The Political Animals

Do white people need to become race conscious? Is America a white supremacist culture? Is racisim a structure rather than an event? Should white women cry in the presence of coloured women?

Jonathan and Holly discuss the notion of white fragility popularised by Robin Diangelo in her controversial book White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism.

The Political Animals is co-hosted by:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jonathan Cole⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, an academic interested in conservatism, libertarianism, political ideology and political theology; and

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Holly Lawford-Smith⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, an academic working in moral and political philosophy, with a particular interest in feminist theory and movement. You can find Holly on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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Jonathan and Holly explore decolonisation. What does it mean? What are its goals? Has it overreached and can it succeed?

The article discussed in this episode is “On Decolonisation and the University."

The Political Animals is co-hosted by:

⁠⁠⁠⁠Jonathan Cole⁠⁠⁠⁠, an academic interested in conservatism, libertarianism, political ideology and political theology; and

⁠⁠⁠⁠Holly Lawford-Smith⁠⁠⁠⁠, an academic working in moral and political philosophy, with a particular interest in feminist theory and movement. You can find Holly on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Want to see our faces? Check out our ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠ channel.

Want to suggest a topic for a show, provide feedback or say hello? Email us at [email protected].

This weak Jonathan and Holly discuss (debate) the issue of hate speech and in particular whether it should be banned or addressed by counterspeech, especially state-based counterspeech.

The Political Animals is co-hosted by:

⁠⁠⁠Jonathan Cole⁠⁠⁠, an academic interested in conservatism, libertarianism, political ideology and political theology; and

⁠⁠⁠Holly Lawford-Smith⁠⁠⁠, an academic working in moral and political philosophy, with a particular interest in feminist theory and movement. You can find Holly on ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠.

Want to see our faces? Check out our ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ channel.

Want to suggest a topic for a show, provide feedback or say hello? Email us at [email protected].

Where is the boundary between legitimate and illegitimate political association?

Jonathan and Holly examine the case of the “Let Women Speak” rally held on the steps of the Victorian Parliament in March 2023, which was gatecrashed by neo-Nazis and led to the expulsion of Moira Deeming from the Liberal Party for the alleged sin of political association.

The Political Animals is co-hosted by:

⁠⁠Jonathan Cole⁠⁠, an academic interested in conservatism, libertarianism, political ideology and political theology; and

⁠⁠Holly Lawford-Smith⁠⁠, an academic working in moral and political philosophy, with a particular interest in feminist theory and movement. You can find Holly on ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠.

Want to see our faces? Check out our ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ channel.

Want to suggest a topic for a show, provide feedback or say hello? Email us at [email protected].

Jonathan and Holly pose the question: is LGBTIQ a political ideology? They discuss the concept and meaning of the acronym LGBTIQ, its internal dynamics and conflicts, its incorporation into the state ideology, as well as its broader political connotations, dimensions and ramifications for policy and society.

The Political Animals is co-hosted by:

⁠Jonathan Cole⁠, an academic interested in conservatism, libertarianism, political ideology and political theology; and

⁠Holly Lawford-Smith⁠, an academic working in moral and political philosophy, with a particular interest in feminist theory and movement. You can find Holly on ⁠Twitter⁠ and ⁠YouTube⁠.

Want to see our faces? Check out our ⁠YouTube⁠ channel.

Want to suggest a topic for a show, provide feedback or say hello? Email us at [email protected].

Welcome to the relaunch of The Political Animals Podcast!

A show where two political philosophers, one a right-wing radical, the other a left-wing heretic, come together to discuss the social, political and cultural issues of our day.

The Political Animals is co-hosted by:

Jonathan Cole, an academic interested in conservatism, libertarianism, political ideology and political theology; and

Holly Lawford-Smith, an academic working in moral and political philosophy, with a particular interest in feminist theory and movement. You can find Holly on Twitter and YouTube.

Want to see our faces? Check out our YouTube channel.

Want to suggest a topic for a show, provide feedback or say hello? Email us at [email protected].

Jonathan chats to Mark Hornshaw, a libertarian and Austrian economist who is also socially conservative and a Christian.

You can check out some of the articles Mark mentions in the show here:

Australia’s Violent Enforcement of Lockdowns Sparks Memories of the Eureka Rebellion.

Isaiah’s Job.

Jeremiah’s Job.

Jonathan talks to Jack Jacobs about the influence of Burke on his political thought and why he describes himself as an old whig in the mould of Burke.

Jonathan talks to Dr Luke Torrisi about living through the demographic and cultural transformation of southwestern Sydney in the 1980s, his involvement on the right of the NSW Liberal Party in the 1990s and 2000s, and finding his spiritual home in traditionalist conservatism.

The second in a series exploring the political ideas of the Right through intellectual biography.

Terrain covered in this episode:

Libertarianism

Anarcho-capitalism

Traditionalist Conservatism

Conservative Liberalism

Ordoliberalism