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This is it! We've finally done it: the VERY LAST GAME in the Nintendo 64 catalog! It's all been leading to this: TONIC TROUBLE, a forgotten platformer from the creator of RAYMAN! You play as a hapless space janitor who spills a magical tonic onto Earth, making all the world's vegetables come to life, so naturally we have to discuss the moral and et…
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Perfect Dark (with Scott Burger and Bennett Williamson)
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It's our penultimate game for the Nintendo 64, and we saved a biggie. PERFECT DARK is Rare's high-profile follow-up to GOLDENEYE, and it's one of the most ambitious, technically accomplished, and replayable games on the entire system! Bennett Williamson and Scott Burger are back to help us discuss all the alien conspiracies, counter-operatives, and…
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San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing / Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA /San Francisco Rush: 2049
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We're finally, FINALLY finished with racing games on the Nintendo 64! And we're ending on a high note with Midway's RUSH trilogy! These goofy arcade racers are all about big air and big crashes, but does it deserve to step out of CRUIS'N's shadow and fly on their own futuristic car wings? Hosted by Steve Guntli and Woody Ciskowski Logo by Steve Gun…
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Beyond 64: Dwarf Fortress (with Scott Burger and Dan Reese)
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We're digging deeper than ever before with this special, Patreon-funded episode! Superstar-tier Patron Scott Burger joins us to discuss DWARF FORTRESS, the esoteric underground hit that's often cited as a direct influence on MINECRAFT! Fellow DF enthusiast Dan Reese is on hand, as well, and we need all the backup we can get: this game is famous for…
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Mission: Impossible (with Andy Bowman)
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Your mission, should you choose to accept it: check out our latest episode on MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, the third-person stealth action game based on the smash-hit 1996 movie! This week we're joined by Andy Bowman from the Monkey Off My Backlog podcast, who has been attempting to set the speed run world record on this game! We'll hear all about Andy's s…
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South Park: Chef's Luv Shack (with Rosie Crow, Dan Reese, and Nicole Vettese)
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Hello there, children! We're reassembling the MARIO PARTY crew for one last party, as we dig in to the trivia/party game hybrid SOUTH PARK: CHEF'S LUV SHACK! Dan Reese, Rosie Crow, and Nicole Vettese help us answer a barrage of vaguely scatological trivia questions and play SOUTH PARK riffs on classic arcade games. Plus, we look into the history of…
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The Wait podcast, AUWU: Social Security Policy, Shakira Hussein: Christchurch Massacre and ecofascism and disability, Transphobic reporting in the Australian Media
Acknowledgement of country News headlines with Cait Kelly Mozhgan Moarefizadeh and Nicole Curby, co-hosts of The Wait, join us to introduce listeners to the podcast. The Wait is a new five-part narrative podcast series, telling the story of the refugees stranded in Indonesia as a result of Australia’s border crackdown. The Wait will be airing each …
It's a momentous day here on Ultra 64: after three years, we're finally finished with sports games on the Nintendo 64! This week, we play our last two ice hockey games, EA's NHL '99 and Konami's NHL BLADES OF STEEL '99! We look back on the hockey highlights of 1999, say goodbye to the digitized representation of the Great One, and have another suit…
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Hyphenated Biennial, Federal Court decision on refugees and asylum seekers, Pentridge Prison redevelopment, Cops at Mardi Gras, Channel QTIPOC
Acknowledgement of country News We hear an excerpt from a conversation between Carol Que and Joel Spring, part of the Digital Launch of Hyphenated Biennial 2020/2021. Carol and Joel speak about Anticolonial Asian Alliance, Radio Skid Row and translation work. George Newhouse, Principal Solicitor and Director of the National Justice Project joins us…
We're saying goodbye to the Nintendo64's few RPGs, and we're sending it off in style. AIDYN CHRONICLES: THE FIRST MAGE is an epic fantasy that came out late in the N64's lifecycle, with a huge world and an eclectic cast of characters. Can this one rise to PAPER MARIO / OGRE BATTLE status or is this just another wannabe QUEST 64? Hosted by Steve Gun…
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BONUS: The Binding of Isaac (with Elliot Jay O'Neill and BT Calloway)
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We have a special bonus episode this week, courtesy of our Superstar-tier Patreon supporters Elliot Jay O'Neill and BT Calloway! The guys join us this time to discuss the fascinating cult smash THE BINDING OF ISAAC, which mixes Biblical mythology with scatological humor to create one of the oddest games you'll ever get addicted to! If you want to j…
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Re-Volt / Armorines: Project S.W.A.R.M.
