Consent and the "Cornell 7"
A female university student visits a male frat house at night. She is drugged and raped, for seven hours, by seven male students. She reports it but the university authorities sweep it under the rug. ...
8 Okt 1h 23min
JUST JOSH: Conspiracies & FlyDubai, Oh My
When does healthy scepticism become unhinged suspicion? How do you know if you’re being gullible or sensible? What are the cognitive traps that social media pulls us into? And why should you care? As ...
6 Okt 1h 4min
Why do smart people believe stupid things?
Every human mind is a propaganda machine. It manufactures certainty, reinforces old narratives, and keeps us loyal to beliefs that no longer serve us. In an era of infinite information and AI-generate...
1 Okt 1h 26min
Free speech, hate speech, and the limits of Liberal tolerance with Sami Shah
What do we actually owe each other in a society trying to hold pluralism, free speech, and real religious and ethnic tension together at the same time? Josh sits down with comedian, writer, and Crikey...
28 Sep 1h 45min
Who's hacking you right now? with ethical hacker Assadi Youssef
When you read news about a data breach which might have exposed your information, do you even care? Who’s behind all this hacking: China, Russia, or a nerd in his parents’ basement? Are our water and ...
24 Sep 1h 22min
William Shatner Doesn’t Want to Die, from The Moynihan Report
Today we’re sharing a bonus episode from The Moynihan Report. William Shatner sits down with Michael Moynihan in Los Angeles for a conversation about life, time, and knowledge. They talk about death...
22 Sep 54min
Social media broke our ability to agree, with Jonathan Haidt
Jonathan Haidt is considered one of the world's most influential living psychologists. He joins Josh on this new instalment of Permission To Think - a collaboration with The University of Technology S...
21 Sep 58min
“So… *Does* God Hate F*gs?” with Megan Phelps-Roper
What do our modern-day culture wars have to teach us about cult-like thinking, moral puritanism, judgment and compassion? And if you lose religious faith, how are you left thinking about agnosticism, ...
17 Sep 19min
