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A safe space for dangerous conversations, from The Spectator Australia.
The Spectator is the world’s longest-running magazine of news, arts and ideas.
Hosted by Will Kingston.

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Episodes

Exposing the 'game of mates', with Cameron Murray

Cameron Murray is an Australian author and economist, who specialises in property markets, environmental economics and corruption. His latest book is titled ‘Rigged: How Networks of Powerful Mates Rip off Everyday Australians.’ It’s an extraordinary and shocking story of how boys clubs and backroom deals have come to dominate business and government in Australia, robbing ordinary Australians of half of their wealth. Follow Australiana on social media here . Subscribe to The Spectator Australia h...

Apr 19, 2023•53 min•Ep. 10

"Fear your silence more than your words" - Kellie-Jay Keen

Kellie-Jay Keen (AKA Posie Parker) is an activist for sex-based rights. She is the founder of Standing For Women, a global women’s rights campaign group, and the creator of the action Women Stand Up! Her recent tour of Australia and New Zealand made global headlines. She was rushed by Lidia Thorpe in Hobart, accused of being a Nazi sympathiser in Melbourne, and assaulted in Auckland in scenes that shocked the world. In this conversation with host Will Kingston, she's a British mum of four leadin...

Apr 12, 2023•45 min•Ep. 9

Why companies go woke, with Peter Klein

Almost every big company has embraced woke policies and attitudes over the last five years, despite little evidence they improve business performance. Host Will Kingston explores this paradox with American economist and management thought leader, Peter Klein. In 2022, Peter made headlines in business sections the world over for a paper he co-authored, titled ‘Why Do Companies Go Woke?’ Follow Australiana on social media here . Subscribe to The Spectator Australia here. Read 'Why Do Companies Go ...

Apr 05, 2023•51 min•Ep. 8

"The price of safety is freedom" - Konstantin Kisin

Update: Australiana is now Fire at Will - your safe space for dangerous conversations. Konstantin Kisin is a Russian-British comedian, podcaster and writer. His speech earlier this year to the Oxford Union on 'whether woke culture has gone too far' ( watch ) established him as one of the most influential social commentators in the world today. Each week he co-hosts the wildly successful Triggernometry podcast with another friend of Australiana, Francis Foster. In this wide-ranging conversation, ...

Mar 29, 2023•55 min•Ep. 7

How Australians lost their right to free speech, with Josh Krook

Update: Australiana is now Fire at Will - your safe space for dangerous conversations. We now live in an age where words are violence. Where morality is assessed in Silicon Valley boardrooms instead of local communities. Where free speech is encumbered with so many legislative ifs and buts that it’s rapidly losing meaning. The great tragedy is it feels like there are less and less people willing to stand up for a belief that previous generations fought and died for – the right to think and say w...

Mar 22, 2023•29 min•Ep. 6

"Feminism is dying" - Sydney Watson [Part II]

Update: Australiana is now Fire at Will - your safe space for dangerous conversations. In last week’s episode host Will Kingston chatted to firebrand conservative commentator Sydney Watson, whose funny and fearless culture war observations have made her a Youtube sensation the world over. It turns out both host and guest had an aversion to brevity. This is Part II of Australiana in conversation with Sydney Watson. In this episode Will and Sydney cover modern feminism, race relations and woke cel...

Mar 15, 2023•34 min•Ep. 5

"Some parents want a trans daughter more than a gay son" - Sydney Watson [Part I]

Update: Australiana is now Fire at Will - your safe space for dangerous conversations. Sydney Watson is not a quiet Australian, although she shares their frustrations. On the contrary she’s a very loud Australian. Her army of over one million social media followers come to her for funny and fearless culture war observations. In this first episode of a two-part series, host Will Kingston and Sydney discuss the body positivity movement, trans conversion therapy and the rise of identity politics wi...

Mar 08, 2023•31 min•Ep. 4

"Net Zero will impoverish you, help China & won't save the planet" - Ross Clark

Update: Australiana is now Fire at Will - your safe space for dangerous conversations. Australia and the UK have adopted a legally-binding commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. In this provocative conversation with host Will Kingston, author and Spectator journalist Ross Clark lays out a searing case for why this commitment is not only environmentally futile, but economically and geopolitically dangerous. Ross’ new book is titled ‘Not Zero: How an Irrational Target Will Impoverish You...

Mar 01, 2023•32 min•Ep. 3

"Wokeism is a denial of our humanity" - Francis Foster

Update: Australiana is now Fire at Will - your safe space for dangerous conversations. Why are there almost no right-wing comedians? Why do we take jokes so seriously? Is it possible to be funny in 2023 without being cancelled? Host Will Kingston searches for answers with teacher-turned-comedian-turned-podcasting magnate, Francis Foster. Francis is co-host of the hugely successful Triggernometry podcast. Will and Francis discuss comedy and a buffet of culture wars issues in this wide-ranging con...

Feb 22, 2023•47 min•Ep. 2

"The costs of our lockdowns were 68 times the benefits" - Gigi Foster

Update: Australiana is now Fire at Will - your safe space for dangerous conversations. The pandemic may be coming to an end, but the virus of groupthink that infected our institutions still runs rampant. Host Will Kingston chats with economist and author Gigi Foster about how Covid exposed an egregious failure of competence and courage in the sciences and academia, where the scientific method and academic debate were shamefully tossed aside. The question is, can they be saved? Follow Will Kingst...

Feb 15, 2023•52 min•Ep. 1

Preview

Update: Australiana is now Fire at Will - your safe space for dangerous conversations. Australia is changing before our eyes but we cannot see it. Or perhaps we don’t want to? Enter Australiana, the new podcast that will look at the big issues facing Australia through the telescope of the news of the day. Every week host Will Kingston will speak to a newsmaker or news-breaker to understand our politics, our culture and the wars that are being waged to change them. Australiana is produced by The ...

Feb 01, 2023•3 min

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