Honest Government Ads | Behind the scenes 2020
Dear Patrons
I hope you enjoyed another year of Honest Government Ads. I've put together an end of year video to share some of the highlights in this crazyarse year, featuring some BTS goodness and bloopers for good measure.
As for many of you, it's been a really challenging year for us - definitely the hardest one since we started the HGA series (some of those challenges will be apparent when you watch the video!)
And yet, it's also been the most productive year.
Between HGAs and Podcasts, we published 20 videos this year; including our most viral HGA to date (Coronavirus HGA: 7M views on Youtube / over 12M across our channels); we had luminaries like Naomi Klein and Noam Chomsky on the podcast; and we passed half a million subscribers on YouTube - a milestone I never thought we would reach.
Most importantly, we're carving out a new path with a form of satire that doesn't just aim to get a laugh (although we do well on that front, too); but also aims to inform people about complex topics, from climate and energy policy, to economics and history.
My goal in 2021 is to help raise public understanding and literacy when it comes to climate and energy policy, specifically. Our last HGA about the Kyoto carryover credits being a good example.
I know this year has been incredibly hard for many people. So I really want to sincerely thank all of you who've stuck with us and supported our work in 2020. We honestly couldn’t have kept going without you. And trust me, knowing that you've been supporting us through this period has inspired me to work harder than ever, despite the challenges we've faced.
Also I want to take this opportunity to wish you and your families all the best; wherever you are, I hope the next few months will bring some relief to all those who've been doing it tough due to Covid, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.
As for us, we'll be back recharged for another year of Honest Government Ads after a short break. Until then from all of us here at the Juice Media – take care.
Giordano
Comments (114)
I hear everything you're saying Leanne and while I was a young child in the 80's and 90's, my Dad had to navigate work cover and numerous incantations of the disability support pension and its crippling bureaucracy (pardon the pun) after he had a heart transplant. The cruelty of our systems to demean people is always a horror to confront. Thanks for supporting Juice Media while you are able to. You're amazing.
Hi. That sounds like an awful experience. I'm at the beginning of that journey. As best I can I'm also trying to fight the cover up and supression or the realities of concussive brain injury. It's left me and so many I talk to disabled with doctors having no knowledge and their being no treatment. My doc at Macquarie uni told me football codes stopped the opening of a concussion clinic there with their political influence. No doubt Rupert makes much money off of football. I couldn't comprehend it "why wouldn't they want people to have treatment at the grass roots?" Then I realised, no treatment means no data on how prevalent and disabling the condition is, which means, their favourite line 'no evidence' I've written to state and federal health ministers giving them Brain injury Australia's report on post-concussion syndrome and I'm appearing in a documentary being made about the disability caused by concussion amoung amateur sports people. Wendy Carlisle has written and is writing a book about the cover up and the New York times published a piece on it. The story was not printed in Australian media. I'm doing what I can.
Hey just signed up figured your work is so important we need an honest voice with the growing supression of accurate news and rise of propaganda. I'll give some suport while I can but when workcover kicks me off to the disability pension I doubt it will be possible. If anyone saw the 4 corners expose on icare it's that bad and worse. Be nice if you could expose that one. Not much attention has been given to it just the usual shuffling people around till the furor dies down. No one knows what people face on workcover. There are no payouts or ongoing payments unless you can prove your as badly hurt as christopher reeve and even then they'll say you could do a telemarketing job. People think you get payouts on worcover or are malingering. Truth is we are people who have lost our lives and live in terrible pain. Gone from two jobs and an elite athlete to housebound needing help to look after myself. No one wants this. I'd give everything I have to get my health back.
