This week we celebrate the death of the parliamentary Liberal party and herald the millennium of Albanese’s Red Sea. We also speak with Pundit, Plaudit and Puerile Pedant Osman Faruqi, co-host of Lamestream with Scott Mitchell. We talk about the ghoulish indifference of Australian media and politics to Gaza; the devastating electoral result for the Greens in the lower house; and the superiority of NRL to AFL.

It’s a wonderful conversation, adulterated only by the near-hour of bilious whingeing that we do before Oz gets on the pod. Pat and Tim talk about being right all the time; about the leaderhip aspirations of Sussan “SS” Ley; and about the possible trajectories of our major parties in the wake of the Albogensian Crusade.

You might notice that this week’s ep sounds better. That’s because “Dictator” Dan Dare has come onboard as a producer for the show. We doff our trilbies to his efforts at getting us to sound less like your cousin’s basement manifesto project and more like the evil podcasters against which we are competing. While we figure out our new processes, it might also mean a slight delay in the pod. Stick with us.

Finally, we’ve got a new logo from Andy Pratt. It’s a pearler, signifying our desire to become the “Latham Handshake” that cripples the Australian media.

Title song is No Strain by the Southend Rainbows.

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