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This week, we're inadvertently celebrating the works of Acclaim Studios London as we're following up on last week's busted cart and moving forward into the... future? We played RE-VOLT, an R/C car racing gaming that surprisingly still has a vibrant fan community, and ARMORINES: PROJECT S.W.A.R.M, a first-person shooter based on one of the most obsc…
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Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria, Bobuq Sayed: ADF war crimes and the Brereton Report, Candy Bowers: Multi-Hypho podcast, First Peoples Disability Network: Disability Royal Commission
Acknowledgement of country News Last week, Tecber Ahmed Salah, Head of African Union Department, Ministry of Public Health in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Oxfam Algeria Country Director, Haissam Minkara spoke with the Australian Western Sahara Association about the precarity and effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the Saharawi residents of …
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Beetle Adventure Racing! / Stunt Racer 64
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Farfegnugen! This week, we're playing BEETLE ADVENTURE RACING and STUNT RACER 64, two fun, light, goofy racers! We look at the history of the VW Beetle, celebrate the last of the Blockbuster rental exclusives, and try to find as many secret routes as we can. Plus, our first unofficial two-parter: RE-VOLT, the third game we meant to play this week, …
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Karen Wyld, Save Public Housing Collective, Make West Papua Safe, Fiona Foley, Polisario Front Western Sahara
Acknowledgement of country News Karen Wyld joins us to talk about her newly published book, Where the Fruit Falls. Karen Wyld is a freelance writer and author currently based in South Australia but her grandmother's county, Martu is located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Human rights defender and activist Adolf Mora joins us today to s…
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Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (with Matthew Allen, Chris Antista, Mikel Reparaz, and Caleb Sanders)
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Kooloo Limpah! Holy hell, we've got a massive, moon-sized episode bearing down on you this week. We're talking about LEGEND OF ZELDA: MAJORA'S MASK, a game so huge and divisive and complex that we needed to assemble a whole Travelling Wilburys of podcasters just to cover it! We're joined once again by ZELDA superfan Caleb Sanders, and all three hos…
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Acknowledgement of country News headlines with Cait Kelly Mother and daughter Savanna and Kim Kruger, members of the Warrior Woman Lane project working group, cousins of Lisa Bellear and part of her Melbourne Aboriginal community, speak to Priya about honouring Lisa Bellear's life and legacy. Arika Waulu (dey/dem), discusses their sovereign-led lan…
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Wave Race 64 / Hydro Thunder / Polaris SnoCross (with Lynsey Pennington)
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It's a wet and wild episode as we attempt to allay our election night anxieties with some booze and boatercycles. This week, we played the N64 classic WAVE RACE 64, the arcade stalwart HYDRO THUNDER, and POLARIS SNOCROSS, one of the few snowmobile racing games, period! Our favorite Lynsey Pennington is on hand to help us talk water physics and gene…
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Phillipines Australia Solidarity Network, AUWU - Job Maker Hiring Credit, Housing throughout the Pandemic, Bushfire Royal Commission
Acknowledgement of Country News May Kotsakis joins Rosie to talk about the Phillipines Australia Solidarity Network's upcoming event Legitimising Repression - a discussion that looks at the's Phillipines Anti-Terrorism Act and the proposed ASIO Ammendment Bill 2020. May is the co-chairperson of PASA (Phillipines Australia Solidarity Association). K…
Just in time for Halloween, we're playing Acclaim's SHADOW MAN. Based on the hit Valiant Comic, it's the story of a man who can move between the worlds of the living and the dead, and it comes with some of the most elaborate and rich backstory of any N64 game. Take a walk on the Deadside with us as we discuss magical teddy bears, snakes with top ha…
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Fitzroy Legal Service: policing and surveillance, A’isyiyah: Undocumented, The Black Block: Lidia Thorpe, Radio Skid Row
