1: Social Media, Police Escalation, and Disco!

We talk about the tragic deaths of two delivery drivers in Sydney, the conflict over Artsakh in Armenia and Azerbaijan, Mark Latham’s transphobic bill, poo power + more!

ANXIOUS

The Gig Economy and Job Insecurity - 0:55 

#ArtsakhIsArmenia: Tensions Escalating Between Armenia and Azerbaijan  - 14:41

ANGRY

The Bachelor Franchise Lacks Diversity - 26:56 

Protesting Mark Latham’s Transphobic Bill - 38:54  

JOY

Poo Power! - 47:09

Daylight Savings - 51:02

We talk about the US bushfires, forgetting how to socialise in iso, how the fossil fuel industry stops real climate policy, the #PNGWomenMatter movement + more!

ANXIOUS
US Bushfires - 1:10 
Rust social skills post iso - 10:00

ANGRY
University Job Cuts - 16:58 
The government's plan to so from one fossil fuel to another - 23:40 

JOY
#PNGWomenMatter - 35:35
Madonna making her own biopic - 40:02

This week we spoke about today’s pink-collar recession, sex workers on OnlyFans losing job security, why our friends are the actual best + a whole lot more! (All topics timestamps below) 

Please note that this episode contains discussions of rape culture and pedophilia between 13:51 and 29:05

ANXIOUS 

1:03 How the recession will disproportionately impact women non-binary and trans folks

13:51 Netflix’s decontextualisation of Maïmouna Doucouré’s Mignonnes/Cuties

ANGRY

29:05 Refugees and asylum seekers potentially losing access to their mobile phones

Petition: https://www.change.org/p/dial-it-down-dutton-don-t-take-away-asylum-seekers-phones

37:55 Bella Thorne scamming her followers and harming sex workers on OnlyFans in the process 

JOY

49:40 Meaningful friendships <3
54:06 Black people clowning Adele for her cultural appropriation 

This week we spoke about how COVID-19 deaths in aged care homes could have been prevented, failure to protect sacred First Nations sites, Bi/Pansexual representation on Disney Channel + a whole lot more! (All topics timestamps below) 

ANXIOUS 
1:15 Killings and criminalisation of land and environmental defenders in Latin America 
10:32 How the current crisis in Aged Care is the legacy of Neoliberal policy 

ANGRY
27:40 Djab Wurrung Birthing Trees denied protection 
32:40 University Students who fail to have their funding cut 

JOY
44:10 Umbrella Academy Season 2 
50:25 Bisexual representation on TV 

Welcome to the first episode of How Are You Feeling? Join us each fortnight as we dive deep into what’s making us anxious, angry and joyful. On today’s show, we chat celebrities on social media, police escalation in the age of COVID, the overrepresentation of unfunny dudes in comedy and more! 

How Are You Feeling?, a show where we navigate pop culture, news and politics through the lens of emotions.