Australia Talks – 22 Jan 2026: AI Blackface & Reconsidering our Alliance

A weekly podcast with relaxed discussion of Australian topics, history, a featured town and a couple of trivia questions with your hosts DK and Ardeet.   Contact us at [email protected]   DarkestKnight and Ardeet discuss:   00:00:00 - Introduction 00:07:45 – AI Blackface 00:53:25 – Two Ticks Town Talk – Geeveston, Tasmania 01:15:29 – Reconsidering our US alliance 01:42:38 – This week in Australian history 16-22 January 01:52:30 – XXXX bottle top quiz   Sources: No Mob, No Country: the social media account profiting with an AI Indigenous avatar ‘It’s AI blackface’: social media account hailed as the Aboriginal Steve Irwin is an AI character created in New Zealand  This TikTok star sharing Australian animal stories doesn’t exist – it’s AI Blakface Australia’s confidence in Trump’s US has evaporated. What will it take for the alliance to rupture? Can Australia still rely on the US after Trump’s latest moves? Aussietowns - Geeveston, TAS Tahune Adventures Geeveston Gateway to the southern forests  Geeveston  Wikipedia - Geeveston Grokipedia - Geeveston Wikipedia - Australian anniversaries   #Australia #Australian