Hi Leanne, I just want to echo what Lynda said below - you are amazing, and thank you for supporting our work. However I really don't want you to spend any money on us if you're under financial pressure - whilst we operate on a small budget, we are also well supported by our Patrons so please, if you're not in a position to comfortably contribute, please don't put additional pressure on yourself. I actually haven't seen the 4 Corners episode you metion, but I've just googled it and will make a point of watching it asap. If we can make an Honest Government Ad about it, or a podcast, we will. Thank you so much for bringing this issue to my attention. G
The quickest way I found to share this tweet. Hope you can use it! https://twitter.com/RonniSalt/status/1353938784908267522 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝗹𝗮 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 Batteri Retweetade RonniSalt @RonniSalt · 8h Thread: Among breeding suppliers & farmers, it is a well-known dictum you keep very close watch on your genetic pool – lest you develop a weakened herd brought about by inbreeding. Inbred pigs for example can develop grotesque malformations. Which brings me to Rupert Murdoch.
I was going to go to bed early (9pm) & set an alarm ... but only got back from family sport at 10, so decided against the alarm, but, I did wake up from 2.30, so watched til 4.15, so I saw a few performances & Joe's speech ... then I went back to bed and had a sleep in ... Glad to hear Lucy & your little ones got your undivided attention. Welcome back.
Thanks Lynda! Good to be reunited with the clan <3
So, who is going to raise their hand to either being accidentally awake during the inauguration (or setting an alarm) ... I almost fall into both categories!
Did you do it Lynda?! I actually managed to miss it because Lucy and the kids just got back from WA so it was a clear choice :D
Thankyou all at Juice Media, it's kinda like my dream job! Information and fun with the difficult hours in-between 🙏🏽
Love your work, Patreoned.
Thank you Gabe welcome aboard! <3
From a Canadian lucky enough to have lived 6 months in Melbourne some years ago. Happy to support your intrepid little teams inspirationally Australian, straight-up, no-compromise bullshit-busting. A blast of fresh air - just what we like up here, North of 50. Respects and regards!
Thanks so much David, welcome aboard! And lotsa love from Melbourne, South of 37! <3
Just watched the 2020 Behind the scenes and with the Defcon4 level of sh&tf&$kery we're seeing in the US, I realised how important actually supporting thejuicemedia team really is, so I became a patron today.
Yeah its pretty crazy out there! Welcome aboard Alien! <3
You Rock, so after having appreciated the work of your amazing team for a long time i decided to become a patron even though i am not Australian ! you expose so much of the shitfuckery that is going on with such wit, great humor and understanding. shine on juice media!
Ah so cool thank you so much Adi! :)
Hi Giordano and the rest of you amazing people behind The Juice Media, I'm on the opposite side of the world – Denmark – and I LOVE what you do. The cause you are serving is beyond discussion, but how you do it with amazing creativity, an incredible level of energy, total knowledge of the subjects and all-in-all super-professionalism keeps impressing me. Wonderful with the behind the scenes, and knowing it's all done at such a family community level with children and daily life just adds lengths of lengths to how I perceive you. Seeing the next video I'll now sort of know what's "behind the scenes" which just feels wonderful. Thank you so much!
Thank you for this beautiful message Nikolaj! Sending love and thanks from Melbourne to Denmark <3
Thanks for all in 2020 - strangely, I hope you don’t have so much material to work on in 2021, though I’m sure you will!
I share your Ewan but somehow am doubtful! :-/
Been a huge fan of the vids but the behind the scenes one literally sent me to Patreon for the first time - loved seeing who is behind the awesome shitfuckery so altho I wish I could donate more, it’s small til things improve but LOVE the forum option, thank you and here’s to a great 2021!,
Welcome aboard Shari! Thank you so much <3
Thank you so much for everything you do! I’m so greatfull to have found Juice Media.
Thanks Russell!
Delightful! Heartfelt thanks G. The Juice Media family- all of us, in solidarity and friendship for a planet where social justice and environmental stewardship and responsibility reigns. Strength to your satire Team for this new and challenging year 😍
Thanks so much Sandra, beautiful words - i'll cheers to that!
Loved your take on 2020, kudos!
Thank you Dave, and thank for your long term support over the past 3 years!
Hey, keep up the good work, lovely team you are! Have a wonderful new year and kick more butts!
Thank you Heiko! You too :)
Thankyou for the HGAs, Thankyou for the podcast. Your brand of satire and exposure of shitfuckery is an amazing relief. Please keep it up. Juice Media is worth every cent I can contribute.
