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My guest today is Gustavo Semeria, an Argentinian businessman, academic, and author of Adiós a la Democracia, Today we discuss: The role that demographic changes played in the economic rise and decline of ArgentinaThe immigration polices of President Janvier Milei and prospects for improvementWhat lessons Argentina has for countries like AustraliaAnd much much more https://x.com/SemeriaGustavo https://www.amazon.com/Adi%C3%B3s-Democracia-reinar-devora-Spanish-ebook/dp/B01620YIJ0/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.OlP2b9R944nUlqfyY29xSQ.XQtpJinvi5Ecgl1hLjLJ2xqo7qEUzgVmk3POU-gByd4&dib_tag=se&qid=1790689554&refinements=p_27%3AGustavo+Semeria&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 https://www.amren.com/features/2017/04/argentina-a-mirror-of-your-future-buenos-aires-latin-america/

My guest today is B. W. Jackson an experienced economist who worked for the Australian government as well as in investment banking in Europe and the US . Today we discuss: - Whether economists have properly analysed immigration in the past - What he thinks of the current announced immigration policies of One Nation, the Labor Party, and the L/NP - Various charts which shows how we don't need mass immigration to boost living standards, to fix labour shortages, or address our aging population And much more https://x.com/BWJacksonX

My guest today is academic Dr Emily Jones, who is senior lecturer in modern history at the University of Manchester and the author of a new book "The Disraeli Myth: The Making of a Conservative Tradition" which has been favourably reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, The New Criterion, amongst others. Today we discuss: Who Benjamin Disraeli was and why his name is still invoked in conservative circles today What "one nation" conservatism means and the extent to which it can be said to be Disraeli's political philosophy Whether he really was a dandy and opportunist as is sometimes allegedAnd what Pauline Hanson's "One Nation" party and other new nationalist parties across the West can learn from Britain's great 19th Century Prime Minister And much, much, more https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691246314/the-disraeli-myth?srsltid=AU7gw4Wb3qEjy0fACDF0tbQE9O61Oo6J-lyNV4MYoS__u885BGjGZUFm https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/emily.jones

My guest today is Joerg Sobolewski, a long-time advisor to Alternative für Deutschland, Germany's leading new right nationalist party. Today we discuss: AfD's history, how he became involved and why an alternative to the Germany mainstream incumbent parties is neededWhat the ideology of the AfD is and how it has evolved since its establishmentWhen the next significant electoral test is and whether it will eventually hold power nationallyWhere it stands on key areas such as foreign policy, trade, and immigrationAnd much, much more https://x.com/AfD https://x.com/JorgSobolewski

Jordan Abou-zeid is a Research Assistant and Deputy Manager of the Generation Liberty Program at the Institute of Public Affairs. Today we discuss: - his report revealing extent of Australian government funding of the left's NGO industrial complex - Some of the challenges of rust belt Christianity - The pros and cons of accelerationism - What the recent debate between John Anderson and Nyadol Nyuon tells us about what it means to be Australian And much much more. https://ipa.org.au/author/jabouzeid https://jordanabouzeid.substack.com/

My guest today is Moira Deeming member of the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria. She attained national prominence because of her stance in favour of sex-based rights and also her successful defamation action against the Liberal Party which she until recently belonged. Today we discuss: Why she left the Liberal Party after 20 yearsWhat she thinks of One Nation popularity and why she did not joing themWhat results of the upcoming Victorian state elections will likely be and her chances of reelectionThe dramatic economic and demographic changes that have occurred in her part of AustraliaWhy conservative working class people in Australia and across the West need a new homeAnd much, much, more https://moiradeemingmp.com/ https://www.familyfirstparty.org.au/vic_2026 https://www.familyfirstparty.org.au/moira_deeming

My guest today is David Maywald who is a former investment banker, an author, and who amongst other things serves as the Chair of the International Council for Men and Boys. Today we discuss: 1. What evidence there is for the “relentless war on masculinity” as he has calls it. 2. What the drivers of this conflict are? 3. Why the political class loves to target young men? 4. How new legislation targeting social media misdiagnoses the problem 5. What signs of hope there might be of a positive change in this area? And much more https://x.com/DavidMaywald https://www.amazon.com.au/stores/author/B0FY4J9VK3 https://www.menandboys.net/

