The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove

By The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove

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A small independent Australian podcast about news, politics, sex and religion. An easy and entertaining way to keep up to date with the weekly news.

Episode Date
Episode 426 - Experts say ...
Apr 29, 2024
Episode 425 - Germany is a Terrible Student
Apr 22, 2024
Episode 424 - Housing and Gaza
Apr 15, 2024
Episode 423 - Too Many Topics - Better Audio
Apr 09, 2024
Episode 422 - The worst decisions of the previous 7 days
Mar 25, 2024
Episode 421 - TikTok
Mar 18, 2024
Episode 420 - Footballers and Racism
Mar 11, 2024
Episode 419 - Gaza and Toto
Mar 04, 2024
Episode 418 - Stories of Deception
Feb 19, 2024
Episode 417 - Be Alert or Be Manipulated
Feb 12, 2024
Episode 416 - Chinese Spy Pidgeon
Feb 05, 2024
Episode 415 - Goodbye Scomo and Good Riddance
Jan 29, 2024
Episode 414 - Trump Disrupts Established Power
Jan 22, 2024
Episode 413 - Curing Mondayitis
Jan 15, 2024
Episode 412 - We're Back
Jan 09, 2024
Episode 411 - More of Our Biased Commentary on Various Issues
Dec 12, 2023
Episode 410 - The Politics of Identity
Dec 05, 2023
Episode 409 - Australians are Ripe for tax reform
Nov 28, 2023
Episode 408 - Albanese is Morrison Without the Smirk
Nov 21, 2023
Episode 407 - Positive News is Hard to Find
Nov 07, 2023
Episode 406 - Separating Cultural Groups and State
Oct 31, 2023
Episode 405 - More Ridiculous and Embarrassing Ideas.
Oct 24, 2023
Episode 404 - Examining the Entrails
Oct 17, 2023
Episode 403 - Gaza
Oct 10, 2023
Episode 402 - Final Thoughts on The Voice
Oct 03, 2023
Episode 401 - Islamic Voice Thought Experiment
Sep 25, 2023
Episode 400 - More News, Politics, Sex and Religion
Sep 19, 2023
Episode 399 - The Voice
Sep 12, 2023
Episode 398 - We should be angry
Sep 05, 2023
Episode 397 - Why Australian Property is Overpriced
Aug 29, 2023
Episode 396 - Fawning Lapdogs
Aug 22, 2023
Episode 395 - Scott, Liam and The Greens
Aug 15, 2023
Episode 394 - Race and Religion
Aug 08, 2023
Episode 393 - Affirmative Action Vs Adversity Scores
Aug 01, 2023
Episode 392 - Culture and The Voice
Jul 25, 2023
Episode 391 - Scripture Union Chaplaincy and Al Capone
Jul 18, 2023
Episode 390 - Cluster Bombs and Cluster F#@ks
Jul 10, 2023
Episode 389 - 8th Anniversary Edition
Jul 04, 2023
Episode 388 - David Van fallout and the USA's Forgotten Invasions
Jun 20, 2023
Episode 387 - Mainstream Media - mostly poisonous propaganda
Jun 13, 2023
Episode 386 - Ben Roberts-Smith
Jun 06, 2023
Episode 385 - Recalcitrant Topics
May 30, 2023
Episode 384 - We need to talk about Stan.
