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Rebecca Weisser is an experienced journalist, the editor of Quadrant and former opinion page editor of The Australian.
Today we discuss:
The 5 year anniversary of the Covid lockdowns and what she learnt from her experience of that timeHer thoughts on the media today and whether she was surprised the Chairman of the ABC had no idea about Joe RoganWhether there are any ideological elements of the Howard/Bush era that were in retrospect wrong and inappropriate for todayWhere she differs from the Trump agendaAnd much more.
www.quadrant.org.au
x.com/rebeccaweisser
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Jason Richwine is a resident scholar at the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington, DC-based research institute that examines the impact of immigration on the United States. He earned his PhD in Public Policy from Harvard University in 2009 and his work has been appeared in major publications such as the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and National Review among others.
Today we discuss
- The current status of the deportations of illegal immigrants and the scale of the problem
- What the obstacles are to enacting legislation to back up Trump’s executive orders
- Who is driving immigration policy in the White House and Congress
- What the long terms consequences are for mass immigration in the West and impact on IQ and whether true assimilation is actually possible
And much more.
https://cis.org/Richwine
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Stephen McInerney is Dean of Studies and Director of the Centre for the Study of the Western Tradition at Campion College, a leading liberal arts institution in Sydney.
He has a doctorate from the University of Sydney, a first-class honours degree in Arts from the Australian National University where he was awarded the university medal in English. He served for many years as a member of the executive of the Ramsay Foundation.
Stephen is also a published poet.
Today we discuss:
1. What he sees as the major threats to Western Civilization and Australian identity today
2. How his views politically have changed over time and how he grew to better understand the views of his grandfather
3. Whether classical education and “telling a better story” like the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship famously suggests is a sufficient response to the challenges we face
4. How academics should engage with the popular culture and how to get people interested in poetry in the age of TikTok.
And much more.
https://www.campion.edu.au/about/our-staff/dr-stephen-mcinerney/
https://x.com/dr_mcinerney
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My guest today is Fleur Meston, young British conservative activist who works in Westminster on a variety of campaigns and is co-host of the podcast, Bombshells.
Today we discuss:
- The fight within the Reform Party and where it is likely to end up?
- The state of the British Conservative Party and whether they truly understand the national conservative movement?
- Her campaign against the assisted dying legislation currently before the British Parliament and the likely outcome of that
- Whether she sees much hope for the UK?
And much more. I hope you enjoy our discussion.
https://x.com/fleurmeston
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1EV-mVxCadeCrwCoYJKpjA
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My guest today is Mark Leach who is the co-founder of "Never Again Is Now" an organization seeking to combat the increase in antisemitism in Australia.
Mark has an interesting history: he grew up in Southern Africa, trained as a medical doctor, before becoming an Anglican Pastor and moving to Australia. He is a very well read and thoughtful guy who has had direct experience dealing with a wide range of ethnic and religious differences over the years.
Today we discuss:
1. What he think is causing the increase in antisemitism in Australia?
2. Whether hate speech laws are a good idea?
3. Whether antisemitism is different to other types of ethnic hatred?
4. Whether there is a way to differentiate between the struggles for national self-determination of different ethnic groups?
5. What the impact of mass immigration has been in fostering ethnic conflict in Australia?
And much more.
https://www.neveragainisnow.com.au/
https://www.markleach.com.au
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Dr. Frank Salter is a well-known Australian academic and political scientist known for his work in biosocial science, particularly the integration of biology with social and political studies.
Frank has authored several notable books and numerous articles which examine topics such as organisational power, ethnic kinship, and the evolutionary basis of social cohesion.
Today we discuss:
- What he means by terms such as “multiculturalism”, “civic nationalism”, and “ethno-nationalism”.
- Whether a nation can be bound together simply by “values”
- Whether there are any ways to effectively manage multi-ethnic societies
- Why Western nations in modern times adopted different policies compared to many other traditional nation states
- What should be done in future to avoid Australia and other Western nations experiencing the same fate as South Africa.
And much more. I hope you enjoy our discussion.
https://www.amazon.com/Books-Frank-Salter/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AFrank%2BSalter
https://britishaustraliancommunity.com.au/
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My guest today is Dr Jamie Q Roberts who is the author of soon to be published book called “The Intellectual Dark Web (A History and Possible Future)”
Jamie Roberts is a Lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/jamie-roberts.html
Today we discuss:
- What he means by the Intellectual Dark Web, whether that term is still useful, and what should and should not be included in that definition
- What unites and what differences there are on the online right
- Whether there is any hope that the new media and online right and will reinvigorate our universities and traditional media
- What the future might hold for IDW types and intellectual life in the West more broadly
And much more.
https://www.amazon.com/Intellectual-Dark-Web-History-Possible/dp/1634312708
https://x.com/jamieqroberts
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My guest today is Dr Bob Birrell who is a well-known demographer and critic of mass immigration.
