Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps
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Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps
The world has never been more connected. Yet never more divided. We yell at each other from inside our echo chambers. But change doesn’t happen inside an echo chamber. It’s time to get out, to stretch our legs, to step on some land mines. It's time to have an uncomfortable conversation with Josh Sze...
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“The Secret Power Behind World Leaders” with Phoebe Saintilan-Stocks
The image of a singular political leader is misleading. Why? Because they can barely function without a team behind them. Chief among that team, being...
"End Animal Cruelty. Don't Go Vegan" with Aidan Alexander
If you're ethically conflicted about industrial animal farming, this episode is a shot of hope. Shaming people into going vegan doesn't work. What doe...
"The Psychology of World War III" with Dr Nicholas Wright
Bluffing, double-crossing, predicting, testing your enemy. The mind games of international relations are wildly complex. And at the end of the day, th...
Josh vs The News: Bezos' Trump Bribe, Banning Refugees, & is Hegseth a War Criminal?
Josh takes a look at the week’s news, and tries to make sense of it. A
"The Secret Economic History of the World" with Pulitzer finalist Sven Beckert
Is faith in our economic system cracking up?
From Mayor Mamdani's win to Elon's trillion-dollar payday, from Instagram infuluencer...
Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Refugees, Fossil Fuels & the fate of Western Civilisation
Tony Abbott was the 28th Prime Minister of Australia. Here, he visits Josh for an Uncomfortable Conversation about his government’s policy of “turning...
"Obama, Trump & the Great American Contradiction" with Pulitzer-Prize-winner Paul Starr
The difference between America's last two consequential presidents (sorry, Joe) couldn't be starker. How did the same country - sometimes even the sam...
"The Case for American Power" with Shadi Hamid
The left has become increasingly uncomfortable about arguing for the moral superiority of the United States, let alone for the exercise of American do...
“Have We Got Morality Backwards? The Case Against Utilitarianism” with Bo Winegard
What does it mean to do the right thing, and how do we know when we’re doing wrong? Is it ever okay to lie? To exact vengeance? To eat meat? To abort...
“The New Race to the Moon: China, MAGA, SpaceX & Mars” with Jeffrey Kluger
President Trump has nominated a billionaire to be the new head of NASA as the United States gears up for its most ambitious mission in decades: a retu...
JUST JOSH: Dissecting Tucker Carlson
American conservatives are in a tizzy of in-fighting after one of their leading voices, Tucker Carlson, hosted a genial chat with a Holocaust-denying,...
BONUS PANEL: "Who Really Influences Our Politicians?" with Senators Bridget McKenzie & David Pocock, and MP's Allegra Spender & Helen Haines
What happens when you put politicians in a room and ask them to talk honestly about who really influences their decisions?
This bonus episode is...
“Being a Satirist in Censorious Times” with cartoonist Jason Chatfield
Zohran Mamdani has just been elected mayor of New York, parachuting onto a political terrain more polarised and energised than it's been since the 196...
“The Climate Change Solution So Crazy it Just Might Work” with Quico Toro
The conversation around climate change is so predictable. It's either depressing doom, science denialism, or ambitious summits that don't achieve much...
"Public Shaming" with Clare Stephens
Pile-ons, performative outrage, apology rituals, and public humiliation have become a blood sport over the past decade. What happened? Was it a moral...
"Trans Rights, Women's Rights, Gay Rights, Oh My!” with Professor Robert Wintemute
What happens when the fight for women's equality collides with transgender rights? Is the anti-trans nastiness of the Elon MAGA-verse now winning? Or...
"Mindfulness, Science, Buddhism & Bullsh*t"? with Mo Edjlali
You know you should meditate. But you don't have the time. Or you're no good at it. So you occasionally subscribe to a meditation app, you listen to p...
“What’s Comedy For, Anymore?” with Wil Anderson
The Saudi stand-up controversy, the Jimmy Kimmel brouhaha, the clickification of live shows into viral video clips, the clash of podcasters like Marc...
“Charlie Kirk’s Secret Plan to Take Over America” with Dr Matthew Boedy
What if the fight for America’s soul wasn’t just political, but theological?
A powerful movement inside Christian America believes it is on a di...
"There IS no Housing Crisis, Akshually ☝️" with economist Cameron Murray
Insane house prices are destroying the middle-class dream of home ownership. Or... are they?