Thanks so much Lynda <3
you know when i first heard about you? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWU6tVxzO1I i was sending Julian an artbook for his bday and you guys came out with this. yeah..... i have been around a little while too but right now .. right now i just wonder if he will live though covid.
My lovelies, did you catch TJM reference on the Micallef show Mad As Hell Christmas special? I snorted!
I did! It was random af but very nice to see that they know of us :)
Thank you all for the work you do to teach everyone about all the shitfuckery that happens these days. I couldn’t be prouder to be one of your patrons. So much so that I’ve just increased my level to the “Hugs” tier! Hugs all around! ❤️ Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much Joel big hugs from all of us here! 💛🙏💛🙏
hahaha brilliant. Loved the jam session. Would like to see more of that!
Thanks Sara! You can find it on our Instagram page! instagram.com/thejuicemedia
Thank you so much everyone at The Juice, very grateful for the truth and laughs you've provided this year!
You're so welcome Karen, thank you 💛🙏
Keep up the great work guys.
We shall! 💛🙏
"our most viral HGA to date (Coronavirus HGA" - I see what you did there
haha completely unintentional tbh. Thanks for your generous support of our work this year T - all the best to you and yours 💛🙏
Good to see the good shit fuckery that goes on behind the scenes when talking about the bad shit fuckery. It’s been a wild year, but it’s definitely far from over (and I don’t just mean the Rona). Also as someone who just spent a couple of days editing and polishing what turned out to be just a few minutes of a pretty simple video, while learning the tools on the job, I have mad respect for the quality of your videos.
Thanks Mark! Yeah editing was a real headache for me at the start when I was learning (ie the first 5 years!) but now I really enjoy it coz I know how to do what I need (and if I don/t, there's Brent haha).
That was beautiful! Thank you! You brought tears to my eyes! Go team! 😊🙏🏻❤️
Thank you for watching Brigitte, and for all your support 💛🙏
At 10m36s it looks like I'm supporting Peter Dutton which was completely unintentional on my part and please let it be known that I had no control over the situation. At least there are two layers of buffer names between us. I still feel icky though. Thanks for the edumacation and behind the scenes footage TJM team!
Haha! Fair enough! Thank you 💛🙏
I enjoy my juice pithy and refreshing. Lucy, you rock! All my love you beauties.
Thanks Adam 💛🙏
Such an awesome team! Really loved your work this year and looking forward to seeing what you will do in 2021:)
Thank you Tony 💛🙏
So pleased to support such a good cause! Thank you for this glimpse behind the scenes. And thank you, cast and crew, for those 11 PM calls! They bring us joy and hope...
You're so welcome Diana! 💛🙏
WHOOSH what a ride this year has been! (there is a song hint there worth checking out) You guys have done amazing work in the most difficult year with the pandemic on top of new baby in the house! Amazing creativity, so much excellent research and genuine care has gone into the crafting of your videos - and all of your supporters are quite an amazing bunch of people too - so cool how much you have grown!!!! One of the things i am MOST passionate about is using non traditional ways to amplify the message of the shitshow that is climate distruption - reductionist thinking has not served the sciences well and combining the message with the humanities is THE way to reach other people - working on my next project now myself (with some collaboration with scientists in Melbourne actually lol) small world for real. With the escalating pandemic here - financial situations can change overnight (as me how i know) the US is crazy insane for the most part and i for one need the surreal sanity you guys bring to the table! Hugs a love to you all and as always will be sharing widely.
Thank you so much Wendy for all the work you're doing, wishing you strength and courage in the months ahead 💛🙏
Brilliant work by you all this year (and previous years) with more to come I am sure. Keep it up! After all, we only have the one planet and the apparent "leadership" (and I use that term with all the cynicism I can muster) of our respective countries are the same largely incompetent, self interested gits who have mismanaged one deadly virus worldwide through denial of science, failure to act with speed, general ignorance that makes you wonder how they manage to remember breath, and all the poor decisions we've seen. So, we all need to keep them on their toes when it comes to the biggest crises we have: our mistreatment of our own planet - the only one we can live on for the foreseeable future. Failure is not and option. Great to support the entire excellent team at TheJuicemedia! You are making a difference worldwide ...
