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The Young IPA Podcast200: The Last EpisodeIt’s the last episode of The Young IPA Podcast and we’re going out with a bang. Premiers rush to shut their borders to NSW despite the outbreak being under control and cause a fresh wave of suffering – why is it constant panic and where is Scott Morrison? The Coate inquiry into Victoria’s Hotel Quarantine gets handed down and it’s a dud – but former Health Minister Jenny Mikakos might have saved the day.
We award our villains of the year, with no surprises as Daniel Andrews and Nick Coatsworth’s “make your beds” quote take the honours...2020-12-2257 minThe Young IPA Podcast198: Paul Murray
The vaccine hits the UK and the US but Australia still won't budge its approval date. The Four Corners saga continues to play on which is exactly why the ABC should be privatised and Victoria cancels the Australia Day parade even though 30,000 are allowed at the Boxing Day test.
Heroes and villains this week includes cricketer Ben Dunk not kneeling for Black Lives Matter, Uighur advocate Sadam Abudusalam reunited with his family after three years, the Victorian government proving once again it can't get anything right and the UN stopping Scott Morrison speaking at the climate conference, even though he s...2020-12-151h 02The Young IPA Podcast197: What We Learned In 2020This week the boys talk about the IR changes on the table at the federal level and why you should care, the slow lifting of COVID restrictions around Australia and how the creaking EU bureaucracy is preventing Europeans from accessing COVID vaccines as quickly as the British. Heroes and Villains this week include Walter E. Williams, an LA businesswoman, an American mayor telling his constituents to stay at home…from Cabo and Australia’s National Soils Advocate. (00:00 - 26:32)
James and Pete interview great friend of the show IPA Director of Policy and the IPA With You host Gide...2020-12-0857 minThe Young IPA Podcast196: James LindsayPenguin employees revolt over Jordan Peterson's latest book, COVIDSafe data 'incidentally' collected by intelligence agencies and the Liberal Party's proposed ban on cash payments is quietly shelved. James and Pete discuss those stories and share their heroes and villains for the week, including Piotr Marklielau, the schoolkids protesting to learn about controversial views, the Denver mayor travelling for Thanksgiving after weeks of telling families not to and Twitter only factchecking Trump and not the Chinese Communist Party.
Cynical Theories co-author James Lindsay joins the show to discuss the book, postmodernism, how it has become so powerful today and...2020-12-011h 16The Young IPA Podcast195: What Just Happened In South Australia?South Australia has one of the wildest weeks in political history and borders open and close across the country. James and Pete discuss all that and share Heroes and Villains for the week, including the Year 12s who got married so they could have 100 people at a party, the rebel Conservative MPs who may save Britain from lockdown, Gavin Newsom flouting his own restrictions and Boris Johnson committing to a petrol-free future.
We speak to Caleb Bond from The Advertiser about South Australia’s wild week, what it was like to be in the state as it lo...2020-11-241h 06The Young IPA Podcast194: Is South Australia Locking Down?South Australia’s new cluster sparks fears of another lockdown and other states immediately close their borders…after 20 cases. James and Pete discuss the fallout from this and a new proposal for the government to track credit card purchases to fight COVID which will never, ever have any downsides.
Heroes and Villains this week include the Coalition reforming public sector pay, Gladys Berejiklian not closing borders, Matthew Yglesias being forced out of Vox for standing up to cancel culture and the American university apologising for encouraging people to vote, even if its for Republican candidates.
We s...2020-11-171h 22The Young IPA Podcast193: Joe Biden Is Mostly President & Brendan O'NeillJames and Pete recap all the latest with the US election - including what a Biden administration might be like, is Kamala Harris as far left as people think and how America isn't actually on fire - and the Four Corners MeToo episode making waves across Australia. Heroes and villains this week are Californians, Joel Fitzgibbon, AOC’s blacklist and UK Police.
Brendan O’Neill, editor of Spiked, joins the show to talk about how the US election was a revolt against the elites and identity politics, and how Boris Johnson's new lockdown is a complete failure. (31:33-1:0...2020-11-101h 19The Young IPA Podcast192: No One Knows Anything - Recapping US ElectionYUGE show this week with everything you need to need know about the US Presidential election (except of course, who won). Will the Dems steal it? Will Trump lead a coup? Is “Trump is racist” now dead? And if Trump loses, what will Trumpism be like without Trump? (00:00 - 27:19)
We talk to Greg Sheridan, Foreign Editor at The Australian, about what will happen next, how divided America is, and the problems with the polling (27:20 - 52:42).
Then YouTuber and Sky News contributor, Daisy Cousens joins us with her take on the possibility of vote-counting shenanigans going on be...2020-11-051h 23The Young IPA Podcast191: Lockdown (Kind Of) Ends & QLD, US Election PreviewVictoria is (somewhat) free as the lockdown comes to an end, and the US and Queensland prepare for elections while Israel continues to sign peace deals with Middle Eastern countries. Pete and James discuss those topics and share their heroes and villains for the week, including Nick Cave, Kanye West going on Joe Rogan, Chelsea Handler saying she had to remind 50 Cent he was black and the New York Post’s Twitter account is still locked.
We speak to President of LibertyWorks and CPAC Australia Founder Andrew Cooper about the upcoming Queensland election, what the big issues ar...2020-10-271h 13The Young IPA Podcast190: Missing Kiwis & Inside Dan Andrews' Press ConferencesThere are Kiwis on the loose in Australia and fingers are being pointed everywhere. Victoria’s new roadmap continues to leave retail and hospitality out and the Western Australia border closure is under more pressure as the CHO admits to a Parliamentary Inquiry he thinks they should be open. In the US, Big Tech tries to suppress the New York Post’s story about Hunter Biden.
Heroes and Villains this week include Josh Frydenberg, Gideon Rozner for his article about Jacinda Ardern and all the reaction it received, the UN Human Rights Council is now officially a tr...2020-10-201h 08The Young IPA Podcast189: Two Governments On The BrinkOne of the all-time news days on Monday as Victoria’s top public servant resigning over hotel quarantine still isn’t the biggest news story as we all learn far more than we wanted to about Gladys Berejiklian’s personal life. James and Pete talk about those two stories and also the IPA’s new report into the long term effects of lockdowns on the economy and even the WHO saying lockdowns aren’t a great strategy.
Heroes and villains this week include The Great Barrington Declaration, the Nobel committee not being wrong about who gets the Peace...2020-10-131h 26The Young IPA Podcast188: Trump Has COVID, Tim Wilson MP & Senator Claire ChandlerTrump got COVID, the federal budget promises income tax breaks and Keynesian spending programs and ABC staff won’t accept a freeze on a 2% pay rise. James and Pete discuss those stories, and share heroes and villains for this week: People actually being classy online, polio is eradicated in Africa, the New York Times saying Hong Kong is part of China and the excuses for WA’s hard border get worse and worse.
We talk to Tim Wilson MP about his new book The New Social Contract, why young people feel they’re priced out of the Austra...2020-10-061h 15The Young IPA Podcast187: The Real Cost Of Elimination Strategy RevealedIPA polling shows the cost of elimination strategies at federal and state level could cost $319 billions, Victoria sees a new roadmap and the resignation of the Health Minister as another IPA poll shows Victorians want those responsible for the hotel quarantine system to resign, and anti-discrimination laws come for sitting members of Parliament.
Heroes and Villains this week include Laurence Fox’s political party, the woman who helped take down Melbourne’s curfew, the federal government paying millions for farmland worth a fraction of it and those shaming Amy Coney Barrett for adopting two children from Haiti.
