136: Is being able to afford a house brat?

AI Steven Miles dances as democracy faces a turning point. Emerald and Tom unpack the Greens’ controversial new “buy a house to have a place to live” policy that aims to stabilise housing prices. (9:57) If you aren’t turning a profit, why even bother!? Then an update on the US election and Vice Brat Kamala’s presumed ascension to Democratic Presidential candidate, while America continues to refuse to be normal. (34:35) Finally, a call to action. (1:04:52) New Patreon ep just released - chapter 5 of our recap of Paddy Manning’s book Inside The Greens. Did you know Whitlam worked with the Greens?! —-- Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out FIFTY bonus Patreon eps with guests like Lee Rhiannon, Geraldine Hickey, Max Chandler-Mather, Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like intergenerational warfare, Taylor Swift, Ralph Babet, THE GIANTS movie and the life of Bob Brown, when Friendlyjordies owned us, war crimes, vaping, psychedelic-assisted therapy, killer robots (with Emerald’s sister!), a debrief of the 2022 federal results, whether the Greens are too woke, the 18-year plan for Greens government, whether lawns should be banned, Greens memes, bad takes, Joe Hildebrand’s small brain, CPAC, Aussie political sketch comedy, internal Greens party shenanigans, and whether a Greens government would lead to the apocalypse. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  —-- CALL TO ACTION -  The Albanese government has approved areas of Commonwealth waters for offshore gas exploration and carbon capture and storage, in moves to keep fossil fuel production going past 2050. Help Save Our Songlines! - https://www.saveoursonglines.org/ Donate to the NT Greens - https://my.greens.org.au/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=2453  —-- Serious Danger merch - https://seriousdanger.bigcartel.com/  Check out Tom’s new special - https://800PGR.lnk.to/BallardID Produced by Michael Griffin https://www.instagram.com/mikeskillz/  Follow us on https://twitter.com/SeriousDangerAU https://www.instagram.com/seriousdangerau  https://www.tiktok.com/@seriousdangerau Support the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.