May 23, 2023
Episode 383 - Birthrights
May 09, 2023
Episode 382 - Book Review - Not So Black and White
May 02, 2023
Episode 381 - No-one cares. The Totalitarian Dystopia Is Already Here
Apr 25, 2023
Episode 380 - Suck My Tongue and Other Crazy Ideas
Apr 11, 2023
Episode 379 - YouTube was Hard Nosed about Hard Bottom
Apr 04, 2023
Episode 378 - YouTube Censorship
Mar 28, 2023
Episode 377 - The Lost Art of Plain Speaking
Mar 21, 2023
Episode 376 - The Military Industrial Complex Wins Again
Mar 14, 2023
Episode 375 - Book Review - The Carbon Club
Mar 07, 2023
Episode 374 - So Many Topics - So Little Time
Feb 28, 2023
Episode 373 - More tech issues
Feb 21, 2023
Episode 372 - The Return of The Velvet Glove
Feb 14, 2023
Episode 371 - Popping Balloons
Feb 07, 2023
Episode 370 - Opus Dei and other political cults
Jan 31, 2023
Episode 369 - Pell, Perrottet and Prince Harry
Jan 17, 2023
Episode 368 - Plans for 2023 and thoughts on economics
Jan 10, 2023
Episode 367 - The Energy Relief Bill Explained
Dec 13, 2022
Episode 366 - From Kanye to East Timor
Dec 06, 2022
Episode 365 - Examining the Entrails
Nov 29, 2022
Episode 364 - Tracking the decline and exposing the hypocrisy
Nov 22, 2022
Episode 363 - Pumped Hydro and other ideas
Nov 15, 2022
Episode 362 - Central Banks Cannot Print Oil
Nov 08, 2022
Episode 361 - Money, Power and Propaganda
Nov 01, 2022
Episode 360 - UK Politicians and Aussie Netballers
Oct 25, 2022
Episode 359 - Growth is the problem
Oct 18, 2022
Episode 358 - Thorburn - Another case of Christians and Football
Oct 11, 2022
Episode 357 - Nord Stream Theories
Oct 04, 2022
Episode 356 - Will the Christian Takeover Split the Liberal Party?
Sep 28, 2022
Episode 355 - QEII Funeral- Souvenir Edition
Sep 20, 2022
Episode 354 - What is Cultural Marxism
Sep 06, 2022
Episode 353 - Sometimes We Need a Witch Hunt
Aug 30, 2022
Episode 352 - Howard and Joyce are Shameless
Aug 23, 2022
Episode 351 - Morrison's coup d'état
Aug 16, 2022
Episode 350 - Religious Footballers - More conundrums than the Trolley Problem
Aug 09, 2022
Episode 349 - Rules Based Order
Aug 02, 2022
Episode 348 - Inflation - Don't blame wages
Jul 26, 2022
Episode 347 - Karl Fitzgerald
Jul 19, 2022
Episode 346 - The second part of episode 345
Jul 11, 2022
Episode 345 - The Uluru Statement and other Arguments
Jul 05, 2022
Episode 344 - Census 2021, Roe V Wade and the RBA
Jun 28, 2022
Episode 343 - Ciaron O'Reilly on Life, Prisons, Religion and Julian Assange
Jun 20, 2022
Episode 342 - Farewell Shae
Jun 14, 2022
Episode 341 - Interest Rates Hike
Jun 07, 2022
Episode 340 - Your Favourite Satanist Needs Help
May 31, 2022
Episode 339 - Post Election Thoughts
May 24, 2022
Episode 338 - The Socialist Equality Party
May 17, 2022
Episode 337 - Satanic RI Decision
May 10, 2022
Episode 336 - When a Satanist Booked a Prayer Room
Apr 26, 2022
Episode 335 - The Mythicism Debate
Apr 19, 2022
Episode 334 - Google it, mate!
