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The Conditional Release ProgramSticking the boot into conspiracy theorists, q-anon, sovereign citizens and lunatics in general. Author: Jack the Insider and Joel Hill
Welcome to The Conditional Release Program, a podcast that delves into the netherworld of cults, crims and con artists.Who would have thought a spicy chest cough would turn everyone so completely mad?Our weekly show covers the conspiracy theorists that created a 'shadow pandemic' of political idiocy and violent ideation within the fringe of politics. From time to time we get our hands even dirtier with true crime deep dives. Jack is a seasoned expert in the true crime genre, having written and spoken extensively about Roger Rogerson, Stan 'the man' Smith and, of course, the Fine Cotton Fiasco. In various episodes he guides us through the dark underbelly of Australian crime in his trademark storytelling style. The world is getting weird and we are getting weird with it. Let's watch as democracy crumbles into a smouldering heap - and take note of the kids carrying the matches and the metho. Hosted by Jack the Insider and Joel Hill with an occasional rotation of guests that generally share our distaste toward the lunatic fringe. Language: en-us Genres: News, News Commentary, Politics Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Episode 219 - Helen Haines
Tuesday, 27 October, 2026
We aren't doing the usual episode format this time and stripping it down to bare bones a bit. It took a little while for this one to come together - it's just been a bit of a shit week to be honest. Once again this nation is seeing a tragedy strike that threatens our democracy in a fundamental way. And how do we deal with this? Once upon a time this would bring us together. We would console each other, seek answers and justice and generally handle it like mature, reasonable people. Nah. Let's blame Albo. Or the Greens. It's that Shoebridge bloke he followed him! Or maybe it's all a conspiracy - Albo planned it! What?Helen Haines is an excellent person all round. Hard to fault her. We look at her background, her electorate and celebrate her decency. Of course we have to look at the alleged perpetrator and look at the trail of breadcrumbs he left behind. The thing we are not going to do is say that we know what he was thinking, why he did it - or blame some kind of random external factor that has absolutely nothing to do with it. We just don't know. We recorded this on Sunday but it needed a bit of an edit. I think we both just found this a bit jarring to cover. After the horrific handling of the Bondi tragedy you would think we are better than this. Apparently not.
