The Young IPA Podcast

It's the last episode of The Young IPA Podcast and we're going out with a bang. Premiers rush to shut their borders to NSW despite the outbreak being under control and cause a fresh wave of suffering – why is it constant panic and where is Scott Morrison? The Coate inquiry into Victoria's Hotel Quarantine gets handed down and it's a dud – but former Health Minister Jenny Mikakos might have saved the day. We award our villains of the year, with no surprises as Daniel Andrews and Nick Coatsworth's “make your beds” quote take the honours, before we speak to our Hero of the Year David Limbrick MP about the state of human rights in Victoria now and in the future, and how we should never forget how the government locked up public housing towers (20:50-47:06). At the end, we discuss Paris' city council being fined for breaking gender equity laws by having too many women, the ABC's mad rush to get to a 50/50 gender split on on-air talent and the viral article saying black people's votes should count twice because apparently your skin colour should determine political representation, before signing off for the last time.

The vaccine hits the UK and the US but Australia still won't budge its approval date. The Four Corners saga continues to play on which is exactly why the ABC should be privatised and Victoria cancels the Australia Day parade even though 30,000 are allowed at the Boxing Day test.   Heroes and villains this week includes cricketer Ben Dunk not kneeling for Black Lives Matter, Uighur advocate Sadam Abudusalam reunited with his family after three years, the Victorian government proving once again it can't get anything right and the UN stopping Scott Morrison speaking at the climate conference, even though he shouldn't have anyway.   We speak to Sky News host Paul Murray about what he learned in 2020 about Australians and the government, border closures, our relationship with China and predicted the biggest story for 2021, the next Labor leader and what is going to happen to the US under Biden (17:23-53:14)   At the end, Ben & Jerry's solves racism forever, Time gives Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Person of the Year, the NYT thinks no one can just enjoy knitting without it also being an act of civil defiance and Pete weighs in on whether people with PhDs can still be called doctors  

This week the boys talk about the IR changes on the table at the federal level and why you should care, the slow lifting of COVID restrictions around Australia and how the creaking EU bureaucracy is preventing Europeans from accessing COVID vaccines as quickly as the British. Heroes and Villains this week include Walter E. Williams, an LA businesswoman, an American mayor telling his constituents to stay at home…from Cabo and Australia's National Soils Advocate. (00:00 - 26:32) James and Pete interview great friend of the show IPA Director of Policy and the IPA With You host Gideon Rozner for his reflections on a truly crazy year, what he's learned and his hopes for freedom in the future. (26:33 - 50:32) Stuff that made the boys laugh this week include Greens Tea Towels, the Chicago Teachers Union who think opening schools is racist, the Manchester undergraduates demanding the removal of the word ‘black' from text books and South Africa's attempt to block out the sun. (50:33 - 57:26)

Penguin employees revolt over Jordan Peterson's latest book, COVIDSafe data 'incidentally' collected by intelligence agencies and the Liberal Party's proposed ban on cash payments is quietly shelved. James and Pete discuss those stories and share their heroes and villains for the week, including Piotr Marklielau, the schoolkids protesting to learn about controversial views, the Denver mayor travelling for Thanksgiving after weeks of telling families not to and Twitter only factchecking Trump and not the Chinese Communist Party. Cynical Theories co-author James Lindsay joins the show to discuss the book, postmodernism, how it has become so powerful today and what it holds for the future. (19:51-1:04:55) At the end, White Fragility author Robin D'Angelo gets paid more than black speakers, an aux cord dispute brings down a political party, the new WA Lib Leader shares an embarrassing photo of himself and a monolith gets left in the desert then disappears.

South Australia has one of the wildest weeks in political history and borders open and close across the country. James and Pete discuss all that and share Heroes and Villains for the week, including the Year 12s who got married so they could have 100 people at a party, the rebel Conservative MPs who may save Britain from lockdown, Gavin Newsom flouting his own restrictions and Boris Johnson committing to a petrol-free future. We speak to Caleb Bond from The Advertiser about South Australia's wild week, what it was like to be in the state as it locked down and how South Australians are feeling going forward (24:06-43:02). We also speak to Evan Mulholland about his viral article in The Australian on ABC privatisation (43:02-57:32). At the end, Redskins try to go woke but accidentally name themselves after a serial killer, scientists are keen to see the world actually become The Planet of the Apes, Lewis Hamilton believes he should be the only Hamilton in the world and Jameela Jamil thinks men never think about being likable when its James' every waking thought.

