Fighting the Absurd
Fighting the Absurd

Voices In Recovery Podcast

Dave and Darcy swap raw, funny and angry reflections on how absurd modern politics, AI, colonisation and global conflicts feel from a recovery lens. Their conversation jumps from healthcare and policing to Palestine and data centres, tying big issues back to everyday people and their own attempts to stay sober and sane.

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51:54•27 May 2026

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Fighting the Absurd: Recovery, Rage and Ridiculous Politics

Episode Overview

Politics is described as inescapable because human rights have been turned into a strategic bargaining chip rather than a basic standard.
Examples from healthcare access, small business struggles and EV policies are used to show how government decisions harm ordinary people.
The hosts link current events in Palestine and treaty violations in Canada to a longer pattern of colonisation, resource grabs and erased cultures.
AI and data centres are criticised for threatening jobs and consuming huge amounts of power and water, raising fears about the planet’s future.
Racism in comedy, policing and propaganda about countries like China and Iran is called out, with humour used to highlight how absurd it all feels.

“"Politicians have made human rights a political option. It's a political strategy. That's all it is, is a strategy. It's not real."”

Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey when everything around them feels absurd? "Fighting the Absurd" throws you straight into Dave and Darcy’s free‑wheeling, sweary chat where recovery, politics and day‑to‑day life all crash into each other. The pair start from a simple feeling: rage and exhaustion at how political everything has become. As Dave puts it, "Politicians have made human rights a political option. It's a political strategy. That's all it is, is a strategy.

It's not real." From there, the conversation swings through healthcare, corporate power, Chinese EVs, and a small B.C. trucking company that spent years fighting red tape just to sell a hybrid lorry. You’ll hear them connect global issues back to the people they see every day: those harmed by government decisions, colonial policies and endless resource extraction.

They draw direct lines between historic colonisation in Canada, current treaty violations, water access on reserves, and what’s happening in Palestine, asking why anyone would *not* be angry about children being bombed. AI and data centres get a roasting too, from job losses to massive energy and water use.

They joke that "the only thing we can do" to stop it is "blow up these data centres"—then immediately clarify they’re not actually calling for that, highlighting the dark humour that runs through the whole chat. Along the way, they slam racist "comedy", call out policing as often acting like "an organised crime syndicate", and still manage to laugh at their own grumpy-old-men energy, comparing themselves to the two balcony critics from The Muppets.

For anyone in recovery who’s trying to stay sober, stay sane, and stay human while the news cycle feels like a bad sketch show, this conversation offers camaraderie, a good rant, and a reminder that your anger might be completely reasonable. How are you making sense of the absurdity around you today?

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