Episodes
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
Ep 45: Westpac: Woke Capitalism and the Compliance State
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
The Federal Attorney General has proposed we treat social media companies as publishers. Will this punish Silicon Valley lefties or silence Australia’s conservative voices for fear of our crazy defamation laws? (1:59-24:04) As the CEO of our wokest bank, Westpac, taps the mat, what should we make of its bruising encounter with regulator Austrac’s over money-laundering claims? (24:04-37:12) Political parties are declining as social institutions so what does this mean for our democracy? (37:12-48:57) Your hosts Scott Hargreaves and Dr Chris Berg are joined by IPA Research Fellow, Andrew Bushnell and National Manager of Generation Liberty, Renee Gorman to discuss these questions as well as divulge their culture picks including the new documentary Rise of Jordan Peterson, a new book on the sorry state of our Universities, Season 3 of The Crown and the movie that launched film director Michael Mann (48:57-1:05:21).
Show Notes:
Christian Porter's defamation reform would be a catastrophic mistake; Dr Chris Berg and Dr Aaron Lane, Sydney Morning Herald
The Woke Bank Asleep at The Wheel; John Roskam, IPA Executive Director
https://ipa.org.au/publications-ipa/the-woke-bank-asleep-at-the-wheel
Get out of your own way, Unleashing productivity; Deloitte
https://www2.deloitte.com/au/en/pages/building-lucky-country/articles/get-out-of-your-own-way.html
Regulatory Dark Matter; Kurt Wallace, IPA Research Fellow
John Howard warns of 'existential challenges' for Liberals and Nationals; Sydney Morning Herald
Culture Picks:
The Rise of Jordan Peterson; Patricia Marcoccia
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10469384/
Melbourne screening of the Rise of Jordan Peterson
https://ipapeterson.eventbrite.com.au/
CAMPUS MELTDOWN The Deepening Crisis in Australian Universities; William O. Coleman
The Crown Season 3; Peter Morgan
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4786824/
Thief; Michael Mann
Wednesday Nov 20, 2019
Ep 44: What's Next As China Slams Door On Liberal MPs And Hong Kong Protestors?
Wednesday Nov 20, 2019
Wednesday Nov 20, 2019
Are we in the West too focussed on trade to tackle China’s on human rights abuses in Hong Kong and with the Uighurs? (00:01-21:00) Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says our ageing population is an “economic time bomb”, but is he just softening boomers up for another tax and pension raid? (21:00-33:00) Boris Johnson is ahead in the polls, Boris’ deal a real Brexit and why did the Brexit Party give up? (33:00-44:00).
Your hosts Scott Hargreaves and Dr Chris Berg are joined by the IPA’s Evan Mulholland and Daniel Wild to answer these questions and share their culture picks including H.P. Lovecraft’s 1936 classic sci-fi/horror novella, At the Mountains of Madness, a podcast by the Herald Sun about the 1999 Victorian state election between Jeff Kennett and Steve Bracks, and the Man in the High Castle, a sci-fi series on Amazon Prime which explores what the world would look like had the Axis powers won WWII (44.00-01.03.53).
SHOW NOTES
Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust, Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis
https://www.amazon.com/Rebooting-AI-Building-Artificial-Intelligence-ebook/dp/B07MYLGQLB
Ageing population is 'economic time bomb': Frydenberg, Australian Financial Review
Paul Keating's speech on Australia's China policy – full text, The Guardian
The Economics of ZPG, Chris Berg & Jason Potts, Quadrant
https://quadrant.org.au/magazine/2016/04/economics-zero-population-growth/
These Are the Brexit Battlegrounds That Will Decide the U.K. Election, Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019-uk-election-primer/
How’s That? Daniel Wild, IPA Review
https://ipa.org.au/ipa-review-articles/hows-that
At the Mountains of Madness, H. P. Lovecraft
https://www.amazon.com/At-Mountains-Madness-Other-Terror/dp/0345329457
Face Off, Herald Sun (podcast)
https://open.spotify.com/show/0GO20vX5zmC7yUIhwCdey3?si=9t24ThwgQGm2lPudYpGXY
The Man in the High Castle (TV series)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1740299/
Corporate Virtue Signalling: How to Stop Big Business from Meddling in Politics, Jeremy Sammut
Wednesday Nov 13, 2019
Ep 43: Is Tony Abbott Our Biggest National Security Threat?
Wednesday Nov 13, 2019
Wednesday Nov 13, 2019
What on earth is the Government up to with its Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme and how did Tony Abbott become Australia’s biggest threat to national security? (2:33-18:09) Where exactly is the Australian Research Council sending its grants the Humanities? (18:09-33:40) What does the reaction to the IPA’s ‘Race has no Place’ video say about the debate on the voice to parliament? (33:40-43:11)
Your hosts Scott Hargreaves and Dr Chris Berg are joined by the IPA’s Morgan Begg and Dr Bella D’Abrera to answer these questions and dive into their culture picks which include Netflix’s take on the Legend of Henry V, James Scott’s Against the Grain, David Watkin’s classic Morality and Architecture and the new Netflix investigation into Bill Gates’s brain (43:11-1:04:38)
Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2018
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2018A00063
Bella d’Abrera, IPA, The Humanities in Crisis: An Audit of Taxpayer-Funded ARC Grants
IPA Video: Race Has No Place in the Constitution
https://ipa.org.au/ipa-tv/race-has-no-place-in-the-australian-constitution
Anthony Dillon on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Peoples (2017)
https://quadrant.org.au/magazine/2017/07/constitutional-recognition-indigenous-peoples/
Culture Picks:
The King; Netflix
https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80182016
Against the Grain; James C. Scott
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34324534-against-the-grain
Morality and Architecture; David Watkin
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1856886.Morality_and_Architecture_Revisited
Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates; Netflix
https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80184771
Wednesday Nov 06, 2019
Ep 42: Fall Of The Berlin Wall - 30 Years On
Wednesday Nov 06, 2019
Wednesday Nov 06, 2019
What led to the remarkable fall of the Berlin Wall nearly thirty years ago and the collapse of the Soviet Union just two years later? What is the legacy and threat of communism as an ideology and a geo-political force? (2:12-1:01:10) In anticipation of the anniversary on November 9th, your hosts Scott Hargreaves and Dr Chris Berg along with historians Dr Richard Allsop and Dr Zac Gorman answer these questions as well as divulge their Berlin Wall themed culture picks including film Barbara set in East Germany, Stephane Courtois’ The Black Book of Communism, a documentary on the Pope’s role in overcoming communism and John Le Carre’s classic The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1:01:10-1:17:21).
Show Notes:
The Struggle to Save the Soviet Economy: Mikhail Gorbachev and the Collapse of the USSR (The New Cold War History); Chris Miller
https://www.amazon.com/Struggle-Save-Soviet-Economy-Gorbachev/dp/1469630176
Culture Picks:
Barbara; Christian Petzold
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2178941/
The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression; Stephane Courtois
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/106169.The_Black_Book_of_Communism
Liberating a Continent: John Paul II and the Fall of Communism; David Naglieri
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5461680/
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold; John Le Carre
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19494.The_Spy_Who_Came_In_from_the_Cold