The Young IPA Podcast

Ep 149: James Paterson, Coronavirus, & Joe Biden Is Old

The government announces its coronavirus stimulus plans - James and Pete explain why the free market would be better and discuss their contingency plans for when they inevitably get it. Also, Joe Biden is the presumptive democrat nominee despite being a million years old. Heroes and villains this week include the NT News printing actual toilet paper, the retirement community fighting for their right to party, Twitter and Scott Cam claiming what he does with taxpayer money isn’t any of our business. We speak to Senator James Paterson about coronavirus, the publicly funded coffee vendor in Canberra, his skin care regime and have a deep dive into social media (19:46-38:16), before Adam Schlicht and Theodora Pantelich join us for the quiz (38:16-52:09). At the end we hand out Q&A claps to the MSNBC show that isn’t good at maths and Sadiq Khan’s brave feminism, discuss Joe Biden trying to fight a factory worker and Bernie finally admitting he doesn't know anything about Sweden.

Ep 148: Media Watch, Super Tuesday And We're Off To QLD Human Rights Commission

Media Watch take aim at the IPA, Super Tuesday sees the return of Biden and the fall of Bloomberg and the IPA gets a win on the latest with the FITS scheme... or do we? James and Pete cover all of that and share this week's heroes and villains, including Anthony Albanese flipping the bird, Gloria Alvarez, the Federal Parliament spending 390k of taxpayer money on redeveloping a coffee vendor and political protestors at Mardi Gras. Renee Gorman comes back on because Generation Liberty is off to the Queensland Human Rights Commission over the Generation Liberty stall being removed from QUT Market Day and the Victorian Liberal Student Association being removed from the University of Melbourne (22:30-34:42). Gideon and Andrew Bushnell are on the quiz that goes off the rails in all the best ways (34:42-45:33) before James and Pete give a Q&A clap to Matthias Cormann, the news station that gave a fire victim an umbrella, Sleeping Giants mourning the politicisation of social media, and the final round of Bloomberg campaign misfires.

Ep 147: Sanders, Net Zero And Australians Don’t Like The ABC

Bernie Sanders is cruising towards victory in the Democratic race and Labor announce they will get Australia to net zero emissions by 2050 – James and Pete recap these disturbing developments and Pete shows the most inspirational political video he's ever seen. Heroes and Villains this week include Donald Trump’s pronunciation of Indian cricketers’ names, Yorkshire tea and literally everything is now a political act, Caulfield Grammar not naming their new aquatic centre after Mack Horton and the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Services who believe a stick is not a stick. We talk to Evan Mulholland about being the number 1 trending topic in Australia, the Victorian government introducing a four bin system, Australians don’t believe the ABC represents their interests and his lifehack on fatherhood (21:33-37:03). Evan joins returning champions Pete and Gideon for a heavyweight title fight quiz (37:03-47:45), before James and Pete give a Q&A clap to the Washington Post for the immortal headline ‘It’s time to give the elites a bigger say in choosing the president’. They also talk Barnaby Joyce and Joel Fitzgibbon’s arguing about cow farts on live television and Michael Bloomberg’s comedy writing team scoring a few more home runs.

Ep 146: Holden, Freedom on Campus & An Alpha Showdown With Bill and Malcolm

Australians don’t want to put race in the Constitution and Pete says he doesn't care about Holden closing down. Heroes of the week include Boris Johnson and Malcolm Turnbull – so don’t let anyone tell you there’s no such thing as redemption! – and the Villains of the week include Michael Bloomberg and the Primary School that got rid of cupcakes for cultural reasons. We speak to the National Manager of Generation Liberty Renee Gorman about Generation Liberty passing 1500 members, the upcoming tour of Gloria Alvarez in Australia and the debut of Eleanor the Echidna as Generation Liberty mascot (20:46-37:19). Gideon being interstate means it’s anyone’s quiz to win this week with Adam Schlicht and Dara Macdonald joining the race (37:19-49:33), before at the end of the show we revive the Bob Katter Ain’t Spending Any Time On It for the Labor MPs partying it up in Bali, brainstorm new segments for Kerri-anne Kennerley after the Konfessions got axed for obvious reasons and after it came out Michael Bloomberg gives Insta influencers $150 per post about him, we figure out how budding influencer Pete can get on the end of this money.

Ep 145: Andrew Bolt On His Showdown With Eddie McGuire And How To Pretend You've Seen Parasite

The High Court divides Australians by race and the police have access to your search history – James and Pete are here to talk you through a pretty bleak week in Australian politics. At least the Oscars gave us something fun to talk about – James talks Pete through the big talking points. Andrew Bolt joins the show to talk about his showdown with Eddie McGuire, the US Presidential race and Pete gets to the bottom of why James is the way he is (12:27-40:33). Heroes and Villains this week include the Chinese people demanding free speech, the return of live music to NSW, the American police rounding up unlicensed painters and The Guardian being hypocrites with a bonus Joint Villain of Boris Johnson (40:33-51:39). Gideon then goes for a world record 5th straight win on the quiz against Pete and newcomer Dara Macdonald (51:39-1:00:05). At the end of the show, James and Pete break down Joe Biden calling a voter a “dog-faced lying pony soldier”, after an Australian couple on board the coronavirus-infested cruise get wine delivered to them by drone (#straya) we share what we’d get droned to us if we were there, and James gives Pete (and anyone who needs it) the definitive guide to ‘Pretending You’ve Seen Parasite’.

