Clare Pain is a medical journalist. During the first two years of the pandemic her work involved writing up scientific papers for doctors in Australia – to keep them up to date with the science. She started to notice some strange changes to the culture of the medical profession and medical journalism in Australia and had increasing doubts about the way the pandemic was being handled by governments. She was particularly disturbed by mandates for vaccination and the TGA’s approach to ivermectin. S...
Aug 11, 2022•1 hr 51 min
Ken Phillips is the founder and executive director of Self Employed Australia. He joined Discernable to lay out the long history of governments and powerful interests attacking the right of Australians to remain self-employed. Ken dived deep into the basis of commercial contracts upon which self-employed Australians rely versus the encroachment of employment contracts that everyone is being pushed into. We discussed: The Albanese government forcing gig contractors and self-employed to be classif...
Aug 08, 2022•1 hr 40 min
In this week's episode of The People's Project: HER MAJESTY THE COLONISER The moment the Indigenous Voice to Parliament died - is Senator Lidia Thorpe showing guts or will her disrespect scuttle the referendum? RUGBY PRIDE 7 NRL players refuse to wear 'Pride' jerseys and the world loses their mind. But if you are Muslim and play in the AFLW, it's totally fine. GO WOKE, GO BROKE Hollywood studios continue to lose massive amounts of money on woke movies. Is it a pattern? DEPRESSING SCIENCE Claims ...
Aug 05, 2022•1 hr 28 min
Bhaskaran Raman is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He has a particular interest in data analysis and has been on a mission to 'unscare India' since witnessing what he describes as the 'destroying of society for our children'. In this interview we explored the pandemic in the Indian context. I specifically wanted to hear a first hand account of Indian lockdowns, mandates, compliance, sickness and immunity, especially in the context ...
Aug 04, 2022•54 min
Edward Hore is the founder and President of Australian Cycle Alliance, an organisation that advocates for safe and inclusive riding for anyone who decides to ride a bicycle, for any reason. We discussed: 0:41 What is the Australian Cycle Alliance? 3:06 Programs to help people start riding 6:45 How popular is riding a bike? 10:20 Drivers vs Cyclists 16:03 When your workmates abuse you when you’re cycling 18:11 Sympathetic driving 21:00 Police attitudes toward cyclists 22:06 Edward and his son att...
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr 29 min
This is the creamiest custard/ice cream you will ever taste. Recipes like this are commercially unviable so impossible to find unless you make it yourself. Follow along and experience Matt's rich custard (and ice cream!). Ingredients 600ml cream (thickened cream from Woolworths is perfect) 150ml water 6 egg yolks 1/2 cup xylitol (or 1/2 cup sugar) 1/4 teaspoon guar gum (only if proceeding to ice cream) Large pinch of salt 1 tablespoon of butter 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract (alcohol base) 1 v...
Aug 01, 2022•32 min
In this week's episode of The People's Project: VICTORIA - THE CORRUPT STATE We hear from the IBAC Commissioner who condemns Daniel Andrews presiding over a corrupt culture for generations of politicians REAL POLL RESULTS Emily explains the difference between polls that contradict themselves. How many seats need to change in Victoria to see a change? TRANSGENDER BATHROOMS Bernie Finn's replacement for the Victorian Liberals is Moira Deeming, a conservative candidate who 'will never support rates...
Jul 29, 2022•1 hr 18 min
In this week's episode of The People's Project: BE VERY AFRAID Australia just isn't getting the message, so we do our best to roll out more fear and shining examples of appropriate fear responses. THE THOUGHT POLICE We explain how the UK Police now fight 'non-crime', and how it could eventually affect Australians during job applications. MOULDY RENTALS This is the story of a Gold Coast family who were forced out of their rental due to mould 5,000x higher than the maximum safe level, and are stil...
Jul 22, 2022•1 hr 17 min
Jeffrey A. Tucker is a prolific author who has written many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He founded the Brownstone Institute which is the self-described 'spiritual child of the Great Barrington Declaration' where you can find a cacophony of rational voices spanning the entire political and academic spectrum. His books are widely published in multiple languages on topics of economics, technology, cryptocurrency, social philosophy, capitalism, Covid-19, government bure...
Jul 19, 2022•1 hr 23 min
In this week's episode of The People's Project: STRANGLING THE SELF-EMPLOYED Is there really a war against small business and the self-employed in Australia? VICTORIA IN CRISIS Once again the ambulance and health system are in crisis. But this week we explore the crisis in Victoria Police that is leaving 24/7 'open' stations CLOSED 24/7! THE RISE OF THE INDEPENDENTS Do the Liberals really 'stand for nothing'? Can this explain the rise of independents and minor parties across the nation? UNMASKIN...
