Not Stupid

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Subscribers: 233
Reviews: 1
Episodes: 64

Ranelle
 Nov 19, 2021
A great, engaging and informative podcast delivering comprehensive yet accessible information about pressing current affairs. The 30-minute episode length is perfect. I can't recommend this podcast more highly.

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Not Stupid is the podcast that helps you understand the news of the week and the stories in your social media feed. Julia Baird and Jeremy Fenandez chat about the stories they are obsessed with and the stories you may have missed. They look at what shapes our politics here in Australia from Anthony Albanese to Peter Dutton. As the Federal Election looms they’ll unpack and explain some of the big issues that might affect your vote.  Jules and Jez also try to explain what’s going on in the world. They both follow US politics closely and will be watching to see what the next Donald Trump presidency means for the US and the world.  But it’s not all about politics. If it is in your Facebook or Instagram feed (or even on X) they will talk about it. They look at the pop culture figures who are shaping our world from Elon Musk to Mr Beast and Ariane Grande.  There’s also a focus on the issues that affect you like the cost-of-living crisis and the duopoly of the Supermarkets Coles and Woolworths. They’ve also looked at microplastics and bushfires, looking at how climate change is affecting us and what impact humans are having on the environment. The show will also make you laugh or cry. And on a good day, maybe both. They talk about poetry and history, about films and cakes and everything in between. Julia is passionate about grace and forgiveness so they talk a lot about that, but also about resilience and what makes us human.  At the end of each show, Julia and Jeremy talk about their “pick of the week”. It’s something that has made them think or giggle that week from the silliest Guinness World Record attempts to great books and silly Tiktoks.

Episode Date
Trump, Ukraine and the art of the deal
Feb 26, 2025
What we're missing with the Belle Gibson story
Feb 19, 2025
Why are more young men going to church?
Feb 16, 2025
What Sam Kerr's trial was all about
Feb 12, 2025
Does Gen Z really want a dictator for a leader?
Feb 05, 2025
Why are people glamorising sunburn?
Feb 02, 2025
The heckler Tennis Australia didn't want
Jan 29, 2025
Help! How do I stop work calling me?
Jan 26, 2025
Did God put Trump in the White House?
Jan 22, 2025
Searching for solitude
Jan 19, 2025
What do we do when the truth is burning?
Jan 15, 2025
Why robots can't write poetry
Jan 06, 2025
Why children's books stay with you forever
Dec 30, 2024
Lessons from the resilient
Dec 23, 2024
Hate and the "hot assassin": has 2024 sent us mad?
Dec 18, 2024
Break glass for emergency trifle
Dec 15, 2024
Is it ok to make fun of Raygun?
Dec 11, 2024
Our Not Stupid Playlist
Dec 08, 2024
Current mood: enshittification
Dec 04, 2024
It's never too late for a tattoo
Dec 01, 2024
Is #metoo dead?
Nov 27, 2024
How Americans are handling Trump's return
Nov 24, 2024
The downfall of Alan Jones
Nov 20, 2024
What you're doing about climate change
Nov 17, 2024
Why misogyny has exploded online following Trump's win
Nov 14, 2024
When Julia Baird met Donald Trump
Nov 11, 2024
How Trump won
Nov 06, 2024
Extra Stupid: Your favourite poems
Nov 03, 2024
What we get wrong about Trump voters
Oct 30, 2024
Extra Stupid: Part 2 of our US election cheat sheet
Oct 27, 2024
Who's allowed to heckle a royal?
Oct 23, 2024
Extra Stupid: Your US election cheat sheet
Oct 20, 2024
Can the PM buy a nice house?
Oct 16, 2024
Extra Stupid: Tim Winton's vision for our precarious future
Oct 13, 2024
Sean "Diddy" Combs and music's #metoo moment
Oct 09, 2024
Extra Stupid: Your favourite words
Oct 06, 2024
Walz vs Vance: the battle of the MidWest dads
Oct 02, 2024
Extra Stupid: There's got to be a better word than "skibidi"
Sep 29, 2024
Israel, Lebanon and Hezbollah: what you need to know
Sep 25, 2024
Extra Stupid: Celebrating the little things
Sep 22, 2024
Death threats and dead pets: are you ok America?
Sep 18, 2024
Extra Stupid: $40 party pants
Sep 15, 2024
Donald, Kamala and Tay Tay's big debate night
Sep 11, 2024
Extra Stupid: Yay or neigh? Your animal stories
Sep 08, 2024
What really counts in the census bunfight (with Annabel Crabb)
Sep 04, 2024
Extra Stupid: Can you be honest at a funeral?
Sep 01, 2024
Kamala and the creepy chatbots
Aug 28, 2024
Extra Stupid: But are you happy?
Aug 25, 2024
What Hollywood gets wrong about women in danger
Aug 21, 2024
Extra Stupid: Jez "Sat Nav" Fernandez
Aug 18, 2024
Did Raygun break the Olympics?
Aug 14, 2024
We need a better way to deal with gender in sport
Aug 07, 2024
Extra Stupid: How do they make a gold medal anyway?
Aug 04, 2024
The highs and lows of a very... French Olympics
Jul 31, 2024
Kamala won the nomination but what's with the coconuts?
Jul 24, 2024
Trump got shot but has it made him unbeatable?
Jul 17, 2024
UK votes Labour: Goodbye chaos, hello boring
Jul 10, 2024
Donald Trump lies, Joe Biden needs the truth
Jul 03, 2024
Is that a Picasso in the toilet?
Jun 26, 2024
When good Neighbours become good...Trump supporters?
Jun 19, 2024
What Michael Mosley's death taught us about life
Jun 12, 2024
Trump is guilty. So what happens next?
Jun 05, 2024
Is it just us, or is airline turbulence getting worse?
May 29, 2024
INTRODUCING — Not Stupid
May 16, 2024