South Australia's new cluster sparks fears of another lockdown and other states immediately close their borders…after 20 cases. James and Pete discuss the fallout from this and a new proposal for the government to track credit card purchases to fight COVID which will never, ever have any downsides. Heroes and Villains this week include the Coalition reforming public sector pay, Gladys Berejiklian not closing borders, Matthew Yglesias being forced out of Vox for standing up to cancel culture and the American university apologising for encouraging people to vote, even if its for Republican candidates. We speak to Joe Hildebrand about his article on what Joel Fitzgibbon's resignation from Labor frontbench means, the tensions in left-wing parties around the world between traditional working class values and new wokeism and what the real lessons from the US election are (25:32-56:03). We also speak to Sky News contributor Caroline Di Russo about WA's border closures and Mark McGowan's power trip through coronavirus (56:03-1:11:16) At the end, we cover the ‘defund the police' councilwoman in the US calling the police on a Lyft driver over an argument about windows, the photo of Malcolm Turnbull staring lovingly at Malcolm Turnbull, Beverly Hills voting for Trump and a US school says Asian people are no longer considered People of Colour.

James and Pete recap all the latest with the US election - including what a Biden administration might be like, is Kamala Harris as far left as people think and how America isn't actually on fire - and the Four Corners MeToo episode making waves across Australia. Heroes and villains this week are Californians, Joel Fitzgibbon, AOC's blacklist and UK Police. Brendan O'Neill, editor of Spiked, joins the show to talk about how the US election was a revolt against the elites and identity politics, and how Boris Johnson's new lockdown is a complete failure. (31:33-1:03:59) At the end, Anne Hathaway is the latest actress to apologise for acting, an MSNBC host ends his four year protest against Trump by wearing a black tie (which "no one noticed") Nevada does not care if you want to know who is President, and holy cow they actually booked Four Seasons Total Landscaping.

YUGE show this week with everything you need to need know about the US Presidential election (except of course, who won). Will the Dems steal it? Will Trump lead a coup? Is “Trump is racist” now dead? And if Trump loses, what will Trumpism be like without Trump? (00:00 - 27:19) We talk to Greg Sheridan, Foreign Editor at The Australian, about what will happen next, how divided America is, and the problems with the polling (27:20 - 52:42). Then YouTuber and Sky News contributor, Daisy Cousens joins us with her take on the possibility of vote-counting shenanigans going on behind the scenes, why Hispanics voted for Trump and how to talk to young people about the dangers of socialism (52:43 - 1:13:51). At the end we talk about the huge win for academic freedom the IPA and Australia had last week as well as do our heroes and villains – Grandma Wong, Charles Walker MP in the UK, the Oregon official reading out COVID-19 death stats in a clown costume and Vicpol (again) (1:13:52 - 1:23:34).

Victoria is (somewhat) free as the lockdown comes to an end, and the US and Queensland prepare for elections while Israel continues to sign peace deals with Middle Eastern countries. Pete and James discuss those topics and share their heroes and villains for the week, including Nick Cave, Kanye West going on Joe Rogan, Chelsea Handler saying she had to remind 50 Cent he was black and the New York Post's Twitter account is still locked. We speak to President of LibertyWorks and CPAC Australia Founder Andrew Cooper about the upcoming Queensland election, what the big issues are and who freedom-lovers should be supporting (29:41-42:57). We also speak to IPA Director of Communications Evan Mulholland about Victoria's roadmap, the Australia Post scandal and whether the ABC has a problem of a ‘inner city left wing bias'. (42:57-1:01:56) At the end, we break down Joe Biden saying he runs the biggest voter fraud organisation in the country, Kamala Harris forgetting what city she's in, Billy McFarland being placed in solitary confinement for launching a podcast, QLD health experts having no idea how big a football is and Pete gives DMAs a talking to after that Grand Final performance.

