A Rational Fear
Claim This Podcastby Dan Ilic
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<p>Laughing in the face of fear. Comedians and experts rip into the news. It's #QandA on crack.</p><p>🏆 Winner Best Comedy Podcast 2020 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023. Sign up to the newsletter: http://www.arationalfear.com</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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3/14/2012
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Recent Episodes
June 1, 2026
In Conversation — Making Australia's energy transition cheaper for all.
<p><br></p><br><p>🤑 CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear</a></p><p>📨 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: <a href="http://www.arationalfear.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.arationalfear.com/</a></p><br><p>REGISTER FOR THE BIG BBQ: <a href="https://bigbbq.com.au/lesson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bigbbq.com.au/lesson</a></p><br><p>In this episode, we explore Australia's energy transition, climate policy, and innovative initiatives like the world's largest veggie burger lesson powered by electric vehicles. Guest Thom Woodroofe shares insights on policy levers, sustainability, and Australia's future in the global green economy.</p><br><p>Thom has a book — you can check it out here: <a href="https://publishing.monash.edu/product/power-prosperity-planet/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://publishing.monash.edu/product/power-prosperity-planet/</a></p><br><p>🤑 CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear</a></p><p>Here's all the fun stuff you get when you sign up to Patreon.</p><p>🎧 Get an ad-free and sponsor free version of the show.</p><p>🎟 Get early access and discounts to live shows.</p><p>🎥 Get early access to final videos, and draft edits of upcoming videos.</p><p>👨🏼⚖️ Make show suggestions.</p><p>💬 Get a link to the A Rational Fear discord.</p><p>If you enjoyed this please drop us a review on Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a-rational-fear/id522303261" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a-rational-fear/id522303261</a>a</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
May 20, 2026
BHP is taking Michael West to court! — feat. Michael West
<p>🤑 CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear</a></p><p>📨 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: <a href="http://www.arationalfear.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.arationalfear.com/</a></p><br><p>This week Dan and Lewis Hobba are joined by independent journalist <strong>Michael West</strong> of Michael West Media — who's being sued by BHP, Australia's biggest company, over his reporting on coal miner Simon Turner's decade-long fight for compensation. Turner broke his back at BHP's Mount Arthur mine in 2015, was misclassified as a "clerical worker," and paid $400 a week for a job whose award rate is $137,000 a year. Sitting behind the lawsuit is a potentially $10 billion labour hire wage theft scandal involving Chandler Macleod and Coal LSL — and the awkward fact that BHP, a $300 billion company, is also the major sponsor of the Walkley Awards while using Minter Ellison to muzzle a four-person independent newsroom.</p><br><p>🤑 CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear</a></p><p>Here's all the fun stuff you get when you sign up to Patreon.</p><p>🎧 Get an ad-free and sponsor free version of the show.</p><p>🎟 Get early access and discounts to live shows.</p><p>🎥 Get early access to final videos, and draft edits of upcoming videos.</p><p>👨🏼⚖️ Make show suggestions.</p><p>💬 Get a link to the A Rational Fear discord.</p><p>If you enjoyed this please drop us a review on Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a-rational-fear/id522303261" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a-rational-fear/id522303261</a>a</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
March 20, 2026
"Sing Us a Song, Timmy" — Ed Husic on Gas, Gaza & Getting Kicked Out
<p>🤑 CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear</a></p><p>📨 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: <a href="http://www.arationalfear.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.arationalfear.com/</a></p><br><p>This week former Industry & Science Minister Ed Husic joined us in the A Rational Fear bunker to chat about the big fault lines where Labor's values meet Labor's actions — gas exports, the Iran strikes, Pauline's rise, and how you actually get things done when your own party doesn't always want to hear it.</p><p>Ed was frank, funny, and refreshingly honest about the messiness of politics from the inside. Lewis came armed with the hard questions and didn't let up. And Dan tried to get Ed to endorse non-lethal Wedge-tail aircraft parts. It's that kind of show.</p><br><p>April 16th: <a href="https://businessofcomedy.com/schedule/lunch-keynote-why-we-need-satire-for-a-healthy-democracy/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I’ll be hosting this very interesting keynote lunch</a> about democracy, satire, and why Scott Dikkers from the Onion won’t be allowed back into the United States. Andrew Nash was the technical adviser on Silicon Valley, and John Delmenico (friend of the show) is one of the sharpest brains in comedy in Australia — you know him and laugh at his work everyday on The Chaser’s socials. <a href="https://businessofcomedy.com/schedule/lunch-keynote-why-we-need-satire-for-a-healthy-democracy/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://businessofcomedy.com/schedule/lunch-keynote-why-we-need-satire-for-a-healthy-democracy/</a></p><br><p>🤑 CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear</a></p><p>Here's all the fun stuff you get when you sign up to Patreon.</p><p>🎧 Get an ad-free and sponsor free version of the show.</p><p>🎟 Get early access and discounts to live shows.</p><p>🎥 Get early access to final videos, and draft edits of upcoming videos.</p><p>👨🏼⚖️ Make show suggestions.</p><p>💬 Get a link to the A Rational Fear discord.</p><p>If you enjoyed this please drop us a review on Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a-rational-fear/id522303261" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a-rational-fear/id522303261</a>a</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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- What is A Rational Fear?
<p>Laughing in the face of fear. Comedians and experts rip into the news. It's #QandA on crack.</p><p>🏆 Winner Best Comedy Podcast 2020 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023. Sign up to the newsletter: http://www.arationalfear.com</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates bi-weekly.
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