Johannes Leak is the Editorial Cartoonist for The Australian. Like his father Bill before him, Johannes’ cartoons represent the soul of the newspaper. In this conversation with host Will Kingston, Johannes delivers a masterclass on the craft of political cartoons, as well as discussing how identity politics and cancel culture are encroaching on modern media and the arts.

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Winston Marshall was the banjoist and lead guitarist for British folk rock band Mumford and Sons. In 2021, he left the band so that he could be free to use his voice to shine a light on the taboo topics of our age. His podcast for The Spectator, Marshall Matters, is now one of the most popular political and social commentary podcasts in the UK.

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Senator Alex Antic is a Liberal Senator representing South Australia in the Australian Federal Parliament. In this wide-ranging conversation with host Will Kingston, Alex discusses the Voice referendum, the future of the Liberal Party, the challenges facing the west and the rise of China.

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Andrew Bogut is Australia’s greatest ever men’s basketballer. His glittering professional career started in 2005 when he became the first Australian to go number #1 in the NBA draft, it reached its crescendo in 2015 with an NBA championship for the Golden State Warriors, and ended back in Australia with the Sydney Kings. 

Off the court, he has developed a reputation as an intelligent, contrarian thinker on a wide range of issues. In this conversation, Andrew and host Will Kingston discuss the relationship between politics and sport, trans athletes and whether sporting clubs should take a position on the Voice referendum. 

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Mick Ryan is a retired Major-General in the Australian Army. His decorated 35 year military career included deployments to East Timor, Iraq, and southern Afghanistan, as well as a stint as a strategist on the United States Joint Staff in the Pentagon. This experience, in conjunction with an impressive academic resume, has earnt him a reputation as one of Australia’s finest military minds.

His new book, ‘White Sun War’, is an engrossing imagining of a future conflict between China and the US over Taiwan. In this conversation with host Will Kingston, Mick discusses what that conflict may look like.

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Daisy Cousens is one of the most insightful and entertaining voices in Australian political and social commentary. She’s mastered legacy media via contributions to Sky News, Q&A and The Spectator Australia, but it’s her burgeoning reputation as a YouTuber that has catapulted her to global attention. Over 215 thousand people now subscribe to her channel.

In this episode, Daisy and host Will Kingston go on an intrepid adventure into the culture wars and Australian and American politics.

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Warren Mundine grew up in a poor Aboriginal family in the 1950’s and rose to become the National President of the Australian Labor Party, an advisor to five Prime Ministers, a successful businessman and a tireless advocate for indigenous Australians.

In this conversation with host Will Kingston, he discusses why he is opposing the Voice, and outlines some practical things we can do instead to improve the lives of Indigenous Australians.

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Note: We had some minor issues with sound quality on Warren's side. Stick with it. It's worth it.

Cameron Murray is an Australian author and economist, who specialises in property markets, environmental economics and corruption. His latest book is titled ‘Rigged: How Networks of Powerful Mates Rip off Everyday Australians.’

It’s an extraordinary and shocking story of how boys clubs and backroom deals have come to dominate business and government in Australia, robbing ordinary Australians of half of their wealth.

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Kellie-Jay Keen (AKA Posie Parker) is an activist for sex-based rights. She is the founder of Standing For Women, a global women’s rights campaign group, and the creator of the action Women Stand Up! 

Her recent tour of Australia and New Zealand made global headlines. She was rushed by Lidia Thorpe in Hobart, accused of being a Nazi sympathiser in Melbourne, and assaulted in Auckland in scenes that shocked the world. 

In this conversation with host Will Kingston, she's a British mum of four leading a global movement on behalf of women everywhere.

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Almost every big company has embraced woke policies and attitudes over the last five years, despite little evidence they improve business performance. 

Host Will Kingston explores this paradox with American economist and management thought leader, Peter Klein. In 2022, Peter made headlines in business sections the world over for a paper he co-authored, titled ‘Why Do Companies Go Woke?’

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