Ep 144: Freedom Got Banned From QUT

The IPA has been all over the media this week – and Pete and James break down the QUT Guild banning Generation Liberty from the university’s O-Week and the scandal of Mark Dreyfus getting public servants to hassle Tony Abbott and CPAC Australia cos he doesn't like the cut of their jib. We’ve also got a leadership challenge in the Nationals and Pete bemoans yet another straight white male leading the Greens. Heroes and Villains this week include the British public finally getting to celebrate Brexit, the Deeners cricket club claiming a political scalp, Joaquin Phoenix reminding everyone he’s not actually The Joker and the Australian public for continuing to accept constant rises in alcohol tax like sheep. Baaaah! We talk to Generation Liberty Campus Coordinator at QUT Chris Dekker to get the full story about what happened at QUT, what it shows about oped debate at Australian universities and what his first television appearance was like (17:51-31:29), before he takes on Gideon and Pete in the quiz as Gideon goes for an unprecedented fourth consecutive victory (31:29-39:48). At the end, James and Pete try to figure out just what happened at Iowa and review a heavy favourite for best political moment of 2020, learn how you can spend $2,500 to be called a racist at dinner and after Matt Canavan loses his ministry, we try to determine if the YIPA Bump truly exists.

Ep 143: We Just Had The Best Decade In Human History with Matt Ridley

Malcolm Turnbull is a hypocrite on bushfires – Evan 'the Undertaker' Mulholland joins the show to explain how he uncovered the hypocrisy, what it shows about Turnbull and we debate who has been more annoying since they left politics – him or Kevin Rudd (0:00-8:30). Heroes and villains this week include the man who destroyed Elizabeth Warren’s debt bailout, the freakout over Joe Rogan supporting Bernie Sanders, the CNN panellists mocking everyone who doesn’t agree with them and, shockingly, the Australian of the Year (8:30-16:47). Matt Ridley joins the show to talk about why we just had the best decade in human history, economic growth is saving the planet, how the far left is actually hurting the environment and poor people, the power of Golden Rice and GM crops and his upcoming book How Innovation Works (16:47-36:02). This week’s quiz has Gideon Rozner going for a three-peat (36:02-44:57) At the end of the show we discuss firms urged to cut back on sport chat because apparently women must hate sports, how art galleries are now the tool of the patriarchy and after an Italian public servant gets caught clocking in his undies – which courts say he was allowed to do! – we rank the all time ‘public servants skipping work’ stories (44:57-54:07).

Ep 142: Australians Don't Want To #ChangeTheDate with Dr Anthony Dillon and Dr Bella d'Abrera

Australians want to celebrate Australia Day on January 26. We talk to the IPA’s Dr Bella d’Abrera about the results of the IPA-commissioned poll on attitudes towards Australia Day and how Russell Coight inspires her (0:00-7:27). Heroes and Villains this week include Laurence Fox’s awesome Question Time appearance in the UK, the nurse who saved Greg the Yellow Wiggle, Deloitte and the man who called the police and shamed a Target employee to 200,000 people over an electric toothbrush. Dr Anthony Dillon joins the show to talk about appearing in the IPA’s Race Has No Place video, what he thinks of #changethedate and what the real issues affecting Indigenous Australians are (17:15-33:50). After that, we have one of the most impressive performances in the history of the quiz (33:50-41:50), before James and Pete break down the New York Times endorsing not one but two women for the Presidency, Extinction Rebellion being listed as a terrorist group and Pete makes an impassioned plea for his struggling local cricket team to be included in #sportsrorts.

Episode 141 - Bushfires, Megxit And We Toast The End Of Lockout Laws

We are back for our first episode of 2020! We talk the big stories from over the break – the Australian bushfires and the actual solutions we should pursue and Megxit where we debate whether or not we’d be a royal. Heroes and villains this week include the Taiwanese people in their election, the Iranian protestors, PETA campaigning against cheese and the freakout over Vince Vaughn talking to Donald Trump. We speak to Sky News and Spectator Australia contributor Caroline Di Russo about the effort to sue the federal government for climate inaction and her take on the bushfires and Megxit (16:21-26:25). We also talk to friend of the show and star of the IPA’s viral What I Wasn’t Told… series Luca Rossi about his newfound fame (which he strongly denies), why he wanted to get involved and James pitches his ideas for future What I Wasn’t Told… videos (26:25-35:37) before another round of the quiz (35:37-43:06). At the end of the show we talk Marianne Williamson withdrawing from the Democrat nomination, the outrageous new anti-vaping ad, the repeal of Sydney lockout laws which James and Pete celebrate with gin before outlining their New Years’ Resolutions.

Episode 140: Brendan O’Neill Reacts To UK Election And Grunt The Pig Decides Hero Of The Year

It’s the last show of the year, but it’s a big one! James and Adam Schlicht run through the British elections before the first of our big guests arrive: Grunt The Pig, the pig of freedom himself, joins the show to decide who the Hero of the Year is between the Hong Kong protestors and the Iranian female soccer fans – who will he decide? (6:31-10:11) We’re also joined by Spiked editor Brendan O’Neill to dissect why the Conservatives dominated, what it means for Labour and Brexit and the new dividies in British society (10:11-28:20), before our final (and contentious) round of Hey What Did We Miss for the year (28:20-38:59). At the end, James and Adam break down Liam Gallagher’s Melbourne concert having an 11pm curfew, the Democrat caught watching golf in the middle of the impeachment hearings and the kindergarten replacing Santa with a sustainability pirate.