{"podcast":{"title":"A Rational Fear","slug":"a-rational-fear-1080338","podcast_index_feed_id":1080338,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/646ebc5fb383020012ef0cbe","website_url":"http://arationalfear.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/646ebc5fb383020012ef0cbe/1787116481434-27c5394f-65b8-4311-a1a4-d0b0577f4b96.jpeg","author":"Dan Ilic","episode_count":250,"summary":"Laughing in the face of fear. Comedians and experts rip into the news. It's #QandA on crack. 🏆 Winner Best Comedy Podcast 2020 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023. Sign up to the newsletter: http://www.arationalfear.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-20T06:19:29.872857+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-rational-fear-1080338"},"episode":{"title":"Jokes, data & election predictions","slug":"jokes-data-election-predictions","published_at":"2025-03-28T02:25:42+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-rational-fear-1080338/jokes-data-election-predictions","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-rational-fear-1080338","url":"https://shows.acast.com/a-rational-fear-1/episodes/jokes-data-election-predictions","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/646ebc5fb383020012ef0cbe/e/67e60522bf74401b773c47e5/media.mp3","summary":"🤑 CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear 📨 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ 🎟️ MELBOURNE COMEDY FESTIVAL TICKETS: https://www.malthousetheatre.com.au/whats-on/comedy-festival-2025/a-rational-fear In this episode, we discuss the upcoming election on May 3rd with Alex Fein from RedBridge and Populares ’ Ed Coper. These two people have their fingers (and toes) on the pulse more than most politicians — and the word that sums up the electorate in 2025 is “abandonment”. And we make some ropey jokes from 2005, and get some predictions where this election will end up in 5 weeks time. You can get a ticket to the Populares Campaigning Event here: https://events.humanitix.com/populares_event 🤑 CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear Here's all the fun stuff you get when you sign up to Patreon. 🎧 Get an ad-free and sponsor free version of the show. 🎟 Get early access and discounts to live shows. 🎥 Get early access to final videos, and draft edits of upcoming videos. 👨🏼‍⚖️ Make show suggestions. 💬 Get a link to the A Rational Fear discord. If you enjoyed this please drop us a review on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a-rational-fear/id522303261 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"🤑 CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear 📨 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ 🎟️ MELBOURNE COMEDY FESTIVAL T…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2108,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-rational-fear-1080338/episodes/jokes-data-election-predictions/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-rational-fear-1080338/jokes-data-election-predictions.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}