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A Parrot Squawking

by The Sporty Monk

Society

Well, all right. Yes, it's more like a red-tailed black cockatoo squawking.

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Episodes

  1. 029 - Finito

    That’s enough of that. End of podcast.

  2. 028 - Adam Goodes Part 2 of 2

    In which we give Caroline Wilson the final word. (I couldn’t give anyone indigenous the final word, because this podcast’s zen is to never actively go looking for material, research style. It has to land in front of me.)

  3. 027 - Adam Goodes Part 1 of 2

    Sporty breaks his zen for a moment and gets topical.

  4. 026 - Getting to know your wife in an arranged marriage

    A resumption of play on a major theme early in this podcast, being one of “Indigenous Australia”. And here’s something: there’s a moment in this one where, for the first time ever, Sporty comes close to firing up a little! But not too much. His zen remains undisturbed throughout.

  5. 025 - Nas and Biggles 11 (liberalism as destruction)

    Part of an episode that was so long that my podcast software couldn’t process it. So I broke it up. This is Part 11.

  6. 024 - Nas and Biggles 10 (liberalism as salvation)

    Part of an episode that was so long that my podcast software couldn’t process it. So I broke it up. This is Part 10.

  7. 023 - Nas and Biggles 9 (Candace Owens concedes the word “liberal”)

    Part of an episode that was so long that my podcast software couldn’t process it. So I broke it up. This is Part 9.

  8. 022 - Nas and Biggles 8 (the best of all possible Australias)

    Part of an episode that was so long that my podcast software couldn’t process it. So I broke it up. This is Part 8.

  9. 021 - Nas and Biggles 7 (black and white spinning out of control)

    Part of an episode that was so long that my podcast software couldn’t process it. So I broke it up. This is Part 7.

  10. 020 - Nas and Biggles 6 (the bishop at Meghan’s and Harry’s wedding)

    Part of an episode that was so long that my podcast software couldn’t process it. So I broke it up. This is Part 6.

  11. 019 - Nas and Biggles 5 (the dark side of that jump Europe got on the rest of the world)

    Part of an episode that was so long that my podcast software couldn’t process it. So I broke it up. This is Part 5.

  12. 018 - Nas and Biggles 4 (Wogs versus Aussies)

    Part of an episode that was so long that my podcast software couldn’t process it. So I broke it up. This is Part 4.

  13. 017 - Nas and Biggles 3 (the power of exclusion)

    Part of an episode that was so long that my podcast software couldn’t process it. So I broke it up. This is Part 3.

  14. 016 - Nas and Biggles 2 (choosing between leprosy and smallpox)

    Part of an episode that was so long that my podcast software couldn’t process it. So I broke it up. This is Part 2.

  15. 015 - Nas and Biggles 1 (happy Independence Day you bastards!)

    Part of an episode that was so long that my podcast software couldn’t process it. So I broke it up. This is Part 1.

  16. 014 - Science, faith and Nas

    A utilitarian perspective.

  17. 013 - The ignorance of Kanye West

    Which may well, to an idiot like me, present as wisdom!

  18. 012 - The Big Dance (monarchies by divine rule)

    Episode 1 in a series of episodes on The Big Dance that is the world’s cultures, political systems and so on.

  19. 011 - Mabo

    Eddie Mabo.

  20. 010 - Agriculture versus hunter gathering

    It was never going to be pretty.

  21. 009 - Alexander in Australia

    A what-if!

  22. 008 - Fishing off Hamilton Island in 300 BC

    And getting into a bit of mental arithmetic at the same time.

  23. 007 - The impact of Western Science on Indigenous Beliefs

    Introducing Harley, my daughter.

  24. 006 - The Rainbow Snake is Dead

    Or so, by inference, reckoned Frederick Nietzsche.

  25. 005 - The indigenous boy who climbed the rock

    His elders told him not to. But one morning he got up before dawn and climbed it anyway. Partly because the oldies told him not to. But also because telling a kid to not climb the only thing climbable inside a hundred miles of flat, boring nothing ... well that’s just cruelty, isn’t it?

  26. 004 - The Illuminati, the History Wars and Indigenous Rights

    And it’s all happening on a steam train hurtling down the side of a mountain far too fast. And it’s shaking and rattling and bits are falling off it. And oh no, there’s no driver! Or so suggests my wife’s uncle.

  27. 003 - Kanye and Kunek

    On the benefits of keeping yourself neutral and bland in public.

  28. 002 - Charlie holds the Sporty Monk to account

    And gives him a score of five out of ten.

  29. 001 - Zen swagger, social construction and Orazio Fantasia

    In which Sporty begins to explore his zen.

  30. 000 - Babylon Rising (by way of a prologue)

    In which we take a sample of Episode 14, which happens to have the title "Science, faith and Nas".

About this show

Well, all right. Yes, it's more like a red-tailed black cockatoo squawking.

Hosted by

The Sporty Monk

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Society Culture

Frequently asked questions

How many episodes does A Parrot Squawking have?

A Parrot Squawking has 30 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on July 21, 2019.

What is A Parrot Squawking about?

Well, all right. Yes, it's more like a red-tailed black cockatoo squawking.

How often does A Parrot Squawking release new episodes?

A Parrot Squawking publishes a few times a week, based on its 30 episodes since June 2019.

Who hosts A Parrot Squawking?

A Parrot Squawking is created and hosted by The Sporty Monk.
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