The Flipped House: Inside Media’s Diversity Illusion
Is Hollywood & Australian media really becoming more diverse—or just better at looking like it is?This deep-dive unpacks groundbreaking research, industry policy, and lived experiences to reveal the h...
6 Huhti 43min
The Psychology of Us and Them
This explores how relative deprivation, status threat, social identity and group boundaries can transform feelings of insecurity into hostility toward other groups. It explains how perceived loss and ...
4 Huhti 42min
When the Bottom Looks Down
This examines the deeper relationship between class, race, status and immigration through historical and contemporary cases. It shows how racial boundaries can fracture class solidarity, how threatene...
4 Huhti 41min
The Myth of Economic Anxiety
Economic insecurity does not automatically produce racism or anti-immigrant attitudes. This transcript examines how economic uncertainty interacts with perceptions of unfairness, political alienation,...
4 Huhti 21min
The Fair Go Illusion: Unmasking Australia’s Hidden Class System
Australia prides itself on being the land of the fair go — a place where no one stands above anyone else. But behind the myth lies a deeply stratified society held together by cultural smokescreens, e...
4 Huhti 22min
Status Symbols and Modern Class in Australia
This piece looks at the evolution of status signalling in Australian society—from traditional markers of wealth to modern symbols like curated lifestyles, brand choices, and digital identity. It expla...
4 Huhti 22min
Class Walls in a Classless Australia
Despite Australia’s reputation for informality and social equality, this podcast argues that class boundaries & status anxiety remain deeply embedded in suburbs, schools, workplaces, and in social net...
4 Huhti 48min
Australia’s Classless Society Is a Myth
This piece challenges the long-held belief that Australia is an egalitarian, class-free society. It explores how national myths of fairness and mateship obscure the structural realities of wealth ineq...
4 Huhti 22min
