America’s forever war, with Nick Bryant
The American experiment is failing. Division, mistrust and misinformation are now the country’s defining characteristics. The storming of the Capitol,…
We’re all Soviets now, with Sir Niall Ferguson
Sir Niall Ferguson is arguably the world’s greatest living historian. He first pointed out that we’re in Cold War II…
Lies my liberal teacher told me, with Wilfred Reilly
Education was once the search for truth. Sadly, this is no longer the case in many universities across the Western…
Decoding the modern bloke, with Geoff Norcott
It wasn’t so long ago that one phrase sat above any other in the hierarchy of endorsements for a British…
“Machines are the children of humanity” – Agnieszka Pilat
It feels like AI can now write anything for us and create anything for us. In some respects it’s exciting,…
How the elites betrayed America’s working class, with Batya-Ungar Sargon
There has long been a curious sub-genre in liberal journalism. It can best be described as “examining working class Americans…
Gay Shame, with Gareth Roberts
Perhaps the most peculiar aspect of ‘Pride’ is how it has lumped together the gay population, with the most extreme…
Imagining nuclear armageddon, with Annie Jacobsen
The world could end before you finish listening to this podcast. That’s the reality of a nuclear-armed world. If a…
A heretical conversation with Andrew Gold
Heresy is defined as opinion profoundly at odds with what is generally accepted. It has rarely been more dangerous to…
The rebirth of the West, with Victor Davis Hanson
In some respects, the West is exhibiting similar symptoms to past civilizations that decayed, declined, or were completely wiped off…
The real reason for African poverty, with Magatte Wade
Why is Africa poor? There’s a series of trendy answers to that question, that are almost taken as read amongst…
Fighting cultural socialism, with Eric Kaufmann
Across the western world, cosplay protests are ongoing in some of the most elite academic institutions. They point to a…
Conservatism is gratitude, with Jonah Goldberg
Western liberal democratic capitalism has created more prosperity, and enabled more human flourishing, than any other social system. It is…
Debunking Australia’s housing crisis myth, with Cameron Murray
There’s a common refrain when it comes to housing in Australia today: ‘it’s never been harder to enter the housing…
In defense of journalism, with Anthony De Ceglie
It’s easy to forget that journalists were once invested with immense trust by citizens. This is no longer the case.…
“Gen Z is the most conservative generation since WW2” – Isabel Brown
Gen Z has developed quite a reputation. Lazy. Difficult to work with. Technology-addicted. And of course, insufferably woke. What if…
The short march through the institutions, with Yascha Mounk
Sometimes it feels like the tidal wave of ‘wokeness’ (or identity politics) washed over the western world almost overnight. It…
Tales of a Hollywood dissident, with Matthew Marsden
Politics is downstream from culture. To change politics, one must first change culture. The left intrinsically understands this in a…
The real State of the Union, with Charles C.W. Cooke
There are two ways to look at American politics in 2024. There’s the prevailing pessimistic view. Many people think democracy…
In conversation with Douglas Murray
It is now in vogue to celebrate non-Western cultures and disparage Western ones. Many well-meaning people have been fooled by…
Lessons for the silenced majority, with Katherine Brodsky
We as a society are self-censoring at record rates. Say the wrong thing at the wrong moment to the wrong…
“The Teals are an existential threat to the Liberals” – Joe Hildebrand
Australia is facing serious domestic and international challenges, all at a time when the political class has arguably never been…
“It’s the culture, stupid” – Matt Goodwin
Bill Clinton’s strategist James Carville memorably said, “It’s the economy, stupid”. Times have changed. The great political battles of our…
“Reality is now subject to ideology” – Lionel Shriver
Journalist. Contrarian. Iconoclast. Intellectual. Provocateur… And one of the most successful novelists of the 21st century. Lionel Shriver has, in…
Why you don’t have free will, with Brian Klaas
We all comfort ourselves by believing in cause and effect. According to Dr Brian Klaas, we wilfully ignore a bewildering…