There are Kiwis on the loose in Australia and fingers are being pointed everywhere. Victoria's new roadmap continues to leave retail and hospitality out and the Western Australia border closure is under more pressure as the CHO admits to a Parliamentary Inquiry he thinks they should be open. In the US, Big Tech tries to suppress the New York Post's story about Hunter Biden. Heroes and Villains this week include Josh Frydenberg, Gideon Rozner for his article about Jacinda Ardern and all the reaction it received, the UN Human Rights Council is now officially a troll organisation and John Hewson continues destroying his "legacy". We talk to Sky News Reporter Gabriella Power about what it's like at Daniel Andrews' press conferences, how hard it can be to get him to directly answer questions and the #IStandWithDan brigade (28:58-51:13). We also talk to IPA Campus Coordinator Peumike Dissanayake about Generation Liberty's debate with Socialist Alternative on capitalism v socialism including some very spicy after match exchanges (51:13-1:02:37). At the end, Anthony Albanese explains a $1.1 billion policy to a four year old, it turns out debate moderator Steve Scully was NOT hacked and Gal Gadot admits her famous Imagine video "didn't transcend" - James begs to differ.

One of the all-time news days on Monday as Victoria's top public servant resigning over hotel quarantine still isn't the biggest news story as we all learn far more than we wanted to about Gladys Berejiklian's personal life. James and Pete talk about those two stories and also the IPA's new report into the long term effects of lockdowns on the economy and even the WHO saying lockdowns aren't a great strategy. Heroes and villains this week include The Great Barrington Declaration, the Nobel committee not being wrong about who gets the Peace Prize, Labor congratulating Daniel Andrews on 100 straight press conferences and Kevin Rudd's Royal Commission petition. We talk to Greg Sheridan, Foreign Editor at The Australian, about the big week in state politics and the latest in the US election as Trump contracts COVID and the second debate is cancelled (28”23-1:00:26). We also talk to Dr Bella d'Abrera to discuss her chapter in the IPA's new book Climate Change: The Facts 2020 and how her research led to an art project on self insemination no longer receiving public funding (1:00:26-1:17:29) At the end, we break down the Bank of Australia banning users from gambling, the man who was going to moderate the next Presidential debate falling for the old “thought it was a direct message” and celebrities getting naked to get people to vote. Has anyone learned anything from Imagine?

Trump got COVID, the federal budget promises income tax breaks and Keynesian spending programs and ABC staff won't accept a freeze on a 2% pay rise. James and Pete discuss those stories, and share heroes and villains for this week: People actually being classy online, polio is eradicated in Africa, the New York Times saying Hong Kong is part of China and the excuses for WA's hard border get worse and worse. We talk to Tim Wilson MP about his new book The New Social Contract, why young people feel they're priced out of the Australian way of life and whether COVID will see Australia experience its own Sanders or Corbyn figure (24:29-42:58). We also talk to Senator Claire Chandler about nearly being brought before Tasmania's Anti-Discrimination Commissioner and the state for free speech in Australia (42:58-1:03:03). At the end, we learn why sports and saying tone deaf are problematic, why kids doing schoolies on cherry farms isn't a good idea, and Pete slams SA for trying to make the phrase “vertical consumption” happen.

IPA polling shows the cost of elimination strategies at federal and state level could cost $319 billions, Victoria sees a new roadmap and the resignation of the Health Minister as another IPA poll shows Victorians want those responsible for the hotel quarantine system to resign, and anti-discrimination laws come for sitting members of Parliament. Heroes and Villains this week include Laurence Fox's political party, the woman who helped take down Melbourne's curfew, the federal government paying millions for farmland worth a fraction of it and those shaming Amy Coney Barrett for adopting two children from Haiti. We talk to IPA Director of Communications Evan Mulholland about the IPA's poll, the outcomes of the inquiry into hotel quarantine, contact tracing in NSW and the upcoming election in Queensland (31:55-50:42). We also talk to Satya Marar, Policy Analyst at Reason Foundation, about Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's tax returns and the state of America as the election looms (50:42-1:05:50). At the end, we break down Bill Shorten following up saying simp by saying noob, the trainer memorialising Ruth Bader Ginsburg with pushups, Babylon Bee making people eat the trash and we predict what's going to happen at the first Presidential debate.

