News, analysis and interviews from the Institute of Public Affairs, Australia's voice for freedom.
Episodes
Tuesday Mar 12, 2019
Tuesday Mar 12, 2019
It's our 100th episode! We talk some concerning figures coming out about Australia's economy, the latest with Brexit, Milo Yiannopolous' visa fight and Americans aren't willing to pay more than $10 a month to fight climate change. James and Pete talk to AFL footballer Tom McDonald about his experience at Dr Jordan Peterson's event in Melbourne, how he uses Peterson's rules as a professional football player and his insights into mental health in the AFL (16:55-38:47). We also talk to IPA Executive Director John Roskam about his reflections on the IPA's digital transformation and the changing media landscape, as well as his impressions on Brexit and the coalition ahead of this year's election (38:50-59:14).
Tuesday Mar 05, 2019
Tuesday Mar 05, 2019
Michelle Guthrie's payout from the ABC remains a secret, Brexit hardliners begin to extend the olive branch, another YA novel gets pulled from publication because of insensitivity, Washington Post attempts to almost apologise for the way they covered the Covington kids and James and Pete get into an actual debate over reports Trump is going to make an executive order over free speech on campus. We talk to IPA Research Fellow Daniel Wild about the selective morality of people who want to divest from coal, what his take on Scott Morrison's energy deal is and his report on the effect government regulation has on prices of goods and services (20:02-36:54). We also talk to Dr Bella d'Abrera about moves to remove certain books from classroom syllabuses because they don't reflect the sexuality of a classroom and how primary schools are celebrating International Woman's Day (36:58-47:00).
Tuesday Feb 26, 2019
Tuesday Feb 26, 2019
James and Pete managed to watch all of Jordan Peterson's Q&A and had some thoughts. The Venezuela situation is getting worse, the Press Council gives Mark Knight’s Serena cartoon a pass, Scott Morrison announces his new energy policy and Pete called it – Elizabeth Warren would call climate change a national emergency. Gideon Rozner sits down with Warren Mundine and Jacinta Price to talk about identity politics, its) impact on indigenous communities and the real issues we need to be talking about (22:33-39:14). Renee Gorman then interviews Richard Krohn, author of The Parallel University about what young people need to know about today’s society and how to secure your financial future (39:19-52:49).
Tuesday Feb 19, 2019
Tuesday Feb 19, 2019
Trump's national emergency declaration over the wall shows the US President has too much power, why staging your own attack is not a good PR move and why men eating meat is causing climate change. We sit down with Dave Rubin to talk touring with Jordan Peterson, what is next for the intellectual dark web, the rise of new media and why he's optimistic about the future (8:42-59:01)
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Tuesday Feb 12, 2019
Tuesday Feb 12, 2019
We are in deep, deep mourning as Tony Jones confirms he will be stepping down from Q&A, but now beings the people’s campaign to get Nina to host. There’s more stories of police arresting people for tweeting in the UK, Alexandria Orcasio Cortez’s New Green Deal goes off the rails and PragerU files a new lawsuit against YouTube and Google in the fight against deplatforming. We talk to philosopher Dr Stephen Hicks ahead of his tour of Australia about postmodernism, its effect on university campuses and why he’s optimistic about the future (19:08-34:22). We also talk to IPA Research Fellow Andrew Bushnell about his new article on increasing incarceration and what can be done about it, and why this year’s likely Best Picture Oscar winner isn’t worthy (34:26-50:44).
Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
Yumi and KAK stole the headlines but the real story was Jacinta Price’s Facebook account being suspended. An author cancels a book before it’s published because it’s not woke enough and the Covington kids lawyer up and so should half of Twitter. And finally, at long last, the government is cracking down on sports cheating. We talk to IPA Research Fellow Morgan Begg about the annual cost of the federal government in Australia and his new report on the erosion of fundamental legal rights in federal law (20:40-39:43). We also talk to IPA Policy Director Gideon Rozner about his upcoming event with Jacinta Price and Warren Mundine on identity politics (39:48-48:39)
Tuesday Jan 29, 2019
Tuesday Jan 29, 2019
The Canberra Swamp costs Australia $8 billion a year, Victoria loses power in a heatwave but it’s the dishwashers that are to blame, Elizabeth Warren becomes the first politician to pursue a wealth tax, Venezuela has a new leader and the EU now turns its aim to Google. We talk to Bettina Arndt, author of #Mentoo about her new campus tour, her new book and what she made of the infamous Gillette ad (14:46-32:49). We also talk to the IPA’s new Director of Workplace Relations John Lloyd about his new role, what the big industrial relations issues will be in the federal election and how we finds being back at the IPA (32:58-45:20)
Tuesday Jan 22, 2019
Tuesday Jan 22, 2019
The IPA’s new poll finds Australians actually like Australia Day right where it is. The MAGA teenagers and Buzzfeed’s big scoop proves you shouldn’t believe any news you read on the internet until three days have passed and the IPA is launching a brand new podcast, Looking Forward. James and Pete talk to Dr Bella d’Abrera after a lengthy hiatus from the show to talk about the results of the new poll commissioned by the IPA on attitudes towards Australia Day and why her mum wasn’t a fan of her appearance on SBS (19:53-34:16). We also talk to Looking Forward hosts Dr Chris Berg and Scott Hargreaves about the new podcast, why the IPA is launching it, what type of conversations they’ll have and what advice James and Pete can bestow on new podcasts (34:23-43:19).
Tuesday Jan 15, 2019
Tuesday Jan 15, 2019
We're back for 2019 and we're now on Tuesdays! Pete and James talk about the IPA's new report Australian History’s Last Stand: An Audit of Australian History Teaching at Universities and recap the big news stories over the break, including the US government shutdown, Brexit and the protests in France. We talk to Dr Bella d'Abrera about her new report Australian History's Last Stand and what the findings are and why James and Pete are now scared of her after her holiday (17:35-27:51). We also talk to Anis Rezae on her last day of interning at the IPA as part of the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation program about what it was like working at the IPA (27:59-36:35).
Friday Dec 21, 2018
Friday Dec 21, 2018
It’s our last show for the year so we’re looking back on some of our best interviews of 2018! Enjoy this extra-long Christmas episode with clips from our interviews with Dennis Prager (4:33-12:24), Douglas Murray (12:33-20:38), Claire Lehmann (20:47-30:50), Dan Hannan (31:02-37:48), Senator James Paterson (37:52-50:48), Nigel Farage (50:58- 56:24), Bjorn Lomborg (56:35-1:04:48), Eunhee Park (1:04:58-1:12:40), Brendan O’Neill (1:12:49-1:20:51), Tom Palmer (1:21:00- 1:33:10), Andrew Bolt (1:33:19-1:45:34), Mark Bauerlein (1:45:42-1:57:38), Greg Sheridan (1:57:48-2:04:11) and Jacinta Price (2:04:19-2:11:21).