Acknowledgement of country Carly and Priya let listeners know that the police officer charged over the death of Kumanjayi Walker has been committed to Supreme Court you can follow updates at #JusticeforWalker campaign and they discuss the destruction of trees at the Djab Wurrung Heritage Protection Embassy and share ways for listeners to stand in s…
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Top Gear Rally / Top Gear Overdrive / Top Gear Rally 2 / Top Gear Hyper-Bike
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We're pulling on our driving gloves once again to play yet another round of racing games! This time, we're covering the weirdly prolific TOP GEAR series, which offers four very different racing experiences, all of which are somehow completely unrelated to the popular TV show. Whether it's hyperactive motorcycles or cars with teeth, we've got you co…
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Marisol Salinas: Mapuche resistance, Poems by Eileen Chong, Facial recognition and regulating biometrics
Acknowledgement of countryNews headlines with Cait Kelly Priya gives a brief overview of the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno Karabakh/Artsakh. They provided the following resources for listeners to find out more. https://helparmenians.carrd.co/ bit.ly/artsakh-solidarity Marisol Salinas, host on 3CR's Mujeres Latinoamericanas show join…
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Knockout Kings 2000 / Ready 2 Rumble Boxing / Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 2
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This week, we're more than prepared to rumble as we're taking on the sweet science, boxing! We played three boxing games this week: EA's more realistic KNOCKOUT KINGS 2000, and two games in Midway's goofball arcade series READY 2 RUMBLE BOXING! Of course, this means plenty of fascinating history, no small amount of PUNCH-OUT talk, and everyone's fa…
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Archer Magazine digital launch and fundraiser, Panda Wong: Whispers from Home, Cashless debit card expansion, Frontline workers' perspectives
Acknowledgement of countryNews headlines with Cait KellyEditor-in-chief of Archer Magazine, Lucy Watson speaks with Rosie about the new issue of the magazine, and the digital launch and fundraiser for GiveOUT Day on Friday, October 16.Carly speaks with Panda Wong about her residency at Incendium Radical Library - Whispers From Home which is a googl…
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Beyond 64: Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
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Surprise! In honor of my favorite time of year, we're making our latest Patreon episode available to the public for free! If you like this, be sure to check out more than 30 other bonus episodes at patreon.com/ultra64pod! For this month's Beyond 64, we asked our Patrons to put forward some spooky games for us to play for October, and the voters sel…
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Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (with Maddie Copp)
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It's all about Nintendo's adorable, insatiable pink puffball this week, as Maddie Copp (@othatsraspberry) joins us to play KIRBY 64: THE CRYSTAL SHARDS. The character makes his 3D debut in a big way, offering dozens of new powers and some cute new friends, but does the game itself hold up? Also, we look at the rich, and surprisingly seedy, history …
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First Nation music, Women on the Line: Social-mixing, Poetry: Rebecca Jessen, Arrest of Moroccan journalist Imad Stitou, Renters and Housing Union
Acknowledgement of country News headlines with Cait Kelly Carly treats Thursday Breakfast listeners to a mix of new tracks by local First Nations artists. We hear part of an interview with Dr Kate Shaw on the policy of 'social-mixing' on Carlton's public housing estate, from 3CR's Women on the Line. The episode was aired on Monday the 28th Septembe…
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FIFA Soccer 64 / FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 / FIFA 99
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We're closing out our series on soccer this week with the big daddy of all football games, EA's blockbuster FIFA series! We look at three games from the N64 era that represent a transitional period for the series. Plus, we look at the history of FIFA games, dig into some player histories, and offer a masterclass on how to tell the perfect joke. Hos…
