We Used to be Journos

There are many, many reasons why survivors of sexual assault do not - or cannot - speak up when an assault takes place.
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In this episode of Only Fran, Jan draws on some of the similarities between Russell Brand’s crimes and the allegations against David Walliams to help explain why survivors of sexual assault (and their allies) might not report those instances when they happen and why - after decades of their predatory behaviour being an 'open secret' - we're all hearing about it now.
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In this episode Jan almost falls for the same WhatsApp scam that worked on Labor minister Anne Aly We walk you through one of the whiniest, most unfair analysis of what's driving the housing crisis, courtesy of Canberra Times and Howard-era cabinet minister, Amanda Vanstone.

Plus, in an era of podcast bros, we say hell NO to the latest podcast offering by the US military.

And we give a nod to Nine’s investigative work on the Gina Rinehart x One Nation collab and ABC Pacific for unveiling the extraordinary/shameful truth behind the 90s hit Sweet Lulllaby

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Welcome to They Used To Be ... a weekly interview podcast with people who are no longer in a role that once defined them. What can they see (and say) now?

Sofia Liguori used to be an AI research engineer at Google DeepMind. But after three and a half years inside one of the world's most influential companies, Liguori recently resigned publicly, published an open letter, and accused the industry of normalising military and surveillance applications of artificial intelligence.

She explains how witnessing Israel's war on Gaza, learning more about Google's military contracts with the United States, and participating in internal employee activism forced her to confront questions she could no longer compartmentalise.

Liguori also challenges some of the most common assumptions about AI, arguing that the greatest danger isn't necessarily when the technology fails, hallucinates or escapes human oversight, but when it works exactly as designed. Despite concerns about legal repercussions, she says speaking publicly was worth the risk and encourages others to do the same.

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Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed is the Senator-elect for the US state of Michigan and also a Habibi.

As a fellow member of the Arabic-speaking diaspora, Jan Fran is pleased to be hearing her mother-tongue on the world stage.

Let’s not underestimate the power of that but lets not over estimate it either.
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Jan Fran and Antoinette can’t look away from the US midterm elections, albeit for very different reasons.
Antoinette examines the the almost non-existent coverage of new rape allegations against Trump that include connections to Epstein.
While Jan gives five stars to whoever is giving Democratic nominee Abdul El Sayed media training ahead of his battle for the hotly contested Michigan Senate seat, where serious drama is unfolding.
Back home, Greens leader David Shoebridge addresses the National Press Club and we’ve got questions about the questions he received.
Also, we shout out two ABC sports reporters who were as chuffed as we were about Lebanon’s nail biting, historic win in the Rugby League World Cup and we credit the independent media outlets with the one take on Jillian Segal’s latest antisemitism report that the mainstream media missed.

‘Jillian Segal's Flimsy New Report Gets Red Carpet Media Rollout’ Osman Faruqi via Lamestream
‘It’s time to sack Jillian Segal’ Jeff Lowenstein via DeepCut
‘Jillian Segal’s report is a Trumpian plan to curtail free speech’ Jeff Sparrow via Crikey
‘Australia’s complicit shills have lost the narrative and sound fucking ridiculous’ Dave Milner via The Shot
‘The Segal State: the office Australia never voted for’ Andrew Brown via Michael West Media

This episode is proudly brought to you by Salaam Foundation.
This episode was recorded at Colombo Social, part of Plate It Forward.
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