Podcast Episodes

Josh Visits the South Pacific: Climate Chaos, Chinese Bribes & Mosquitoes

What can a stunningly beautiful, dirt-poor, corrupt, tropical-island nation teach us about the battle between China and the West... and about how climate chaos will affect you?

A lot, it turns out. In…

Published on 1 month ago

Just Josh: Eulogy for Josh's Dad

Season 1 Episode 378

Josh reflects on the death of his dad after years with Alzheimer’s - the strange in-between of losing someone before they’re gone, and the lessons he wishes he’d acted on earlier. Then, a live record…

Published on 1 month ago

PREMIUM: "Has Home Ownership Become Hereditary?" with Peter Tulip

Season 1 Episode 377

Why is housing in Australia so unaffordable, and what can be done about it? Peter Tulip, former economist at the US Federal Reserve and the Reserve Bank of Australia, now chief economist at the Centr…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

"Substack's Founders on the Future of the Media" with Hamish McKenzie & Chris Best

Season 1 Episode 376

What is the future of the media? Are we doomed to inhabit our own social-media news bubbles, tailored by algorithms to keep us “engaged”? Will readers return to old-school news outlets? Or is there a…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

PREMIUM: "Anti-Immigration, the Far Right & the Christchurch Shooter" with Investigative Journalist Joey Watson

Season 1 Episode 375

How does an adventurous, open-minded, well-travelled young bloke get interested in nationalism... and then in Western supremacy... and then white pride... Until he becomes so obsessed with protecting…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

SZEPS WORLD TOUR - NICK CAVE on Faith, Melancholy, & Stardom

Season 1 Episode 374

Nick Cave is one of Australia’s biggest musical exports. But after forty years as a rockstar - and the death of two sons - he's become something else: A unofficial poet laureate and philosopher king …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

SZEPS WORLD TOUR - JIMMY CARR, COMEDY LEGEND

Season 1 Episode 373

Jimmy Carr is one of the most successful stand-up comics on earth.

His hilarious, brutal crowd work is a viral sensation. His Netflix specials are smash hits. He hosts huge UK television panel shows …

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

SZEPS WORLD TOUR – COLEMAN HUGHES on Race, Trump & Power

Season 1 Episode 372

He’s been grilled before Congress, clashed with Bill Maher, and built a reputation as one of the most interesting young intellectuals in America.

Coleman Hughes doesn’t just write and broadcast, he a…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

SZEPS WORLD TOUR – MEGHAN DAUM on What You’re Not Supposed to Say

Season 1 Episode 371

As the Szeps Live Around-the-World Podcast Marathon barrels along, Josh and his long-suffering producer, Jono, cruise their rented convertible into the hills of Northeast Los Angeles. There, they tra…

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago

SZEPS WORLD TOUR - RICH ROLL on Liberty, Loneliness & Legacy

Season 1 Episode 370

Rich Roll is one of the biggest podcasters in America, thanks to his irresistible blend of ultra-athleticism, Stoic philosophy, sobriety, personal improvement (don't call it "self-help"), and an infe…

Published on 2 months ago