The Young IPA Podcast

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The Young IPA Podcast episodes

October 12, 2018 The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 81 with Greg Sheridan and Scott Hargreaves
This week James and Pete talk about the proposals for new religious discrimination laws, the move from the ALP to defend Western Civilisation, the IPCC report, the Supreme Court of the UK’s decision on gay wedding cakes and the Nobel Prize in Economics. We talk to Greg Sheridan, Foreign Editor at The Australian and author of the new book God is Good For You about his book, the decline of Christianity in the world today and what Christians can do to stop it (18:04-43:43). We also talk to IPA Review Editor Scott Hargreaves about the upcoming edition coming out next week about some of the articles IPA members can look forward to (43:48-1:02:25).
1 hr 13 min
October 05, 2018 The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 80 with Senator James Paterson and Dr Bella d'Abrera
This week James and Pete talk about Wayne Swan’s opinions on the IPA, university chancellors standing up for free speech on campus, Kanye West’s SNL performance, the academics who showed you can get anything published in journals these days and James’ appearance on The Bolt Report last night. We talk to Senator James Paterson about his two recent articles on red tape and academic free speech and him launching the new book from IPA Research Fellow Matthew Lesh 'Democracy in a Divided Australia (17:40-33:50). We also talk to the IPA's Dr Bella d'Abrera about her new article for Quillette, getting her article tweeted out by Dr Jordan Peterson and her upcoming trip to Israel (33:54-48:17).
1 hr 3 min
September 28, 2018 The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 79 with Gideon Rozner and Bo Sergeant
This week James and Pete talk about the leadership of the ABC and why it shows the need for privatisation, the World Bank’s latest statistics on extreme poverty, Trump’s speech to the UN and a number of Australian authors standing up for artistic freedom against accusations of cultural appropriation. We talk to IPA Communications Gideon Rozner about his new Parliamentary Research Brief on the five myths of state ownership of the ABC (12:15-26:33). We also talk to our high school correspondent Bo Sergeant about the state of intellectual debate and the attraction of the intellectual dark web (26:42-41:29)
58 min
September 21, 2018 The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 78 with Matthew Lesh & Andrew Bushnell
This week James and Pete talk about how cutting red tape has saved US taxpayers $1.3b, the British Labour Party MP who wants the government to get involved in private Facebook groups and Australia's public service now having a higher population than South Australia. We talk to IPA Research Fellow Matthew Lesh about his new book Democracy in a Divided Australia, what makes an 'inner' and an 'outer' Australian and the protest at the recent Bettina Arndt speech (12:34-29:56). We also talk to IPA Research Fellow Andrew Bushnell about his upcoming report on the concept of 'victim's rights' in legal cases, why law and order will be a key issue in the upcoming Victorian election and preview a big weekend of sport for James and Andrew (30:06-47:22).
1 hr 3 min
September 14, 2018 The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 77 with Nigel Farage, Gideon Rozner & Janet Albrechtsen
This week James and Pete discuss the Serena Williams controversy, the nine year old who won’t stand for the national anthem and why this shouldn’t be a story, South Yorkshire police asking people to report non-crime hate incidents and Google capitulating to Russia. IPA Research Fellow Gideon Rozner sits down with Nigel Farage to discuss his tour of Australia and what advice he would give to Australians wanting to promote liberty (15:51-21:20), then Gideon joins us in studio to reflect on the interview and discuss his time on tour of Australia with Alfredo Ortiz from the Job Creators Network in the US (21:29-30:40). We then talk to IPA Director and columnist at The Australian Janet Albrechtsen about the news of the week, including the Serena Williams story and the national anthem (30:52-42:02)
1 hr
September 07, 2018 The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 76 with Bjorn Lomborg and Dr Bella d'Abrera
This week James and Pete talk Colin Kaepernick's new campaign with Nike, the anonymous op-ed in the New York Times, the latest data on Australia's falling business investment stats, Steve Bannon being disinvited from the New Yorker's writers festival and Victorian Labor releasing the personal information of private citizens. We talk to Bjorn Lomborg, President of the Copenhagen Consensus Centre, about how global initiatives to fight climate change are going to end up leaving millions in poverty, and how we have to be smarter with our environmental policies (18:52-31:19.) We also talk to IPA Director of the Foundations of Western Civilisation Program Dr Bella d'Abrera about her upcoming report on the teaching of history at Australian universities, her upcoming speech in England and her opinion on the Ramsay Centre (31:24-48:19).
1 hr 3 min
September 07, 2018 The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 76 with Bjorn Lomborg and Dr Bella d’Abrera
This week James and Pete talk Colin Kaepernick's new campaign with Nike, the anonymous op-ed in the New York Times, the latest data on Australia's falling business investment stats, Steve Bannon being disinvited from the New Yorker's writers festival and Victorian Labor releasing the personal information of private citizens. We talk to Bjorn Lomborg, President of the Copenhagen Consensus Centre, about how global initiatives to fight climate change are going to end up leaving millions in poverty, and how we have to be smarter with our environmental policies (18:52-31:19.) We also talk to IPA Director of the Foundations of Western Civilisation Program Dr Bella d'Abrera about her upcoming report on the teaching of history at Australian universities, her upcoming speech in England and her opinion on the Ramsay Centre (31:24-48:19).
1 hr 3 min
August 31, 2018 The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 75 with Simon Breheny and Rebecca Lowe
This week James and Pete talk the success of the IPA's latest video, the Honi Soit article praising North Korea, Bjorn Lomborg's fantastic article in the New York Post and Peter Dutton's helping hand to Gillon McLachlan. We talk to IPA Policy Director Simon Breheny about his run in with Julian Burnside QC this week (16:07-32:24). We also talk to Rebecca Lowe, Research Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs and Director of FREER, about FREER and the exciting work they are doing to promote liberty in the UK (32:34-50:16)
1 hr 2 min
August 24, 2018 The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 74 with John Roskam and Daniel Wild
This week James and Pete talk leadership challenges, last week's podcast breaking the IPA website, the latest on corporate tax cuts and all the papers in the US making a 'brave stand' against Trump. We talk to IPA Executive Director John Roskam about the launch and success of the IPA's latest podcast The Great Books of Literature and why it doesn't matter who the leader of the Liberal Party is, the problems in the party run much deeper (16:08-34:55). We also talk to IPA Research Fellow Daniel Wild about his new report on why Australia should exit the Paris Climate Agreement and what the government abandoning corporate tax reform means (35:01-48:22)
57 min
August 17, 2018 The Young IPA Podcast – Episode 73 with Douglas Murray
This week James and Pete talk the IPA's new report on how the Paris Climate Agreement will cost Australia $52 billion over 2018-2030 and the new podcast from the IPA, The Great Books of Literature (available on iTunes, Podbean and the IPA website.) We talk to Douglas Murray, Associate Editor of The Spectator Magazine and author of the new book The Strange Death of Europe, about identity politics, freedom of speech, political discourse, Europe and why he's optimistic for the future (8:51-1:03:03).
1 hr 12 min