The Poor Can Feed The Birds is hosted by Tom Tanuki, and covers participatory politics and activism around Australia. It covers rallies and actions upcoming and past, and takes part in the growing activist movement to change Australia and the world - while talking to the people at the front lines.
Episodes
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
I yarn with lawyer and legendary anti-racism advocate Nyadol Nyuon about racism and representation in Aussie media... the cynically tactical racism faced by the South Sudanese community for profit... the mutually beneficial arrangement between media and far-right grifters... the effort it takes to call those grifters out... AND MORE! (note: as I said in the intro to this ep, we encountered a few difficulties talking to each other and had to resort to Skype, which is rubbish. so while Nyadol's audio is fine, mine is terrible. sorry! just pretend i don't exist or something. xo)
*Nyadol Nyuon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/NyadolNyuon
*SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/tomtanuki
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
I speak to Anarchists Against Poverty about Curumbilbarra (Townsville) in FAR NORF QUOINSLAND and the anarchist community hub they've opened up in town! I also chat to DJ Kirra, TWO TIME GUEST OF THE POD, about the growing trend of racist dog patrol vigilantism in Townsville, Gimuy (Cairns) and surrounds.
(then we chat to AAP again coz someone broke their shop window. shock horror.)
Anarchists Against Poverty FB page: https://www.facebook.com/anarchyNQ/
AAP Fundraiser: https://www.facebook.com/131743780712109/posts/739372966615851/
WHITE TRAITOR 16-25 NOV BUY TIX: https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/white-traitor/
PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/tomtanuki
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
I speak to Sarah Steel of the brilliant Let's Talk About Sects pod about Aussie cults, and we dig into the differences and commonalities in deep diving into political extremists and cults. I love the LTAS pod so much, and was so stoked to explore the ways in which the things we both do might intersect!
*Let's Talk About Sects pod: https://www.ltaspod.com/
* White Traitor - 16-25 November: https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/white-traitor/
* Support ya boy: https://www.patreon.com/tomtanuki
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
This episode I speak to Tara Leong of the Nutrition Guru & The Chef page (and 99% Fad Free podcast) about her 8 years of warning people about Pete Evans the dangerous nutrition quack, and to Cam Smith of Yeah Nah Pasaran and Hypothetical Institute podcasts about his 2020 of warning people about Pete Evans the redpilled Q kook. Now we've got Pete the wellness neo-Nazi. Why didn't the world listen earlier? (Pictured: Cam Smith's bottle of Pete Evans sauce.)
Links:
Nutrition Guru & The Chef page: https://www.thenutritionguruandthechef.com/
Cam Smith Twitter: https://twitter.com/sexenheimer
SUPPORT/DOMINATE ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/tomtanuki
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
I speak to Gamilaraay astrophysicist, astronomer & legend Karlie Noon and Wiradjuri activist, writer & legend Tim Buchanan about INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY ACTIVISM off the back of friendlyjordies' stupid comments recently. Karlie tells me why trees - and more broadly, Indigenous sovereignty - is not the antithesis of science, coz she'd know. Tim talks about what Indigenous sovereignty activism is and why it's so important for myopic electoral/parliamentary politics types to get on board with it. FFS I LOVED THIS YARN.
Links:
Karlie Noon: https://twitter.com/karlie_moon
Tim Buchanan: https://twitter.com/tbuch2 / https://www.facebook.com/Darsius-110629810776965
Thursday Dec 24, 2020
Thursday Dec 24, 2020
To round out 2020, here's three very 2020 stories from me, involving a turtle, someone convinced I had coronavirus, Lauren Southern and the bushfires.
Thank you for listening to and supporting The Poor Can Feed The Birds this year. See you in 2021!
SUPPORT YA BOY: https://www.patreon.com/tomtanuki
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Hello 2021! I speak to local lefty YouTuber Yeah, Nah about the recent spate of visits upon the workplaces & homes of Facebook randoms and grandpas by some MMA morons from Albury.
* Yeah Nah's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLCvRt114tkqAwWSqi2Y6Bw
* Support me: https://patreon.com/tomtanuki
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
I yarn with Steph Thuesen @ HACSU about the exciting new union-funded rehab funding model being proposed for Victoria, and already underway in NSW! I'm fucken pumped for this, because it sounds great for people needing rehab, and great for the union movement.
Video on NSW's Foundation House: https://youtu.be/ocO5MfaL0xY
Support ya boy on Patreon: https://patreon.com/tomtanuki
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Recorded on the second anniversary of the white supremacist mass-murder at the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, Aotearoa. Solidarity forever with all affected, and with all victims of organised white supremacy.
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
This episode I speak to Sam Watson of Refugee Solidarity Meanjin about the SUPPORT FOR THE KP120 fundraiser, and the one year of fighting by RSM and many others for the rights of people in cruel, unjust detention. I also take a brief look at the National Socialist Network activist manual, leaked by one variety of scumbag nationalist to undermine another variety of scumbag nationalist.
*FUNDRAISER: https://chuffed.org/project/support-for-the-kp120
*RSM RALLY, KANGAROO POINT, FRI 16/4/21: https://www.facebook.com/events/292091389103628