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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"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...
SZEPS WORLD TOUR - SAM HARRIS on Making Sense of Life
How much responsibility do podcasters have not to "platform" crazy voices? Is there a countervailing duty to explore unusual ideas, spurned by elites?...
On Stage in NYC: Panel Show at the Comedy Cellar
It was a sweltering evening in Greenwich Village as a packed crowd showed up at the legendary Comedy Cellar - the stomping ground of Seinfeld, Chappel...
SZEPS LIVE TOUR - TYLER COWEN on Inequality, Abundance, & Using A.I. to Achieve 'Intellectual Immortality'
Tyler Cowen is one of the world's Top 100 Global Thinkers according to Foreign Policy magazine. The Wall Street Journal calls his blog, Marginal Revol...
SZEPS LIVE TOUR: "Atheism, Wokeness & Islam" with Sarah Haider
Born in Pakistan, Sarah Haider founded the Ex-Muslims of North America to help Muslims escape Islamist coercion. She was an outspoken atheist. Then......
THE SZEPS LIVE WORLD TOUR IS UNDERWAY
G'day from New York City. We've been sitting on this Easter egg for some time, warming it up under our feathery little tooshes. It's now time to let t...
"How Not to Feel Like a Failure (When Fame & Fortune Aren't Enough)" with TV Host Osher Günsberg
How do you avoid the hamster wheel of hoping that your next success will deliver happiness? How do you escape mental ruts, anxious spirals and critica...
PREMIUM: "How to Raise an Awesome Kid (and be an Awesome Grown-Up)" with Dr Billy Garvey
It's one of the most persistent, perplexing and provocative questions to plague our culture: What explains the explosion in ADHD, anxiety and autism i...
"The Case for Nuclear Power" with Aidan Morrison
Have rich democracies been hoodwinked into chasing a mirage of green energy? Are renewables leading us into a dead-end of brown-outs, white-elephant w...
PREMIUM: "In-Groups & Out-Groups" with social psychologist Jolanda Jetten
Are you defined by your identities? Where do you rank in the hierarchy of your social group, either online or in real life? How are the boundaries of...
“Josh vs the Anti-Gay-Parenting Activist” Katy Faust
Katy Faust is a family-values activist who campaigns against all families that don't contain a biological mother and father. A rockstar among American...
"Artificial Intelligence in a Human World" with Prof. Toby Walsh
Is it legit for tech companies to vacuum up everything humans create, to spin off A.I. content, and not to compensate humans? Will this world of creat...
"Should We Ban Extreme Wealth?” with Prof. Carl Rhodes
Is there something broken about a world where some people are absurdly, insanely rich? Or is inequality the price we pay for innovation? What do Bezos...
PREMIUM: “The Palestinian Delusion: the 'Right of Return' & the Mirage of Peace” with fmr Labor Knesset parliamentarian Einat Wilf
What if the problem for the Palestinian people was not Israel, but the encouragement by the international community of a fantasy that, one day, Palest...
"A.I., Artificial Souls, and the Crazy Conundrum of Consciousness" with Philosopher Eric Schwitzgebel
Let's take a break from the news cycle for a moment, shall we? There's a lot of cool shit to ponder that's more important and more fascinating. Like,...
"Being Courageous in a Conformist World" with Sarah Wilson
Are we too spoilt to be creative? Are we succumbing to decadent decline? How do you dissent when the incentives are to conform? How do the French reta...
JUST JOSH: "Staying Sane on Israel"
Anti-Zionism, antisemitism, Palestinians, Hamas, Israeli Arabs, diaspora Jews, Gaza, and now an all-out war with Iran. It's head-spinning, trying to m...
PREMIUM: “Old Media, New Media & the Truth” with legendary journalist Chris Uhlmann
Chris Uhlmann is one of the most experienced and well-known journalists Down Under. He worked for decades as either the host or the chief political re...
BONUS: The Playwright Who Just Won the Tony Awards
Over the weekend, the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play went to Eureka Day, a brave, hilarious satire of wokeness, vaccine denial, identity politi...
“An Incredible Clean-Energy Future: Smart Homes, Smart Grids & Smart Thinkers” like energy entrepreneur Saul Griffith
If you want to feel optimistic about the mind-boggling potential of the renewable energy revolution, listen to Saul Griffith, one of the world's leadi...