Boring Budget Special — Wendy Zukerman, Chris Taylor, Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba + Dan Adams CEO Amber

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Recorded IN PERSON around Lewis' kitchen table. Fearmongers this week are Chris Taylor, Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba, Dan Adams CEO of Amber, AND WENDY ZUKERMAN from the podcast Science Vs.

She's back in Australia — we're lucky to have her!

There's a different energy to the in person podcasts that's for sure. 

We cover —

• Covid and cruise lines.
• Climate Protests.
• Money coming back to the ABC in the budget.
• Energy price shocks with the CEO of Amber, Dan Adams.

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Dan Ilic  0:00  
This podcast is supported in part by Australian ethical. Hello. Hello Hi. Oh,

it's exciting, Louis Hello Daniel. How are you? I'm great. We're at your house around your kitchen table Welcome

Lewis Hobba  0:11  
Welcome to the mansion. This is the bottom of 16 story

Dan Ilic  0:18  
wow that ABC grant has really kicked in early

Lewis Hobba  0:21  
actually just leave out the ABC I

Dan Ilic  0:25  
want to say a big thank you to our new Patreon supporter Andrew car this week we gained a Patreon supporter but last 12 I don't know what happened. Churn if a lot of rip but a big thank you to Australia ethical who has jumped on board once again as our sponsor for the next nine weeks Thank you Australian eCycle

Chris Taylor  0:42  
what you couldn't get Hancock big dollar from the ethics community really kicked in.

Dan Ilic  0:51  
Soon all of the previous 10 years of irrational fears are going to be heading to the Patreon only or Apple subscriptions oh you know the old episodes from this you're going to be kicking around but you know, the previous nine

Lewis Hobba  1:03  
are you going to put up the one where you're in blackface? Because hey, years

Dan Ilic  1:09  
Yes, yes, thank you to all those who are can imagine what it would be like to have like face on a podcast that's going behind the paywall, but there is going to be some serious cutting edge comedy from 2013. If you want you're gonna have to pay. Yeah, so remember that we had some good Kevin Rudd jokes. Chris Taylor had some good Superleague jokes. So

Chris Taylor  1:30  
yeah, I was doing I had a very tight two minutes.

Lewis Hobba  1:33  
Well, you're talking about Superleague again. Today

Dan Ilic  1:37  
we're recording this on Gadigal Land of the Euro nation's sovereignty was never seen it we need a treaty. Let's start the show.

Simon Chilvers  1:43  
A rational fear contains naughty words like bricks, Canberra, fed gum, and section 40 of our rational view recommended listening by immature audience.

Dan Ilic  1:56  
Tonight after being dumped by editors for making anti semitic comments Kanye West announces a new line of ugly sandals in collaboration with Hugo Boss and Elon Musk will finally take the case to Twitter promising the long awaited features that users have been demanding, such as the ability to read Donald Trump's tweets, and the ABC loses the television rights of Dr. Hodor. Disney plus the underfunded public broadcaster has commissioned a new series to make up for the loss of Dr. Who called in turn where did you lose? Yeah, yeah, it was it was really good in my head.

Chris Taylor  2:38  
As you were reading ahead, and we're like, Oh, I've been just on that story. I mean, it's been devastating is but the good news is ABC has maintained the rights to Whovians. But they have gone on to the goal.

Dan Ilic  2:51  
It is the 27th of October and this is the podcast with fewer manners than James Corden. This is a rational, rational.

Dan Adams  2:58  
Half of you are excited.

Dan Ilic  3:10  
Wasn't a rational fear on your host former cast member of friends Dan Ilic. And this is the podcast that takes the news and adds a bit of ice magic. Let's meet our fear mongers for tonight. He's been avoiding the news for to make his comedy of late preferring to kind of foist stor