Like I'm A Six-Year-Old
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Like I'm A Six-Year-Old
Comedian Tom Ballard sits down with interesting and passionate people to find out what they do and what they believe in. It's kind of like Kitchen Cabinet except Tom can't cook.
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264 episodi
265 - Goodbye
Oh hello.
As the title suggests, this is my little way of letting you know that I'm wrapping up Like I'm A Six-Year-Old once and for all. I've l...
264 - Ben Abbatangelo
Ben Abbatangelo is a proud Gunaikurnai and Wotjobaluk man and a social commentator. He’s the former deputy CEO of global non-profit AIME, has appeare...
263 - Larissa Baldwin-Roberts
Larissa Baldwin-Roberts is a proud Widjabul Wia-bal woman from the Bundjalung Nations and has been a progressive activist since forever. She's a co-fo...
262 - Professor John Quiggin
John Quiggin is a widely-respected economist and professor at the University of Queensland. He's a former member of the Australian Government's Climat...
261 - Alison Pennington Returns
She's back! Economist, comrade and now author Alison Pennington returns to the show to discuss her debut book Gen F'ed? How Young Australians Can Recl...
260 - "I, Millennial" Event LIVE in Warrnambool
This week's episode brings you the conversation I had with some other generational voices at a live event at the public library in my home town, Warrn...
259 - Polly Hemming
Polly Hemming is a Senior Researcher at The Australia Institute's Climate & Energy Program.
Just this week she was giving evidence to a Parliame...
258 - "I, Millennial" Extract: Privatisation
Oh hello. I am back again. Look at us.
This week I’m bringing you another taste of my debut book I, Millennial: One Snowflake’s Screed Against...
257 - Craig Foster
Craig "Fozzy" Foster is a former Socceroo who has become not only one of Australia’s most respected sports commentators and broadcasters, but also one...
256 - Talking "I, Millennial" w/Osman Faruqi
My book I, Millennial: One Snowflake’s Screed Against Boomers, Billionaires & Everything Else is out in the world! Gosh.
We launched it in Melb...
255 - "I, Millennial" Prologue
This week I'm bringing you a taste of my debut book I, Millennial: One Snowflake's Screed Against Boomers, Billionaires & Everything Else. You'll hea...
254 - Ben Schneiders
Ben Schneiders is an award-winning investigate journalist at The Age and author of the new book, Hard Labour: Wage Theft in the Age of Inequality.
253 - Leo Puglisi
I'm back! Again! Sorry about the big gap between episodes. I am bad.
Leo Puglisi is a digital journalist who just so happens to be 14 years old...
252 - Jim Casey
As he gears up to run for Greens preselection to be an upper-house candidate in the 2023 NSW state election, Jim took some time to talk to me about hi...
251 - Georgia Steele
In this conversation I discuss with Georgia Kelly's bizarro mind and political career, why she thinks the people of Hughes deserves better, the issues...
250 - David Shoebridge MLC
In 2022 he's running to pick up another NSW Senate seat for the Greens (and it's actually possible!).
In this conversation I ask David about NS...
249 - Palestine Justice Movement Sydney Forum: "Why We Are Boycotting The Sydney Festival"
This week I'm bringing you the audio of a panel I appeared on, discussing the reason behind and ideas around the recent boycott of the 2022 Sydney Fes...
248 - Johann Hari Returns (On "Stolen Focus")
Writer and journalist Johann Hari has returned to the show to discuss why our brains have melted.
His new book is called Stolen Focus: Why You C...
247 - Van Badham Returns (on #QAnon)
Van Badham is a playwright, author and activist, and she's returned to the show to discuss her latest book, QAnon: A Short and Shocking History of Int...
246 - James Button (on Cancel Culture)
James Button is a freelance journalist, ALP member and former speechwriter for the former prime minister Kevin Rudd. He recently wrote a three-part, i...
245 - Nyadol Nyuon (Refugee Legal Dinner 2021)
Nyadol Nyuon is a former refugee, lawyer and passionate advocate for human rights and anti-racism.
This is her keynote address at the 2021 Refug...
INTRODUCING: Serious Danger
NEWS: I have a brand new podcast to share with youse.
It’s called Serious Danger, it’s about the Australian Greens and green politics in Austra...
244 - Luke Hilakari
Luke Hilakari has been the Secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall Council since 2014. He's been a Labor member since he turned 18 and has played a key...
243 - Professor Megan Davis
Professor Megan Davis is a Cobble Cobble woman from Queensland and is the current pro Vice-Chancellor and Balnaves Chair in constitutional law at the ...
242 - Sean Kelly (Returns)
Sean Kelly is a writer and journalist, who's a former adviser to Prime Ministers Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard.
His new book is The Game: A Portr...
241 - Sylvie Ellsmore
Sylvie Ellsmore is the Greens mayoral candidate for the City of Sydney in the upcoming NSW local elections. She's running a campaign to make Sydney a...
240 - Christiaan Van Vuuren (Big Deal)
Christiaan Van Vuuren is a comedian and YouTube star who you know from Bondi Hipsters, Bloom and At Home Alone Together. He's the presenter of a great...
239 - Dr. Helen Haines
Dr. Helen Haines is a former nurse and midwife who now serves as the independent member for the Victorian seat of Indi.
Since she entered the pa...
238 - Felicity Ruby
Felicity Ruby is a former Greens staffer, current PhD candidate at the University of Sydney and longtime friend and supporter of Julian Assange.
...
237 - Generations Apart (CIS event with Tom Switzer and Satya Jeetmarar)
This week's episode is from an event I took part in with the Centre for Independent Studies, hosted by Tom Switzer and featuring academic Satya Jeetma...
236 - Nick Boshier & Jazz Twemlow (The Moth Effect)
Nick Boshier (Trent from Punchy, Bondi Hipsters) and Jazz Twemlow (Tonightly with Tom Ballard lol) are two very nice men and good comedians who have c...
235 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi
Mehreen Faruqi has been a Greens senator for NSW since 2017. Her memoir Too Migrant, Too Muslim, Too Loud was released in July, describing her life, p...
234 - Victor Kline (The New Liberals)
Victor Kline is a writer and barrister who is the leader of a new political party, The New Liberals. The party was born out of a frustration that Vict...
233 - Luke McGregor
Luke McGregor is a beloved Australian comedian who co-stars in the ABC series Rosehaven alongside Celia Pacquola and presents "Lukenomics" on The Week...
232 - Josh Cullinan
Josh Callinan is the Secretary of the Retail And Fast Food Workers' Union (RAFFWU); a young fighting union which represents thousands of overwhelmingl...
231 - Tim Hollo
Tim Hollo is a former staffer for the Australian Greens, is the Greens candidate for the federal seat of Canberra and works as the Executive Director...
230 - Emma Dawson
Emma Dawson is an ALP member and a former adviser to the Rudd and Gillard governments on public broadcasting policy. These days she’s the Executive Di...
229 - Jonathan Biggins
Jonathan Biggins is a legendary Australian satirist, actor and writer, who is currently performing his one-man show The Gospel According To Paul - a t...
228 - Richie Merzian
Richie Merzian is the Director of the Climate & Energy Program at The Australia Institute.
With Australia embarrassing itself on the global sta...
227 - Melbourne Calling w/ Stephen Jolly, Alison Pennington, Guy Rundle & Jeff Sparrow
Hello! Sorry for the radio silence - I have been busy being too hot for TV and annoying Andrew Bolt. Apologies.
This week's ep is a slice of a...