The Young IPA Podcast

The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 80 with Senator James Paterson and Dr Bella d'Abrera

This week James and Pete talk about Wayne Swan’s opinions on the IPA, university chancellors standing up for free speech on campus, Kanye West’s SNL performance, the academics who showed you can get anything published in journals these days and James’ appearance on The Bolt Report last night. We talk to Senator James Paterson about his two recent articles on red tape and academic free speech and him launching the new book from IPA Research Fellow Matthew Lesh 'Democracy in a Divided Australia (17:40-33:50). We also talk to the IPA's Dr Bella d'Abrera about her new article for Quillette, getting her article tweeted out by Dr Jordan Peterson and her upcoming trip to Israel (33:54-48:17).

The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 79 with Gideon Rozner and Bo Sergeant

This week James and Pete talk about the leadership of the ABC and why it shows the need for privatisation, the World Bank’s latest statistics on extreme poverty, Trump’s speech to the UN and a number of Australian authors standing up for artistic freedom against accusations of cultural appropriation. We talk to IPA Communications Gideon Rozner about his new Parliamentary Research Brief on the five myths of state ownership of the ABC (12:15-26:33). We also talk to our high school correspondent Bo Sergeant about the state of intellectual debate and the attraction of the intellectual dark web (26:42-41:29)

The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 78 with Matthew Lesh & Andrew Bushnell

This week James and Pete talk about how cutting red tape has saved US taxpayers $1.3b, the British Labour Party MP who wants the government to get involved in private Facebook groups and Australia's public service now having a higher population than South Australia. We talk to IPA Research Fellow Matthew Lesh about his new book Democracy in a Divided Australia, what makes an 'inner' and an 'outer' Australian and the protest at the recent Bettina Arndt speech (12:34-29:56). We also talk to IPA Research Fellow Andrew Bushnell about his upcoming report on the concept of 'victim's rights' in legal cases, why law and order will be a key issue in the upcoming Victorian election and preview a big weekend of sport for James and Andrew (30:06-47:22). 

The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 77 with Nigel Farage, Gideon Rozner & Janet Albrechtsen

This week James and Pete discuss the Serena Williams controversy, the nine year old who won’t stand for the national anthem and why this shouldn’t be a story, South Yorkshire police asking people to report non-crime hate incidents and Google capitulating to Russia. IPA Research Fellow Gideon Rozner sits down with Nigel Farage to discuss his tour of Australia and what advice he would give to Australians wanting to promote liberty (15:51-21:20), then Gideon joins us in studio to reflect on the interview and discuss his time on tour of Australia with Alfredo Ortiz from the Job Creators Network in the US (21:29-30:40). We then talk to IPA Director and columnist at The Australian Janet Albrechtsen about the news of the week, including the Serena Williams story and the national anthem (30:52-42:02)

The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 76 with Bjorn Lomborg and Dr Bella d'Abrera

This week James and Pete talk Colin Kaepernick's new campaign with Nike, the anonymous op-ed in the New York Times, the latest data on Australia's falling business investment stats, Steve Bannon being disinvited from the New Yorker's writers festival and Victorian Labor releasing the personal information of private citizens. We talk to Bjorn Lomborg, President of the Copenhagen Consensus Centre, about how global initiatives to fight climate change are going to end up leaving millions in poverty, and how we have to be smarter with our environmental policies (18:52-31:19.) We also talk to IPA Director of the Foundations of Western Civilisation Program Dr Bella d'Abrera about her upcoming report on the teaching of history at Australian universities, her upcoming speech in England and her opinion on the Ramsay Centre (31:24-48:19).

The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 75 with Simon Breheny and Rebecca Lowe

This week James and Pete talk the success of the IPA's latest video, the Honi Soit article praising North Korea, Bjorn Lomborg's fantastic article in the New York Post and Peter Dutton's helping hand to Gillon McLachlan. We talk to IPA Policy Director Simon Breheny about his run in with Julian Burnside QC this week (16:07-32:24). We also talk to Rebecca Lowe, Research Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs and Director of FREER, about FREER and the exciting work they are doing to promote liberty in the UK (32:34-50:16)

The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 74 with John Roskam and Daniel Wild

This week James and Pete talk leadership challenges, last week's podcast breaking the IPA website, the latest on corporate tax cuts and all the papers in the US making a 'brave stand' against Trump. We talk to IPA Executive Director John Roskam about the launch and success of the IPA's latest podcast The Great Books of Literature and why it doesn't matter who the leader of the Liberal Party is, the problems in the party run much deeper (16:08-34:55). We also talk to IPA Research Fellow Daniel Wild about his new report on why Australia should exit the Paris Climate Agreement and what the government abandoning corporate tax reform means (35:01-48:22) 

The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 73 with Douglas Murray

This week James and Pete talk the IPA's new report on how the Paris Climate Agreement will cost Australia $52 billion over 2018-2030 and the new podcast from the IPA, The Great Books of Literature (available on iTunes, Podbean and the IPA website.) We talk to Douglas Murray, Associate Editor of The Spectator Magazine and author of the new book The Strange Death of Europe, about identity politics, freedom of speech, political discourse, Europe and why he's optimistic for the future (8:51-1:03:03).

The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 72 with Brendan O'Neill

This week James and Pete break down Jacinta Allan’s new war with Sky News, the latest unemployment figures out of the US, Alex Jones being purged off the internet, National Geographic's apology and Antifa stopping Candace Owens from having breakfast. We talk to Brendan O'Neill about Brexit, the gap between the elites and the public in Britain, the growing intolerance towards new ideas and the future of free speech in Britain (22:38-52:52)

The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 71 with Matthew Lesh & Aaron Kwong

This week James nad Pete talk Coles' backflip then backflip from the backflip on plastic bags, the latest growth figures coming out of the US, Greenpeace's 'sting operation' on the UK's Institute for Economic Affairs and just how much Bernie Sanders' healthcare plan will cost the US. We talk to IPA Research Fellow Matthew Lesh about how young people aren't as left wing as The Conversation would have you believe, what it was like being in London during the Brexit storm a few weeks ago and what he thinks will come next (17:38-34:52). We also talk to Aaron Kwong who is with the IPA from the Lion Rock Institute Scholarship Program about the Program and why Hong Kong is no longer the free market powerhouse it used to be (34:56-47:11).