The results are coming in for the British election and the Conservatives are panicking. Pete and James discuss the fallout, the Andrew Bolt fight and Clive James’ essay (0:00 -5:58). Interview with IPA Adjunct Fellow Georgina Downer about the UK election campaign, how the Tories got it so wrong, the impact the election will have on Brexit and how many fields of wheat Theresa May will run through if she does maintain a majority (6:00 -20:30). At the end we talk about Dianne Abbott and Theresa May’s big week of headline grabs, an alarming report out of Buzzfeed on children using Trump’s language to bully each other, Cheshire Police’s questionable priorities and IPA Research Fellow Andrew Bushnell responds to 3AW’s criticism of him in the only way he knows how.

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This week we welcome The Australian columnist Janet Albrechtsen and IPA Director of Development Rachel Guy.

We start the show with this week’s two big issues of Indigenous Recognition and Trump pulling out of the Paris Treaty (0:00-4:48). Interview with Janet Albrechtsen about the future of the Liberal Party, trigger warnings, the Australian Human Rights Commission and Margaret Court (4:49-18:25) and then with Rachel Guy about the IPA’s EOFY campaign and her new puppy (18:35-23:27). We end the show with cofveve talk, the most shameful capitulation to a protest we’ve ever seen, the latest Press Council appointment and the police response to the Malaysia Airline situation in Melbourne.

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This week James and Pete welcome to the show News.com.au Editor at Large and Studio 10 host Joe Hildebrand, and IPA Director of the Western Civilisation Program Dr Bella d’Abrera.

We start the show with some podcast housekeeping and talk about Manchester and some key pieces of IPA research published this week (0:00-4:59). Interview with Joe Hildebrand talking about the future of media, what’s wrong with Fairfax, a fascinating story about how literacy can reduce the gap between rich and poor and, most importantly, Joe’s nudie run on national TV (5:00-21:44). Then we are joined by Bella d’Abrera to talk about the University of Melbourne’s male privilege workshop, her first appearance on The Bolt Report and which Bolt is the better interviewer – James or Andrew (21:47 -28:52).  We finish off the show with Paul Barry’s questionable tweet, is Jennifer Lawrence a secret libertarian, the WHO spending $200 million on travel and why you can’t run an ethnic restaurant while white. Don’t forget to subscribe on iTunes and Soundcloud!

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It’s always a sign the government likes a policy they’re introducing when they make stakeholders sign a non-disclosure agreement about it. We’re recapping a bizarre week of bank tax headlines (1:16) and running through some key op-eds the IPA put out this week (3:33). Interview with Senator James Paterson about his first year in the Senate, what he misses about working at the IPA, the budget, the future of liberalism and who enjoyed working with more – Pete or James (8:02-21:34), At the end we have a Q&A clap on why we’re such great people, a social justice group that somehow thinks maths is too hard for indigenous people. The One Thing We Didn’t Want To Happen, the Stalinist in Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign, a $700 grand climate change musical and Simon Breheny recaps a university debate he attended on Trump and Brexit

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“This is a Labor budget delivered by a Coalition government” wrote IPA Executive Director John Roskam this week. James and Pete break down what’s in the budget and why we’re disappointed (1:10). Then we cover Emmanuelle Macron’s election and why it isn’t a victory for the political elites (5:30). Interview with IPA Research Fellow Daniel Wild getting his take on the budget, what goes on in the budget lockup and what to make of the new ‘bank tax’ (7:52.) We also run through John Oliver’s tax problems (17:15), Chris Pratt becoming the latest celebrity to cave to the outrage police  (19:07), and Stephen Fry being the latest celebrity to overcome them (21:08). New segment ‘This is the one thing we didn’t want to happen’ for an FBI translator gone rouge (23:02) and ask when you become too old to pie someone in the face (25:10). Subscribe and review us on iTunes, and tell your friends!

James is back from America! This week we’re talking about Gillian Triggs, two reports from the IPA and Diane Abbott.

This week Pete and Morgan are talking about the Trump tax announcements, the UN and Daft Punk.

This week we’re talking about the British election, penalty rates and Designated Survivor.

This week we’re talking about Pepsi, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and mirrors.

This week we’re talking about Al Gore, Hazelwood and Mark Seymour.