? CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear? SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/Australia is the most secretive liberal democracy in the world.  We’d love to tell you more about it, but need our lawyer present. In this special edition of A Rational Fear where we’ll rip into Australia’s most closely-guarded secrets. How did ▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓ drown? And why can’t you say a ▓▓▓▓ has arrived from ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓?On this very special edition of A Rational Fear live on stage at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, we bring together some big names in journalism, comedy and whistleblowing to examine what went wrong with Australian Secrecy.05:21 Dan Ilic sets the context for the ultra secretive world we live in now.16:10 Damien Cave points out that Australia is secretive for no good reason.26:29 Amber Schultz highlights that the press also have secrets when they shouldn't.37:18 Kate McClymont gives you tips on how to remain secret.43:35 David McBride talks about the personal toll for doing the right thing.50:15 Lewis Hobba says we're all being told things we shouldn't, and none of the things we should.Big thanks to everyone who came to the live show.Please support the podcast on Patreon and Subscribe to the email list. We can't keep doing this kind of stuff without your help.? CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear? SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ Dan Ilic  0:00  Oh, hello everyone. Yay round of applause We haven't even done anything. It's it's fantastic. Joy. We're recording a live podcast of our show. So you are an integral part of the show. So it's important to clap and cheer and laugh at all the jokes no matter the quality of the jokes. Yeah, that's right. Yes. Like, move that person to the front. Yeah. Well, we've got a seat down here for you. Particularly at the top. At the very start of the show. Dan likes to start the show with three big jokes. terrible jokes very, very in quality. And they are wafting. Terrible, yeah, really. Lewis Hobba  0:42  For his sake. I beg if you clap, and she just pretend they're really good. Dan Ilic  0:49  It's a format point of the show. We want to we want to be as close to the weekly as possible. Lewis Hobba  0:56  It's gonna be a really fun show. This is an incredible house. And let's firstly just give it a huge round of applause. Yeah. Carriageworks festival dangerous idea. Dan Ilic  1:03  Yeah. Thanks for having me. I'm Dan. And I'm Louis. Yeah. And we'll introduce these folks in a second. All right, great. I'm recording my end of irrational fear on Gadigal land in the urination sovereignty was never seated when at a treaty. Let's start the show. Simon Chilvers  1:17  A rational fear contains naughty words like bricks, Canberra, fed gum, and section 40 of a rational fear recommended listening by immature audience. Dan Ilic  1:31  leaked documents show that top defense officials were kept in the dark about submarine contracts. When asked about it, Scott Morrison said he wouldn't talk about ongoing underwater matters. And in order to increase transparency Anthony Albanese auditor or government ministers to leave their dream journals unlocked. And Governor General David Hurley becomes a Patreon supporter of irrational fear. No jokes. He is the best Governor General ever. Viva la Governor General. It's the 17th of September 2022. And you'll if you're listening to this it means I'm in a secret prison in Tuggeranong. This is a rational irrational fear on your hosts former sovereign Daniel itch and this is the show live at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. This is the podcast where we make fun of the toughest topics because you know if we don't we try. Let's meet our fear mongers for tonight. She's been uncovering lies in Sydney for over 25 years. Tonight we'll ask her for her tips about how to lie to her face. It's the host of Leia Leia, Kate McClymont. Now Kate is not what we're talking about tonight. But everyone in this room w