH0QN8
Jules' Pick:
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/12/record-breaking-best-of-2024-iconic-meet-ups-amazing-animals-and-age-defying-love
Jez' Pick:
https://iview.abc.net.au/show/very-musical-christmas
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We asked if you needed any life advice and you've got questions. What's the best trifle recipe? Is a plastic Christmas tree better than a real one? Do I have to buy nice presents for people if they only give me rubbish ones?
Jules and Jez offer their advice and their baking tips.
MADS' EMERGENCY TRIFLE TIPS
1.Use the right bowl. A good bowl is the difference between an amazing looking trifle and slop in a bowl. Making a trifle on holidays? Take the bowl to the holiday house. They never ever have a trifle bowl.2.Best Christmas trifle recipe: Morello cherry jelly (add alcohol if you want), choc cake (I make and freeze this so its ready when I need it), crushed gingerbread layer, cream or mascarpone cream, more cherries, another chocolate cake, more cream or mascarpone, fresh cherries, shaved chocolate and gingerbread Christmas trees on the top. -
Mangler du episoder?
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The Raygun Musical was shutdown before it even began, so is it ok to make fun of celebrities? How much do people in the public eye get to control their image? And if we can recreate dead celebrities with A.I., who controls that story?
Also Syria is back in the headlines as Syrians across the globe celebrate the end of fifty years of the Assad regime. Jules and Jez take a closer look at what's happened and what it means for the Middle East.
SHOW NOTES
The Celebrity Machine Never Dies https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/12/ai-dead-celebrity-estate-profit/680873/
Jules' pick: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/us/fake-bear-insurance-fraud-charges.html
Jez's pick: https://www.smh.com.au/national/one-of-the-worst-people-i-know-got-an-oam-so-i-ve-decided-to-act-20241129-p5kujr.html
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Jez had an idea to make a playlist with all the songs he loves to dance to. When he asked for song requests, so many of you got in touch. Jules and Jez chat about some of the songs you love to dance to and why you love them.
You can find the playlist here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/36xBCBL6jCrPJe6J8drjYe?si=BF6PCTj-QCK-nIDa1LTPTg&pi=a-CpIDFEEDROGt
And if you have other suggestions, you can get in touch at [email protected]
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Has your year been: a) brat b) demure c) enshittified? Join Julia Baird and Jeremy Fernandez as they chat about the words of the year. Plus why is it so hard to cap the amount of plastic produced globally? And would you eat a $9 million dollar banana?
SHOW NOTES
NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE ABOUT THE PLASTIC INDUSTRY
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/climate/plastic-industry-internal-documents.html
MACQUARIE DICTIONARY WORD OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST:
https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WOTY_2024_shortlist_FINAL-1.pdf
JEREMY'S PICKS
https://hbr.org/2024/11/lets-end-toxic-productivity
https://hbr.org/2019/07/making-joy-a-priority-at-work
JULIA'S PICKS
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/crypto-executive-eats-banana-artwork-bought-for-9-6-million-says-it-tasted-quite-good-20241130-p5kus4.html
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Jules got a tattoo in New York after some particularly strong margaritas, so we asked you for your tattoo stories. And boy did you deliver. Join Jules and Jez as they read through some of your emails about weird and wonderful tattoos. You can always get in touch at [email protected]
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Donald Trump's White House picks have many questioning whether the #metoo movement is dead. So is it? And here in Australia, executives from Coles, Woolworths and ALDI have appeared at the ACCC’s supermarket inquiry, so what have we learned and is anything going to change?
SHOW NOTES
Please do our survey! Link here: https://forms.office.com/r/XCJvrKqCkd
JULES' PICK
Jesse Krimes Exhibition https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/jesse-krimes-corrections
JEZ'S PICK
Nadal Retires. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zka2KlZ_-GM
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Jules is in the US talking about grace and forgiveness and it is a tricky topic in the wake of the election result. So what reaction has she been getting?
