His Royal Virus - March 27th 2020

🤑 CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear 📨 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ Recorded at our homes over Google Meet - pumped through the RØDECaster™ Pro - into your ears. Comedians and experts ripping into the global pandemic - slowing the spread one pun at time. This A Rational Fear brings together voice actor Rupert Degas, comedian Bec Melrose, international health student Dr. Jazmin Daniells, New York City broadcaster Brad Blanks and as a special treat comedian Kirsty Webeck comes by to delight us with 5min from her cancelled Melbourne Comedy Festival show. (00:00) - Preamble, thank you mums. (01:04) - Start. (02:00) - Introductions. (03:07) - SPONSOR: Robbie McGregor Reads Mark Latham's Tweets. (05:04) - Coping with Corona. (08:40) - HRH Prince Charles interview. (10:30) - Private School Principal Delivers Social Distancing Rules. (12:00) - THEY INCREASED NEWSTART! (17:22) - Health worker Dr. Jazmin Daniells. (29:50) - Who is the COVID-19 Commission? (32:14) - An Aussie in New York Brad Blanks. (40:37) - Kirsty Webeck Stand Up. (46:32) - Credits (48:00) - Newsfighters Stay at home - and listen to this. Transcribed by https://otter.ai Dan Ilic 0:00 All right before we start a big thank you to our Patreon subscribers. We grew by just a handful this week. It's about very powerful handful, Louis. Big thanks to more of my family as well. It's funny you should mention that it's not more of your family but it is close personal friends of ours. Big thanks to Liz Adams and my mother in law, Jan Holdsworth who became scaremongers. Louis's mom is also scaremonger. My partner's mom is a scare monger. Let's all go for the moms of this podcast. It's really great. Is anyone giving us money that isn't related to us? I don't know. I just feel like a lot of people allied can't afford to subscribe to the Patreon which got me thinking, Louis, if you can't afford three bucks a month, maybe you could ask your mum to subscribe to our Patreon instead, tell them that it's franking credits like franking credit insurance for the for the apocalypse, they might as well most old people will actually tap out. Hey Blake, I made this episode of irrational fear in isolation. On the land of the gadigal in the eora nation, let's start the show. Unknown Speaker 1:04 irrational fear contains no two words like bricks can rub and Unknown Speaker 1:10 gum and section 40 of our rational fear recommended listening by immature audience. Dan Ilic 1:17 Tonight Donald Trump says he'd like to see churches in America full at Easter time, all part of his greater plan to have old buildings in America empty by Christmas time. And this week the Australian Parliament went on recess for five months because there's nothing to do until then. And the 30 minute restriction on hairdressing appointment has been lifted but I'm not gonna get ahead CUT TO MY lift the restriction on allowing barbers to spit in your mouth like the old days, wash your hands and stay at home. This is irrational fear a rational fear Yes, this Is the restaurant favourites Daniel. Let's Let's meet Alfie mungus for tonight he's one of Britain's best exports that not many people know about. He's the big fish shy a clanging of voice acting. It's Rupa de gas. Is that a fair introduction via Rupert as a marvellous I bless you bless Unknown Speaker 2:15 your heart. Dan Ilic 2:17 Nick, She's fast become one of the stars of Australian comedy scene. She is as versatile as a merengue but as complicated as a Pavlova. It's big Melrose. Unknown Speaker 2:26 What an intro. I love it. I've never had a bakery themed intro. Dan Ilic 2:30 And he is a staple of the show and he can be relied on to delight. He's the week bakes with sugar on top. It's Louis Alba. Oh, thank you, Daniel. I actually used to consume a lot...