This week James and Pete talk about South Australia having the most expensive energy in the world, the ongoing citizenship debacle plaguing Parliament and Charlottesville. We also share our appearance on New York’s The John Batchelor Show (9:26-28:28), We also talk with Dr Bella d’Abrera about Yarra Council’s decision to stop observing Australia Day on January 26 (28:33 – 36:25). At the end of the show we talk an all-time Connect with the Kids moment, Big Ben being silenced, Jean-Claude Juncker’s trip to Rome and Pauline Hanson.

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

View on iTunes here

This week James and Pete recap the latest on the gay marriage debate, the Bondi Council decision to block approval for a synagogue and the IPA’s new criminal justice report. We interview WSJ editorial board member and Fox News contributor Mary Kissel on her take on Trump’s administration, why the Republicans couldn’t repeal Obamacare, America’s foreign policy and her take on Australian politics (9:17-32:26). We then interview Andrew Bushnell on his latest criminal justice report and recap his first appearance on television (32:55-39:23). We also talk about the Google memo that has divided America, the latest on Venezuela, the college where you can choose your own grades and the lackluster performance of An Inconvenient Sequel. Subscribe and tell your friends!

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

View on iTunes, here

This week James and Pete recap the week’s big news stories including same sex marriage, the transcript of the famous Trump v Turnbull phone call and the IPA’s recent work on climate change. We interview Daniel Wild on why the inequality debate in Australia is misguided (9:58-21:24), then we interview intern Bronwyn Allan on campus censorship in Canada and penalty rates in Australia (21:31-30:01), and Andrew Bushnell gives us a frank review of the IPA’s indoor soccer team (30:06-36:24). We also say goodbye to The Mooch, ask why Bedfordshire Police thinks everyone who goes to the gym is a right wing extremist and one of the stranger Connect with the Kids you’ll see.

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

View on iTunes, here

This week James and Pete say farewell to Gillian Triggs, recap Pete’s new article and talk the launch of Climate Change: The Facts 2017. We talk to Brett Hogan, the IPA’s Director of Research about the energy problems facing Australia and what the role of the government should be (6:27-17:10) and we talk to Morgan Begg about the new President of the Human Rights Commission, the showdown between Trump and Jeff Sessions and how to fix the AFL (17:15-29:10). We also talk about Naomi Klein’s bizarre new theory, the man in Toronto who fixed stairs for $550 when the government said it would cost $150.000, the international crackdown on lemonade stands and the new Nanny State push to stop people selling housework items.

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

View on iTunes, here.

This week James and Pete recap the citizenship debacle sinking the Greens and the launch of our latest video on the real origins of the Eureka Stockade. We interview Scott Hargreaves about our new video and why the union movement has the Eureka Stockade wrong (8:47-21:48). We also interview Georgina Downer who is in East Timor overseeing the processes of the democratic election who tells us what that involves and why it is so important (21:58-33:35). We also say farewell to one of the staff favourites, intern Naomi Jayawardane, on her last day at the IPA as she leaves us for other internships in London (33:42 – 40:04). James and Pete also explain why Winnie the Pooh is banned in China, why summer holidays are so stressful for academics and how you can both be an environmentalist and not do anything to help the environment.

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

View on iTunes, here

This week James and Pete have a look at Donald Trump’s speech in Poland last week and Donald Trump Jnr’s meeting snafu. We interview Jennifer Marohasy, editor of the IPA’s upcoming book Climate Change: The Facts 2017 about the book, how Clive James came to contribute a chapter and why the Bureau of Meteorology change data recordings of temperatures (5:50-22:28). We also speak to the IPA’s newest Campus Coordinator Renee Gorman about the bizarre story unfolding at Evergreen College, why she was met with such resistance for screening The Red Pill at Sydney University and why she decided to join the IPA’s Campus Coordinator Program (22:35-34:44). We also recap the fallout of Norway’s voluntary tax program, Lena Dunham and her dog, and a story out of Victoria of margins of victory being capped in junior footy.

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

View on iTunes here.

This week James and Pete recap a big week for Trump and CNN, an insane story about red tape keeping poor people out of work in the US and the launch of the latest video in our British Heritage of Our Freedoms. This week we interview IPA Research Fellow and Editor of the IPA Review Darcy Allen on what’s in the next edition of the review and how a miniscule prawn stopped a $400 million mine. We also talk to the IPA’s Deborah Sims about her article in the Herald Sun on how she had to fly to London to take a cancer-fighting drug, despite the drug being developed in Australia, and also talk about her time at the BBC and what it’s like getting yelled at by Alistair Campbell. We also have a Q&A clap for a journalist in the US who thinks Steph Curry doesn’t deserve his contract because teachers aren’t paid as much as athletes, and James and Pete develop new slogans for the Democrats after their last ones tanked.

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

View on iTunes, here

This week James and Pete talk about the successes of the IPA’s 2017 EOFY campaign, the Bachar Houli controversy and Tony Abbott’s speech to the IPA in Brisbane. Interview with IPA Research Fellow Gideon Rozner about his new report on the Fair Work Act and how it is one of the most unfair and unbalanced laws in Australia’s history (6:02-20:56) and Simon Breheny, IPA Policy Director and resident Uber driver, about the Fair Work Ombudsman investigation into Uber. We also have a Q&A clap about why referendums are actually bad, Jeremy Corbyn’s appearance at Glastonbury, John McEnroe’s big week and how we’re just one month away from the end of the world according to Prince Charles.

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

View on iTunes, here

This week James and Pete talk about the launch of the IPA’s latest short documentary and the appointment of Rosalind Croucher to the presidency of the Human Rights Commission. Interview with IPA Senior Fellow and Postdoctoral Fellow at RMIT Dr Chris Berg on the role of the ABC, South Australia’s bank tax and the state of liberalism internationally (3:30-16:15). We also sit down with the IPA’s Director of the Foundations of Western Civilisation program Dr Bella d’Abrera on the IPA’s new short documentary and the IPA’s Campus Coordinatior project (16:23-23:12). We also sit down with Morgan Begg to talk about Rosalind Croucher’s appointment and his obsession with The Travelling Wilburys (23:18-32:33). At the end we run through two articles by Huffington Post and Buzzfeed they wish they hadn’t published and the latest from the Evergreen State College free speech scandal.

Don’t forget to subscribe on iTunes and Soundcloud and tell your friends!

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

View on iTunes here

This week James and Pete recap the three big news stories of the week in the tabling of the Finkel review (0:59), the fallout of the UK general election (2:19) and the legal troubles for three Coalition frontbenchers at the Victorian Supreme Court (4:08). This week we interview IPA Research Fellow Matthew Lesh about the UK elections, why Jeremy Corbyn is so loved by young people and the state of free speech on campus (6:28-20:58) and IPA Research Fellow Andrew Bushnell about why Lionel Messi better be thankful he isn’t Australian and city joggers (21:35-27:40). At the end we talk about the wealth of anti-democracy op-eds there have been in the last week, Oliver Stone’s love for Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump’s boldest election strategy so far. We also have some breaking news from Simon Breheny about the state of the legal issues for the Coalition frontbenchers (34:37-45:00).

Don’t forget to subscribe on iTunes and Soundcloud and tell your friends!

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

View on iTunes here.