Thank you so much Robert, really appreciate all your thoughtful feedback and thoughts on our work during the past year 💛🙏
Great work, despite it is kind of black hole humour... but easily to comprehend, hardly to bear other way...
Thanks Stefan 💛🙏
This was wonderful! Thank you so much for cobbling it all together. The bloopers made me laugh, but also really touched me. I so wish I could know all your team in person. You have really helped us stumble our way through the shitfuckery of 2020, and inspired us to strive for a better future. Your posts are worth every penny of my embarrassingly meager Patreon support. THANK YOU!
Thank you Mark! Hopefully one day we'll do a live show and we can all meet up AFK! 💛🙏
so interesting to see the behind the scenes, thank you for all your fantastic work!
💛🙏 Thanks Adele
This one convinced me to become a patreon. You guys rock!
So glad Eric, thank you! 💛🙏
Thanks to you, Giordano and the team, just getting better and better each year. The podcasts have been awesome and I'd say masterful addition to the scope of your content. I'm a very happy Patreon :) All the best for what's coming, Pete
Thanks Pete, really appreciate all your feedback on the podcast over the past year! 💛🙏
Have a happy 2021, your fantastic!
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It's been great to have something classy to laugh at guys - brilliant work!
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Still feels like money well spent ;-). Keep up the good work and fighting the good fight.
💛🙏 So glad to know that Volker
Thanks, Juice Media - some great videos this year.
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Thank you!
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death-to-2020 (satirical movie)
Thanks Giordano and team! What an amazing year it's been for the Juice Media!
💛🙏 you're so welcome Amelia
best money I’ve spent in 2020 -thanks
wow hehe thank you 💛🙏
One of the true voices of our country. First and only patreon person I support and happy to do it.
TYSM Adam 💛🙏
Well done and thank you all at Juice Media - look forward to seeing more next year!
💛🙏 thank you Rick
Thanks legends. 2021 will not fix everything, but it will fix sending 2020 into history
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Just want to say thank you from Germany for what you are doing. Your channel has been one of the most pleasant surprises to discover this year. Your messages resonate around the world because so much shitfuckery effects us on a global scale and it is happening everywhere - same shit, different wrapping, as the saying goes. So many videos of yours could be adapted with just a few changes and you could stick a different flag on them instead of the Australian. So, enjoy your time off and have a little fun with this song https://youtu.be/Vqbk9cDX0l0
Thank you Andy 💛🙏
You are just do awesome... happy new year in 25:45 hours time. PS: I am not an Ozzie either
Thanks Greg! 💛🙏
Thanks Juice Media team. What a relief to hear truth spoken and demonstrated boldly and with humour. Look forward to more in 2021.
Thanks so much Rebecca 💛🙏
Thank you again for another outstanding year of shitfuckery disclosure, seriously the job you guys are doing is so underestimated and it needs to be shown to the world on a huge scale. A happier new year and a better 2021 to you Giordano and your wonderful and amazing family and crew.
💛🙏 Thanks so much Garry
Thanks for all the great work this year. I am sure that you will have plenty of material (shitfuckery/government corruption) in 2021 to base great videos on. Have a happy New Year to you all.
Thank you Alan 💛🙏
Trite and banal though it is to add my thanks, they are sincerely felt. You all will help to make 2021 and all years after a bit better
You're very welcome, thank you John 💛🙏
Thank you everyone for all your hard and extremely talented work... and thank you Giordono and your family for sharing.
You're so welcome George, thank you so much for your generous support of our work 💛🙏
Thanks Giordano. Happy New Year to you all. Keep up the good work!
💛🙏 Thank you Edward, you too!
Thank you all for the work you do. Have a great break.
💛🙏 Thank you Monica, you too!
All Killer No Filler G! — D
Thanks Dan 💛🙏 And thank you for all your important funny work this past year too !