Jul 15, 2022•1 hr 31 min
Paul Frijters is a Professor of Wellbeing Economics at the London School of Economics: from 2016 through November 2019 at the Center for Economic Performance, thereafter at the Department of Social Policy. He writes extensively on the realities of lockdowns and the 'why' behind the madness of crowds. In this interview we explored: The loud voices for and against lockdowns, and where those voices go after a madness dissipates The reaction of the crowd during a madness How a group madness collapse...
Jul 14, 2022•1 hr 6 min
What are human rights? Do our laws create our human rights or do they simply recognise rights that pre-exist government? Human rights lawyer Peter Fam joins us to explore the state of human rights in Australia and how the period 2020-2022 confirms the fears of many pracitioners: that human rights are not well understood by Australians. Peter's law firm Maats Method is making a submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission stressing the duties and functions of the AHRC to investigate poten...
Jul 12, 2022•1 hr 17 min
Thomas Harrington, Senior Scholar at the Brownstone Institute, is an essayist and Professor Emeritus of Hispanic Studies at Trinity College in Hartford (USA) where he taught for 24 years. He joins Discernable to discuss what appears to be a worldwide repeat of the infamous Milgram experiment where ordinary people are pushed to commit extraordinary atrocities by authority figures. As an expert in the formation of identity, culture and language he often sheds light on the rhetorical 'framing' tech...
Jul 11, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Alex Washburne has undergraduate degrees in biology and applied mathematics from University of New Mexico and a PhD from a Princeton University studying competition in ecological, epidemiological, and economic systems. He’s actively researched COVID epidemiology, the economic impacts of pandemic policy, and stock + capital market responses to epidemiological news. In this interview we explored: Covid-19 policy monism in a world of plurality How decentralisation and competition can create better ...
Jul 08, 2022•1 hr 7 min
In this week's episode of The People's Project: RAIN RAIN GO AWAY With more floods in NSW the panel wonders why we keep protesting against natural disaster mitigation measures in favour of climate change action SAVERS ARE LOSERS Interest rates are up for mortgage holders but not for self-funded retirees or those with savings EMERGENCY FOREVER Media and government are testing the waters for masks mandates to return. But will Australians cop it again? And why are so many triple boosted healthcare ...
Jul 08, 2022•1 hr 22 min
Sam Russell is the founder of Klef and has spent years working with blockchain technologies. Having seen the rise (and fall) of so many blockchains he joins Discernable to explain how to make sense of cryptocurrencies and NFTs. Watch the full interview at: https://discernable.io/sam-russell-the-realities-of-blockchain-cryptocurrencies-and-nfts ------------------------------------- DISCERNABLE The Video Archive: https://discernable.io Prefer audio? Search for 'It Is Discernable' on Spotify and Ap...
Jul 07, 2022•1 hr 33 min
In this week's episode of The People's Project: UNCOMFORTABLE SPEECH PRGuy17 and Aussie Cossack - do they both deserve our protection? Praise? Condemnation? ARE LIBERAL'S WEAK? Why is it that the left wing of politics in Australia continually win the policy war? Do Liberals need to show the same arrogance as the ALP and just refuse to quit even in the face of scandal? THE LEGALITY OF ROE v WADE We cover the simple legal reality of federalism both in the USA and in Australia, and why the ROE v WA...
Jul 02, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Many Australians have experienced injury after a Covid-19 vaccination and had their cases sidelined, minimised or ignored. jab_injuries_australia has carefully incubated a feed and a community that puts the spotlight purely on the victims and their stories...not on the science and not on the politics. Ultimately we are witnessing the creation of a qualitative dataset that documents what others refuse to document, and what some pages sensationalise for their own political agendas. Matt from Jab I...
Jun 28, 2022•49 min
Tim Cudmore suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in childhood and now lives with a unique brain structure. Tim is sought out by organisations and government departments in a consulting capacity to understand human behaviours and lived experiences. In this interview Tim shared his thoughts on behavioural foundations in humans, and how he extrapolates those observations to make future predictions. We then went on a deep dive into a horror flu season in the southern hemisphere, the next world wa...
Jun 27, 2022•1 hr 41 min
Kirsten is a 20 year veteran in the Victorian health system. Her dream was always to become a paramedic, and after 7 years as a registered nurse in critical care she achieved her goal and went on to serve as a paramedic for a further 13 years. In late 2021 she was given an impossible choice - submit to Ambulance Victoria's vaccination mandate for Covid-19 and risk serious consequences due to her pre-existing medical condition, or be fired from the organisation that she loved. Leading up to the l...
