The Young IPA Podcast

This week James and Pete talk Milo Yiannopoulos’ tour, Simon Breheny on Q&A and the IPA’s Christmas Appeal. We talk to Andrew Bolt about his experiences touring with Milo, what his popularity says about the Liberal Party and how to fix the Party’s problems (10:12-27:17). We then talk to Dr Chris Berg about the Royal Commission into the banks and what a ban on foreign donations will mean for free speech (27:32-42:04) and Deborah Sims about the IPA’s Christmas Appeal and what the IPA has planned for 2018 (42:33-47:51). At the end we talk about Pizza Hut’s grovelling apology for running an advertising campaign with The Sun, whether The Simpsons’ character Apu should be killed off for racial insensitivity and the bizarre story of a police force that insisted a musician they pulled over gave them $91,500 voluntarily.

To download episode, right click and select download or save file here.

View on iTunes here

This week James and Pete talk the IPA’s new report into superannuation, how Australia’s business entry rate is even worse than we thought and the Royal Commission into the banking sector. We talk to Wall Street Journal Editorial Board member Mary Kissel on how Trump is performing 12 months after he won the election, the declining influence of the United States in East Asia and North Korea (10:09-26:59). We also talk to Simon Breheny about the IPA’s new report on super and preview his appearance on Q&A on Monday (27:05-40:50). At the end we talk Sam Dastyari, Cricket Australia banning batsman dismissals for junior cricketers, Kevin Rudd wanting a Royal Commission into News Corp, Triple J and Bitcoin.

To download episode, right click and select download or save file here.

View on iTunes here

This week James and Pete talk the scandal unfolding at Wilfred Laurier University in Canada, Mugabe resigning as leader and new analysis of international democratic leader approval rates. We talk to Professor Sinclair Davidson about his article this week on Australia’s lack of economic leadership and how to bring tax and debt back in order (14:32-29:16). We also talk to IPA Media and Communications Manager Evan Mulholland about the IPA’s media output this week and the NSW government’s decision to rebuild perfectly good stadiums (29:28-44:00). At the end, we talk Bob Katter’s all time press conference, Newsweek’s big week, the controversy over a mural at Indiana University, Morrissey and Nick Cave touring Israel, net neutrality and a TMI from someone running for governor in Ohio.

To download episode, right click and select download or save file here.

View on iTunes here

This week James and Pete talk about the same sex marriage result, SA scrapping the bank tax, the IPA’s Christmas present recommendations and the latest on Trump’s tax cuts. We talk to IPA Policy Director Simon Breheny on the same sex marriage result, what comes next, what protections we would like to see in the same sex marriage Bill and whether we need a Marriage Act at all (10:30-26:52). We also talk to IPA Senior Fellow and Postdoctoral Fellow at RMIT Dr Chris Berg who has just returned from a meeting of the Mont Pellerin society who tells us what leading free market thinkers are saying about the state of liberalism internationally and what challenges there are, and also gives us a crash course in blockchain (27:11-46:01). At the end we question whether Taylor Swift needs to make her political views public, Keurig coffee machines, whether you can do yoga near a goat and why the AFL is getting rid of bounces.

To download episode, right click and select download or save file here.

View on iTunes here

This week James and Pete talk about two new IPA reports, the controversy surrounding the IPA-sponsored event at the University of Sydney which is making headlines across Australia and the 100-year anniversary of the start of the Russian Revolution. We talk to IPA Director and The Australian columnist Janet Albrechstsen about her upcoming profile of Milo Yiannopoulos, the IPA event and what is says about the state of open debate in academia and the still ongoing citizenship scandal (14:05-30:48). We also talk to IPA Campus Coordinator and the host of the Coal Is Cool event about her battle with the University of Sydney and the media she has done about the story (30:59-39:00). At the end, we discuss why you can’t talk about victims of communism, the greatest editorial correction of all time, the pay you can’t show at colleges, what was on Osama bin Laden’s hard-drive and the one ‘tyranny’ that Katy Perry is actually OK with.

To download episode, right click and select download or save file here.

View on iTunes here

This week James and Pete talk about the Mueller investigation, the IPA’s new Parliamentary Research Brief and our two latest videos. We talk to IPA Adjunct Fellow Georgina Downer on the still ongoing citizenship debacle and the independence movement in Catalonia (10:02-24:53) . We then talk to IPA Research Fellow Gideon Rozner on why plastic bags shouldn’t be banned and why a ‘living wage’ isn’t quite as good an idea as it seems (25:03-35:49). At the end we talk about the new job of safe space marshal in London, why no one reads academic papers anymore, a fun event in Boston this weekend, why you should build your own NBN and the new curfew plan for the Liberal National Party in Queensland.

To download episode, right click and select download or save file here.

View on iTunes here