2020-09-291h 15The Young IPA Podcast186: Dan Andrews' Attack On Human Rights
Daniel Andrews’ Covid Omnibus Bill is an extraordinary attack on civil liberties and could see people arrested on suspicion they may break restrictions. Newspoll shows majority support for our leaders despite the mistakes, Queensland opens its border to the ACT just after it banned Sarah Caisip from her father’s funeral, Europe faces a looming second wave and Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death is another huge moment for the American election campaign.
We speak to Sanjeev Sabhlok, former economist with the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance who quit over the state’s lockdown response about why he quit and the group...2020-09-231h 30The Young IPA PodcastPalaszczuk's Bad CallPremier Palaszczuk stops a woman from attending her dad’s funeral but the rules are different if you’re Tom Hanks. Melbourne’s curfew was not brought in on health advice but it’s staying anyway. IPA research shows we’re in a K-shaped recession and we’re not all in this together and the NSW coalition nearly falls apart because of koalas.
We talk to Senator Matthew Canavan about Palaszczuk’s call and the double standards of her border policies, Premiers hiding tough calls behind their CHOs and Australia’s international border closure [32:58-51:22]. We also speak to restaur...2020-09-151h 17The Young IPA PodcastAndrews' Road To Nowhere & Bjorn LomborgVictoria’s lockdown is extended, Zoe Buhler is arrested for a Facebook post, public service payrises are as unpopular as you’d expect, WA’s hard border stance continues to derail National Cabinet discussions, Extinction Rebellion threaten free press in the UK and Trump bans critical race theory from the federal government.
Bjorn Lomborg joins the show to talk about his new book False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet (30:56-57:06) and IPA Campus Coordinator at ANU Connor Andreatidis explains the ongoing saga between Generation Liberty and the Un...2020-09-081h 14The Young IPA Podcast183: Senator James Paterson & David Limbrick MPState of Emergency powers are extended in Victoria but citizens seem to support it. Australia goes into recession as 60% of JobKeeper payments will be to Victorians by the end of 2020. Trump roars back in the polls and Facebook threatens to remove Australian news from its site in the latest chapter of their saga against the government. (0:00-21:14)
Heroes and villains this week include Bob Katter, the medical practitioners lobbying Daniel Andrews to end Stage 4 on September 13, Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius only criticising certain protests and the People’s Daily in China. (21:14-28:25)
We ask Senator Ja...2020-09-021h 09The Young IPA Podcast182: State Of EmergencyDaniel Andrews wants state of emergency powers to last another 12 months, border closures continue to create economic and social chaos, the truth emerges about the amount of infected people breaking restrictions in Victoria, federal Parliament can actually sit (who would have thought) and hotel quarantine workers were trained in diversity, not in infection control. (0:00-21:29)
Heroes and villains this week include Dominic Perrotet, Professor Carl Heneghan, the Magda Szubanski ad and Meghan Markle. (21:29-31:18)
This week we speak to Target Tori, the woman publicly shamed by a bluecheckmark on Twitter leading to the...2020-08-251h 08The Young IPA Podcast181: State Govs Drunk On PowerJohannes Leak’s cartoon sparks outrage but Biden’s original comments go unremarked. Three out of four applications to leave Australia are rejected, the Queensland government tried to make it illegal to report on corruption allegations, WA gets rid of the rule of law because it doesn’t like Clive Palmer and New Zealand delays an election. (0:00-19:16)
Heroes and villains this week include Nick Cave and Rowan Atkinson standing up to cancel culture, a move in the UK to bring back segregated schools (but don’t worry it’s woke) and the council looking to ban barbeques...2020-08-181h 03The Young IPA Podcast180: Jeffrey Tucker & Jim Penman (From Jim's Mowing)A jam-packed episode this week. We feature the IPA’s new video Give Us Our Lives Back, which leads to a discussion with world-renowned writer Jeffrey Tucker from the AIER on Victoria’s lockdown, the prospects for liberty around the world after coronavirus and why the free market is the most empowering and socially beneficial market system. (6:20-38:42)
Other stories include the new reports on the economic effects of restrictions across Australia and people have had their laptop and phones confiscated by police for planning to protest. (38:42-44:27)
Heroes and Villains this week include Jim Penm...2020-08-111h 22The Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast 179: Stage 4 Lockdown And Greg SheridanWe talk about stage 4 lockdown in Victoria, Trump trying to get a finders fee for selling TikTok, how Pete reckons Vine was better anyway and the CCP controlling what the UNSW says about Hong Kong. (00:00 - 19:49)
Heroes and villains this week are Trader Joe’s, Majak Daw, Bible-burning Portland protesters and Bernie Fraser. (19:49 - 28:40)
We chat with Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs Editor at The Australian about the lack of scrutiny on Victoria’s lockdown arrangements, his view on the American election and what he thinks of Trump banning TikTok. (28:40 - 46:25)
2020-08-041h 09The Young IPA Podcast178: A Sad Week For Freedom Of SpeechA huge blow for freedom of speech in Australia as the Federal Court finds against Peter Ridd – James and Pete break down why this is so important. In coronavirus news, the disease spreads to nursing homes in Melbourne and a BLM rally in Sydney is stopped by police. Josh Frydenberg says debt will grow to $850 billion by mid next year but he says he’s guided by Reagan and Thatcher, and the IPA and Australia have a win on the EPBC Act. (0:00-18:51)
Heroes and Villains this week includes Nicholas Sandmann settling out of court with...2020-07-281h 17The Young IPA Podcast177: Parliament Won't Sit & We Talk To Uighur ActivistWe apologise for James’ audio quality – he forgot to plug in his microphone. He will be punished.
