If you heard our full episode on 9 October, you have already had this one. This is Luke's chat with Jim Penman on its own, for anyone who just wants Jim.

When nobody would back his ideas as an academic, Jim went back to mowing lawns full-time, about $35,000 in debt, he says, and by his own account terrible at managing his first subcontractors. He tells Luke how he turned it around, from selling lawn rounds to ringing the big Adelaide franchise and being told no thanks, and why he drew up a contract he wouldn't mind signing as a franchisee.

Jim also explains the $700 contract fee he could have set far higher, why the business was his way of paying for his research into why civilisations rise and fall, and the argument in his new book with Andrea Pearson, Birth-Rate Crisis. Plus pass the parcel, cold showers, and why he doesn't expect to win Northcote at the Victorian election.

Guests: Jim Penman

Birth-Rate Crisis by Jim Penman and Andrea Pearson: https://birthratecrisisbook.com/

This interview contains strong language and mentions suicide.

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00:00 The man behind Jim's Mowing

00:59 How Jim's Mowing started

02:05 A burned-out academic with a mower

03:23 When he tried to join his biggest rival

04:37 A contract he'd want to sign

06:03 What he learned from Ray Kroc

07:24 The list that won over franchisees

08:40 Why so many franchises come and go

09:29 $700 for a contract, not $5,000

10:32 How Jim's keeps an eye on quality

12:00 Long-term thinking, and a franchisee veto

14:35 $5 pizzas and franchisees who can't sell

16:09 Before you buy a franchise

17:22 When a division doesn't take off

18:33 The brush cutter and a neat edge

21:01 More jobs than franchisees

21:55 Birth-Rate Crisis, Jim's new book

23:22 The rise and fall of civilisations

25:17 Is it money, or priorities?

27:23 The dopamine theory

28:20 Why he says hard times bring baby booms

30:22 Everybody wins a ribbon

31:43 Pass the parcel, with a prize in every layer

33:26 Cold showers, and a seat he doesn't expect to win

34:08 Two-stroke, electric or push mower?

35:14 Advice for 12-year-old Jim

35:48 In trouble at school

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If you heard Tuesday's full episode, you have already had this one. This is the Truckie Tuesday on its own, for anyone who just wants the truck stuff.

A driver tells Rod Hannifey he was refused a shower at a truck stop because he hadn't bought fuel, even after offering to buy food. Rod knows of only one truck stop with showers on his run to Adelaide, and he found a key-tag block he couldn't use because he doesn't cart livestock.

Luke and Rod work through your mail, from radiator fixes with a raw egg or pepper to why caravans on the Nullarbor should leave gaps and show their UHF channel front and back. There's also a question for next week about EWD phones in compliance mode.

Belinda Hughes from Hughes Law updates Danny's case, and her win of the week is an appeal she says cut a Transport for NSW registration suspension after a tunnel incident. Hughes Law sponsors Truckie Tuesday.

Guests: Rod Hannifey (Truckie Tuesday co-host), Belinda Hughes (Hughes Law)

00:00:00 Where Was Rod Last Tuesday?

00:03:45 Where's Rod Next? A Truck Stop With A Shower

00:06:30 A Raw Egg In The Radiator?

00:09:58 Grass In A Tyre To Get You Home?

00:11:10 Wombat's Two Rules On Fatigue

00:13:06 Fuel Excise: Who Got The Savings?

00:14:48 Caravans On The Nullarbor, And UHF 40

00:19:07 Green Reflector Bays On The Mildura Road

00:21:02 Windscreens And A Thicker Kenworth Screen

00:25:06 Should Truckies Get Free Meals And Coffee?

00:28:01 Can An Officer Walk Off With Your Phone?

00:30:10 Key-Tag Showers For Stock Carriers Only

00:32:24 No Fuel, No Shower

00:33:53 Belinda Hughes: What's Next For Danny

00:35:21 Is The NHVR Changing How It Enforces?

00:38:47 Win Of The Week: A Tunnel Suspension Cut On Appeal

00:41:17 Where's Rod Headed Next?

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This segment is general information only and is not legal advice. Laws differ between states. If you have a matter of your own, speak to a lawyer.

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Robbie Katter, the Member for Traeger and leader of Katter's Australian Party, tells Luke why he and his dad Bob want North Queensland to become Australia's seventh state, and why he thinks city people lose out while the north's metals stay in the ground. He also covers shark and crocodile culling, and the case for nuclear power.

Jonathan Kearsley, News24's Washington correspondent, unpacks Katie Zacharia's five days as White House press secretary and Kimberly Guilfoyle's exit as ambassador to Greece, which follows a report she denies. Ben Downie from Seven in London covers the limit on Ukraine's Starshield service and the riots in France. Young farmer Jacob Wright talks farm workers and apprentices, and what diesel and urea now cost.

On Truckie Tuesday, Rod Hannifey goes looking for a truck stop shower and asks whether free meals would change where drivers stop. Belinda Hughes from Hughes Law follows up Danny's grounding and shares her win of the week. Hughes Law sponsors Truckie Tuesday. Luke and Kelsey also take on NSW's truancy fines and your voicemails.

Guests: Robbie Katter, Jonathan Kearsley, Ben Downie, Jacob Wright, Rod Hannifey, Belinda Hughes

This episode contains coarse language and adult themes. It discusses alleged sexual offences against women and girls, and fatal animal attacks.

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00:00:00 Episode 146, and Trump's week

00:10:22 Charges over the Narrabeen Lagoon incidents

00:12:44 Truancy fines of up to $11,000

00:16:19 Your voicemails: roosters and mine gas

00:20:13 Ben Downie: Ukraine and Starshield

00:25:55 Riots across France

00:29:03 Pope Leo after lung surgery

00:31:56 Robbie Katter on a seventh state

00:40:03 From 1852 to the Brisbane Line

00:45:30 Should sharks and crocs be culled?

00:53:03 One Nation and Pauline Hanson

00:55:44 Uranium and the case for nuclear

01:01:11 Jonathan Kearsley: five days at the podium

01:10:02 Kimberly Guilfoyle and the Amex bill

01:18:25 Jacob Wright, young farmer

01:23:13 Farm workers and migration cuts

01:27:51 Who will drive the trucks?

01:33:11 The pros and cons of farming

01:42:42 Truckie Tuesday 146: where was Rod?

01:46:43 The truck stop with a shower

01:49:15 A raw egg in the radiator

01:58:53 Caravans and UHF on the Nullarbor

02:05:44 Windscreens and stone guards

02:10:12 Free meals for truckies?

02:13:06 Can they walk off with your phone?

02:15:15 Key-tag showers, and no fuel, no shower

02:18:49 Belinda Hughes on Danny and the NHVR

02:23:57 Win of the week: a tunnel suspension

02:26:22 Where's Rod headed next?

❤️ Cheers to GME for making Truckie Tuesday possible!

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Truckie Tuesday's legal segment is with Belinda Hughes, principal lawyer at Hughes Law: https://hugheslaw.com.au or call 1300 448 443

This segment is general information only and is not legal advice. Laws differ between states. If you have a matter of your own, speak to a lawyer.

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