Bernie Finn & David Thrussel on The Damien Richardson Show - 09 May 2023

On today's show we discuss the implosion of the Liberal Party in Victoria, r.e the Moira Deeming fiasco, and "My AI wife". Digital love affairs, deepfakes and deadbots — inside the generative AI experiment we’re living in.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Bernie Finn is a former Australian politician who was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing the Western Metropolitan Region from the election of November 2006 until he lost in the November 2022 election. He was previously a member of the electoral district of Tullamarine in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from October 1992 until September 1999.

GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: David Thrussel has played with Kraftwerk, remixed Aphex Twin, performed in East German castles, and Roman amphitheaters, DJ-ed privately for Quentin Tarantino, and headlined festivals as far afield as Japan and Hungary. He’s been described as a “true antipodean subterranean” and has made Castlemaine his bunker. Thrussell has had Top 5 records in Germany and the U.S, a techno/club Chart #1 in France, and an album that debuted @ #1 in 2015 in the German Alternative Charts. In the past three years, Snog has put out a swag of new material, including the albums 'Lullabies for the Lithium Age' and 'Eight Offerings For The Undead.'