{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6392d9dadd2e2d0011f56eec/6ae3d4de74a28caa754a7926?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Children of Men","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6392d9dadd2e2d0011f56eec/1793322012813-3f8de3d8-7f0f-49e4-905a-c68eec97bf76.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week the very-enrolled-to-vote rats discuss, among other things, the petty differences between Aussie and Kiwi approaches to getting the great unwashed to the polls. Dismal prospects aside (the future seems veeeeery touch and go right now) the rats are adamant that the flimsily symbolic act of voting could still count for something, despite the fact the system itself has long been bought out by a college of corporations and we’re all essentially feudalist serfs in a techno-rentier oligarchy (huge lols). Realistic pessimisms aside, the rats also tinker their halloween costume ideas, because there’s nothing to distract oneself from imminent doom quite like grinding on strangers in a slutty outfit.</p><p><br></p><p>Want to hear the rats not zoped out? <a href=\"Patreon.com/RatsInTheGutter\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Patreon.com/RatsInTheGutter</a></p>","author_name":"Sam Te Kani & Johanna Cosgrove"}