The federal Parliament won’t sit because of COVID but expects everyone else to work from home. Masks become compulsory in Victoria, horrifying footage emerges from China about the treatment of Uighur muslims, Labor MPs are calling for less green tape to get people back to work and Tony Abbott joins the IPA’s most recent podcast. (0:00-28:02)
Heroes and Villains this week include Princess Anne sending Pete further into supporting the monarchy, Bari Weiss resi...2020-07-211h 02The Young IPA Podcast176: An Australian Hong Kong with Senator James PatersonVictoria is in lockdown again, Pete proclaims Dan Andrews his most hated politician, and NSW are saying they won’t lockdown…for now. James is a little sceptical of the cancel culture letter making waves over the last few days and there’s rumours Facebook won’t allow political advertising in the lead up to the US presidential election. (0:00-19:24)
Heroes and villains this week are a brave Hong Kong scientist risking her life for the truth, our IPA colleagues getting recognised as Friedman Conference award winners, people bagging Scomo for going to the footy and Formula 1. (19:24-25:25)2020-07-1456 minThe Young IPA Podcast175: Chris Kenny & Dr Bella d'AbreraAustralia’s economy is threatened as Victoria is cut off from the rest of the nation, Queensland is set to open (most of) its borders, and Dan Andrews brings in public housing tower lockdowns seen only in China. (0:00-13:05)
Heroes and Villains this week include Terry Crews, nations taking in Hong Kongers escaping the CCP, the protesters insulting police for not going to university and calling a black police officer “Judas”, and Senator Katy Gallagher. (13:05-23:38)
Chris Kenny joins the show to talk about his interview with the climate activist apologising for stoking alarmism Michael Shelle...2020-07-071h 05The Young IPA Podcast174: JobSeeker, Vaping & How Identity Politics Harms Minority GroupsJobSeeker and JobKeeper are stopping people getting back to work, state border openings are threatened by Victoria’s growing coronavirus numbers, COVIDSafe is basically useless but at least there was a big win for liberty on vaping this week. (0:00-16:45)
Heroes and Villains this week includes Colorado reforming police immunity, the brave people standing up to mobs tearing down statues, California removing equality before the law from the state and Northumbria police selectively enforcing the law. (16:45-26:18)
Inaya Folarin Iman, Director of the Free Speech Union in the UK and Spiked columnist, joins the show to...2020-06-301h 02The Young IPA Podcast173: Victoria Shuts Down (again) & Tim SmithDaniel Andrews brings tougher restrictions into Victoria and James and Pete are fired up about it. Donald Trump’s fizzle of a rally might spell doom for his reelection and Australia is under cyber attack...sort of. [0:00-16:50]
Heroes and villains this week includes JK Rowling’s publisher and Peter Hitchens standing up to the woke mobs, and the ahistorical efforts around the world to tear down statues of those who have done far more to advance the goals of the protesters than the protesters themselves. [16:50-23:36]
Tim Smith MP joins the show to talk about...2020-06-231h 01The Young IPA Podcast172: The Fall Of Cancel CultureNearly half a million Australians between the ages of 15 and 25 are not in full-time education and are not working – this is why we call for the easing of restrictions. We talk about the update from the ABS and also the latest victims of cancel culture – Colonial Brewing Co, Josh Thomas, The Guardian and the song Swing Low Sweet Chariot. (0:00-18:21)
Likes and Dislikes this week include the West Australian government’s new law stopping people going to jail for not paying a fine, Bob Katter dressing up like the Grim Reaper, Teen Vogue and Rick Wilson. (18:21-27:19)
...2020-06-191h 12The Young IPA PodcastEp 171: Exploring Woke Rebellions With Brendan O'NeillA new round of restriction easing is good, but Victoria continues to trail the rest of the country. The statues debate continues to rage around the world as a Greens staffer tags the James Cook statue in Hyde Park, a petition calls for the removal of a Ghandi statue, Google removes an image of Winston Churchill from search results and UK Labour and Conservative Parties agree on up to ten years jail for monument defacing (0:00-16:45).
Heroes and villains this week includes the IPA’s Cian Hussey, Dave Chappelle’s new special, the cop who threated to fine...2020-06-151h 10The Young IPA PodcastEp 170: Cancel Cancel CultureThe fallout from the weekend’s protests continues: One protester in Melbourne had coronavirus, there’s more this weekend even if hosting them will delay restriction easing and now a wedding company will flout restrictions now that the government won’t fine protesters. Cancel culture is back in a big way as Gone with the Wind, Cops, The Mighty Boosh are cancelled overseas and every statue in Australia is up for debate, and China tells its students we are too racist for them to study here (0:00-18:06).
Likes and Dislikes this week include Peter Hitchens, Will Callaghan’s Meal o...2020-06-1254 minThe Young IPA PodcastEp 169: Does Australia Have A Problem With Systemic Racism?BLM protests happened across Australia, and barely any fines were handed out. Coronavirus is over. We talk about the protests, the statues torn down in England and the move to defund the police, as well as your metadata under yet another attack. Heroes and villains this week include the great Ron Manners, Kevin Rudd somehow making sense on a topic, CNN blaming a police horse for getting punched and GoFundMe’s shutdown of Candace Owens (00:00 – 22:35).
We talk to Warren Mundine AO about his reactions to the weekend’s protest, whether there is systemic racism in Australia and what re...2020-06-091h 41The Young IPA PodcastEp. 168 - Coronavirus is overThe protests are coming to Australia, but police aren’t handing out fines in Victoria. Therefore, social distancing regulations are dead – so let’s celebrate. We also talk the HomeBuilder scheme and pork-barrelling, as well as Nine and Newscorp losing their appeal to not be held legally responsible for what’s posted on their Facebook pages. Likes and dislikes this week include the Hong Kong protesters, the man who told Scott Morrison to get off his lawn, police unions in the US and the Sydney council spending up to $1.7 million on a coronavirus statue. Satyajeet Marar from Reason joins us from...2020-06-0553 minThe Young IPA PodcastEp. 167 - America is BurningAmerica is on fire – James and Pete recap an extremely tough weekend of news. June 1st brings a fresh wave of easing of restrictions across the country and we run through the main changes. Heroes and Villains this week include Elon Musk’s space launch going ahead, any video from America that doesn’t make us sad, the Global Times running three articles in three days slamming The Wolverines and robodebt (0:00-25:09).
Gideon Rozner joins the show to chat the runaway success of The Heretic, drawing the ire of Friendlyjordies and mourns the loss of COAG (25:09-50:15).
...2020-06-021h 11The Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast Episode 166: Trump Takes On TwitterWe finally get to lead off a show with something other than coronavirus – Donald Trump signs an executive order with huge implications for social media. So should tech giants be regulated like publishers and not platforms? We also discuss Hong Kong no longer seen by the US as independent of China and recap the latest with Peter Ridd. Likes and dislikes this week include the return of live sport to Australia, the vibe across the country as restrictions continue to ease, public sector pay freezes being abandoned and how quick Victorians were to dob in their neighbours for breaking so...2020-05-291h 06The Young IPA PodcastEp 165: JobKeeper, China and Protecting Gideon RoznerHuge show today! We talk about the JobKeeper numbers stuff up, why it's actually better news than you think and what it reveals about the people overseeing our economic response to coronavirus, and Pete continues to show why it's morally good to want an end to the lockdown. Heroes and villains this week include the Hong Kong protestors standing up against China, Dominic Perrotet being the cause of NSW's easing of restrictions, Joe Biden thinking voting against him means you can't be black and yes, we discuss that Clementine Ford tweet. (0:00-20:20)
We get in depth with...2020-05-261h 10The Young IPA PodcastEp 164: So COVIDSafe Doesn't Even Work?We're back in a studio and it feels good! We talk COVIDSafe not working and the government not accessing data with it, state borders still not open and Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas taking China's side in the trade dispute. Likes and dislikes this week include Donald Trump's executive order on deregulation, ergonomic chairs, Sleeping Giants' campaign against a Melbourne café and governments keeping powers they seize during the coronavirus pandemic. National Manager of Generation Liberty Renee Gorman and star of the IPA's We Want To Work video Julia Sekulic join a…memorable…round of the quiz before the four discu...2020-05-2247 minThe Young IPA PodcastEp 163: China Backs Down, State Borders And When Can We Drink In Vic?Pete declares victory for Australia after China accepts the coronavirus inquiry, but James is more sceptical. Victoria opens pubs and clubs in June and state governments refuse to open borders. Heroes and villains include the Hong Kong protestors, Tim Smith, Germany making it illegal to burn the EU flag and unions pushing for higher minimum wages in the middle of an employment crisis (0:00-23:54).
Evan Mulholland joins the show to discuss the findings of his latest Freedom of Information request into the ABC’s Climate Change Advisory Panel and we review Pete’s latest TV gig (23:54-42:48), befo...2020-05-191h 02The Young IPA PodcastEp 162: Aussies Want To Get Back To WorkOur good vibes Friday rule is ruined by the ABS employment data and the Queensland government trying to buy Virgin. Likes and dislikes this week include Elon Musk staring down the government and winning, friend of the show Bridget Phetasy’s article in The Atlantic, the QLD Chief Health Officer admitting schools were closed for messaging purposes and not health reasons and CNN inviting Greta Thunberg to a town hall on coronavirus. (00:00-20:43)
Cian Hussey returns to defend his quiz crown against Pete and Generation Liberty Campus Coordinator and membership drive extraordinaire Mitchell Ablett. (20:44-33:54)
We...2020-05-151h 09The Young IPA PodcastEp 161: Senator James Paterson & Previewing The Heretic With Gideon RoznerDue to technical difficulties, this podcast has been delayed.
