My guest today is former Australian Labor Party Minister Gary Johns, who is the editor of a new book entitled "Australian Apartheid - The Aboriginalisation of Australia".

Today we discuss:

- What he means by "Australian Apartheid" and whether that is the appropriate term to use?

- Whether a paternalistic approach is unavoidable for indigenous ethnic minorities?

- What explains the on-going gap in health, education, life expectancy and other metrics between indigenous and non-indigenous

- We also examine critically many of the oft-repeated statements about and programs that have been put in place to help indigenous Australians

And much much more

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My guest today is Waleed Aly, academic and journalist and former host of Australian TV show, "The Project".

Today we discuss:

• His recent Quarterly Essay "Time of Monsters: What Future for Liberalism?"
• Whether liberalism is hostile to virtue, religion, and the nation state?
• Why critiques of liberalism, which have always existed, have such purchase in our current age?
• Whether he considers himself a liberal and how he expects things to play out over the next few years.

And much, much, more

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waleed_Aly

https://www.quarterlyessay.com.au/essay/2026/09/time-of-monsters/extract

My guest today is Steven Edginton who is a documentary filmmaker and investigative journalist who previously worked for GB News and the UK Telegraph among others.

Today we discuss:

- The riots in France over the weekend what they mean for Britain and the broader West.

- His recent documentaries on demographic change in the UK and what motivates his work

- The divides in outlook between Americans and Europeans, and between the so-called Zoomers and Boomers

- The challenges of investigative journalism on sensitive subjects

And much much more.

https://x.com/StevenEdginton

https://www.stevenedginton.com/