Oct 14, 2026 · 57 min · 10 segments
Is our obsession with being nice is actually part of the problem? This week on Small Talk, I'm joined by one of Australia's most respected political journalists and authors…
Amy RemeikisGuestSarahHost[laughs] Which really leads me to wanting to talk about your three different books 'cause they make sense together.
You have On Reckoning, and then you had Where It All Went Wrong: The Case Against John Howard, and now your latest is Screw Nice.
Which- It does touch on this, like, let's just be frank about politics and what we're thinking and not hide behind these, like, convoluted sentences all the time.
And it feels like a very timely book at the moment.
[laughs]
[laughs]
I mean, like, the, the running theme throughout all of my books is probably intense fiery rage.
Like, I just walk around just being all like, "Oh my God, how is this happening? And how are we not talking about it?"
But angry and funny.
Well- [laughs]
[laughs]
[laughs]
And, you know, like, my girls who had the awkward years know what I'm talking about.
[laughs]
Mm
[laughs] Which really leads me to wanting to talk about your three different books 'cause they make sense together.
You have On Reckoning, and then you had Where It All Went Wrong: The Case Against John Howard, and now your latest is Screw Nice.
Which- It does touch on this, like, let's just be frank about politics and what we're thinking and not hide behind these, like, convoluted sentences all the time.
And it feels like a very timely book at the moment.
[laughs]
[laughs]
I mean, like, the, the running theme throughout all of my books is probably intense fiery rage.
Like, I just walk around just being all like, "Oh my God, how is this happening? And how are we not talking about it?"
But angry and funny.
Well- [laughs]
[laughs]
[laughs]
And, you know, like, my girls who had the awkward years know what I'm talking about.
[laughs]
Mm
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