The Battler

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• Ep74. Calendar Days ft. Mitch L. Ryan

  October 8, 2026 · 1 hr 55 min

  This week the Y*ppie D*gs are talking to Mitch L. Ryan, musician, author, record seller and author of a new book on Dick Diver’s Calendar Days, the seminal album.  They chat dolewave, post-Howard political culture, the death of the music…

• Ep.73 | DIY OR DOA w. Max Easton

  October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 40 min

  This week the D*sgraced S*nators talk to their first repeat-guest, the perennial Max Easton. Max brought out his new novel, Now, Autonomy, a couple of months ago, and he’s on to chat the Sydney scenes (DIY, Music, Literature, Politics)…

• Ep. 72 | BIPOC Milat

  September 24, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

  This week Chopper and The Dodge are up Wolf Creek without a Matt Canavan rowing paddle; Chatting One Nation race science; baby pig punting; beef week; woke Milat for miscegenation; Dockerdom; failures of policing DV, croc olympics and the…

• Ep71. Bluey Waffle

  September 18, 2026 · 1 hr 29 min

  Would a transphobic Gandalf be TOO powerful?  The Battlers go over the deep lore of Adelaide and its many evil twinks, discuss the intangible nature of the average One Nation voter, ponder Walt Whitman and more in this week’s…

• Ep.70 Either Way You Lose w. Patrick Hunn & Ursula Robinson-Shaw

  September 11, 2026 · 1 hr 29 min

  This week the m*nters chat to Patrick Hunn, whose new book, Either Way You Lose, is out on the 18th of September. Joining Pat is Ursula Robinson-Shaw, who helps to run Sick Leave– the press that is putting out the book. They talk about the…

• Ep69. Glorious Heights with Montaigne

  September 4, 2026 · 1 hr 50 min

  This week the C*rdeliers chat with pop chanteux and impresario Montaigne, ahead of their appearance at the Bella Ciao anti fascist festival this weekend at the Thornbury Theatre. They talk about pop music in Australia, the difficulty of…

• Ep.68 Certified Sinophile

  August 20, 2026 · 1 hr 31 min

  This week, the Sp*rious tw* chat the various iterations of woke and the flashpoint of the Arday case in the UKKK. They talk the nature and history of the great Satan “identity politics.” They chat the end of MAGA and the possibilities of…

• Ep. 67 Wet Behind The Ears with Becki Whitton

  August 12, 2026 · 1 hr 27 min

  This week, the Georges Batt**l*ers talk to Becki Whitton, or Aphir, the musician and producer behind the Wettest 100. We talk about the gaps in broadcast and the Aussie market for experimental or “left-field” music; the forms of support…