Bob was formerly a professor at Monash University and has acted as an advisor to successive Australian governments on immigration policy.
He is currently a president of the Australian Population Research Institute think tank which has just released a survey on the attitudes of Australian to immigration. www.tapri.org.au
Among other things we discuss:
- His recent report on Australians attitudes to immigration
- The impact of mass immigration on Australia in terms of productivity, social cohesion, housing, and fertility rates.
- Why Treasury has got the forecasts on immigration numbers so wrong
- What Australia will look like if we continue with our current policies
- Whether there is anything realistically that can be done
And much more.
Recent poll and research report conducted by APRI mentioned in the episode:
https://tapri.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Elites-vs-the-electorate-report1-2025-finalV2.pdf
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Dr Tanveer Ahmed is a Sydney-based psychiatrist, author, and newspaper columnist.
His books include The Exotic Rissole, Fragile Nation and In Defence of Shame. He has written regularly for the Australian Financial Review, The Australian and for the Sydney Morning Herald amongst other publications. He has served on local government and on multiple Boards and advisory committees.
Today we discuss:
- The recent controversy regarding the Bankstown Hospital nurses and antisemitism more generally in Australia
- How seriously we should take those remarks and how they are similar and different to other forms of sectarianism that have existed in Australia
- Whether identity politics is really a bad thing and why individuals need identity
- To what extent the problem is ideology rather than simply long-standing intractable ethnic conflict
- Other questions regarding national identity, Islam, liberalism and the west
And much more.
https://www.amazon.com.au/s?i=books-single-index&rh=p_27%3ATanveer%2BAhmed&s=relevancerank&text=Tanveer+Ahmed&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1
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My guest today is Bob Carr - the longest serving premier of NSW who also served as Australian Foreign Minister in the Gillard Government.
Bob is a former journalist who has published several books touching on literature, Australian history, and his time in politics.
We had covered a variety of subjects in our chat - some of those like immigration and foreign policy - where I thought there is a surprising overlap with those who have a national conservative perspective.
On others, like trade policy, as you will see, he was less interested in discussing.
We also covered China, JD Vance’s recent speech, his views on Make America Healthy Again, who he thinks are the best writers and most well-read politicians in Australia today, and much more.
https://www.amazon.com.au/s?i=books-single-index&rh=p_27%3ABob%2BCarr
x.com/bobjcarr
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My guest to today is Dr Philippa Martyr who is an academic at the university of Western Australia, an author, a regular columnist of the Catholic Weekly, and one of the more knowledgeable people about the state of the Catholic Church in Australia today.
She has just released a new book “Witness: The Future Catholic Church in Australia” which contains probably the most comprehensive and UpToDate data about the true state of the Church and Catholic-branded organizations in Australia. It does not paint a pretty picture. However, she is a friend of the Church and the book also contains some thoughtful analysis about what should its future should look like.
In our chat we discuss
1. Why non-Catholics should care about the state of the Catholic Church in Australia today
2. How dire things really are
3. What the cause of this situation?
4. Whether we need a Catholic DOGE to get Catholic organizations focused on their true mission.
And much more.
https://www.connorcourtpublishing.com.au/Witness-The-future-Catholic-Church-in-Australia-by-Philippa-Martyr_p_636.html
https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/philippa-martyr
https://catholicweekly.com.au/author/dr-philippa-martyr/
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My guest today is Australia-Canadian academic and writer Dr James Allan.
Jim currently is the Garrick Professor of Law at the University of Queensland and has taught at universities across the English-speaking world. He writes a regular column for the Spectator Australia and has been prominent in many public debates in Australia such as the recent Voice referendum, free speech restrictions, the government heavy handed response to Covid, and the debate about a bill of rights.
In this episode we discuss:
Whether Canada Should Remain An Independent Country or Be Part of the USA like Trump seems to be suggestingHow Canadian elections differ from other English-speaking western democraciesWhether there is any real difference between the Canadian Conservative Party and the Australia Liberal Party and whether any are really conservativeWhat should be done if anything about the Australia SenateHow matters like immigration, trade, free speech are playing out across the Anglosphere todayAnd much more.
https://law.uq.edu.au/profile/1302/james-allan
https://www.spectator.com.au/author/james-allan/
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George Christensen is a former Member of Parliament and journalist, who currently serves as the Campaign Director for CitizenGO Australia https://nationfirst.com.au/
We discuss among other things:
What the new hate speech laws mean for Australian and why people are concernedWhat is likely to happen regarding the enforcement of these lawsWhether Elon Musk and Donald Trump would be persecuted under Australia's current speech regimeWhether there is anything special about Nazi symbols and whether they should be bannedWhat is means for religious libertyWhat concerned citizens should doAnd much more. Details of the new Australian hate speech laws are found here: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r7240
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My guest today is Moira Deeming a well-known Australian politician who has been member of the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria, for the Western Metropolitan Region since 2022.
