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In this epsiode Caspar speaks to 32 year old online business entrepreneur Jaryd Krause. After leaving school, Jaryd did an apprenticeship to become a plumber and fast-rack to economic independence. He quickly found he had a knack for managing people and was made a supervisor on sites. But after finding he was working just to get away and travel, Jaryd decided to pivot his career to working online. On the podcast, Jaryd speaks about his journedy to becomnig an online business buyer and manager, how it mirrors buying physical property, the risks invovled - including overreliance on the big tech companies like Facebook and Amazon, and the role of AI in the online business space. You can listen to more from Jaryd about online business on his podcast Buying Online Businesses [https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/podcast/] You can find out more about Jaryd’s work via his website: https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/ [https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/] This episode was edited by Nina Roxburgh and features music by Big Gigantic [https://www.biggigantic.net/]. The episode was sponsored by PRISM Coffee [https://prismcoffee.com.au/]. Get 10% off all orders when you use the code “BingeThinkCoffee”. Orders over $50 receive free shipping Australia-wide.

Caspar speaks with 29 year old Young Workers Centre [http://www.youngworkers.org.au/] Director Felicity Sowerbutts [https://www.linkedin.com/in/felicity-sowerbutts-837a2074] about the successful campaign to make Wage Theft a crime [https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/wage-theft-to-become-a-crime-as-victoria-s-parliament-passes-new-laws-20200617-p553ba.html]. After growing up in the UK and moving to Australia as a young politics graduate, Felicity worked retail jobs, internships and slugged away until finding herself working with the Victorian Trades Hall Council [https://www.weareunion.org.au/about] just as they created a dedicated legal service and hotline for youth workers - The Young Workers Centre. After initial surveys found rampant underpayments and seeing that there was no proper punishment for willfully underpaying or denying minimum entitlements to workers, the Young Workers Centre renamed underpayment "Wage Theft" and successfully campaigned for it to become a crime in the state of Victoria. Aside from discussing this remarkable campaign, Caspar and Felicity discussed the plight of young workers in the covid-era, the ways young workers can address issues in their workplace and the importance in empowering people to transform their lives. Recorded safely over zoom and featuring music by Big Gigantic [http://www.biggigantic.net], this episode was brought to you by PRISM Coffee [https://www.prismcoffee.com.au/]. Prism are young coffee roasters who love our show as much as you do. Receive 10% off their entire range by using the code "BingeThinkCoffee". Orders over $50 receive free delivery Australia-wide. Grab a coffee and get organized & unionized!

Caspar speaks with young upstart theatre producers Amy Johnson and Nathan Alexander about how they started Australia's best immersive psychological mindbending theatre company Realscape Productions [https://www.instagram.com/realscapeproductions/]. The two discuss meeting while Nathan was working on a live zombie apocalypse show in London, how they decided to merge business and theatre and why we should reimagine the artform beyond "plays" and "musicals". They share how they first got started with their collaboration with Darkfield UK [https://www.darkfield.org/] and the shipping container blackout show Seance [https://www.darkfield.com.au/seance], what it felt like winning awards at the Adelaide Fringe [https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/mummy-s-milk-af2020], the challenges in the industry during the covid era, and their newest covid-radio show "Double [https://www.darkfield.com.au/radio]" - an official selection for the 2020 Venice Film Festiva!! Follow and subscribe for the latest Realscape Productions events: www.realscapeproductions.com [http://www.realscapeproductions.com/] www.instagram.com/realscapeproductions [http://www.instagram.com/realscapeproductions] www.twitter.com/realscapeprods [http://www.twitter.com/realscapeprods] Check out DOUBLE the immersive at-home audio experience on Darkfield Radio www.darkfield.com.au/radio [http://www.darkfield.com.au/radio] www.instagram.com/darkfield_au [http://www.instagram.com/darkfield_au] www.facebook.com/DarkfieldAU [http://www.facebook.com/DarkfieldAU] This episode was brought to you by PRISM Coffee. Prism are young coffee roasters who love our show as much as you do. Receive 10% off their entire range by using the code "BingeThinkCoffee". Orders over $50 receive free delivery Australia-wide. Grab a coffee and strap in!

