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Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps

By: Josh Szeps
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The world has never been more connected. Yet never more divided. We yell at each other from inside our echo chambers. But change doesn’t happen inside an echo chamber. It’s time to get out, to stretch our legs, to step on some land mines. It's time to have an uncomfortable conversation with Josh Szeps.

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Episodes
  • Steven Pinker on Moral Panics, Media Bias, and Why We Hoarded Toilet Paper During Covid

    Steven Pinker on Moral Panics, Media Bias, and Why We Hoarded Toilet Paper During Covid
    Jan 19 2026
    Steven Pinker may be the world’s best-known cognitive psychologist, a public intellectual who for decades has used his fame to help us understand how we think, how we develop language, and how our behaviour is shaped by evolution and biology. He’s a professor of Psychology at Harvard and his most recent book is a hugely entertaining reflection on social norms, cooperation, outrage cycles, social media pile-ons, sudden political shifts, and moral panics. It’s called When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows, and Pinker joins Josh to discuss echo chambers, status hierarchies, and the corrosion of common ground.
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • "Should We Ban Hate Speech After Bondi?" with Andrew Lowenthal

    "Should We Ban Hate Speech After Bondi?" with Andrew Lowenthal
    Jan 16 2026
    There’s a lot of big events happening in the world at the start of the year, but between bushfires and flash flooding, Australia is grappling with the aftermath of the Bondi terror attack. Hate speech laws are being tabled in Federal Parliament, pro-Palestinian authors are Writer’s Festivals are being cancelled, and the question of whether Australia’s uniquely successful multiculturalism can survive, is lurking below the surface. Journalist and digital activist Andrew Lowenthal went live with Josh to discuss censorship, nationalism, identity politics, and the challenge of navigating free speech in a multicultural society.
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    50 mins
  • Josh's 'Big-Dick-Little-Dick' Theory of American Militarism

    Josh's 'Big-Dick-Little-Dick' Theory of American Militarism
    Jan 12 2026
    It’s been an eventful start to the year. Josh went live to share his thoughts on Trump, Venezuela, and the end of American exceptionalism.
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    1 hr and 40 mins
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