Apr 14, 2022
Episode 333 - A Firehose of BS
Apr 05, 2022
Episode 332 - Kitching - A case study of a failed MSM
Mar 22, 2022
Episode 331 - A debate with Hugh Harris on Hitchens and Ukraine
Mar 15, 2022
Episode 330 - International Women's Day and Ukraine Bonus
Mar 08, 2022
Episode 329 - Ukraine Explained ... Again
Mar 01, 2022
Episode 328 - Don't Allow Your Consent to be Manufactured
Feb 22, 2022
Episode 327 - Forgotten Atheists
Feb 15, 2022
Episode 326 - Super Imperialism
Feb 08, 2022
Episode 325 - Minor Distractions and Major Ideas
Feb 01, 2022
Episode 324 - The Morrison Government is a satirical performance. Brilliant, Bravo
Jan 18, 2022
Episode 323 - The situation is hopeless, we must take the next step
Jan 11, 2022
Episode 322 - Just 35 topics
Dec 21, 2021
Episode 321 - Democracy
Dec 14, 2021
Episode 320 - Anyone who isn’t fundamentally disturbed by what is taking place doesn’t understand it
Dec 07, 2021
Episode 319 - Individual Freedom Vs The Common Good
Nov 23, 2021
Episode 318 - Liars, damned liars and ... Scott Morrison
Nov 09, 2021
Episode 317 - A conga line of awful politicians
Oct 26, 2021
Episode 316 - NSW + 1 Hour but - 40 years
Oct 12, 2021
Episode 315 - The Return of The Velvet Glove
Sep 28, 2021
Episode 314 - How Dying With Dignity Successfully Lobbied for VAD Laws
Sep 21, 2021
Episode 313 - Submarines - 6 Years of Commentary
Sep 18, 2021
Episode 312 - Facebook Comments and Defamation
Sep 14, 2021
Episode 311- Climate Change in a nutshell
Sep 07, 2021
Episode 310 - Christians, Covid and Afghanistan
Aug 31, 2021
Episode 309 - Innocent civilians trapped in Afghanistan and NSW
Aug 17, 2021
Episode 308 - A debrief of the satanic court case.
Aug 12, 2021
Episode 307 - Sportswear, Lockdowns and Vaccines
Aug 03, 2021
Episode 306 - Cameron Reilly - The Psychopath Epidemic
Jul 27, 2021
Episode 305 - Vale Peter Toy
Jul 20, 2021
Episode 304 - Rachel on Astrazeneca and Paul on Dark Emu
Jul 13, 2021
Episode 303 - Forgiveness and Dark Emu
Jul 06, 2021
Episode 302 - Ask me anything
Jun 29, 2021
Episode 301 - Dog Fight Arenas or Public Libraries
Jun 22, 2021
Episode 300 - The Biloela Family, Israel and Dark Emu
Jun 15, 2021
Episode 299 - Voluntary Assisted Dying in Qld
Jun 01, 2021
Episode 298 - The IFVG crew are making news
May 18, 2021
Episode 297 - The Tyranny of Merit
May 04, 2021
Episode 296 – Anzac Day 2021
Apr 23, 2021
Episode 295 - From Juxtaposition to Gilead Down Under
Apr 20, 2021
Episode 294 - Looking beyond race
Apr 06, 2021
Episode 293 - Wankers, Accountability and Consent
Mar 23, 2021
Episode 292 - Christian Porter, Gender and Feminism
Mar 16, 2021
Episode 291 - Private School Rapists and Dr Seuss
Mar 09, 2021
Episode 290 - Christian Porter - We will never know
Mar 03, 2021
Episode 289 - Facebook refused an extortion demand
Feb 23, 2021
Episode 288 - We've been Zucked
Feb 22, 2021
Episode 287 - Polls, Plibersek and Hillsong Plumbing Advice
Feb 09, 2021
Episode 286 - Taiwan, Magna Carta and Limits on Freedom
Feb 02, 2021
Episode 285 - Australia Day Divides Australia ... again
Jan 26, 2021
Episode 284 - The Capitol Coup and the Myth of Free Speech
Jan 19, 2021
Episode 283 - Old Arguments Rehashed and Opening Arguments on Renewables
Dec 15, 2020
Episode 282 - Morrison is a bull in our China Shop
Dec 08, 2020
Episode 281 - Legal Cannabis and Keto Diets
Dec 01, 2020
Episode 280 - Agrivoltaics and Misinformation on Masks
Nov 24, 2020
Episode 279 - Satanic Stamps and Other Hypocrisies
Nov 17, 2020
Episode 278 - Porter's Hypocrisy and Aussie Trumpsters
Nov 10, 2020
Episode 277 - Election Results in Qld and the USA
Nov 04, 2020
Episode 276 - 2 hours of News, Politics, Sex and Religion
Oct 27, 2020
Episode 275 - Satanic Teachers and Legal Cannabis
Oct 20, 2020
Episode 274 - Gladys, Deb and Dan
Oct 14, 2020
Episode 273 - Frydenberg delivers unfair tax cuts and Labor won't fight.
