The Sarah Hanson-Young Podcast
Welcome to The Sarah Hanson-Young Podcast. A place where we can have the important conversations about how we can make the world a better place and force politics to work for people - together.
Some people want you to believe that politics can't be fixed. Well, I disagree. I think we need to make politics a force for good, and you do that by having good conversations, calling out the bullshit when you see it, and standing up and holding power to account. Every single week, this podcast is where we can sit down and do that together.
Episodes
13 episodes
AI is crashing the world & our govt is letting them; Tim Costello on social justice, hope & empathy
In this week’s episode, Sarah says when the tech bros building AI say these machines are a threat to humanity - we should probably listen. But the Australian Government is behaving like this threat is a problem for the distant future whi...
Take control away from big tech; Claudia Karvan and the power of storytelling
In this week’s episode, Sarah says it’s time to take control away from the big tech giants and put people back in charge of their feeds by giving them the ability to opt-in to algorithms on social media. The government has a real chance to prot...
One Nation punches down on LGBTIQA+ Aussies AGAIN; Chanel Contos on fixing our feeds
In this week’s episode, Sarah says that while One Nation's Malcom Roberts says he’s in two minds about whether LGBTIQA+ Australians are equal - she wonders if he even has one mind. These kinds of comments are not mistakes, this is the worldview...
Why men should call out the boys' club; the power of empathy with Lem Zakharia
In this week’s episode, Sarah says men have an entitlement problem and it’s time other men call it out. After a horror week of allegations of sexual assault against Sydney Swans AFL players and private school boys, Sarah asks where are the news...
I’m sick of the melons; Andrew Denton and the right to die with dignity
In this week’s episode, Sarah says she’s sick to death of hearing about the melons. In the midst of a crisis of men’s violence against women, lack of funding of domestic violence services, and every other crisis Australians are facing right now...
$1.5 million for peanuts?; Nahji Chu is the ultimate disruptor
In this week’s episode, Sarah reveals how the Australian Government isn’t even providing peanuts to East Timor’s children, leaving them malnourished and their growth stunted. Sarah explains that on a recent trip to the very close but very poor ...
Groomers in the gambling industry exposed; Abby Martin and Earth’s Greatest Enemy
In this week’s episode, Sarah says the predatory inducements used by the gambling industry makes them groomers. She is in the midst of a parliamentary inquiry into the government’s gambling ad ban bill where people with lived experience have to...
Calling something ‘too political’ is political; making politics a force for good with Alex Greenwich
When protecting rivers is deemed ‘too political' for a billboard, but fossil fuel advertising is A-okay, you’ve got to wonder where they get the nerve. And then you've got to call it out. This week Sarah dissects a glaring example of the d...
Pauline Hanson is no victim; Craig Foster on why sport IS political
In this week’s episode, Sarah says it’s time to tackle the rise of Pauline Hanson head on, for her to be properly scrutinised and understand she is far from the victim but rather a strategic political player who is legitimising far right narrat...
Telstra mass outage; AI and human rights with Edward Santow
In this episode, Sarah breaks down why we should all care about the mass Telstra outage even if we weren’t directly affected, why it’s political, and the case for a new legal obligation on telecommunications companies that requires them to deli...
The big lie gambling companies don’t want you to know; taking power back with Adam Bandt
In this week’s episode, Sarah exposes what’s really going on with the Government’s gambling reforms, a secret tax break for gambling companies, and how voices across the parliament united to ensure the legislation gets proper scrutiny.S...
Rejecting Pauline Hanson’s cultural vandalism; fighting for democracy with Antoinette Lattouf
In this first episode, Sarah shares her thoughts on the rise of One Nation and Pauline Hanson’s laundry list of the things she doesn’t like about Australia. She then sits down for a conversation with special guest Antoinette Latouf ...