Jun 25, 2022•1 hr 17 min
In this week's episode of The People's Project: NSW TEACHER STRIKE 'It doesn't even keep up with inflation!' RONA SIBLING EMERGES The latest on the threat emerging in NSW BLACKROCK'S WOKE TAKEOVER VIA ESG How Blackrock controls our culture with ESG scores, and how Netflix is finally fighting back CHINA IS CORRECT ON ASSANGE Ken describes it as 'a bunch of hypocrites calling another bunch of hypocrites...hypocrites' THE HISTORY WARS 'History is written by the victor' and is that what we are witne...
Jun 25, 2022•1 hr 22 min
Canadian social commentator Kate Wand joins Discernable to discuss the decline of old world values and systems in favour of a 'Brave New World' where human autonomy is sacrificed in pursuit of a utopia dreamed up by societal elites and bankers. Her creative work in Canada interviewing prominent figures and producing short films highlights historical similarities between the current moment and dark periods in history. Her work is of unusually high quality and intellectual depth and therefore come...
Jun 23, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Why are humans so addicted to new technology? We race to embrace that latest technological development even when it makes a task more difficult. We ignore the inefficiency we just created whilst marvelling at our engineering prowess! Tom Goodwin points out and corrects these errors in judgement in his work as a consultant, speaker, author and presenter to organisations where the C Suite are at risk of burning resources on adolescent implementations of technology. In a way it's understandable bec...
Jun 21, 2022•1 hr 11 min
In this week's episode of The People's Project: OUT OF JUICE (AGAIN) The NSW Government tells everyone to stop washing their dishes at night time to keep the electricity running MORE MINIMUM WAGES! PM Anthony Albanese gets his wish. After demanding a rise in the minimum wage greater than inflation (5.1%), the Fair Work Commission delivers a rise of 5.2%. MASS FORMATION PSYCHOSIS Mattias Desmet releases his book 'The Psychology of Totalitarianism'. Is it a plausible explanation to what the world ...
Jun 17, 2022•1 hr 29 min
What exactly did Clive Palmer get for his near $100m spend on the Australian Federal Election? In this interview we explore: Craig Kelly's failure to be re-elected Clive Palmer's failure to be elected to QLD's senate $100m burned without a seat to show for it Labelling UAP and minor party voters as 'deplorables' The political momentum that is not going away Julian Fayad thrived in software development in his teens and after working in finance as an adult he saw innovation possibilities for artif...
Jun 16, 2022•50 min
Gabriel Finochio is a Christian Bible teacher and founder of Theos University - the Netflix of Biblical study. More importantly, he is bringing hope to the world as the founder of multiple meme pages such as @wokejesuschrist that take aim at the decline of western culture as it embraces relativism, post-modernism, wokeism and deconstructionism. In this conversation we covered: The demise of western churches The step of faith for Christianity to work Christianity as a psychedelic practice Self-ev...
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr 31 min
Shaun Kirk is an award-winning singer/songwriter from Melbourne. He joined us in our new studios to explore the mind of a songwriter and share his journey making sense of the world. Ultimately we reflect on what it means to be human and how to see the world in a less reactive way. Parts of this interview include profound but difficult discussions of suicide and mental health struggles. Watch the full interview in full at: https://discernable.io/shaun-kirk-the-mind-of-a-songwriter ---------------...
Jun 11, 2022•1 hr 5 min
This week's episode of The People's Project is a dedicated special on the Health System Crisis in Victoria, Australia. We will be hearing what it's like on the inside of: Ambulance Victoria ESTA (000 call centre) Victoria Police Monash Health hospitals both before and during Covid. Tonight's panel is full of highly experienced emergency workers who have not only lost their jobs because of vaccine mandates, they no longer want to return to the health system they have witnessed from the inside to ...
Jun 10, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy AM, MBBS(Hons), BSc(Med), PhD, DSc, FRACP, FRCPA, FRS(N) is a practising clinical immunologist with an international reputation for research in autoimmune disease, immunisation and mucosal inflammatory disease. He was Foundation Professor of Pathology at the University of Newcastle, where he established the Newcastle Mucosal Immunology Group, identifying mechanisms of airways protection and the pathogenesis of mucosal disease, and discovered new methods of diseas...
Jun 04, 2022•1 hr 7 min
In this episode of The People's Project: WHAT HAVE WE DONE? Australians are recovering from the hard work of electing our politicians. As the hangover clears some are asking - what have we done? EVERYDAY HIGH PRICES The cost of living is exploding and has finally reached Australian shores. Is it inflation? Something else? What is inflation anyway? OUT OF JUICE Extraordinary times as the wholesale (and sometimes retail) cost of electricity more than doubles for Australians. Where do we get our en...
Jun 03, 2022•1 hr 6 min