Moira has risen to national prominence in Australia and internationally as a result of her battle resisting various aspects of gender ideology. She was also involved for most of last year in high profile defamation trial against then Victorian Liberal leader who falsely accused her of being an associate of neo-Nazi sympathisers and extremists.
Moira has an interesting and unconventional background for a Liberal Party representative and has long standing traditional ties to the Labor Party. The district she represents an area which has long been seen as being "dead red" i.e. an area where the centre-right has no chance of success. Today we discuss:
How she is holding up after her long trialWhat she thinks is ultimately driving proponents of the gender ideologyWhy it is that even politicians that agree with her do not have the courage to speak upWhy there is an intergenerational divide among women on gender ideologyWhat impact Trump's recent executive orders might have in AustraliaWhat she thinks of the realignment in politics in the UK and US and what is means for AustraliaWhy Victoria is no longer the "jewel in the crown" of the Liberal Party and what can be done about that.And much much more.
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Dan Ryan, Executive Director of NatCon Australia and Jordan Knight, Founder of Migration Watch get together on the day of Donald Trump formally takes office.
We discuss among other things:
The aesthetic of the new right and how Trump's use of YMCA as his campaign theme song fits in to it - or does it?How serious is Trump about annexing Canada and whether there is some deeper logic behind it as a way of getting other Anglophone countries to man up The reaction from the mainstream left and right in Australia to the Trump victory and whether there is any evidence they understand the national conservative agenda Marco Rubio confirmation hearing speech to be new US Secretary of State, how he is political astute, and talks in a way no Australian politician yet does on trade, immigration and foreign policyThe in-fights on the new right - HIB visas, Vivek Ramaswamy and how the tech bros misunderstood the immigration debate, Elon's involvement in the UK grooming gangs debateWhether the black-pills have it right or whether young men and and should pick themselves off the ground YMCA styleAnd much much more
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My guest today is Ian Fletcher who is one of the leading academic critics of free trade in the United States today. Ian is on the advisory board of the Coalition for a Prosperous America and is the author or co-author of many books including Free Trade Doesn’t Work, The Conservative Case against Free Trade, and most recently Industrial Policy for the United States.
https://prosperousamerica.org/advisory-board/ian-fletcher/ https://www.amazon.com.au/stores/author/B003BDMOEI
We discuss among other things:
- Who is going to be in charge of trade and industrial policy in Trump 2.0
- What the impact of Trump trade policy on Australia is likely to be
- What trade and industrial policy means for the USD and for currencies
- How industrial policy can be done poorly and how to avoid some of the downsides
- What Australia's trade policy should be like going forward - How to determine what goods you need to produce locally and which (if any) you can be comfortable importing
And much more
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My guest today is Aimee Terese a well-known online political and social commentator x.com/aimeeterese .
Aimee is Australian although she is not particularly well known in her homeland. However, she does have a prolific following on X and is influential in online right circles in the United States and elsewhere.
Today we discuss:
How she sees herself and how her political views evolvedIf X didn't exist what she would doThe interaction between the online right and the mainstream media and the general publicSex differences and how they play out in politicsCensorship, cancellation and the free pressWhether many humans actually want truth Her views on religionAnd much more.
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Today I speak with Avik Roy who is a US conservative commentator, activist and founder of the foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity https://freopp.org/team/the-freopp-founders-avik-roy/
He has particular expertise in health care reform and has advised Mitt Romney and other Republican Presidential candidates in this area.
He has also been a prominent critic of the national conservative movement in the United States and was instrumental in pulling together something call "The Freedom Conservative Statement of Principles" found here: https://www.freedomconservatism.org/p/freedom-conservatism-a-statement
We talk briefly about health care in the United States, how concerns about Obamacare did not feature as much in the most recent Presidential election as they have in the past, and his view about what the appointments of RFK Jr and Jay Battachaya mean.
We then get in to national conservative v freedom conservative debate. His views on JD Vance, Trump and some of the key areas such as trade, foreign policy and immigration, where NatCons and his freedom cons have different approaches, and whether this is all just a rehash of what Disraeli and Gladstone were debating in the 19th Century.
Hope you enjoy.
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Andrew is a Senior Policy Analyst in Trade Policy at the Heritage Foundation in Washington DC. Used to work for the British and American governments dealing with foreign policy and trade issues for many years.
We discuss:
Who is actually going to be in charge of trade policy under Trump 2.0?What trade policies are likely to be actually implemented?What will be the likely trading relationship between China and the US in future?Will Australia receive or need an exemption from any new trade policies?What should Australia's trade policy be going forward? Should we implement tariffs on China?And much more.
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Interview with Simon Hankinson - Senior Research Fellow in the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation
How much of a focus immigration now is among think tanks in the US Capital and how much this has changed since the pre-Trump eraWhat Trump's policy is likely to be with respect to legal immigrationWhy Tucker Carlson seems to like The Heritage Foundation rather than other DC think tanksHow diversity, equity and inclusion programmes undermine US foreign policyAnd much more
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