Oct 06, 2020
Episode 272 - The Archibald Prize and other criticisms
Sep 29, 2020
Episode 271 - Shutdown Polls, Less Educated Voters and Hidden Agendas
Sep 22, 2020
Episode 270 - Sky News, Rowan Dean and Hydroxychloroquine
Sep 15, 2020
Episode 269 - Handcuffed in her pyjamas
Sep 08, 2020
Episode 268 - A Black Mass in Noosa
Aug 30, 2020
Episode 267 – Clive Palmer, QAnon and The Commons
Aug 25, 2020
Episode 266 – Book Club with Peter
Aug 18, 2020
Episode 265 – Jim, Josh, Godfrey and Yanis
Aug 11, 2020
Episode 264 – Victorian Lockdown and Nursing Homes
Aug 04, 2020
Episode 263 – Elimination or Suppression
Jul 20, 2020
Episode 262 – Cancel Culture
Jul 14, 2020
Episode 261 – Victorian Shutdown and Branch Stacking
Jul 07, 2020
Episode 260 – 5 Years of Podcasting
Jun 30, 2020
Episode 259 – The Jakarta Method
Jun 24, 2020
Episode 258 – Grassroots Censorship
Jun 16, 2020
Episode 257 – Black Lives Matter in Australia
Jun 09, 2020
Episode 256 – American Riots and Covid-19 Shutdowns
Jun 02, 2020
Episode 255 – China China China
May 26, 2020
Episode 254 – Trade Sanctions and Forseeable Harm
May 19, 2020
Episode 253 – Shaeleen interviews Trevor
May 11, 2020
Episode 252 – Free Speech Limits, Murdoch Influence and China’s Democracy
May 05, 2020
Episode 251 – Both China and the USA threatened Australia
Apr 28, 2020
Episode 250 – Anzac Day 2020
Apr 23, 2020
Episode 249 – Freedom is just another word for – I need to eat
Apr 21, 2020
Episode 248 – Does the Abrahamic God exist?
Apr 14, 2020
Episode 247 – Secularism, Assisted Dying and China
Apr 07, 2020
Episode 246 – Dr Steven Hail explains currency and deficits
Mar 31, 2020
Episode 245 – COVID-19 revives the idea of the common good
Mar 24, 2020
Episode 244 – Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Mar 17, 2020
Episode 243 – Frank Jordan
Mar 10, 2020
Episode 242 – Bettina Arndt and other Milkshake Ducks
Mar 04, 2020
Episode 241- Corporate Power
Feb 25, 2020
Episode 240 – Noosa Satanist and Marketing the Messiah
Feb 18, 2020
Episode 239 – It’s the economy, stupid
Feb 11, 2020
Episode 238 – The Origins of Our Morals
Feb 04, 2020
Episode 237 – “We Were Here First” is not a great argument.
