An update on what I have been listening to/watching/attending

Konstantin Kisin and Tony Abbot speak at Sydney University

I attended this talk in the Great Hall of Sydney University. I particularly wanted to see Konstantin as I have been following him and his podcast Triggernometry for a while and have recently read his book, An Immigrants Love Letter to the West. This was a really interesting hour, including a Q&A.

Konstantin was born in the Soviet Union, moving to the UK at around 12 years old, he was previously a comedian and had identified as a leftist politically (he now describes himself as politically non binary). Konstantin has a great way of packaging important information in a mix of real world experience and anecdotes along with humour.

There was a group of students protesting outside which was fine (a great example of free speech), except when they try to bash down the doors in that beautiful old building. It is a shame they didn’t want to come in and listen and ask questions, they would have learned something.

He talked about where political correctness originated (the Soviet Union) and the importance of freedom of expression, as we need to speak to think. This is the bedrock of our success in the west. I highly recommend his book (and his podcast) where he goes into much more detail peppered with really interesting historic facts and personal stories.

One Day (series on Netflix)

It was a lovely enjoyable romance, coming of age story; however it is a tragic romance so have your tissues handy!

The Sound of Freedom (Amazon Prime)

This is a harrowing true story, while people are getting their knickers in a knot over stuff that just doesn’t matter in the western world, nobody wants to talk about the child trafficking happening all over the world. This is a really important film, well worth watching (even though it is such a challenging topic).

This is part of the advertised synopsis:

“After rescuing a boy from ruthless child traffickers, a federal agent learns the boy’s sister is still captive and decides to embark on a dangerous mission to save her.”

Alex Lloyd live at The Joan in Penrith

I was very grateful to get to go an Alex Lloyd gig on Saturday night, his music feels like revisiting my youth, I have always been a big fan and his voice is better than ever. No boring songs, every song I loved.

Live music fills my cup.