The Young IPA Podcast

Yumi and KAK stole the headlines but the real story was Jacinta Price’s Facebook account being suspended. An author cancels a book before it’s published because it’s not woke enough and the Covington kids lawyer up and so should half of Twitter. And finally, at long last, the government is cracking down on sports cheating. We talk to IPA Research Fellow Morgan Begg about the annual cost of the federal government in Australia and his new report on the erosion of fundamental legal rights in federal law (20:40-39:43). We also talk to IPA Policy Director Gideon Rozner about his upcoming event with Jacinta Price and Warren Mundine on identity politics (39:48-48:39)

 The Canberra Swamp costs Australia $8 billion a year, Victoria loses power in a heatwave but it’s the dishwashers that are to blame, Elizabeth Warren becomes the first politician to pursue a wealth tax, Venezuela has a new leader and the EU now turns its aim to Google. We talk to Bettina Arndt, author of #Mentoo about her new campus tour, her new book and what she made of the infamous Gillette ad (14:46-32:49). We also talk to the IPA’s new Director of Workplace Relations John Lloyd about his new role, what the big industrial relations issues will be in the federal election and how we finds being back at the IPA (32:58-45:20)

The IPA’s new poll finds Australians actually like Australia Day right where it is. The MAGA teenagers and Buzzfeed’s big scoop proves you shouldn’t believe any news you read on the internet until three days have passed and the IPA is launching a brand new podcast, Looking Forward. James and Pete talk to Dr Bella d’Abrera after a lengthy hiatus from the show to talk about the results of the new poll commissioned by the IPA on attitudes towards Australia Day and why her mum wasn’t a fan of her appearance on SBS (19:53-34:16). We also talk to Looking Forward hosts Dr Chris Berg and Scott Hargreaves about the new podcast, why the IPA is launching it, what type of conversations they’ll have and what advice James and Pete can bestow on new podcasts (34:23-43:19).

We're back for 2019 and we're now on Tuesdays! Pete and James talk about the IPA's new report Australian History’s Last Stand: An Audit of Australian History Teaching at Universities and recap the big news stories over the break, including the US government shutdown, Brexit and the protests in France. We talk to Dr Bella d'Abrera about her new report Australian History's Last Stand and what the findings are and why James and Pete are now scared of her after her holiday (17:35-27:51). We also talk to Anis Rezae on her last day of interning at the IPA as part of the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation program about what it was like working at the IPA (27:59-36:35).

It’s our last show for the year so we’re looking back on some of our best interviews of 2018! Enjoy this extra-long Christmas episode with clips from our interviews with Dennis Prager (4:33-12:24), Douglas Murray (12:33-20:38), Claire Lehmann (20:47-30:50), Dan Hannan (31:02-37:48), Senator James Paterson (37:52-50:48), Nigel Farage (50:58- 56:24), Bjorn Lomborg (56:35-1:04:48), Eunhee Park (1:04:58-1:12:40), Brendan O’Neill (1:12:49-1:20:51), Tom Palmer (1:21:00- 1:33:10), Andrew Bolt (1:33:19-1:45:34), Mark Bauerlein (1:45:42-1:57:38), Greg Sheridan (1:57:48-2:04:11)   and Jacinta Price (2:04:19-2:11:21).

Big week for the IPA this week with our new report Free Speech on Campus Audit 2018 being released and our legal rights team doing a power of work on Morrison's new anti-corruption commission and proposed religious discrimination laws. Nike can't stand by its own slogan and we recap the latest on Theresa May. James and Pete talk to Linda Kavuka from the African Students for Liberty about the free market movement in both Kenya and Africa as a whole, and what other countries can do to assist growth (15:41-33:38). We also talk to IPA Research Fellow Matthew Lesh about the Free Speech on Campus Audit, why some universities are trying to ban sarcasm and how free speech can be saved in higher education (34:06-50:00).

The world is protesting but Paris is the one worth paying attention to. Australia is about to have some disturbing new data laws passed and a US frat has the perfect response to being asked to take the US flag down from their property. We play Part 2 of our interview with Brendan O’Neill where we discuss freedom of speech, censorship at universities and what is next for Spiked (17:25-50:43). We also talk to newest IPA Research Fellow Dr Zachary Gorman on the work he’s going to be doing at the IPA and the history of liberal thought in Australia (51:07-1:06:48) .