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Arrest of Omar Radi, Poetry: Jeanine Leane and Vincent Silk, University staff cuts and fee hikes, Cuts to Jobseeker, Vic coroner Indigenous deaths in custody
Carly speaks with Thursday Breakfast’s own Scheherazade Bloul about Omar Radi, a Moroccan journalist who has recently been jailed on a series of charges including espionage. Omar is an award-winning investigative journalist and human rights activist who frequently publishes articles about land grabs by speculators and the corruption within Moroccan…
GOLDENEYE shook (not stirred) the world when it was released in 1997; so how does the slick, EA-produced sequel stack up? Let's find out! This week, we're playing 007: THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, and as has become tradition, we watched the corresponding movie as well! Join us to talk confusing multiplayer modes and discuss the fascinating enigma that …
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Acknowledgement of country News headlines with Cait Kelly Carly shared Tuesday Breakfast’s panel Classroom to Newsroom: Racial gatekeeping in Australian media with listeners. You can click the link to go to the event page or listen back on Tuesday Breakfast. And Priya read from RISE: Refugees, survivors and eX-detainees’ eX-detainee Day 2020 statem…
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Mario Party 3 (with Dan Reese, Rosie Crow, and Nicole Vettese)
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We fought through global pandemics and skies choked with ash, but we still managed to squeeze out a socially-distanced four-player session of MARIO PARTY 3! Take that! We're joined once again by our favorite party people Dan Reese, Rosie Crow, and Nicole Vettese as we play through one of the series' most divisive titles, a game that made a lot of b…
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WIRE Family violence and COVID-19, Arab-Australian Authors Unite for Lebanon, NDIS independent assessors
Acknowledgement of country News headlines with Cait Kelly The Thursday Breakfast team discusses recent incidents of police violence across the continent and the systemic nature of this carceral violence. They also share the link to the GoFundMe JUSTICE FOR SHERRY TILBEROO and details for an upcoming vigil and march in Meanjin to demand justice for …
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Wetrix / Iggy's Reckin' Balls / Rat Attack!
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This week we're taking a trip to the island of misfit N64 games to play three games that don't really fit in anywhere. First, there's the leak-plugging puzzle game WETRIX, followed by the grappling-hook racer IGGY'S RECKIN' BALLS, and then RAT ATTACK, which... also exists. It's the weirdest and wildest selection of games we've encountered so far! H…
Acknowledgement of Country News headlines with Cait Kelly Carly sits down with Anne-lise Ahfat- behaviour change facilitator and family violence practitioner who is passionate about transformative justice; and Iris-lee writer and presenter on 3CRs women on the line and queering the air. They speak about prison-industrial complex aboltion in so-call…
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Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion / Turok: Rage Wars
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We bid a fond farewell to our dinosaur hunting days as we play the last two games in the storied TUROK series on Nintendo 64! First, it's the surprisingly cinematic TUROK 3 brings Lovecraftian horror (and a pretty rad grappling hook) to the TUROK universe. Then, we play the fast, fun, and goofy arena shooter TUROK: RAGE WARS, with it's cache of ama…
We're doing something a little different this week: as two self-appointed BATTLETOADS experts, we decided to do a detailed, level-by-level breakdown of the recently released BATTLETOADS reboot! We have a rich, long conversation about all things 'Toads, and it's a ton of fun, so we decided to offer a free preview of it here! If you want to hear the …
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Acknowledgement of country News headlines with Cait Kelly Robbie Bundle joins Carly to discuss the Yalinguth Art Prize. Yalinguth (“yesterday” in Woi Wurrung) is an innovative Augmented Reality experience, expressed entirely through sound, accessible via a location-specific mobile App. The Yalinguth prize is seeking submissions from Aboriginal and …
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LEGO Racers / South Park Rally / Mickey's Speedway USA