States move to Stage 1 of restriction easing, but Daniel Andrews continues to drag his feet about it, data out of Sweden show lockdowns might be overrated and unemployment data out of the US shows that people who care about the economic effects of restrictions aren’t evil.
Senator James Paterson joins the show to talk about The Wolverines, pushing back against the Chinese government, COVIDSafe and how to flex your bookshelf over Zoom. (17:35-36:43)
After that IPA Policy Director Gideon Rozner joins the show to...2020-05-131h 13The Young IPA PodcastEp 160: The Beginning Of The End Of Restrictions?The National Cabinet gives us a plan out of restrictions but will the states play ball? James and Pete recap the developments as well as the Cedar Meats scandal and the new report showing how lockdown measures around the world are increasing the spread of other diseases.
Likes and Dislikes include The Wolverines in Canberra, a good old fashioned political dustup, Clementine Ford and Catherine Deveny receiving government grants in the middle of a pandemic and the FlexTape guy is in James’ head. (0:00-18:24)Research Fellow Cian Hussey and Generation Liberty Campus Coordinator Anjali Nadaradjane join the qu...2020-05-081h 07The Young IPA PodcastEp 159: How The Lockdown Is Hurting Young PeopleThe ABC apologises to the IPA (yet some presenters are crying poor over cuts), Greg Hunt basically bribes Australians to download the app and Australia had a Dan-off between Dan Tehan and Dan Andrews over schools. James and Pete recap all this before talking to political commentator Topher Field about protests emerging around Australia against the lockdown and what type of people are protesting (18:16-36:46). Heroes and villains this week include a fellow IPA staff member getting their work shared by Andrew Neil, the now-vindicated humble pangolin, Debra Messing and murder hornets (36:46-46:09). We also talk to Generation Liberty m...2020-05-051h 08The Young IPA PodcastEp158: The IPA's Poll, That Cook(ed) Tweet & Press Conference CrashingThis week’s Friday show sees James and Pete discuss the IPA’s new poll making headlines, the Deputy CHO in Victoria’s tweet about James Cook and Twiggy Forrest hijacking a government press conference.Likes and Dislikes this week include the Northern Territory (again), 99-year-old Captain Tom Moore’s fundraising efforts, the hypocrisy of the Believe All Women movement and the worst article The Atlantic has run in a long time. Mia Schlicht defends her quiz crown against Pete and Boston Edwards, the IPA’s Campus Coordinator at the University of Wollongong.At the end of the show we have Pe...2020-05-011h 10The Young IPA PodcastEp 157: Dave RubinDave Rubin joins the show this week to talk about his new book Don’t Burn This Book: Thinking For Yourself in the Age of Unreason, the importance of speaking your mind and how not to listen to the mob. Make sure you enter the competition for a signed copy of his book! After the interview, James and Pete talk the rush to download the tracing app, state governments loosening restrictions and wonder why teachers and students are not back in schools – which gets contentious. Heroes and Villains this week include historically unprecedented silent deregulation, sports being back for five...2020-04-281h 05The Young IPA PodcastEp 156: Aussies Hate Compulsory SuperSecond show for the week! With 1.5 million Aussies getting their hands on their super, Pete and James ask why it can't always be like this? They boys review Michael Moore’s new doc Planet of the Humans – a devastating critique of renewable energy, with a sinister solution; chat about the problems already hitting the government’s COVID-19 tracing app; and sport might be back! New likes and dislikes segment: Pete falls in love with the NT all over again and doesn’t like the NRL starting before the AFL. While James is getting into jazz and reckons Chris Cuomo needs to...2020-04-241h 23The Young IPA PodcastEp 155: Adam Creighton, Dr Chris Berg And Tracking AppsThe government announces a tracking app to fight coronavirus, protests break out in America against social distancing restrictions and James has precisely 30 seconds to explain the best solutions to Virgin Airways going into voluntary administration. Economics Editor of The Australian Adam Creighton joins the show to discuss the economic effects of the lockdown restrictions, why the nature of the debate has changed on coronavirus and why Australia is about to have its biggest population drop in decades (10:15-22:28). Heroes and Villains this week includes Jacinda Ardern taking a 20% pay cut, Elon Musk, Patton Oswalt making our century’s “let them...2020-04-211h 05The Young IPA PodcastEp 154: You Can Now Be Fined For Playing Video GamesPete and James ask why Parliament is going on hiatus when we could see Bob Katter use zoom, marvel at the NSW Minister who still maintains he did nothing wrong despite getting fined for breaking the lockdown, talk about the group of mates in Victoria fined over 5k for playing video games, and agree with Donald Trump for saying the WHO are trash. Amazingly, the ABC are among the heroes this week, along with ‘all of us’. Villains were much more standard - the NYT and the UN. We then talk with Macquarie University Generation Liberty Campus Coordinator Anjali Nada...2020-04-1454 minThe Young IPA PodcastEpisode 153: The ABC Dog Us & Brendan O'NeillA giant week of news calls for a bonus episode! The ABC does some real journalism airing the IPA's new video, but taking out a key sentence. Boris Johnson is in the ICU with Coronavirus yet the tide is turning as more people, including medical experts, call for the protection of civil liberties. The EU is struggling to deal with what Merkel is calling the EU's biggest ever challenge - who knew a giant, creaking bureaucracy would struggle to deal with a crisis? Heroes and Villains this week includes Gideon Rozner (and the humble plastic bag), former NBA player...2020-04-071h 03The Young IPA PodcastEp 152: Wage Subsidies, Police States And How To Survive Self IsolationThe wage subsidies come in which sends Australia into massive debt, the cops are driving through public parks warning people for reading books, Queensland public sector workers get a pay rise and China is lying – it’s grim reading but James and Pete try to make sense of it all. Heroes and villains this week include companies building masks and providing alcohol to hospitals – yet apparently those things are bad, the WHO refusing to acknowledge Taiwan despite how well they’re doing against coronavirus and John Roskam COPPING it from the Executive Officer of the Traffic Management Association of Australi...2020-04-0257 minThe Young IPA PodcastEp 151 - We're At War With The NBN And Drafting TV Shows With Andrew BushnellThe boys are still self-isolating and are both at war the NBN, but the show must go on! We talk coronavirus and the government's lockdown of all non-essential businesses, government services minister Stuart Robert's bad, bad day explaining what happened with mygov and Centrelink and the Ruby Princess debacle. Heroes and villains this week include Elon Musk donating ventilators, the Italian mayors cutting loose on people breaking lockdowns, The New York Times' incredible reporting of the stimulus and Wendy Harmer using working from home to call for more money to the ABC. Andrew Bushnell joins us to bemoan his...2020-03-2752 minThe Young IPA PodcastCorona, discrimination on campus and Pete and James in isolation!Pete and James are BOTH in self-isolation from the dreaded COVID-19 so it was up to Adam and Gideon Rozner to step in! The boys talked about tax cuts for the airlines to stimulate the economy and the incredible discrimination against Generation Liberty at Monash University. Then they skype the two workshy recalcitrants themselves to find out what they've been up while they've been away from IPA HQ. Unfortunately no quiz this week, but the boys finish off by talking social distancing at Q&A, the brave Chinese blogger giving it to the CCP and Minecraft defending freedom of...2020-03-2049 minThe Young IPA PodcastEp 149: James Paterson, Coronavirus, & Joe Biden Is OldThe government announces its coronavirus stimulus plans - James and Pete explain why the free market