WTF? Gladiator Battles on the White House Lawn: How MMA & the Manosphere Took Over America (& the White House)
On Sunday, mixed martial arts fighters will beat the crap out of each other in a 90-foot-tall Ultimate Fighting Championship cage on the South Lawn of the White House. Senator John McCain once denounc...
11 Juni 13min
"Smile! Civilisation is Collapsing" with Sarah Wilson
In a world of catastrophic fires, record floods, collapsing democracies and rising unrest, our lives have rarely felt more precarious. So how do we keep living meaningfully through it? And if (or when...
8 Juni 1h 12min
Matt Taibbi, America's Top Gonzo Journalist, on How the Media Lost Its Mind
Get 30% OFF an Annual Uncomfortable Conversations Subscription at https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe/sanity What happened to the news media? What does it have to do with why Hi...
1 Juni 1h 41min
“What the Hell Happened to L.A.?” with Meghan Daum
Los Angeles was once the city where people went to reinvent themselves. Space, sunshine, stardom. How did it become the city where people go to disappear into homeless tent encampments? Meghan Daum i...
28 Maj 1h 21min
Where Does Anti-Zionism End and Anti-Semitism Begin?
Is it possible to criticise Israel without being anti-Semitic? How do we even know if you cross that line? It’s a question that has divided dinner tables, ended friendships, and split the left in hal...
25 Maj 1h 46min
What Australia's Covid Frontman Regrets
As the Hantavirus and Ebola pop up in the news, what did we get wrong during Covid? Dr Nick Coatsworth was the Australian government’s deputy chief medical officer during the pandemic’s first wave, w...
21 Maj 13min
Josh vs the News: Think Bigly! with Reverend Szeps
The world is seemingly on fire. Iran, Ukraine, China, Trump, AI, climate, antisemitism, the Australian budget. It’s an avalanche of bad news, until Reverend Szeps arrives on the scene to put it all in...
20 Maj 56min
Just Josh: Why Can't Politicians Answer A Question?
Hey! Politicians! Stop talking like cardboard cutouts (if you're mainstream) or lunatics (if you're not). If politicians can't figure out how to have uncomfortable conversations, voters will elect po...
18 Maj 58min