After knocking the first wave on its head and coming back outside for air (read beer), the fine people of Melbourne have again been overrun by the coronavirus COVID-19. While Australia is yet to experience the case rates of countries like Italy, France, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, the UK or US, this second wave is challenging our belief that we would get through this easier than the rest of the world. To navigate these dark times, Caspar spoke with 32 year old lawyer, political animal and Binge Thinking “All Star” Christopher Orchard. The two discuss how the pandemic returned with gusto in their native Melbourne, the failures of hotel quarantine, the psychology under lockdown 2.0 and why the second wave bites so much harder. They discuss the pitfalls of the government response to the pandemic, its over-reliance on unreliable individual behaviour and what is likely to happen under a suppression strategy in the second half of 2020. Brought to you by PRISM COFFEE [https://www.prismcoffee.com.au]! Use the codeword “BingeThinkCoffee” and receive 10% off your next batch of beans. Orders over $50 receive free shipping Australia-wide. Prism Coffee - an essential item in any second wave survival pack.

For many years the world has been facing the biggest mass movement of people since the second world war. Destabilized countries like Syria, Yemen, and Libya have seen millions seeking safety in neighbouring countries and beyond ethnic violence continues to be a driver of displacement in places like Myanmar [https://www.unhcr.org/refugeebrief/the-refugee-brief-11-march-2020/]. In previous episodes we've looked at the topic of seeking asylum in Australia and for anyone interested in that I recommend going back and listening to Episode 42 with Hazari refugee Hedayat Osyan [https://bingethinkingpodcast.com/episodes/2018/11/7/episode-42-refugees-and-seeking-asylum-with-hedayat-osyan]. But today we're looking at the specific issue of how the world can provide safe resettlement for officially recognised refugees such as those in UNHCR camps. That peak body, United Nations High Commission for Refugees, reports that 1.4 million people are in need of urgent resettlement [https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/07/1041632] right now. Global resettlement needs to increase by 1% globally in 2020. So how might that happen? How are policy makers looking to innovate the idea of refugee resettlement to provide more people with access to a safe community to live their lives and raise their families? In this episode, we bring you Caspar's conversation with 29 year old Refugee Research and Policy Analyst Dr Jaz Dawson [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jazdawson2019/]. Jaz has studied international relations, and refugee law and policy in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the UK, the Netherlands, and Canada. She has volunteered with refugee populations in Lesvos, Greece and Sangkhlaburi, Thailand and now works with the Refugee Hub [https://refugeehub.ca/] incubating and growing ideas that have the potential to transform the refugee resettlement landscape. Prior to this, Jaz completed her PhD on queering refugee law and international relations from the University of Melbourne, Australia. During this time, she was also a director of Kaleidoscope Human Rights Foundation [http://www.kaleidoscopeaustralia.com/], an LGBTI non-profit based in Australia and a member of the Commonwealth Equality Network [https://www.commonwealthequality.org/], the first accredited LGBTI organization in the Commonwealth. As you can tell, Jaz is extremely well qualified on this topic and brings a wealth of both academic and first hand knowledge to our conversation. In the podcast they discuss the broad legal landscape of refugee law globally and domestically. Jaz outlined how refugee resettlement is currently practiced in various countries and particularly in commonwealth nations such as the UK, Canada and Australia. She talked about the option of using skilled migration programs for resettlement - recognising that many refugees are highly skilled engineers, doctors, and other sought after workers. Jaz shares the promising model of community sponsorship, which allows individuals or groups in a community to take on the responsibility of resettlement directly. She also covered the particular issues around how queer asylum seekers are assessed for refugee status and the biases and assuptions that exist around what is means to be same-sex attracted. This episode was produced and edited by Nina Roxburgh [http://www.twitter.com/nwroxburgh] and features music by Big Gigantic [http://www.biggigantic.net/]. Brought to you by PRISM Coffee [http://www.prismcoffee.com.au]. Visit prismcoffee.com.au [http://prismcoffee.com.au/] and enter the code "BingeThinkCoffee" for 10% off. Free delivery Australia-wide for orders over $50. Get a cup of prism and soon you'll be the sexy barista in your household.