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Konstantin Kisin is a Russian-British comedian, podcaster and writer. His speech earlier this year to the Oxford Union on 'whether woke culture has gone too far' (watch) established him as one of the most influential social commentators in the world today. Each week he co-hosts the wildly successful Triggernometry podcast with another friend of Australiana, Francis Foster.

In this wide-ranging conversation, host Will Kingston and Konstantin discuss Ukraine, free speech, the decline of western culture and the rise of activist journalism.

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We now live in an age where words are violence. Where morality is assessed in Silicon Valley boardrooms instead of local communities. Where free speech is encumbered with so many legislative ifs and buts that it’s rapidly losing meaning. 

The great tragedy is it feels like there are less and less people willing to stand up for a belief that previous generations fought and died for – the right to think and say what we believe. Host Will Kingston is joined by legal theorist Josh Krook to discuss how free speech in Australia is eroding before our eyes.

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Note: We had some minor sound quality issues arising from Josh calling from the UK. Stick with it. It's worth it.

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In last week’s episode host Will Kingston chatted to firebrand conservative commentator Sydney Watson, whose funny and fearless culture war observations have made her a Youtube sensation the world over. It turns out both host and guest had an aversion to brevity.

This is Part II of Australiana in conversation with Sydney Watson. In this episode Will and Sydney cover modern feminism, race relations and woke celebrities.

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Sydney Watson is not a quiet Australian, although she shares their frustrations. On the contrary she’s a very loud Australian. Her army of over one million social media followers come to her for funny and fearless culture war observations.

In this first episode of a two-part series, host Will Kingston and Sydney discuss the body positivity movement, trans conversion therapy and the rise of identity politics within companies.

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Australia and the UK have adopted a legally-binding commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. In this provocative conversation with host Will Kingston, author and Spectator journalist Ross Clark lays out a searing case for why this commitment is not only environmentally futile, but economically and geopolitically dangerous. Ross’ new book is titled ‘Not Zero: How an Irrational Target Will Impoverish You, Help China (and Won't Even Save the Planet).’

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Why are there almost no right-wing comedians? Why do we take jokes so seriously? Is it possible to be funny in 2023 without being cancelled? Host Will Kingston searches for answers with teacher-turned-comedian-turned-podcasting magnate, Francis Foster. Francis is co-host of the hugely successful Triggernometry podcast. Will and Francis discuss comedy and a buffet of culture wars issues in this wide-ranging conversation.

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The pandemic may be coming to an end, but the virus of groupthink that infected our institutions still runs rampant. Host Will Kingston chats with economist and author Gigi Foster about how Covid exposed an egregious failure of competence and courage in the sciences and academia, where the scientific method and academic debate were shamefully tossed aside. The question is, can they be saved?

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Australia is changing before our eyes but we cannot see it. Or perhaps we don’t want to? Enter Australiana, the new podcast that will look at the big issues facing Australia through the telescope of the news of the day. Every week host Will Kingston will speak to a newsmaker or news-breaker to understand our politics, our culture and the wars that are being waged to change them.

Australiana is produced by The Spectator, the oldest surviving weekly magazine in the world. There’s no publication better placed to help you see the changing face of our nation.

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