We welcome back evolutionary psychologist, Dr Dani Sulikowski Today we discuss how her theory of "female manipulative reproductive suppression" applies to various social phenomenon: - the Lindsay Clancy case - the plight of young men - the promotion of divorce on TikTok - Late-term abortion And much more https://www.danisulikowski.com/

My guest today is Michael Easson AM who is a businessman, historian, and former trade union leader. Today we discuss: His new book on former controversial Australian Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam and whether a reappraisal is required Whether Whitlam was really as radical and left-wing as is often claimed Whether Whitlam represented a fundamental watershed from an older nationalist version of the labour party to a new more cosmopolitan economic and socially liberal one What lessons Whitlam can teach us today in the age of new populist parties And much, much more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Easson https://www.connorcourtpublishing.com.au/Whitlam-Right-and-Wrong-Personal-Reflections-edited-by-Michael-Easson-hardback-_p_694.html

My guest today is University of Queensland law professor Jim Allan. Today we discuss: - Whether recent proposals by Angus Taylor's Liberal Party and Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party to ban the burning of the Australian flag would be constitutional - Other matters before the Australian High Court such as the ban on the "White Australia Party" and Pauline Hanson bid to overturn hate speech laws - What his views are on "Common Good Constitutionalism" promoted by people like Harvard Professor Adrian Vermeule - And why he remains unconvinced about the value of bills of rights And much more https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1433 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Allan_(law_professor)

My guest today is Louise Clegg, a lawyer, a political commentator, and someone who has also been critic of the national conservative movement. Today we discuss: - The state of freedom of speech in Australia. - Her views on whether we should introduce a US-style 1st amendment here - Her views on the constitutional validity of burning the Australian flag, banning statements like “from the river to the sea”, restrictions on nationalist political parties - Whether Pauline Hanson will succeed in her High Court challenge against 18C And much much more https://www.spectator.com.au/author/louise-cleggexample-com/ https://www.ussc.edu.au/louise-clegg

My guest today is Dr Mathew A Frith who is a lecturer at the University of New England where he specialises in the history of economic thought. Today we discuss: His new book “America's Neglected Protectionist Tradition: The Economics That Forged a Nation” and how it builds on his award-winning PhD thesis that we discussed previouslyThe sophisticated and humane moral philosophy of the protectionistsWhy Abraham Lincoln called the work they were doing the “beautiful science”?We speculate how a debate between Milton Friedman and Alexander Hamilton would have gone and what common ground they might shareWhat the response has been from other economic historians in the fieldAnd much more https://www.une.edu.au/staff-profiles/business/mathew-frith https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/1839999268 https://www.mathewfrith.com/book

My guest today is Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History and Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas at the University of Canberra and one of Australia's most well-known historians. Today we discuss: - The recent articles in Australian Historical Studies Journal to which he contributed concerning the so-called "Crisis of The Australian Right" and what parallels exist in our history to what is occurring now - How he understands the terms "left" and "right", "liberal" and "conservative" and how various parties in the the past have used these terms - Whether any member of pre-Whitlam ALP would be welcome in Albanese's cabinet and if there is even any common link between the party of old and today - Whether politicians from the Federation age and before the age of open borders liberalism have something to teach us. And much more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Bongiorno https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-bongiorno-b9122214/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1031461X.2026.2694425

My guest today is Craig Tindale, an Australian private investor who spent nearly four decades working software development, business strategy, mining, and infrastructure and now runs a successful Substack which is read by senior officials in the White House and the Pentagon. Today we discuss: Today we how his thinking has changed over the years about matters such as economics, geopolitics and sovereignty.The need for re-industrialising Australia and how to compete with China’s refining capacityHow the Trump administration thinks about our mining sector and Australia more generally? What the next 10 years will look like in the West if we do not change course.And much much more https://ctindale.substack.com/ https://x.com/ctindale?lang=en

My guest today is Peter Brimelow, long-time journalist and most recently editor of VDARE an immigration restrictionist website. Today we discuss: What he knows of Australia and the relationship between immigration policy in the United States and hereHow he would describe the ideology which has promoted ethnic diversity in Western nationsWhat the status is of VDARE and whether there is hope for its resurrectionWhat can be done to reforge a common people in Anglosphere countries and likely scenarios for the futureAnd much much more https://www.peterbrimelow.com/