would be better and discuss their contingency plans for when they inevitably get it. Also, Joe Biden is the presumptive democrat nominee despite being a million years old. Heroes and villains this week include the NT News printing actual toilet paper, the retirement community fighting for their right to party, Twitter and Scott Cam claiming what he does with taxpayer money isn’t any of our business. We speak to Senator James Paterson about coronavirus, the publicly funded coffee vendor in Canberra, his sk...2020-03-121h 06The Young IPA PodcastEp 148: Media Watch, Super Tuesday And We're Off To QLD Human Rights CommissionMedia Watch take aim at the IPA, Super Tuesday sees the return of Biden and the fall of Bloomberg and the IPA gets a win on the latest with the FITS scheme... or do we? James and Pete cover all of that and share this week's heroes and villains, including Anthony Albanese flipping the bird, Gloria Alvarez, the Federal Parliament spending 390k of taxpayer money on redeveloping a coffee vendor and political protestors at Mardi Gras. Renee Gorman comes back on because Generation Liberty is off to the Queensland Human Rights Commission over the Generation Liberty stall being removed...2020-03-0556 minThe Young IPA PodcastEp 147: Sanders, Net Zero And Australians Don’t Like The ABCBernie Sanders is cruising towards victory in the Democratic race and Labor announce they will get Australia to net zero emissions by 2050 – James and Pete recap these disturbing developments and Pete shows the most inspirational political video he's ever seen. Heroes and Villains this week include Donald Trump’s pronunciation of Indian cricketers’ names, Yorkshire tea and literally everything is now a political act, Caulfield Grammar not naming their new aquatic centre after Mack Horton and the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Services who believe a stick is not a stick. We talk to Evan Mulholland about being the number 1 trendi...2020-02-271h 01The Young IPA PodcastEp 146: Holden, Freedom on Campus & An Alpha Showdown With Bill and MalcolmAustralians don’t want to put race in the Constitution and Pete says he doesn't care about Holden closing down. Heroes of the week include Boris Johnson and Malcolm Turnbull – so don’t let anyone tell you there’s no such thing as redemption! – and the Villains of the week include Michael Bloomberg and the Primary School that got rid of cupcakes for cultural reasons. We speak to the National Manager of Generation Liberty Renee Gorman about Generation Liberty passing 1500 members, the upcoming tour of Gloria Alvarez in Australia and the debut of Eleanor the Echidna as Generation Liberty mascot (20...2020-02-201h 03The Young IPA PodcastEp 145: Andrew Bolt On His Showdown With Eddie McGuire And How To Pretend You've Seen ParasiteThe High Court divides Australians by race and the police have access to your search history – James and Pete are here to talk you through a pretty bleak week in Australian politics. At least the Oscars gave us something fun to talk about – James talks Pete through the big talking points. Andrew Bolt joins the show to talk about his showdown with Eddie McGuire, the US Presidential race and Pete gets to the bottom of why James is the way he is (12:27-40:33). Heroes and Villains this week include the Chinese people demanding free speech, the return of live musi...2020-02-131h 12The Young IPA PodcastEp 144: Freedom Got Banned From QUTThe IPA has been all over the media this week – and Pete and James break down the QUT Guild banning Generation Liberty from the university’s O-Week and the scandal of Mark Dreyfus getting public servants to hassle Tony Abbott and CPAC Australia cos he doesn't like the cut of their jib. We’ve also got a leadership challenge in the Nationals and Pete bemoans yet another straight white male leading the Greens. Heroes and Villains this week include the British public finally getting to celebrate Brexit, the Deeners cricket club claiming a political scalp, Joaquin Phoenix reminding everyone he’s n...2020-02-0652 minThe Young IPA PodcastEp 143: We Just Had The Best Decade In Human History with Matt RidleyMalcolm Turnbull is a hypocrite on bushfires – Evan 'the Undertaker' Mulholland joins the show to explain how he uncovered the hypocrisy, what it shows about Turnbull and we debate who has been more annoying since they left politics – him or Kevin Rudd (0:00-8:30). Heroes and villains this week include the man who destroyed Elizabeth Warren’s debt bailout, the freakout over Joe Rogan supporting Bernie Sanders, the CNN panellists mocking everyone who doesn’t agree with them and, shockingly, the Australian of the Year (8:30-16:47). Matt Ridley joins the show to talk about why we just had the best decade i...2020-01-3054 minThe Young IPA PodcastEp 142: Australians Don't Want To #ChangeTheDate with Dr Anthony Dillon and Dr Bella d'AbreraAustralians want to celebrate Australia Day on January 26. We talk to the IPA’s Dr Bella d’Abrera about the results of the IPA-commissioned poll on attitudes towards Australia Day and how Russell Coight inspires her (0:00-7:27). Heroes and Villains this week include Laurence Fox’s awesome Question Time appearance in the UK, the nurse who saved Greg the Yellow Wiggle, Deloitte and the man who called the police and shamed a Target employee to 200,000 people over an electric toothbrush. Dr Anthony Dillon joins the show to talk about appearing in the IPA’s Race Has No Place video, what he...2020-01-2351 minThe Young IPA PodcastEpisode 141 - Bushfires, Megxit And We Toast The End Of Lockout LawsWe are back for our first episode of 2020! We talk the big stories from over the break – the Australian bushfires and the actual solutions we should pursue and Megxit where we debate whether or not we’d be a royal. Heroes and villains this week include the Taiwanese people in their election, the Iranian protestors, PETA campaigning against cheese and the freakout over Vince Vaughn talking to Donald Trump. We speak to Sky News and Spectator Australia contributor Caroline Di Russo about the effort to sue the federal government for climate inaction and her take on the bushfires and Megx...2020-01-1652 minThe Young IPA PodcastEpisode 140: Brendan O’Neill Reacts To UK Election And Grunt The Pig Decides Hero Of The YearIt’s the last show of the year, but it’s a big one! James and Adam Schlicht run through the British elections before the first of our big guests arrive: Grunt The Pig, the pig of freedom himself, joins the show to decide who the Hero of the Year is between the Hong Kong protestors and the Iranian female soccer fans – who will he decide? (6:31-10:11) We’re also joined by Spiked editor Brendan O’Neill to dissect why the Conservatives dominated, what it means for Labour and Brexit and the new dividies in British society (10:11-28:20), before our final...2019-12-1944 minThe Young IPA PodcastEpisode 139: Mikhaila Peterson on the Rise of Jordan Peterson and her Lion DietThe flags fly at half-mast on the podcast this week as Tony Jones’ last Q&A airs – we share our favourite moments from the Jones era, before providing a last minute British election guide and offer our predictions - loser has to wear the dunce hat in the office next week. In heroes and villains watch James hear the phrase fat rat's clacker for the first time, offer his advice to anyone experiencing romantic difficulties and tell us about the best political ad he's ever seen. Pete asks Scott Morrison "how good's the Swamp?". With the IPA getting the righ...2019-12-1259 minThe Young IPA PodcastEpisode 138: Should Pill Testing Be Legal And Is Pete Too Old To Go To Festivals?A few weeks ago we broke the story of Andrew Cooper being investigated by the Attorney General’s department for organising CPAC. Evan Mulholland tells us the results of his subsequent Freedom of Information request to the department – they won’t hand over any documents, but there are 1,300 of them. We discuss what that means (1:15-8:50). We also talk to friend of the show Adam Schlicht from So Fox to preview this summer’s music festivals (8:50-17:25) before we talk to another friend of the show David Limbrick MP from the Liberal Democrats about whether pill testing should be legalise...2019-12-0557 minThe Young IPA PodcastEpisode 