If you can, please fill out our listener survey. It's anonymous and will only take a few minutes.
SURVEY LINK HERE:
https://forms.office.com/r/XCJvrKqCkd
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Veteran broadcaster Alan Jones has been charged with historical indecent assault and sexual touching offences and Jules and Jez chat about what we know about the charges. And Jules is still in the US and everything is so expensive. We talk about how Donald Trump says he will fix the economy and what impact the economy might have on the Australian economy. You can always get in touch with us at [email protected]
SHOW NOTES
The Not Stupid Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/36xBCBL6jCrPJe6J8drjYe?si=BF6PCTj-QCK-nIDa1LTPTg&pi=a-CpIDFEEDROGt
Jez's pick about aliens:
https://www.themandarin.com.au/281675-aaro-releases-annual-uap-report/
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When Jules and Jez spoke about Tim Winton's novel "Juice", they spoke about communities trying to do their bit to address climate change and we wanted to hear from you. Lots of you got in touch and we discuss a few of those emails. If you have more stories, please get in touch at [email protected]
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When Donald Trump won the US election, sexist, racist and misogynistic comments exploded online. Julia and Jeremy look at what happened at why. And here in Australia, the Government plans to stop misinformation, but will it work?
Jeremy's Playlist
Dancing may be better than other exercise for improving mental health - The University of Sydney
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It has been a big few days in US politics and Jules is about to head to the US. She'll be there talking about grace, after a very tumultuous and divisive election campaign. So will there be any grace on display? Also Jules talks about meeting Donald Trump in 2016.
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Julia Baird and Jeremy Fernandez have been reporting on the US election all day, but after the tv broadcast, they got into the pod studio for a debrief and a chat. They take us through how the day unfolded and how Trump won.
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We asked for your favourite poems and you really delivered. We have been inundated with emails about poetry so we thoughts we'd share a few. Keep sending them at [email protected] and we will share more in coming weeks.
POEMS
"All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" by Robert Fulghum
"Araluen" by Henry Kendall
"Small Kindnesses" by Danusha Laméris
SONG LYRICS
"The Wine Song" by The Cat Empire
"Still remains" by Stone Temple Pilots
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There's one week until the US election and Jez and Jules are reading and listening to everything so you don't have to. They chat about the latest and what they think we sometimes get wrong about Trump voters. And Jules has COVID while one of her kids is doing her final exams. It has got us thinking about the pressure of final exams and whether we've got it right. And who steals cheddar? Jez is intrigued by a very weird crime.
JULIA'S PICK
Saoirse Ronan on Graham Norton
JEREMY'S PICK
The Great Cheese Theft
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Julia Baird and Jeremy Fernandez answer more of your questions about the US election. Will Trump's criminal cases matter? What are the issues which will decide the election? And when will we have a result?
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King Charles and Queen Camilla have been in Australia and a heckle from Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe caused global headlines for heckling the King. So should the King be heckled and are we ever going to be a Republic? Also Julia has been deep down a rabbit hole reading about the Menendez brothers who were convicted of killing their parents more than thirty years ago. Now the case is being looked at again following a couple of tv shows. And Jules and Jez went to pub choir and loved it.
SHOW NOTES
Survivors and Mates Support Group
Menendez Case
Pub Choir
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With just a few weeks until the US election Jules and Jez are answering your questions. How does the electoral college work? What does a Vice President really do? What's Donald Trump's golf handicap?
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The Prime Minister has a new coastal house, but should the PM buy a house in a cost of living crisis? Or is it his money and he can spend it however he wants? And after seeing so many fake Hurricane Milton photos, we look at a couple of new studies about how we decide what's true and what's not. And would you go to a Natural History exhibit where the stuffed animals talk to you?
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Julia has been reading Tim Winton's new novel, Juice, and it has her thinking about eco-anxiety, climate change and whether a novel can change the public's view on an issue. Join the conversation and email the show at [email protected]
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