Daniel Andrews' Covid Omnibus Bill is an extraordinary attack on civil liberties and could see people arrested on suspicion they may break restrictions. Newspoll shows majority support for our leaders despite the mistakes, Queensland opens its border to the ACT just after it banned Sarah Caisip from her father's funeral, Europe faces a looming second wave and Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death is another huge moment for the American election campaign.   We speak to Sanjeev Sabhlok, former economist with the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance who quit over the state's lockdown response about why he quit and the groupthink that dominates the Victorian public service (28:59-56:11). We also speak to David Limbrick MP from the Liberal Democrats in Victoria who is one of the crossbenchers who will decide if Andrews' Omnibus Bill passes (56:11-1:18:29).

Premier Palaszczuk stops a woman from attending her dad's funeral but the rules are different if you're Tom Hanks. Melbourne's curfew was not brought in on health advice but it's staying anyway. IPA research shows we're in a K-shaped recession and we're not all in this together and the NSW coalition nearly falls apart because of koalas. We talk to Senator Matthew Canavan about Palaszczuk's call and the double standards of her border policies, Premiers hiding tough calls behind their CHOs and Australia's international border closure [32:58-51:22]. We also speak to restaurateur Dom Talimanidis about Daniel Andrews' roadmap for Victoria and why it's no solution for small businesses [51:22-1:07:06].

Victoria's lockdown is extended, Zoe Buhler is arrested for a Facebook post, public service payrises are as unpopular as you'd expect, WA's hard border stance continues to derail National Cabinet discussions, Extinction Rebellion threaten free press in the UK and Trump bans critical race theory from the federal government. Bjorn Lomborg joins the show to talk about his new book False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet (30:56-57:06) and IPA Campus Coordinator at ANU Connor Andreatidis explains the ongoing saga between Generation Liberty and the University's Ethnocultural Department over Winston Churchill statues (57:06-1:08:18).

State of Emergency powers are extended in Victoria but citizens seem to support it. Australia goes into recession as 60% of JobKeeper payments will be to Victorians by the end of 2020. Trump roars back in the polls and Facebook threatens to remove Australian news from its site in the latest chapter of their saga against the government. (0:00-21:14) Heroes and villains this week include Bob Katter, the medical practitioners lobbying Daniel Andrews to end Stage 4 on September 13, Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius only criticising certain protests and the People's Daily in China. (21:14-28:25) We ask Senator James Paterson about Scott Morrison's move to stop Victoria's Belt and Road Deal, the upcoming Senate inquiry into the Thousand Talents program and what he wants to see out of Daniel Andrews. (28:25-41:45) We also talk to David Limbrick MP, one of the crossbenchers who battled against the State of Emergency extension, about why he opposes the extension and what changes he wants to see. (41:45-1:02:00) At the end, we discuss the report finding young people are triggered by full stops, the move to cancel Adele and Kim Carr falling asleep in the Senate.

Daniel Andrews wants state of emergency powers to last another 12 months, border closures continue to create economic and social chaos, the truth emerges about the amount of infected people breaking restrictions in Victoria, federal Parliament can actually sit (who would have thought) and hotel quarantine workers were trained in diversity, not in infection control. (0:00-21:29) Heroes and villains this week include Dominic Perrotet, Professor Carl Heneghan, the Magda Szubanski ad and Meghan Markle. (21:29-31:18) This week we speak to Target Tori, the woman publicly shamed by a bluecheckmark on Twitter leading to the internet fundraising to give her a holiday. She tells us her heart-warming story and about her great movement Pause Be Kind (31:38-45:46). We also talk to Gideon Rozner about the IPA's new podcast and video series The IPA With You and what he's hearing from Australians battling under restrictions. (45:46-58:37) At the end of the show, we have the pranksters who duped Kamala Harris by pretending to be Greta Thunberg, the farmer who was told to stick his sheep on an aeroplane to get around border closures, the DNC duplicating people in their zoom convention and after The Guardian sues The Grauniad for copyright, we put Pete to the test to see how good a parody The Grauniad is.

