The IPA's Looking Forward Podcast - A weekly podcast of debate and discussion about politics and ideas hosted by Scott Hargreaves, Editor of the IPA Review and Chris Berg of RMIT University and Fellow of the IPA
Episodes
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Gideon Rozner joins the panel to compare world leaders’ various responses to coronavirus and how this links to politically polarised ideals of “leadership”. If leadership for progressives just means technocracy and more lockdowns, is that why Gideon’s labelling of Jancinda Adern as “incompetent” saw much frothing and outrage across domestic and global media?
We highlight the various leadership styles of Saint Jacida, Chairman Dan, the Donald and others, and ask what can be made of their approaches to gaining followers or popularity through the crisis? And we explain the difference between the errors of State leaders Daniel Andrews and Gladys Berejiklian.
The big question is why should performative leadership’ be rewarded while sheer managerial incompetence is ignored; and whether leadership and management can even be meaningfully separated?
In the USA President Trump aims to buck the media and the consensus of negative polls; but are those polls really reflective of the likely Electoral College outcomes? Will Americans vote on the virus, or economics and other themes that favour Trump? (37:06-52:40)
Culture Picks this week include American historical legal drama film, The Trial of the Chicago 7, written by Aaron Sorkin; Sally Rugg’s book, How Powerful We Are: Behind the Scenes with One of Australia's Leading Activists; and Apple TV series, Ted Lasso, Created by Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly, Bill Lawrence. (53:00-1:06:24)
Show notes
From ‘beacon of hope’ to ‘incompetent’: world media on Jacinda Ardern’s big election win; Toby Manhire
Thirteen Days – A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis; Robert F. Kennedy
https://www.amazon.com.au/Thirteen-Days-Memoir-Missile-Crisis/dp/0393318346?tag=
The Pollster Who Thinks Trump Is Ahead; The Editors/National Review
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-editors/id1150237453?i=1000495152748
Culture Picks
2020 American historical legal drama film, The Trial of the Chicago 7, written by Aaron Sorkin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trial_of_the_Chicago_7
2020 TV series, Ted Lasso, Created by Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly, Bill Lawrence
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10986410/
Book by Sally Rugg, How Powerful We Are: Behind the scenes with one of Australia's leading activists