Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps

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September 22, 2021 "Do Universities Punish Free Thinkers?" with Peter Boghossian
Peter recently quit his job as an assistant professor of philosophy, saying that universities have sacrificed ideas for ideology. The more he spoke out against illiberalism on campus, the more retaliation he faced. This is the first episode of the "Permission to Think" series, a collaboration between Uncomfortable Conversations and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Technology, Sydney.
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1 hr 18 min
September 22, 2021 "Permission to Think" with Prof. Alan Davison
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney, where Josh is a Professional Fellow, is launching a series of conversations with world-class intellects. The mastermind behind the series, the Faculty’s Dean, explains why.
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37 min
September 15, 2021 Flashback: Norm Macdonald
Comedy legend Norm Macdonald died today. Revisit his deranged 2015 interview with Josh on HuffPost Live.
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39 min
September 14, 2021 "The Miracle of Science" with Tim Flannery
Professor Tim Flannery received Australia's highest honour, the Australian Of The Year award, for his work as an ecological historian, explorer and environmentalist. He and Josh discuss tree kangaroos, climate change, anti-vaxxers, and giant dinosaur sharks.
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1 hr 10 min
September 07, 2021 Todd Sampson - Bodyhacking Mastermind
Todd Sampson is an adventurer, advertiser, and award-winning documentary-maker whose new TV show, Mirror Mirror, looks at body image dissatisfaction. Oh, he also climbed Mt Everest before it was cool.
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1 hr 19 min
September 07, 2021 "Has Australia Gone Too Far?" with Conor Friedersdorf
Americans have been going craycray over Austraystray. From Fox News to social media, images of Australia's lockdowns are being presented as a descent into totalitarianism. The concern-mongering came to a head with an article in The Atlantic by Conor Friedersdorf entitled "Australia Traded Away Too Much Liberty: How long can a democracy maintain emergency restrictions and still call itself a free country?" Josh responded with a 25-tweet rebuttal which went viral. So the two men tracked each other down (one vacationing in Greece; the other, locked down in Sydney -- guess which was which?) to hash it out.
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34 min
August 31, 2021 "When Will Lockdowns End?" with Dr Stephen Duckett
As the Health Department Secretary, Dr Stephen Duckett was Australia's most senior health official. He now runs the health program at the think tank that helped shape Australia's hardline response to COVID-19. Josh is fed up with lockdowns, and wrestles with Stephen about the path back to life.
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16 min
August 25, 2021 Bonus Rant: Vaccines & Lockdowns, Oh My!
Record vaccinations in NSW, the National Cabinet plan to re-open, vaccine hesitancy, Covid is here for good. What a time for some more bonus Covid musings.
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39 min
August 24, 2021 "In Defence Of Boys" with Christina Hoff Sommers
Christina Hoff Sommers is a feminist philosopher. She and Josh discuss gender, boys, cancel culture, and whether she is secretly her own Nixon-loving uncle in disguise.
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1 hr 9 min
August 17, 2021 "Are Psychedelics The Answer?" with James Mathison
James Mathison
Psychedelic TV Host
The former host of Australian Idol makes a case for magic mushrooms in public life.

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1 hr 18 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.