Johannes Leak's cartoon sparks outrage but Biden's original comments go unremarked. Three out of four applications to leave Australia are rejected, the Queensland government tried to make it illegal to report on corruption allegations, WA gets rid of the rule of law because it doesn't like Clive Palmer and New Zealand delays an election. (0:00-19:16) Heroes and villains this week include Nick Cave and Rowan Atkinson standing up to cancel culture, a move in the UK to bring back segregated schools (but don't worry it's woke) and the council looking to ban barbeques in Melbourne. (19:16-27:51) We talk to Oliver Hartwich from the New Zealand Initiative about the new coronavirus outbreak in New Zealand, Auckland moving back to a lockdown and Jacinda Ardern's call to delay the election (27:51-42:19), and IPA Research Fellow Dara Macdonald explains why the WA government's anti-Clive Palmer legislation blows up the rule of law. (42:19-55:05) At the end, we break down Bill Shorten saying simp on national television, the Washington Post's ridiculous obituary for Robert Trump and we figure out how to get our hands on some sweet diversity coin after White Fragility Author Robin DiAngelo charges a university $20,000 to tell them they're racist.

A jam-packed episode this week. We feature the IPA's new video Give Us Our Lives Back, which leads to a discussion with world-renowned writer Jeffrey Tucker from the AIER on Victoria's lockdown, the prospects for liberty around the world after coronavirus and why the free market is the most empowering and socially beneficial market system. (6:20-38:42) Other stories include the new reports on the economic effects of restrictions across Australia and people have had their laptop and phones confiscated by police for planning to protest. (38:42-44:27) Heroes and Villains this week include Jim Penman from Jim's Mowing and his battles with the Andrews government (who joins us on the line! (51:5-1:12:21) Rachel Baxendale and the need for tough questions to politicians, the NBA fawning over their progressiveness when it was this season that saw their Hong Kong controversy and universities lowering standards for foreign students to get their money. (44:27-1:12:21) At the end, we break down ‘wormgate' on Science Twitter, NASA tries to get woke but won't take on the big fish and don't worry everybody, Biden is just fine. (1:12:21-1:22:31)

We talk about stage 4 lockdown in Victoria, Trump trying to get a finders fee for selling TikTok, how Pete reckons Vine was better anyway and the CCP controlling what the UNSW says about Hong Kong. (00:00 - 19:49)   Heroes and villains this week are Trader Joe's, Majak Daw, Bible-burning Portland protesters and Bernie Fraser. (19:49 - 28:40)   We chat with Greg Sheridan, Foreign Affairs Editor at The Australian about the lack of scrutiny on Victoria's lockdown arrangements, his view on the American election and what he thinks of Trump banning TikTok. (28:40 - 46:25)   At the end of the show James proposes a toast to COVIDsafe which finally identified its first cases and Pete says he feels really sorry for The Guardian who had an awkward moment recently. (1:02:49 - 1:09:38)

A huge blow for freedom of speech in Australia as the Federal Court finds against Peter Ridd – James and Pete break down why this is so important. In coronavirus news, the disease spreads to nursing homes in Melbourne and a BLM rally in Sydney is stopped by police. Josh Frydenberg says debt will grow to $850 billion by mid next year but he says he's guided by Reagan and Thatcher, and the IPA and Australia have a win on the EPBC Act. (0:00-18:51)   Heroes and Villains this week includes Nicholas Sandmann settling out of court with the Washington Post, the Wall St Journal standing up to cancel culture, Netflix only spruiking social justice when it makes them money and the new podcast from The New York Times ‘Nice White Parents'. (18:51-31:31)   Gideon Rozner joins the show to talk about the Peter Ridd case, how the day of the Federal Court's decision unfolded and the precedent it sets for freedom of speech and academic inquiry, as well as a look at the week's news. (31:31-1:01:13)   Pete's Not Fine brings a much-needed update on the man that drove 30km for butter chicken and the various Karens on social media. A radio host's “chill dawg” at Trump ages terribly, a Sydney landmark may have tried to change their name from Captain Cook to Captain Paddington and Nancy Pelosi's new nickname for Trump is a swing and a miss. (1:01:13-1:17:47)   To take advantage of the special membership offer for Young IPA Podcast listeners, visit https://ipa.org.au/join

