Australia's War on Protest, the Dark Side of Nostalgia-maxxing, and a Fun ABC News Game!
About this episode
The episode discusses Australia's criminalization of protest, the media's role, and explores nostalgia content's far-right roots, along with a game based on ABC News stories.
There's one week to go in our subscriber drive! Help us reach our target of 500 new subscribers by heading to our website and subscribing to support the show.. New subscribers have the chance to win one of 12 Lamestream merch prize packs. Lamestream subscriptions cost $9.90 a month and give you access to our weekly newsletter with exclusive analysis and recommendations, all our articles, access to our Discord community, and early access to our live events. Plus, your help makes sure we can keep producing the show! Today, Os and Scott talk about the ongoing attempt to criminalise protest across the Australia and the role the media has played in pushing governments to introduce harsher and harsher laws. They discuss Queensland outlawing the phrase "from the river to the sea" and the Supreme Court striking down the NSW anti-protest laws rushed through after the Bondi terror attack. Later in the show, they break down Karl Stefanovic's incredibly popular and incredibly weird AI nostalgia video and discuss what his end goal is. Then Os looks at the history of this kind of nostalgia content and how it has its roots in far-right and white supremacist ideology, and the way it has seeped…
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