137 - Christina Hoff Sommers Sent A Dog To A Safe Space & The Government Wants To Kill The InternetChristian Porter wants to end the internet, we tell you why it’s a dumb idea. Heroes and Villains this week include Bjorn Lomborg and why you don’t need to panic about rising sea levels, the Hong Kong people standing up for democracy in their elections, the town that cancelled Christmas and Sacha Baron Cohen’s speech on social media regulation. We talk to influential feminist, AEI Resident Scholar and host of Femsplainers Christina Hoff Sommers about the infamous Q&A episode, the time she triggered a dog at a college event and achieving a more liberal feminism (16:39-29:55...2019-11-2857 minThe Young IPA PodcastEpisode 136: Senator James Paterson Won't "Repent" On China & The Future Of Vaping In AustraliaShould James Paterson and Andrew Hastie “repent” for their sins of speaking out against the Chinese government? Virginia Trioli might think so but we don’t – we talk to James Paterson to get the full story. Heroes and villains this week includes Jeremy Corbyn’s rightly calling the NHS communism, the ABC for doing our jobs for us, the world’s biggest tertiary education union saying you can decide whatever race you want to be and Elizabeth Banks. We interview Dr Joe Kosterich on the future of vaping and cannabis legalisation. Dr Joe also tells us the fascinating story behind the a...2019-11-2153 minThe Young IPA PodcastEpisode 135: Bridget Phetasy & Dave Sharma MP
Pete doesn't mind the Greens playing politics with Australia’s bushfires - it's just that they're wrong. Heroes and villains this week includes the Geelong council that won’t declare a climate emergency, the beer company telling everyone Epstein didn’t kill himself, Q&A cancelling itself and Hillary Clinton’s Book of Gutsy Women not including Thatcher. We talk to comedian, podcaster and YouTuber Bridget Phetasy about whether it’s time to cancel Obama, woke culture and Beto O’Rourke withdrawing his campaign (15:00-32:47). James gets his sheriff badge out to challenge Member for Wentworth Dave Sharma MP on Brexit and w...2019-11-141h 09The Young IPA PodcastEpisode 134: Senator Matt Canavan, Andrew Cooper and Australia's New 18CRace Has No Place in our Constitution, but apparently if you believe that you’re a bigot. James and Pete talk the IPA’s latest video and some of the reaction it’s been getting as well as the incredible story about FITS this week, with Andrew Cooper being investigated without a warrant by the Attorney General’s department for inviting conservatives into the country. Heroes and villains this week include Barack Obama, Dave Chappelle, nuclear alarmists in Japan and Leonardo DiCaprio. We talk to our first ever Minister! - Resources Minister Matt Canavan about the mining protests in Melbourn...2019-11-071h 04The Young IPA PodcastEpisode 133: We Realise We Need Tony JonesClimate change protesters are in protesting in Melbourne…again. This time they're spitting on people! The UK Parliament finally agrees on a December election and the ACCC is taking Google to court over your data – but would you rather have corporations have your data or the government? James and Pete discuss all this and share their heroes and villains for the week including Kanye West, Larry King, the Bureau of Meteorology and people who want plastic bags banned. We talk to social media commentator, filmmaker and water activist Topher Field to learn about Australia’s man-made drought and how govern...2019-10-311h 07The Young IPA PodcastEpisode 132 - Brendan O'Neill And Why Kristina Keneally Should Sit Out Your Right To KnowRight to Know is a good campaign and we’re always happy to see people push for more free speech, but it’s so hypocritical of the ABC, Mark Dreyfus and Kristina Keneally to get on board. James and Pete discuss the whole campaign as well as the latest Brexit disappointment. Heroes and Villains this week include Nick Cave, Hillary Clinton (as a hero!), the UN and Jeremy Corbyn. We talk to Spiked editor Brendan O’Neill about all the latest with Brexit, and what it reveals about the elites’ attitude to the rest of the country and democracy (15:50-35:33...2019-10-241h 00The Young IPA PodcastEpisode 131 - Amanda Stoker On Why Rights Don't Come From The GovernmentJames is especially fired up this episode – everyone’s copping a serve! We talk about why Extinction Rebellion shouldn't have to pay for a police presence and why their nudie run was a disappointment, the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize and why we’re about to have our 58th banking inquiry since the GFC. Heroes and villains this week includes the Iranian women attending a soccer game for the first time in 40 years, Blitzchung, Tony Windsor and Lebron James. We talk to Senator Amanda Stoker about her article in The Australian last week, what the role of government should...2019-10-1759 minThe Young IPA PodcastEpisode 130 - The NBA Are CowardsJames finally gets to talk about the NBA on the podcast – it’s just a shame it’s because they’re cowards. James and Pete talk about the NBA capitulating to China and recap the latest round of climate protests around Australia and ask why climate protesters never block streets in lefty suburbs. Our heroes and villains this week include South Park, Newton’s Third Law of Motion, a Seattle education authority that says maths is a tool of oppression and Justin Trudeau's unbelievable pivot on questions about his blackface habits. Tim Wilson MP joins us after taking part in the Hon...2019-10-101h 02The Young IPA PodcastEpisode 129 - Daisy Cousens tells us Donald Trump is King of the InternetAustralia is making international headlines over Donald Trump's impeachment saga and the media is losing its mind about it. We talk that and RMIT university giving a Chinese government agency overriding authority over teaching at its Confucius Institute, as well as the upcoming National Driver Licence Facial Recognition Solution which will totally never ever be hacked and the ACT legalising marijuana and we learn it's difficult to grow in Canberra. Our heroes and villains this week include UFC Octagon girls, Todd Phillips, the Bureau of Meteorolgy and the Victorian justice system. We talk to Daisy Cousens about how Australia...2019-10-0356 minThe Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast - Episode 128 with Gideon Rozner & Joanne TranThe world has talked about one issue and one issue only this week – climate change. James and Pete react to Greta Thunberg’s speech, the climate protests around Melbourne and The Conversation banning climate scepticism from the comments. We also talk Justin Trudeau’s blackface – or according to some media outlets his ‘skin darkening makeup’ - scandal before launching into this week’s Heroes and Villains, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Boris Johnson, Victorian MPs who can’t get off social media and Launceston City Council. We speak to Gideon Rozner in front of our first ever live studio audience...2019-09-2648 minThe Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast - Episode 127 with David Limbrick MP and Theodora PantelichJames and Pete have the episode you need while you navigate the traffic of the climate march. We talk that, the University of Melbourne actively encouraging students to skip class, and then why half of Australia is not welcome at the ABC – especially if they’re Jacinta Price. Our heroes and villains this week include Marianne Williamson, drinking, The Guardian and Fireman Sam. We talk to Victorian LDP politician David Limbrick MP about Fiona Patten’s new free speech bill and the big win the LDP had on nuclear energy this week (17:04-35:51). We then talk to IPA Campus Coordi...2019-09-191h 02The Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast - Episode 126 with Tim Wilson and Jacqui MunroRejoice listeners in New South Wales – the lockout laws are being repealed (probably, sort of)! James and Pete also cover the bill in Victoria which would be "18c on steroids" and the trainwreck interview where Liberal MP Gladys Liu is stumped by the tricky question of whether or not Xi Jinping is a dictator. We also recap our heroes and villains of the week including Dr Peter Ridd, Ringo Starr, Coffs Harbour City Council and the US