Podcast Episodes

Leighton Smith Podcast #322 - April 1st 2026 - Louise Clegg

“The phrase ‘unintended consequences’ rarely passes the lips of our most senior lawyers, judges, or academics.

Like many in the professional classes,…

7 hours ago

Leighton Smith Podcast #321 - March 25th 2026 - Ramesh Thakur

"The Right to Health Sovereignty concludes that the restoration of trust in international health governance depends on
rediscovering the moral foundat…

1 week ago

Leighton Smith Podcast #320 - March 18th 2026 - Patrick Basham

In the 13 years since I first interviewed Patrick Basham, Director of the Democracy Institute in Washington DC, he has shown himself to be an outstan…

2 weeks ago

Leighton Smith Podcast #319 - March 11th 2026 - Robert MacCulloch

The recent announcement by the Reserve Bank focused on the availability of cash and ATM’s, and commercial bank branches.

The Reserve Bank is currentl…

3 weeks ago

Leighton Smith Podcast #318 - March 4th 2026 - George Friedman

Media around the world has been engrossed with reporting, speculating, and arguing the case over the war with Iran.  

While it may have been ‘out of …

4 weeks ago

Leighton Smith Podcast #317 - February 25th 2026 - Jim Allan

For some considerable time, in countries with judicial systems like New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the U.S., the senior courts have been expandin…

1 month, 1 week ago

Leighton Smith Podcast #316 - February 18th 2026 - Dr Mike Schmidt

There are numerous approaches to management: Legacy, Ideological, Corporate, and Political Management.

These combine to produce a system that cannot …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Leighton Smith Podcast #315 - February 11th 2026 - Shane Jones

Having spent two weeks in Australia, post New Year, Leighton & Carolyn are pleased to be home. Sydney was sweltering as is the political scenery.

Nev…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Leighton Smith Podcast - Best Of: James Bovard - February 4th 2026

Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2025.

James Bovard is a Libertarian Journalist and Author. Thir…

1 month, 4 weeks ago

Leighton Smith Podcast - Best Of: Dr Robert Clancy - January 28th 2026

Leighton is on summer break, so we are highlighting some of his favourite guests from 2025.

Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy is a leading Australian …

2 months ago