The Young IPA Podcast

This week James and Pete talk about last week’s interview with PragerU founder Dennis Prager, the Monash Forum, the Greens’ push for a Universal Basic Income and the ALRC’s report into Indigenous incarceration rates. We play part one of Dr Bella d’Abrera’s interview with Professor Robert Tombs, who recently toured Australia with the IPA, on what Western Civilisation means to Professor Tombs (13:26-21:49), and we talk to IPA Research Fellow Morgan Begg about his report into religious freedom in Australia, the Palaszczuk government’s proposed reforms to Queensland farming and the firing of Kevin D Williamson at The Atlantic (22:15-37:50)

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This week James and Pete talk ball tampering, Turnbull’s retreat on corporate tax cuts and the latest update on the Count Dankula controversy in the UK. We play part 2 of our chat with PragerU founder Dennis Prager on what young people are telling him, the success of PragerU and how to be happy (13:26- 32:42). We also talk to IPA Campus Coordinator Renee Gorman to talk about USyd Student Union’s new gender quotas for university debate teams and how O-Week was for the IPA’s Generation Liberty (32:52-42:23)

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Huge show this week! James and Pete talk the IPA’s latest two videos, Cambridge Analytica, Liberty Victoria giving the Young Voltaire Award for free speech, the dark day for freedom of speech in Britain after Count Dankula’s conviction and Clive Hamilton’s op-ed on identity politics. We play part 1 of our interview with influential conservative commentator and founder of PragerU Dennis Prager on Israel, the state of free speech around the world and the state of American universities (15:30-34:29). We also talk to Andrew Hastie MP about his time in Afghanistan, what led him to a career in politics and what he hopes to achieve (34:43-49:15).

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This week James and Pete talk the IPA’s new report that shows how government involvement in an industry leads to increase costs, Rex Tillerson’s firing and Labor’s new tax grab. We talk to Wall Street Journal Board Member Mary Kissel about Tillerson, his replacement Mike Pompeo, the dispute between Russia and Britain and the announcement of US/North Korea talks (7:35-24:31). We also talk to IPA Research Fellow Daniel Wild about his new report and this weekend’s  South Australian elections 24:48-35:29)

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https://ipa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/IPA-Podcast-09-03-18.mp3This week James and Pete discuss President Trump’s new tariffs and the eurosceptic, anti-establishment Italian election results. In honour of our 50th episode we talk to IPA Executive Director John Roskam on the digital transformation and democratisation of political discourse and the IPA’s central position at the cutting edge of that transformation, as well as John’s attendance at the Jordan Peterson event in Melbourne during the week (9:54 to 24:32).

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https://ipa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/March-2-Full.mp3This week James and Pete discuss a pretty bad week for the standard of debate in Australian politics, Scott Israel and the latest example of public art waste. We talk to IPA Media and Communications Manager Evan Mulholland about his recent trip to the US, what he heard at CPAC about Trump and the state of American politics and what the American think tanks are thinking about policy (13:31-26:43). We also talk to Andy Poon, Director of Finance and Administration and office Oscars expert about who will win on Monday (26:52-39:02).

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This week James and Pete talk the 18C case against Yassmin Abdel-Magied, the outrage over the new Peter Rabbit movie and Simon Breheny’s appearance on Q&A. We talk to North Korean defector Eunhee Park about what it was like to grow up in North Korea, how she escaped and what it’s like to now live in freedom (10:28-28:21). We also talk to Simon Breheny about his Q&A appearance, the future of nuclear energy in Australia and break down some of the feedback he got from his appearance (28:36-35:17)

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https://ipa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Feb-16-Full.mp3This week Pete and Gideon Rozner discuss the Barnaby Joyce scandal, the western media’s glowing coverage of North Korea’s participation in the Olympics and President Trump’s budget proposal. We also talk with IPA Senior Fellow Dr Jennifer Marohasy about further issues with the Bureau of Meteorology’s temperature data (9:42-22:27). And we chat with IPA Research Fellow Matthew Lesh about Peter Ridd, entrepreneurship in Australia and Brexit (22:30-33:57).

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This week James and Pete discuss the Barnaby Joyce scandal, the latest on Professor Peter Ridd, the Iran riots, F1 grid girls and the Catholic Church’s deal with the Chinese government. We talk to Rowan Dean, editor of The Spectator Australia, about his two new books The Best of the Spectator Australia and Corkscrewed and what he makes of what’s happening to Professor Peter Ridd (13:41-31:37). We also talk to IPA Research Fellow Daniel Wild about his new Parliamentary Research Brief busting six myths about corporate tax cuts (31:50-41:19).

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This week James and Pete talk about the changes to the laws around political donations, Professor Peter Ridd and an attack on academic freedom, Shorten’s plan for a commission into corruption, the results from the latest Human Freedom Index and, of course, the Cabinet Files. We talk to Gideon Rozner about these new laws on donations and what dangers there are for charities and other organisations in the wording, and the problems with Shorten’s call for a ‘living wage’ (12:00 – 25:46). We also talk to Deborah Sims on the latest on the Right To Try legislation, what the IPA is planning for our 75th year anniversary and how likely it is we’ll soon have Prime Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg (25:54 – 38:15).

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