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We've played MARIO KART and DIDDY KONG RACING, but what about all those other cart racers choking on their gravel? This week, we're looking at three kart racers who made an attempt for the kart racing cup: the crafty LEGO RACERS, the gleefully obscene SOUTH PARK RALLY, and the family-friendly MICKEY'S SPEEDWAY USA. Join us as we look at the forgott…
Acknowledgement of country News headlines with Cait Kelly We hear an interview with Messiah Rhodes filmmaker and host of the documentary series Against All Odds. Messiah was interviewed by Amy Goodman on US current affairs program Democracy Now on 14 August. His new documentary series, available online at ajcontrast.com/againstallodds, explores the…
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House of the Dead: Overkill (with Elliot Jay O'Neill and BT Calloway)
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We've got a goregasmic surprise for you this week! As Superstar-tier Patreon supporters, Elliot Jay O'Neill and BT Calloway get to join us on air to talk any game of their choosing. And since they're super cool dudes, they chose HOUSE OF THE DEAD: OVERKILL, the profane, gory, wildly over-the-top lightgun shooter that brought a little welcome grindh…
Shake shake! This week we're looking at MISCHIEF MAKERS, a unique, 2-D side-scrolling platformer from the legendary developers at Treasure! Noted maker of mischief Neal Crow joins us once again to break down the ball-grabbing, jewel-collecting, monster-shaking action in a title that split our hosts down the middle. Hosted by Steve Guntli and Woody …
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Acknowledgement of countryNews headlines with Cait KellyPriya speaks with Dr Sandy O’Sullivan talks about their development of a list of 101 Black Writers and Voices. Sandy is Wiradjuri person an Associate Professor of Creative Industries at the University of the Sunshine Coast.Carly speaks with Elizabeth Povinelli about the Karrabing Film Collecti…
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Chopper Attack / Knife Edge: Nose Gunner / Nuclear Strike 64
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We love the smell of Nintendo 64 in the morning. This week, we're hopping behind the stick for three helicopter (ish) games for the N64: the succinctly titled CHOPPER ATTACK, the on-rails shooter KNIFE EDGE: NOSE GUNNER, and the minor EA blockbuster NUCLEAR STRIKE 64! We're bringing the helicopter fun facts society is craving for a fun and goofy ep…
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Wage Theft at Australian universities, Unlimited Futures: Speculative, Visionary Blak+Black Fiction
Acknowledgement of country News headlines with Cait Kelly Liam Kane and Shan Windscript speak to Priya about campaigns against wage theft at Australian universities. Liam is a PhD candidate in History at UNSW, and an active National Tertiary Education Union member. Shan is PhD student and tutor in History at the University of Melbourne, as well as …
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Banjo-Tooie (with Rosie Crow and Tyler Detrick)
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With BANJO-TOOIE, Rare may have finally out-Rared themselves. The sequel to BANJO-KAZOOIE takes everything from that game and cranks it to 11; we're talking massive levels, hundreds of characters, first-person bird shooting, statue soccer, turning into an armored truck, and all the unfortunate caricatures you can handle. Luckily, Rosie Crow and Tyl…
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Acknowledgement of country News headlines with Cait Kelly We hear part of a webinar discussion hosted by Melbourne Law School - Black Lives Matter. The discussion is facilitated by Larissa Behrendt and features Alison Whittaker, Eddie Cubillo Amy McQuire and George Newhouse speaking about campaigns to stop Aboriginal deaths in custody, the media's …
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Pokemon Stadium / Pokemon Stadium 2 (with TL Foster)
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Prepare for battle! This week, we're saying goodbye to the powerhouse POKEMON franchise on the N64 with two of the series' biggest hits: POKEMON STADIUM and POKEMON STADIUM 2! TL Foster (@TravisLFoster) is back to help us check out these truly unique games, which essentially act as Olympic training grounds for your Game Boy playground battles. We d…
Acknowledgement of country News headlines with Cait Kelly Scheherazade speaks with producer Joshua Francis about HISSY FIT, an online space where we can rant without reprise, a space for anyone called hysterical or too much in this white colony. We hear excerpts from the inaugural HISSY FIT, broadcast live on Friday, 24 July and featuring three art…
