"American Authoritarianism" with Matt Welch
What do you make of a U.S. government that snatches people off the street and disappears them into Central American prisons, forever, with no trial, and no way to appeal? Matt Welch is a libertarian j...
24 Apr 20251h 24min
“Reimagining Schooling” with Finnish education icon Prof. Pasi Sahlberg
What's the purpose of school? Why do we run schools the way we do? How might we reinvent education in an era of artificial intelligence and ADHD? Professor Pasi Sahlberg is one of the world's leading ...
21 Apr 20251h 48min
PREVIEW: "What Can Democrats Do?" with David Pakman
The Democratic Party is paralysed. It can't merely offer resistance to Trump. It also needs to offer an alternative to him. But how? Should they oppose his every move, as the likes of Representative A...
17 Apr 202520min
“Decoding the Gurus” with Chris Kavanagh and Matt Browne
When are independent shows like Uncomfortable Conversations serving a useful purpose... and when are they just preaching to the choir? "Decoding the Gurus" is a podcast that dissects how new-media per...
14 Apr 20251h 18min
Anthony Bourdain’s “Lieutenant”, Laurie Woolever
Anthony Bourdain was Josh's hero. Laurie Woolever was, as Bourdain called her, his "lieutenant". A writer and culinary graduate, Laurie had worked for another gigantic cooking celebrity, Mario Batali,...
10 Apr 20251h 11min
PREVIEW: "What Is the 'Patriarchy'?" with Prof. Cordelia Fine
Do males and females differ in what we want out of life? In what jobs we want to do? In how much we want to look after babies, or run a tech start-up, or sweep the living room, or be a CEO? Or are bio...
7 Apr 202538min
JUST JOSH: The Woke Catastrophe of “Snow White”
If you want to see what's wrong with not being offensive, watch Snow White. The new Disney re-make is so committed to not offending anyone that it’s a social-justice jumble. Snow White isn’t white as ...
3 Apr 202528min
BOB CARR on Diplomacy, Statesmanship and Grief
Even if you're not Australian, you want to listen to this conversation with one of the nation's most iconic statesmen. Bob Carr is a former foreign minister of Australia (i.e. the secretary of state) ...
31 Mars 20251h 40min