Jan 28, 2020
Episode 236 – Bible Study for Atheists
Jan 21, 2020
Episode 235 – Return Bushfire Donations and introduce a Wealth Tax
Jan 14, 2020
Episode 234 – Bush Fires and Media Bias
Jan 08, 2020
Episode 233 – Brexit, the EU and domestic nutters
Dec 16, 2019
Episode 232 – From Russia With Love
Dec 11, 2019
Episode 231 – Media Bias and Ridiculing Religion
Dec 03, 2019
Episode 230 – Old thoughts rehashed
Nov 24, 2019
Episode 229 – Dark Emu and Labor Party Meetings
Nov 19, 2019
Episode 228 – The Left has a Wokeness problem
Nov 12, 2019
Episode 227 – Don’t trust Scomo, 4 Corners or Pinker
Nov 05, 2019
Episode 226 – Uluru, Venezuela and China
Oct 29, 2019
Episode 225 – The top 1% and the bottom 70% and Satanists march in Noosa
Oct 22, 2019
Episode 224 – Korea, Extinction Rebellion and Surveys
Oct 15, 2019
Episode 223 – Renewable Energy
Oct 07, 2019
Episode 222 – China, Greta, Prorogue and Impeachment
Oct 01, 2019
Episode 221 – Religion, Free Speech and Greta Thunberg
Sep 23, 2019
Episode 220 – Smug Morrison, Riverfire and Support Clowns
Sep 17, 2019
Episode 219 – Cashless Cards, Tamils, Penises and Brexit
Sep 10, 2019
Episode 218 – The Religious Discrimination Bill 2019
Sep 03, 2019
Episode 217 – From NSW Abortion Law to Ho Chi Minh
Aug 27, 2019
Episode 216 – The US Dollar and other myths
Aug 19, 2019
Episode 215 – China and the looming NSW theocracy
Aug 13, 2019
Episode 214 – A Successful Livestream with Hugh Harris
Aug 06, 2019
Episode 213 – A Podcast to Indigenous Australians
Jul 30, 2019
Episode 212 – Calombaris, Grandfathering and Forgotten Classes
Jul 23, 2019
Episode 211- Live Streaming to a Brave New World
Jul 16, 2019
Episode 210 – The Persecuted Are In Charge
Jul 10, 2019
Episode 209 – Iran, China, the Morrison Theocracy and Falou 101
Jul 02, 2019
Episode 208 – Loriana Luccioni and Universal Basic Income
Jun 25, 2019
Episode 207 – More Free Speech and Ethical Conundrums
Jun 18, 2019
Episode 206 – Religion in Qld Schools and 1984 in 2019
Jun 11, 2019
Episode 205 – Peter Monk from the NSL
Jun 04, 2019
Episode 204 – Secularism, Coal Mines and Death by Capitalism
May 27, 2019
Episode 203 – It’s Not The End of The World
May 21, 2019
Episode 202 – Election thoughts and ethical conundrums
May 14, 2019
Episode 201 – Harris Sultan – Founder of Ex Muslim Atheist
May 07, 2019
Episode 200 – Justin Murray the Humanist Chaplain
Apr 30, 2019
Episode 199 – Pentecostals, Pirate Party and Political Donations
Apr 23, 2019
Episode 198 – Samford Atheists, Falou and Assange
Apr 16, 2019
Episode 197 – Scare Campaigns, Batteries and Harry
Apr 09, 2019
Episode 196 – Whispering Beta Males and Alpha Billionaires
Apr 03, 2019
Episode 195a – The mp4a version
Mar 26, 2019
Episode 195 – NRA and DNA and MLAs
Mar 26, 2019
Episode 194 – Christchurch and Egg Boy
Mar 19, 2019
Episode 193 – Hugh Harris on Politics, Religion and Sex
Mar 12, 2019
Episode 192 – Catholics, Human Rights, Evolution and Ita
Mar 05, 2019
Episode 191 – Voluntary Assisted Dying in Qld
Feb 26, 2019
Episode 190 – Erik Mostert
Feb 20, 2019
Episode 189 – Left, Right, Black Face, Colourism and Universal Morals
Feb 19, 2019
Episode 188 – Peterson, Pinker and Peckers
Feb 12, 2019
Episode 187A- God Forbid
Feb 05, 2019
Episode 187 – God Forbid
Feb 04, 2019
Episode 186 – Venezuela, Davos and claims of racism
Jan 29, 2019
Episode 185 – Gillette, Gender, Race and Class
Jan 22, 2019
Episode 184 – Nazis, Foreign Fighters and Whitehouse Hamburgers
Jan 16, 2019
Episode 183 – Vetoes, walls and fishing for whales
Jan 06, 2019
Episode 182 - Highlights of 140 and 141
Jan 01, 2019
Episode 181 – Highlights from February 2018
Dec 30, 2018
Episode 180B – Merry Christmas 2018
Dec 24, 2018
Episode 180 – Highlights from January 2018
Dec 23, 2018
Episode 179 – An ill-tempered mule that kicks innocent children
Dec 17, 2018
Episode 178 – Forget boats, they come by plane now.
