Podcast Episodes

"Being Courageous in a Conformist World" with Sarah Wilson

Season 1 Episode 354

Are we too spoilt to be creative? Are we succumbing to decadent decline? How do you dissent when the incentives are to conform? How do the French retain the art of disagreement while the Anglosphere …

Published on 2 months ago

JUST JOSH: "Staying Sane on Israel"

Season 1 Episode 353

Anti-Zionism, antisemitism, Palestinians, Hamas, Israeli Arabs, diaspora Jews, Gaza, and now an all-out war with Iran. It's head-spinning, trying to make sense of Israel right now. 

Today, Josh comes…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

PREMIUM: “Old Media, New Media & the Truth” with legendary journalist Chris Uhlmann

Season 1 Episode 352

Chris Uhlmann is one of the most experienced and well-known journalists Down Under. He worked for decades as either the host or the chief political reporter on many of the country's most respected ne…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

BONUS: The Playwright Who Just Won the Tony Awards

Over the weekend, the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play went to Eureka Day, a brave, hilarious satire of wokeness, vaccine denial, identity politics and social justice. Fresh from Broadway, the S…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

“An Incredible Clean-Energy Future: Smart Homes, Smart Grids & Smart Thinkers” like energy entrepreneur Saul Griffith

Season 1 Episode 351

If you want to feel optimistic about the mind-boggling potential of the renewable energy revolution, listen to Saul Griffith, one of the world's leading experts in electrification, decarbonisation an…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

PREMIUM: "Trump, the Left, and the Future of Liberalism" with Yascha Mounk

Season 1 Episode 350

While the showdown continues over Trump's military deployment against Los Angeles protestors, can we take heart from the resurgence of anti-Trump liberalism in Canada, Australia, the U.K. and Europe?…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

"Influencers, In-Fights & New Media" with Hannah Ferguson

Season 1 Episode 349

At 26, Hannah Ferguson is one of the most influential young women in Australia. Her media company, Cheek Media, boasts an army of politically-engaged, progressive female fans. Ferguson co-hosts the s…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

PREVIEW: Andrew Sullivan

Season 1 Episode 348

Andrew Sullivan is one of the most influential political writers of his generation.

He became the face of the gay marriage fight, after writing the first major American article arguing for it in 1989…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

"Why Gaza is Genocide" with Israeli Holocaust Historian Prof. Amos Goldberg

Season 1 Episode 347

Terms like "genocide" and "apartheid" are thrown around a lot by anti-Israel activists. But when a leading Israeli Holocaust historian declares his own country to be a genocidal apartheid state, we o…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

PREVIEW: “Tariffs, Greenbacks, Qatar’s Air Force One, and American Empire” with Assoc. Prof. David Smith

Season 1 Episode 346

How do you reconcile Trump's passion for American Greatness with his disengagement from international systems which America set up? What are the consequences so far of Trump's tariff flip-flops? Can …

Published on 3 months ago