We apologise for James' audio quality – he forgot to plug in his microphone. He will be punished.   The federal Parliament won't sit because of COVID but expects everyone else to work from home. Masks become compulsory in Victoria, horrifying footage emerges from China about the treatment of Uighur muslims, Labor MPs are calling for less green tape to get people back to work and Tony Abbott joins the IPA's most recent podcast. (0:00-28:02)   Heroes and Villains this week include Princess Anne sending Pete further into supporting the monarchy, Bari Weiss resigning from The New York Times, Kristina Keneally saying mainstream Australian ideas radicalised Brendan Tarrant and the Queenland government looks to ban plastic straws. (28:02-42:17)   This week we talk to Almas Nizamidin, a campaigner for the rights of Uighur muslims and whose wife is currently in a forced labour camp in China. We talk about his story, the plight of the Uighur people and what the international response should be. (42:17-50:40)   Pete's not fine returns for the man driving 30km for butter chicken, the teenagers dressing up as old people to buy drinks and Lorna Jane fined for saying their activewear stops the virus. Kanye West's first presidential rally went as expected as he wants everyone who has a baby to get a million dollars and the US Fish and Wildlife department's attempt at wokeness backfires. (50:40-1:02:33)

Victoria is in lockdown again, Pete proclaims Dan Andrews his most hated politician, and NSW are saying they won't lockdown…for now. James is a little sceptical of the cancel culture letter making waves over the last few days and there's rumours Facebook won't allow political advertising in the lead up to the US presidential election. (0:00-19:24) Heroes and villains this week are a brave Hong Kong scientist risking her life for the truth, our IPA colleagues getting recognised as Friedman Conference award winners, people bagging Scomo for going to the footy and Formula 1. (19:24-25:25) In our interview this week James asks Senator James Paterson for a new Hong Kong in Australia. We also also talk about the government's decision to allow visiting Hong Kongers to stay in Australia, the cancelling of our extradition arrangements with Hong Kong, Chinese colonialism, TikTok and the role of the Andrews government in the increase in COVID-19 cases. (25:25-46:42) The finish off, the return of lockdown means the return of Pete's Not Fine, The Guardian have done it again with a piece claiming buildings are sexist, and we discuss a very suspicious piece of correspondence received by Adam Bandt that definitely happened. (46:42-56:44)

Australia's economy is threatened as Victoria is cut off from the rest of the nation, Queensland is set to open (most of) its borders, and Dan Andrews brings in public housing tower lockdowns seen only in China. (0:00-13:05) Heroes and Villains this week include Terry Crews, nations taking in Hong Kongers escaping the CCP, the protesters insulting police for not going to university and calling a black police officer “Judas”, and Senator Katy Gallagher. (13:05-23:38) Chris Kenny joins the show to talk about his interview with the climate activist apologising for stoking alarmism Michael Shellenberger, what it has revealed about the ‘Love Media' and how Kevin Rudd singled him out for criticism. (23:38-41:42) Dr Bella d'Abrera joins the show to talk about her new podcast series Five Favourite Books which is now live for IPA members. (41:42-54:46) At the end, we discuss Kanye West running for President, yet another edition of 'Stop Tearing Down The Statues Of People That Have Done More For Racial Equality Than You Ever Will' - this time one of history's greatest abolitionists Frederick Douglass, the arts critics resigning for being white and Prince Harry decrying institutional racism. (54:46-1:05:29)

JobSeeker and JobKeeper are stopping people getting back to work, state border openings are threatened by Victoria's growing coronavirus numbers, COVIDSafe is basically useless but at least there was a big win for liberty on vaping this week. (0:00-16:45) Heroes and Villains this week includes Colorado reforming police immunity, the brave people standing up to mobs tearing down statues, California removing equality before the law from the state and Northumbria police selectively enforcing the law. (16:45-26:18) Inaya Folarin Iman, Director of the Free Speech Union in the UK and Spiked columnist, joins the show to talk about the dangers of identity politics, why freedom of speech has been such a positive force for minority communities and how students can push back against the ideological capture of their universities. (26:18-53:24) And the end of the show, Pete debuts his new segment 'Stop Tearing the Statues of People That Have Done More for Racial Equality Than You Ever Will', there are calls to change the American national anthem to ‘Imagine' and the BBC calls England's countryside racist. (53:24-1:02:08)