Dec 11, 2018
Episode 177 – A Pandora’s Box of Religious Privilege
Dec 05, 2018
Episode 176 – A parasite is feeding on the Liberal Party
Nov 27, 2018
Episode 175 – Brexit, Amazon and Unusual Characters
Nov 20, 2018
Episode 174 – Freedom For Faith
Nov 15, 2018
Episode 173 – Morrison is a fair dinkum drongo
Nov 08, 2018
Episode 172 – Certificates for Birth and Consensual Sex
Nov 01, 2018
Episode 171 – An Australian Ex-Mormon
Oct 23, 2018
Episode 170 – The Ruddock Report in a Nutshell
Oct 16, 2018
Episode 169 – David Gillespie
Oct 08, 2018
Episode 168 – Mormon Bonus
Oct 04, 2018
Episode 167 – Ignorant politicians and an honourable thief
Oct 03, 2018
Episode 166 – Needy Private Schools, Free Will and Other Myths – an Australian Podcast
Sep 27, 2018
Episode 165 – Morrison is testing the waters of religious privilege
Sep 18, 2018
Episode 164 – The crazy left attacks Bandt but supports Serena
Sep 11, 2018
Episode 163 – The Demise of the Nation State
Sep 04, 2018
Episode 162 – Who is Scott Morrison?
Aug 28, 2018
Episode 161 – The Liberal Party Suffers The Final Solution
Aug 22, 2018
Episode 160 – Aboriginal Culture Must Take Some Blame
Aug 14, 2018
Episode 159 – Freedom of Speech and Alex Jones
Aug 09, 2018
Episode 158A – Better Audio Version – The Return of Right Wing Tony
Jul 31, 2018
Episode 158 – The Return of Right Wing Tony
Jul 31, 2018
Episode 157 – A Bunch of Losers Debunk Some Myths
Jul 24, 2018
Episode 156 – Reason, Rights, Catholics and Angry Virgins
Jul 18, 2018
Episode 155 – The Double Standards of Christian Crybabies
Jul 11, 2018
Episode 154 – Senate Prayers, Paedophilic Employees and Danish Assimilation
Jul 05, 2018
Episode 153 – Death, Taxes and Deep Throat
Jun 26, 2018
Episode 152 – Confessions, Christians and Treadmills
Jun 20, 2018
Episode 151 – Science will undermine Liberal Humanism
Jun 13, 2018
Episode 150 – An interview with Meredith Doig
Jun 05, 2018
Episode 149 – The N Word, Pirates and The Noble Savage
May 30, 2018
Episode 148 – English Weddings and English Signs
May 22, 2018
Episode 147 – Was Karl Marx Right?
May 16, 2018
Episode 146 – Young People Should Be Protesting
May 10, 2018
Episode 145 – Cameron Reilly on Culture, Immigration and Free Will.
May 02, 2018
Episode 144 – Anzac Day Review and Breastfeeding Advice From a Male.
Apr 24, 2018
Episode 143 – Trump, Falou, Martin Luther King Junior, Malcolm X and Hardbottom
Apr 17, 2018
Episode 142 – Rehashing some old ideas
Apr 10, 2018
Episode 141 – Feedback from Hardbottom and Janelle
Apr 05, 2018
Episode 140 – Unequal Fines, Aboriginal Witch Doctors and a Text Message from Judas Iscariot
Mar 29, 2018
Episode 139 – Chris Lambe of New Creation Church
Mar 22, 2018
Episode 138 – The Chaplaincy Program Could be Illegal
Mar 14, 2018
Episode 137 – Thinking Fast and Slow
Mar 06, 2018
Episode 136 – Venerable Alex
Feb 27, 2018
Episode 135 – Conquered People could be a compliment
Feb 21, 2018
Episode 134 – Albury, Indonesia, ABC Bias and Peter Rabbit
Feb 14, 2018
Episode 133 – The Good, the Bad and Dexter the Peacock
Feb 07, 2018
Episode 132 – Satirical Satanists, Humanism, Sugar and Historical Context
Jan 30, 2018
Episode 131 – Australia Day, Finland and Raju Singh
Jan 23, 2018