Embassy in Zimbabwe. Pete sits down with Tim Wilson MP to talk about China, Brexit, the morality of industrial relations and why Ti...2019-09-121h 04The Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast - Episode 125 with Renee Gorman and Bo SergeantBrexit is in absolute chaos and James and Pete try to make sense of it. Finding none, we move on to the government’s exposure draft on religious discrimination and go through our heroes and villains of the week, including the world’s coolest fisherman, one of the cringiest questions ever from Q&A, UTS Engineering and Debra Messing. We talk to the IPA’s National Manager of Generation Liberty Renee Gorman about her new survey showing there is a free speech crisis at Australian universities and play Renee and Adam’s vox pop on free speech filmed at the Univ...2019-09-051h 00The Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast - Episode 124 with Rita Panahi and Willoughby DuffWhat you’re being told about Brazil isn’t true, and same for electric cars. But one thing is for certain – we should definitely be nuking hurricanes. James and Pete discuss this and share their heroes and villains for the week, including Katharine Birbalsingh, Dave Chappelle, the University of Queensland and The Economist. Rita Panahi joins the show to talk about being locked in Twitter jail, suggests the right should use the left’s playbook and tells young people they should go on cruises. James and Pete go through some more stories like the school banning rubbish bins, deepfakes and Pete...2019-08-291h 12The Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast - Episode 123 with Drew Pavlou and Kirsty O'SullivanPete is back from Europe! And we’re right back in to the major stories, like if Pacific Island leaders and the UN would tell people in Bangladesh who don’t have electricity that coal is evil; Trump’s plans to buy Greenland; tell people not worry about fake Chinese police cars in Australia because the owners told the police they bought the decals of eBay because they looked cool; how the minimum wage is a morality issue; and talk about the growing crisis in Argentina. We talk to Drew Pavlou, a University of Queensland student who organised the pro-Ho...2019-08-221h 00The Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast - Episode 122 with Matthew Lesh & Henry SpinksAustralia is finally having a free speech inquiry but it’s more narrow than we’d like, a ban on $10,000 cash payments proves the government hasn’t heard of cryptocurrency and QANTAS abandons environmentalism now that it might hurt sales. James and Adam from So Fox discuss all that then get into Heroes and Villains of the week, including Sarah Silverman and Gwent Police saying they’ll investigate jokes. James speaks to IPA Adjunct Fellow Matthew Lesh about free speech on Australian campuses, the influence of the Confucius Centres and the response from universities to Hong Kong protests. James then spe...2019-08-1554 minThe Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast - Episode 121 with Jacinta PriceIt has been a huge week for the Voice to Parliament debate so James and Adam bring you the latest. The Hong Kong protests are getting scarier, but it’s all ok because Prince Harry is going to save the world at a climate change conference in Sicily. Heroes and Villains features a 79 year old lady about to go to jail for feeding cats, the right to make fun of parrots in Britain, a ban on “hip hip hooray”and the fall of Woodstock. James speaks to Alice Springs Town Councillor Jacinta Price ahead of her tour with True Arrow...2019-08-0850 minThe Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast - Episode 120 with Matthew Lesh and Hong Kong Protester ShawnPete is away so he misses out on discussing all the big stories of the week with James and Adam from So Fox – like the incoming regulation of big tech, all the government agencies (including Veterinary Surgeons Boards) who are trying to get your metadata, and Labor’s attempts to keep a CPAC speaker out of Australia because they threaten “equality.” Heroes and Villains this week features a kid learning the horror of taxes through Monopoly and a councillor putting ‘carbon footprint’ over ‘human safety’. James talks to IPA Adjunct Fellow Matthew Lesh to preview Boris Johnston’s Prime Ministership, asse...2019-08-011h 02The Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast - Episode 119 with Burgess Owens & Adam SchlichtAll hail Boris Johnson. James and Pete are happy with the new UK Prime Minister because he will provide them with good content, talk about why super is a tax on young people, recap the latest with Dr Peter Ridd and James Cook University and tell anti-coal activists that harshly for opposing to export of Australian coal to countries like Bangladesh wants Australian coal as well as give out this week’s Heroes and Villains awards. We talk to Super Bowl winning NFL player Burgess Owens about his recent Wall St Journal article on reparations, the politicisation of sport an...2019-07-251h 00The Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast - Episode 118 with Boston Edwards and Robby SoaveOn this week's show James and Pete discuss Voice to Parliament, how Boris Johnson is going to make the Queen give speeches until Britain leaves the EU, Facebook's big fine and run through this week's heroes & villains. IPA Campus Coordinator Boston Edwards joins the show to talk strategy for storming Area 51, his path to Generation Liberty and his deep love of ABBA (17:10-26:55). Then we talk to Robby Soave, associate editor at Reason, about his new book Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump, confected outrage online and how to save journalism (28:17-51:32). We also have the...2019-07-181h 01The Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast – Episode 117 with Janet AlbrechtsenThis week James and Pete recap some bad news for vegans everywhere, a Queensland mine safety committee being disbanded due to gender imbalance and how the Democrat proposal for an increased minimum wage will cost 1.3 million jobs. New segments for the show include Grunt the Pig Freedom Medal and the Asda Award for Tyranny recapping heroes and villains of the week, and Here's A Cool Thing for the trade deal about to transform Africa and how the average person now is 4.4 times richer now than the average person in 1950. We speak to new Chairman of the IPA Janet Albrechtsen...2019-07-1050 minThe Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast – Episode 116 with Andrew Bolt & Rod KempJames and Pete discuss Antifa assaulting Quillette journalist Andy Ngo in Portland, Google engineering algorithms to interfere with the 2020 election, Jeremy Corbyn getting around Stormzy’s set at Glastonbury, and the disabled Grandpa fired from ASDA for sharing a Billy Connolly routine on his private facebook account. We talk to Bolt Report host Andrew Bolt about the Israel Folau case and what it means for free speech, Joffa and the only person to finish their whisky on the ‘Whisky with a Mate’ segment (18:36-46:37). We also talk to outgoing Chair of the IPA The Hon Rod Kemp who reflects on his...2019-07-021h 14The Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast – Episode 115 with Nick Minchin & Deanna VonicThis week James and Pete talk about Israel Folau’s campaign being shut down on GoFundMe, Scott Morrison’s big announcement on red tape, Facebook’s new cryptocurrency Libra, ITV banning all male comedy teams and Kyle Kashuv being kicked out of Harvard. We talk to former Howard government minister Nick Minchin about the future of sports gambling in Australia, sin taxes and what Scott Morrison needs to do to get into the pantheon of Liberal leaders (22:58-39:47). We then talk to IPA Deanna Vonic in a segment of ‘Get to know IPA Staff’ about her path to the IPA, getti...2019-06-251h 04The Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast – Episode 114 Extended with JoffaBonus interview for this week! We sit down with Joffa, the most famous fan in the AFL, to talk the AFL's crackdown on fan behaviour, why it shows the divide between the politically correct elite and regular people and why he's going to send this interview to Gillon McLachlan. Subscribe to The Young IPA Podcast for all future episodes!