It's the day after the IPA's 75th Anniversary Dinner and James and Pete are recovering. We talk about all the fun IPA staff and members had at the dinner then move on to the less-fun Victorian election and how the average rate of personal income tax about to reach 20% in Australia. We play part 1 of our hour long discussion with Brendan O'Neill, with this part on his new book Anti-Woke (available from Connor Court Publishing) and what he makes of the state of Brexit and why he remains optimistic about it (12:16-41:27). We also talk to IPA Research Fellow Daniel Wild about the Victorian election, what the Liberal Party federally and in other states can learn from the Victorian Liberal Party and what another 4 years of Labor means for Victoria (41:44-56:37)

Despite the instability, the federal government has already passed 1,106 more pages of legislation than they did last year. The sharing economy will suffer if Daniel Andrews wins the Victorian election and a report out of the United States shows just how much damage to the economy is done by occupational licensing. The EU is thinking about getting its own army and everyone is mad at Kanye and Kim for using private firefighters. James and Pete talk to Year 10 student Luc Cazenave about doing work experience with the IPA, how he came to learn about liberty and what the effects of the intellectual dark web are on high school students (16:55-29:33). We also talk to Year 11 student Maxim Bashev about his article in the latest edition of the IPA Review on his grandparents' experience under communism in Russia (29:39-48:10)

Theresa May has finally united the Leave and Remain camps...against her. The government announces Robert French will lead an inquiry into freedom of speech at universities and we're hoping it ends in a better place than the Israel embassy move. the Journal of Controversial Ideas makes us lose faith in the state of academic freedom but Dan Crenshaw gives us hope in the future of open discourse. James and Pete talk to IPA Research Fellow Daniel Wild about his trip to the US with the Atlas Network, organisations he met that help spread liberty in China and Egypt, what US think tanks are making of the state of liberty in America and internationally and what he made of the midterm elections (16:52-33:46). We also talk to US filmmaker Michael Ozias who is visiting the IPA with the Lights Camera Liberty program to talk about why free market organisations need to be making more films, the state of Hollywood censorship of alternative viewpoints and he gives his take on James and Pete's pitches for upcoming projects (33:54-48:16)

The US midterms were a draw for both parties and a massive loss for celebrities. Nuclear energy is going to save the world, no matter what the "no-growth economy" movement wants to do to it. Tom Switzer, Executive Director of the Centre for Independent Studies, joins the show to discuss the US midterms, his reflections on Dan Hannan's tour of Australia and the effects identity politics is having on open debate in Australia (20:09-38:09). We also talk to IPA Policy Director Simon Breheny on his last day about his reflections on his time at the IPA (38:13-54:01)

Free speech is officially dead in Europe, everyone gains from economic growth, Kanye West decides to abandon politics and the Tax Foundation's latest report is sobering reading for Australians. James and Pete talk to Dan Hannan about the latest on Brexit, what Australia and Britain can gain from Brexit and the state of political discourse around the world (16:55-32:48). We also talk to Renee Gorman about her new role at the IPA, what's ahead for Generation Liberty and what she's noticing about moving to Melbourne (33:01-46:24).

People are marching all over Australia and the UK but it’s for the wrong policy outcomes. A new plan for energy in Australia is made and it’s not a good one. Obama asks the world to remember who started America’s economic recovery but we don’t think he would want people hitting the history books. James and Pete talk to Marieke Beck-Coon from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education about campus censorship in the United States, some of the cases FIRE is looking at and what Australia can learn from the US experience (17:12-37:24). We also talk to IPA Development Associate Gin Campbell about some of the IPA’s upcoming events and life with a new puppy (37:30-49:40).

Australia might be moving its embassy to Jerusalem, a central problem with the government’s company tax plan is revealed, the World Economic Forum release their annual competitiveness rankings, the US is emitting CO2 at a 67 year low despite withdrawing from Paris and the IPA’s new report on criminal justice is released. James and Pete talk with IPA Research Fellow Morgan Begg to discuss how Hollywood is now gearing movies towards the approval of Chinese censors and what that means, the religious freedom case in the UK and why the Supreme Court has become such a political issue in the US over the last 30 years (17:47-42:03). We also talk to new IPA Research Fellow Kurt Wallace about his new role at the IPA, the Dignity of Work Program and what areas he's going to be looking at (42:12-48:38). 

This week James and Pete talk about the proposals for new religious discrimination laws, the move from the ALP to defend Western Civilisation, the IPCC report, the Supreme Court of the UK’s decision on gay wedding cakes and the Nobel Prize in Economics. We talk to Greg Sheridan, Foreign Editor at The Australian and author of the new book God is Good For You about his book, the decline of Christianity in the world today and what Christians can do to stop it (18:04-43:43). We also talk to IPA Review Editor Scott Hargreaves about the upcoming edition coming out next week about some of the articles IPA members can look forward to (43:48-1:02:25).