Shhhh... Australia's next top secrets

🎙️ NEW PODCAST: Kate McClymont, Damien Cave, Amber Schultz, Lewis Hobba, Dan Ilic + David McBride

Dan Ilic, David McBride, Damien Cave, Amber Schultz, Lewis Hobba, and Dj Dylan Behan on stage at the Festival Of Dangerous Ideas.

G’day Fearmongers,

Here’s a dangerous podcast for you about Australian secrecy.

It’s so secret, we performed it live on stage last weekend at the Festival Of Dangerous Ideas, recorded it, and delivered it over a carriage service, to your inbox here.

Australia is the most secretive liberal democracy in the world. We ask how Australia went from being “She’ll be right” to “No comment”.

Lewis Hobba and Dan Ilic introduce the show at FODI. Picture: @thebigjohnnyd

On this very special edition of A Rational Fear we bring together some big names in journalism, comedy and whistleblowing to examine what went wrong with Australian Secrecy.

David McBride — Afghan Files Whistleblower
Kate McClymont — Sydney Morning Herald
Damien Cave — New York Times
Amber Schults — Crikey
Dan Ilic — A Rational Fear
Lewis Hobba — Government Employee

And a bit of housekeeping: As soon as you download this podcast — send this email to 100 of your friends to increase the plausible deniability of spreading state secrets.

And please, if you did enjoy the show, blow the whistle in the review section of Apple Podcasts which is widely scoured by federal agents.

If you came to the show: THANKS SO MUCH WE LOVE YOU.

Cheers,
Dan Ilic
Manager
Optus Data Security

P.S. If you like A Rational Fear — please help us make it. I’d love to triple the Patreon support we get so I can go full time with the podcast and not have to “work” a “job” to feed my “family”  www.patreon.com/arationalfear

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Big thanks to our Patreon Supporters, RODE Mics, Jacob Round and the incredible team at FODI, Bec, Cecily, and Danielle Harvey.