Listen " Rights, rorts and rants on renewables, Jobs Reset, green billionaires and pointless jobs."
Episode Synopsis
Fran Dyson's guests are RRR regulars and BMUC members Warren Ross, Kerry Brown and Jeanie Baxter. The panel who question, analyse and amuse listeners with their different takes on renewables (the myth we can have it all), The Jobs Reset Summit - 2020 World Economic Forum (kids will have to become entrepreneurs), green billionaires (think Elon Musk) and pointless jobs (overpaid company directors).
References mentioned during the show include Michael Moore presents Planet of the Humans (available on YouTube); thegrayzone.com Green Billionaires; and David Graeber's 2018 book Bullshit Jobs: A theory.
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This episode was broadcast on Radio Blue Mountains 89.1FM on 30 October 2020.
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Rights, Rorts and Rants is broadcast from 4pm to 6pm on 89.1FM or can be live streamed from rbm.org.au.
The BMUC acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we broadcast, the Darug and Gundangara people who are the first peoples of the Blue Mountains region, and pays it respects to Elders past and present.
Disclaimer: We seek a range of perspectives but that means that views expressed in these podcasts are not necessarily endorsed by the Blue Mountains Unions Council Inc.
References mentioned during the show include Michael Moore presents Planet of the Humans (available on YouTube); thegrayzone.com Green Billionaires; and David Graeber's 2018 book Bullshit Jobs: A theory.
If you'd like to add to the discussion, you can leave an audio comment about our show, which may be added to one of our podcasts.
This episode was broadcast on Radio Blue Mountains 89.1FM on 30 October 2020.
Apply to be a guest on our show. Join a union - 1300 486 466 or join online. Join BMUC.
Rights, Rorts and Rants is broadcast from 4pm to 6pm on 89.1FM or can be live streamed from rbm.org.au.
The BMUC acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we broadcast, the Darug and Gundangara people who are the first peoples of the Blue Mountains region, and pays it respects to Elders past and present.
Disclaimer: We seek a range of perspectives but that means that views expressed in these podcasts are not necessarily endorsed by the Blue Mountains Unions Council Inc.
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