2019-06-1915 minThe Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast – Episode 114 with Matt Kibbe & Kurt WallaceNow on YouTube as well! James and Pete discuss the latest on free speech at Australian universities, the AFL's crackdown on fan behaviour. the latest with the Hong Kong protests, the police being involved in the wake of Jo Brand's joke and we review if net neutrality actually did kill the internet (it didn't.) James sits down with Matt Kibbe, President of Free the People, to talk about what libertarians can do to win the moral argument, why love, life and liberty are intertwined, beer regulation and his book Don't Hurt People and Don't Take Their Stuff (21:49-36:49). Then...2019-06-1859 minThe Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast – Episode 113 with Daisy Cousens & Steve BaxterThe country is finally talking about press freedom and James and Pete couldn’t be happier. Over a million people protest in Hong Kong, a new report shows that the world isn’t running out of resources and things are getting cheaper, the guy who attacked volunteers in Warringah is discovered and green activism is killing the Great Barrier Reef. James speaks to YouTube and Sky News After Dark star Daisy Cousens about the vast right wing conspiracy, her career and dealing with online trolls (18:12-36:51). He also talks to Steve Baxter from Shark Tank about the election, what it m...2019-06-111h 08The Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast – Episode 112 with Grover Norquist and Miranda DevineBill Shorten blames corporate leviathans and a financial behemoth for losing the election – which would you rather have on your side? The Brexit Party leads the polling for the next UK general election, an Australian whistleblower faces 160 years in Prison and Twitter suspends accounts ahead of the Tiananmen Square anniversary. James talks to Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, about his career, the benefits of Trump’s tax cuts and the dangers of the trade war, the history of Wednesday Meetings and the Taxpayer Protection Pledge and why he goes to Burning Man every year (13:09-39:49). James also...2019-06-041h 10The Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast – Episode 111 with Andrés Guevara and Kurt WallaceThe EU election results have come in and it’s good news for minor parties on both sides. Theresa May has resigned and Anthony Albanese is about to become ALP leader uncontested. A climate ‘die in’ rally does no one any favours and Adani might go ahead in the next few weeks. James talks with Andres Guevara from Cedice about daily life in socialist Venezuela, how he campaigns for free markets while maintaining his safety and how the country can stop from becoming a failed state (20:06-48:37). Then IPA Research Fellow Kurt Wallace joins the show to discuss his time a...2019-05-281h 20The Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast – Episode 110 with Tyler Cowen and Evan MulhollandPete and James give us their winners and losers from the Coalition’s boilover election victory, discuss the wonderful state of Idaho that has removed its entire regulatory code and review the leaked email The Guardian sent to its writers urging them to ramp up the alarm on climate change (like, even more). We talk to economist Tyler Cowen of the world famous Marginal Revolution blog and author of new book, Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero, about the virtues of big business, why the free market is good for culture and how to convince young pe...2019-05-211h 12The Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast – Episode 109 with Evan Mulholland, Dr Darcy Allen & Professor Jason PottsThe election is days away and parties are throwing any policy promise up hoping it sticks. A law professor is fired for joining Harvey Weinstein's legal team, an independent candidate for Kooyong wants to revoke press licenses for people mean to him, the Brexit Party are immensely popular in the UK and Pete Buttigieg stands up against identity politics. We talk to the IPA's Director of Communications Evan Mulholland about the state of the election campaign, which minor parties are likely to do well and get his take on some of the main stories to come out in Australian...2019-05-141h 04The Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast – Episode 108 with Kirsty O'Sullivan & Dr Bella d'AbreraLabor's new climate policy cost finally comes out and it's significant. The Greens aren't a fan of people who disagree with them, Scott Morrison wants to increase laws against online trolling, Facebook bans Alex Jones, Milo and others from its platforms and Victoria is about to cash in on the fact that no one cared about the last eleciton. We talk to Kirsty O'Sullivan from the Liberal Democratic Party about the election campaign, the LDP's policies and what it's like competing against parties that just compete to spend more taxpayer money on problems (19:53-43:45). We also talk to Dr...2019-05-071h 07The Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast – Episode 107 with Renee Gorman and Scott HargreavesThe election is going to be close so Pete and James decide to take it seriously. We have our first wave of MPs behaving badly, a UN report says 50 million species are under threat of extinction and we talk about Greta Thurnberg and Brendan O’Neill’s controversial article about her. We talk to Renee Gorman. The National Manager of the IPA’s Generation Liberty Program about a workshop at the University of Melbourne saying white males shouldn’t speak in tutes, her experiences interviewing Christina Sommers and what’s the latest with Generation Liberty (18:34-32:02). We also talk to the Edi...2019-04-3059 minThe Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast – Episode 106 with Gideon Rozner and Tim AndrewsDr Peter Ridd wins the biggest victory for freedom of speech in a generation, the Brexit Party forms in Britain, David Attenborough gets in trouble for faking walrus footage, Ukraine elects a television personality with no political experience to be President and Nancy Pelosi forecasts what internet regulation will look like. We talk to Gideon Rozner who was with Peter Ridd through his court case about how he found out about the outcome of the case, why this is such a great victory for freedom of speech and why Gideon is so confused by the ALP's campaign so far...2019-04-2359 minThe Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast – Episode 105 with Evan Mulholland and Jack MintzThe election is called and James and Pete figure out what's there to be excited about. We discuss the IPA's new document '20 Policies to Fix Australia', the French Review, Israel Folau's Instagram controversy and the unions rally. We talk to the IPA's Director of Communications Evan Mulholland about the upcoming election, what's at stake, the IPA's 20 Policies and he makes 4 official Evan Mulholland predictions about the campaign (19:44-36:04). We also talk to Jack Mintz, one of the world's leading experts on tax, about why young people need to care about tax rates and what's wrong with Australia's corporate...2019-04-161h 04The Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast – Episode 104 with Mark BauerleinVegans are shutting down traffic and beloved cafes, Mark Zuckerberg calls for more regulation and Joe Biden calls for less. And big news on the energy front as new technology could both keep power affordable and reduce emissions. We talk to Mark Bauerlein who is touring Australia with the IPA about the state of teaching on American campuses, the importance of reading great books and which books should be read, the dangers of identity politics and why he supports Trump's Executive Order on free speech on campus (18:19-1:09:53).
2019-04-091h 23The Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast – Episode 103 with Christina Sommers (Part 2) & Kurt WallaceExecutive Director John Roskam was on Q&A and we recap all the good moments. We also talk the IPA's new report on unemployment among young people in Australia, Labor's new climate policy, The Economist v Ben Shapiro and the latest with Brexit (which isn't much). We play Part 2 of Renee Gorman's conversation with Christina Sommers as they discuss the state of free speech on campus and in the media about issues of feminism and what advice Christina Sommers would give to young people on campus (20:46-38:07). We also talk to IPA Research Fellow Kurt Wallace ahead of tonight's...2019-04-021h 02The Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast – Episode 102 with Christina Sommers & Joanne TranIt's been a bad week for progressives - Mueller's report is a flop and Labor gets beaten in NSW. James and Pete discuss both topics and Jordan Peterson's fight with the University of Cambridge, the latest with Brexit, Dr Peter Ridd's court case and Trump's executive order on free speech in college campuses. Renee Gorman sits down with Christina Sommers, AEI Scholar and host of The Factual Feminist, to talk about the state of feminism today, what feminists should be focusing on and the state of open debate at universities (22:51-44:13). Renee also sits down with Generation Liberty member...2019-03-261h 16The Young IPA PodcastThe Young IPA Podcast – Episode 101 with Gideon Rozner & Dr Bella d'AbreraStudents took to the streets last week to protest climate change but we didn’t see any pro-nuclear signs, rich people are rorting the US college system to get their kids in, James Gunn is back as director of Guardians of the Galaxy 3 after being fired for old tweets, Brexit enters its 74th consecutive “big week”. We talk to Gideon Rozner about the upcoming trial of Dr Peter Ridd over his criticism of Great Barrier Reef research, the video the IPA has made about the trial and what the implications are for freedom of speech in Australia (19:31-33:36). We also t...2019-03-191h 02