Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps

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July 20, 2022 "Why The Doomsayers Are Wrong" with Tyler Cowen
Tyler Cowen is a celebrated American economist, blogger, author and podcaster. He currently sits as the Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University. He's also an optimist about how the division we face today might end. His new book is Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Winners, and Creatives Around the World.
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1 hr 3 min
July 14, 2022 "The Slate Political Gabfest" with David Plotz
David Plotz was the editor of Slate magazine during its glory days. In fact, he was Josh's first guest after the election of Donald Trump in 2016. The two reconnect about how to have difficult conversations in the 21st century.
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1 hr 29 min
July 06, 2022 "The War On The West" with Douglas Murray
Douglas is a gay English conservative, columnist, and the best-selling author of the new book The War on the West. He and Josh debate the collapse of faith in western liberal democracy, and the threat posed by Trump and illiberal leaders like Viktor Orbán, and woke culture in general.
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2 hr 12 min
June 29, 2022 "Woke Capitalism" with Prof. Carl Rhodes
From Nike supporting Colin Kaepernick to Qantas supporting same-sex marriage, corporations are going woke. Carl Rhodes is the Dean of the Business School at the University of Technology, Sydney... and, perhaps surprisingly, a leftist. He decries "woke capitalism" so much that he's written a book about it. He and Josh wrestle with the threat of wokeness and ask: Should companies keep their noses out of cultural questions, or is a corporate social conscience better than none?
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1 hr 18 min
June 21, 2022 Do We Need Gay Pride?
As part of Acast's audio pride parade, Josh shares his thoughts on growing up gay in Sydney, and what pride means to him.
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35 min
June 15, 2022 "Are We Scientifically Illiterate?" with Prof. Luke O'Neill
How should we communicate science to the public? Celebrated scientist and popular Irish science communicator Professor Luke O’Neill joins Josh to plead for better scientific understanding in the general population.
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55 min
June 08, 2022 Peter Singer: Live - The World's Greatest Moral Philosopher
Peter founded the animal liberation movement in the 1970s and is a driver behind the Effective Altruism movement around the world. This is a recording of "An Evening with Peter Singer", a live Q&A which Josh moderated at Sydney's Enmore Theatre on March 27th, 2022.
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1 hr 54 min
June 01, 2022 "Is Wokeness Made Up?" with Ana Marie Cox
An argument between Josh and veteran progressive muckraker Ana Marie Cox about whether wokeness is a real problem or a phantom of the right. Ana Marie founded Wonkette, was the senior political correspondent for MTV News and wrote for the New York Times magazine, among much, much else.
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1 hr 16 min
May 25, 2022 Dr Drew - America's Favourite Doctor
Dr Drew is a physician, addiction medicine specialist and media personality. Since 1984 he has been beloved by American audiences for his candid communication of issues like AIDS, addiction & recovery, sexual health and harm reduction. His new book, co-authored with his daughter Paulina is It Doesn't Have To Be Awkward.
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1 hr 19 min
May 18, 2022 "Would The US Defend Australia?" with Cecile Shea
Cecile was a US diplomat in Japan, Pakistan, Thailand, Scotland and Israel, and a political advisor to the US Marine Corps in the Pacific. As the Ukraine War drags on, she and Josh debate the limits of American power... and whether allies like Australia can depend, any longer, on a broken superpower.
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1 hr 23 min

About Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps

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The world has never been more connected. Yet never more divided. We yell at each other from inside our echo chambers. But change doesn’t happen inside an echo chamber. It’s time to get out, to stretch our legs, to step on some land mines. It's time to have an uncomfortable conversation with Josh Szeps.