Apocalypse LIVE
Did you notice the pandemic? These and other questions asked in Alice Springs, centre of the centre of the centre. Join us for conversations about the everyday, during a time that is not very everyday. A podcast with love, from Heather Smith and Alex Burgess.
Episodes
17 episodes
Finally locked down
Alex and Heather are outside and locked down and in-disguise – finally! In this episode, Alice Springs joins the fun as snowballing pandemic restrictions roll out across the country. And everyone is having such a nice time! So get yourself an a...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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22:34
Not a race
In this Finke Desert Race special, Alex and Heather are racing towards vaccine hesitancy-hesitancy. Or are they? It's hard to say. Although our great PM has been absolutely clear: this is not a race (or is it?), so put down your Gatorade....
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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28:34
15. The apocalypse of youth (happy birthdays)
Wave goodbye to youth because it's everybody's birthday!! Alex and Heather celebrate becoming a year older by caving into an inevitable urge that comes with age: emotional investment in the British royals. It's also revealed that Daft Punk got ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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26:18
14. Pestilence and plague
In which grasshoppers encroach with their message of impending doom. In this episode Heather discusses a recent article by Jonathan Safran Foer she can't remember the name of and Alex is absolutely not an epidemiologist. Natalie Portman r...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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25:24
13. The end of the end?
In which it turns out 2021 is not a post-apocalyptic world. In this episode, Alex furiously manifests a purpose for all the cushions in her living room and Heather contemplates a post-excitement world. It's the apocalypse we had to have a...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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29:37
12. Multi-pocalypse
In which multiple apocalypses are pondered and there's a near miss in the U.S elections; Australia's border situation is like a game of Wack-A-Mole and we discuss Jenny Offill's book Weather. With a note of cautious optimism, Alex considers her...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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30:03
11. Dispatch from Berlin
In which it turns out there's a whole world out there - and it's quite similar to Ballarat!! This week, Alex and Heather receive a dispatch from Sally in Berlin, where socially distanced nightclubbing is a thing and recreational establishments ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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30:02
10. Our dystopian future today!
In which Heather and Alex consider our dystopian future - today!! In this dystopian future, Heather learns about super computers without home screens that can fit in your pocket and the term 'peri-apocalypse' receives some overuse.And f...
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24:45
9. Dispatch from lockdown
In which Heather and Alex receive a dispatch from Ash Steel, locked down in Melbourne. In this alternative southern universe, wine goes in keep cups, mums can be fangirls and there is very much no escape. Ash plays us her pandemic-themed track,...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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26:31
Episode Eight
In which Heather realises Harrison Ford is a very handsome man and Alex promises to stop texting in the middle of the night.30 July 2020
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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27:20
Episode Seven
It's the second wave! But don't worry, Heather is very certain that she doesn't have COVID-19 and nobody dies on air.18 July 2020
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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27:21
Episode Six
In which Alex and Heather face a post-pandemic future with some trepidation and muscle cars feature heavily.12 May 2020
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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30:56
Episode Five
In which Heather reveals cruise ship enthusiasts exist, and Alex locates a tangible sensation of the other side.27 April 2020
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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27:45
Episode Four
In which Heather and Alex interview JP about the, er, apocalypse, Alex learns about dungeons and dragons and it is noted that the sprint has very much become a marathon.10 April 2020
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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30:46
Episode Three
In which Alex interviews Kate, who perches precariously on the edge of her chair and the world.29 March 2020
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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26:42