Episodes
Wednesday Feb 26, 2020
Episode 52 - Sanders: Back To The Future!
Wednesday Feb 26, 2020
Wednesday Feb 26, 2020
Scott Morrison’s religious freedom bill has been labelled confusing, inappropriate, unfair and unloved; so is it finally dead? (1:34-20:07) When Bernie Sanders has a lock on the Democrat nomination, is his support for Castro’s Cuba just the tip of a communist iceberg ? (20:07-34:10) Looking Forward was at the Senate inquiry into nationhood, national identity and democracy, and asks if the High Court hasn’t hijacked the proces? (34:10-50:00) Your hosts Scott Hargreaves and Dr Chris Berg are joined by the IPA’s Morgan Begg and RMIT University’s Dr Aaron Lane to answer these questions and dive into their culture picks including Marielle Heller’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood, the podcast Verdict with Ted Cruz, Victor Kravchenko’s I Chose Freedom and Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewel. (50:00-1:09:24)
Show Notes
Unions and employers join forces to oppose religious freedom bill; Dana McCauley
At Cross Purposes; Morgan Begg
https://ipa.org.au/ipa-review-articles/at-cross-purposes
Saunders defends comments praising Castro’s Cuba: ‘The truth is the truth’; Paul LeBlanc
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/24/politics/sanders-defends-castro-cuba-comments-cnntv/index.html
Australian Values and the Enduring Importance of the Nation-State; Daniel Wild, Zachary Gorman and Andrew Bushnell
Culture Picks
A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood; Marielle Heller
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3224458/
Verdict with Ted Cruz; Ted Cruz
https://www.podcastrepublic.net/podcast/1495601614
I Chose Freedom; Victor Kravchenko
https://www.amazon.com/Chose-Freedom-Personal-Political-Official/dp/B0006AQTT0
Richard Jewel; Clint Eastwood
Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
Ep 51: What Drove Holden Away?
Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
What does the demise of Holden say about tariff protection and perennial dreams of a domestic manufacturing base? (1:53-25:40) What is the future of Australian identity now that the High Court has decided to make a third category of Australian? (25:40-45:43) Boris Johnson’s Government is looking at taking the BBC to a subscription model, so why not with the ABC and SBS? (45:43-55:14) Your hosts Scott Hargreaves and Dr Chris Berg are joined by the IPA’s Andrew Bushnell and Dara Macdonald to answer these questions and share their culture picks including the award winning 2018 film Jojo Rabbit, Eric Weinstein’s podcast The Portal, William Dalrymple’s The Anarchy, and the 1957 film Sweet Smell of Success.
Show Notes
Holden closing down, to be axed from Australia by the end of 2021
ScoMo Yet to Learn His ABC’s; Justinian the Great
http://catallaxyfiles.com/2020/02/17/scomo-yet-to-learn-his-abcs/
Insane Obsession: Australia’s Auto Industry Waste; Chris Berg
http://chrisberg.org/2013/05/insane-obsession-australias-auto-industry-waste/
No 10 could scrap BBC licence fee in favour of a subscription model
Against Public Broadcasting; Chris Berg and Sinclair Davidson
Culture Picks
Jojo Rabbit; Taika Waititi
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2584384/
The Portal; Eric Weinstein
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-portal/id1469999563
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company; William Dalrymple
https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-anarchy-william-dalrymple/book/9781408864388.html
Sweet Smell of Success (1957); Alexander Mackendrick
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
Ep 50: The High Court And Third Class Australians
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
How does the wreckage left by the High Court’s decision to create a new category of Australian affect our nation’s political and social future? (2:20-22:33) In the new age of money, what are the consequences of a digital currency amidst a public backlash over cash bans? (22:33-36:57) The MAdE Establishment group of George Calombaris has gone under taking 400 jobs with it, and the panel asks how much the longer hospitality sector can last as an award system of obscene complexity and a relentless union campaign on ‘wage theft’ poison the well? (36:57-50:20) Your hosts Scott Hargreaves and Dr Chris Berg are joined by the IPA’s Gideon Rozner and Kurt Wallace to answer these questions as they celebrate the Looking Forward Podcast’s 50th episode! They then explore their culture picks for the week including the dramedy series Succession, Milton Friedman’s classic Capitalism and Freedom, Wilhelm Ropke’s The Humane Economist, and David Brooks’ landmark essay from The Atlantic, The Nuclear Family Was A Mistake. (50:20-1:18:42)
Show Notes:
Love v Commonwealth of Australia; Thoms v Commonwealth of Australia [2020] HCA 3 (11 February 2020)
http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/HCA//2020/3.html
Radical High Court Divides Australia By Race; Morgan Begg
https://ipa.org.au/publications-ipa/media-releases/radical-high-court-divides-australia-by-race
Age of Currency Disruption is Here; Chris Berg
http://chrisberg.org/2020/02/age-of-currency-disruption-is-here/
George Calombaris: Unions Under Fire Over Empire Collapse; Ewin Hannan
George Calombaris: now all too many of those underpaid workers will also soon be unemployed; Charles Pier
Culture Picks:
Succession; HBO
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7660850/
Capitalism and Freedom; Milton Friedman
https://www.amazon.com.au/Capitalism-Freedom-Anniversary-Milton-Friedman-ebook/dp/B006JP11HQ
The Humane Economist; Wilhelm Röpke
https://shop.acton.org/products/the-humane-economist
The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake; David Brooks
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/03/the-nuclear-family-was-a-mistake/605536/
Wednesday Feb 05, 2020
Ep 49: Freedoms Lost As Unelected Bureaucrats Unleashed
Wednesday Feb 05, 2020
Wednesday Feb 05, 2020
This week the panel tackles the latest victories for unelected bureaucrats, as Bridget McKenzie takes a hit for the sin of ignoring Departmental advice, and the failed Foreign Interference laws licence snooping and partisan point scoring. Meanwhile the panel wonders how the federal government comes to be funding footy club change rooms in the first place (federalism anybody)? (1:50-10:55) And how Shadow Attorney-General seems to be the only one in Canberra who can get the bureaucracy to act with alacrity (10:55-25:15) And where do the Ministerial changes leave the National Party? (25:15-33:00) Also Scott Morrison shutting the border with China has economic implications for our massive tourism and education sectors; even as the Leninist state in China struggles to contain the crisis. (33:00-46:03) Your hosts Scott Hargreaves and Dr Chris Berg are joined by the IPA’s Morgan Begg and Zachary Gorman to answer these questions and dive into their culture picks. This week’s picks include the horror film Doctor Sleep, Peter Seamer’s Breaking Point, Netflix’s new docuseries on the NFL star Aaron Hernandez, Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez, as well as Amanda Hollis-Brusky’s novel on The Federalist Society’s modern American political history movement, Ideas with Consequences: The Federalist Society and the Conservative. (46:03-1:09:07)
Show Notes:
Announcement of Grants; Australia National Audit Office (ANAO)
https://www.anao.gov.au/work/request/announcement-grants
Culture Picks:
Doctor Sleep; Mike Flanagan
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5606664/
Breaking Point; Peter Seamer
https://www.booktopia.com.au/breaking-point-peter-seamer/book/9781760641290.htmlKiller Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez; Netflix
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11475228/
Ideas with Consequences: The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution (Studies in Postwar American Political Development); Amanda Hollis-Brusky
https://www.amazon.com/Ideas-Consequences-Conservative-Counterrevolution-Development/dp/0199385521