Is there actually a housing crisis? Or are most peo...
“Godfather of the Greens”, fmr Senator Bob Brown
He’s been called the most successful environmentalist in Australian history, and one of the most influential in the world.
Former Senator Bob Br...
"Gaza 3.0" with Yaakov Katz
It’s the second anniversary of the October 7th attacks, and the Middle East is abuzz with a new plan that would see an independent Palestinian body ad...
"Is the UK Falling Apart?" with Dominic Frisby
Is it racist to worry that there are more immigrants in London than white English? Has the UK reached a tipping point in its conversation about Britai...
“Don’t F*** it up, Australia” with MP Allegra Spender
It’s a fact. The way our governments raise and spend money benefits older, richer people, and disadvantages younger people who are trying to build wea...
“We’re Going to be Okay” with social psychologist Adam Mastroianni
Trump. Gaza. Artificial Intelligence. Authoritarianism. Assassinations. Climate Chaos. Russia. Social media. The far right. Terrorism. Political divis...
"How the Lab Leak Got Cred" with Elizabeth Finkel
What happens when the public's understanding of a global event is hijacked by online psuedo-experts? How should scientists express uncertainty when ev...
"Can Liberalism Survive?" with Waleed Aly
What holds liberal democracy together in an age of social media, tribal politics and rising violence? Josh has been trying to get Waleed Aly to submit...
"What IS a Zionist?" with Charlotte Korchak
What does "Zionism" mean after the destruction of Gaza? As Josh wrestles with this question himself, Charlotte Korchak is his Zionist guide today. She...
Charlie Kirk & Guns
America's pre-eminent conservative youth activist, Charlie Kirk, has been assassinated while speaking at a Utah college. Josh shares his thoughts... a...
Josh Visits the South Pacific: Climate Chaos, Chinese Bribes & Mosquitoes
What can a stunningly beautiful, dirt-poor, corrupt, tropical-island nation teach us about the battle between China and the West... and about how clim...
Just Josh: Eulogy for Josh's Dad
Josh reflects on the death of his dad after years with Alzheimer’s - the strange in-between of losing someone before they’re gone, and the lessons he...
PREMIUM: "Has Home Ownership Become Hereditary?" with Peter Tulip
Why is housing in Australia so unaffordable, and what can be done about it? Peter Tulip, former economist at the US Federal Reserve and the Reserve Ba...
"Substack's Founders on the Future of the Media" with Hamish McKenzie & Chris Best
What is the future of the media? Are we doomed to inhabit our own social-media news bubbles, tailored by algorithms to keep us “engaged”? Will readers...
PREMIUM: "Anti-Immigration, the Far Right & the Christchurch Shooter" with Investigative Journalist Joey Watson
How does an adventurous, open-minded, well-travelled young bloke get interested in nationalism... and then in Western supremacy... and then white prid...
SZEPS WORLD TOUR - NICK CAVE on Faith, Melancholy, & Stardom
Nick Cave is one of Australia’s biggest musical exports. But after forty years as a rockstar - and the death of two sons - he's become something else:...
SZEPS WORLD TOUR - JIMMY CARR, COMEDY LEGEND
Jimmy Carr is one of the most successful stand-up comics on earth.
His hilarious, brutal crowd work is a viral sensation. His Netflix specials a...
SZEPS WORLD TOUR – COLEMAN HUGHES on Race, Trump & Power
He’s been grilled before Congress, clashed with Bill Maher, and built a reputation as one of the most interesting young intellectuals in America.
SZEPS WORLD TOUR – MEGHAN DAUM on What You’re Not Supposed to Say
As the Szeps Live Around-the-World Podcast Marathon barrels along, Josh and his long-suffering producer, Jono, cruise their rented convertible into th...
SZEPS WORLD TOUR - RICH ROLL on Liberty, Loneliness & Legacy
Rich Roll is one of the biggest podcasters in America, thanks to his irresistible blend of ultra-athleticism, Stoic philosophy, sobriety, personal imp...
SZEPS WORLD TOUR - KMELE FOSTER on Race, Spirituality & 'Wokeness'
What is your race? What is your identity? How should your kids think about how they fit in at school, or don't, on the basis of their racial or econom...