Daniel Andrews brings tougher restrictions into Victoria and James and Pete are fired up about it. Donald Trump's fizzle of a rally might spell doom for his reelection and Australia is under cyber attack...sort of.  [0:00-16:50] Heroes and villains this week includes JK Rowling's publisher and Peter Hitchens standing up to the woke mobs, and the ahistorical efforts around the world to tear down statues of those who have done far more to advance the goals of the protesters than the protesters themselves. [16:50-23:36] Tim Smith MP joins the show to talk about his reactions to Daniel Andrews' restrictions and what he thinks should happen from here on out, and how he has used Twitter to push back against restrictions in ways other politicians haven't been able to. [23:36-53:58] At the end of the show we talk about Kevin Rudd continuing to demand the ABC be less right wing and an incredible defence of a statue of Lenin in Seattle. [53:58-1:01:00]

Nearly half a million Australians between the ages of 15 and 25 are not in full-time education and are not working – this is why we call for the easing of restrictions. We talk about the update from the ABS and also the latest victims of cancel culture – Colonial Brewing Co, Josh Thomas, The Guardian and the song Swing Low Sweet Chariot. (0:00-18:21) Likes and Dislikes this week include the West Australian government's new law stopping people going to jail for not paying a fine, Bob Katter dressing up like the Grim Reaper, Teen Vogue and Rick Wilson. (18:21-27:19) Shadow Assistant Minister in Victoria Richard Riordan joins us on the show to talk about the Save Our Pubs campaign in Victoria, what he thinks of Daniel Andrews' restrictions and breaks news to us about misspending from State Parliament on Victorian Roads. (27:19-47:32) The Schlichts do battle again in the quiz this week as Pete seeks to go back-to-back (47:32-1:04:15), and at the end of the show we cover Dan Andrews throwing SA under the bus to distract from the scandals in Vic Labor, the Dems cringey photoshoot getting Well Actually'd, the Austrian man fined for farting and QANTAS, Virgin and other airlines no longer serving booze due to coronavirus. (1:04:15-1:12:45)

A new round of restriction easing is good, but Victoria continues to trail the rest of the country. The statues debate continues to rage around the world as a Greens staffer tags the James Cook statue in Hyde Park, a petition calls for the removal of a Ghandi statue, Google removes an image of Winston Churchill from search results and UK Labour and Conservative Parties agree on up to ten years jail for monument defacing (0:00-16:45). Heroes and villains this week includes the IPA's Cian Hussey, Dave Chappelle's new special, the cop who threated to fine a restaurant for having 21 customers when only three fines were handed out at the BLM protests and LA Galaxy (16:45-26:48). Brendan O'Neill joins us on the show to talk about his essay in The Australian, the push to bring down statues, the coup at the New York Times and why what we're seeing now is product of hollow institutions continually giving in to the woke mob (26:48-1:00:43). At the end of the show, we talk about CHAZ calling the Seattle fire department, Julia Baird's about face on statues, the Argentinian church that turned itself into a bar to beat regulations and why Australians don't trust celebrities (1:00:43-1:10:37).

The fallout from the weekend's protests continues: One protester in Melbourne had coronavirus, there's more this weekend even if hosting them will delay restriction easing and now a wedding company will flout restrictions now that the government won't fine protesters. Cancel culture is back in a big way as Gone with the Wind, Cops, The Mighty Boosh are cancelled overseas and every statue in Australia is up for debate, and China tells its students we are too racist for them to study here (0:00-18:06). Likes and Dislikes this week include Peter Hitchens, Will Callaghan's Meal of Kings upon being rescued, the AFL players taking a knee and defunding the police goes exactly how James said it would on Tuesday's show (18:06-26:26). Gideon and Dara are on for this week's quiz (26:26-39:58), and at the end we discuss the video to rival Gal Gadot's Imagine, the CIA getting updogd, the car race that dubbed itself a protest, the Independent apparently believing in creationism and we count down the Top 5 people who, if cancel culture is fair, must be sweating bullets right now (39:58-54:57). 

BLM protests happened across Australia, and barely any fines were handed out. Coronavirus is over. We talk about the protests, the statues torn down in England and the move to defund the police, as well as your metadata under yet another attack. Heroes and villains this week include the great Ron Manners, Kevin Rudd somehow making sense on a topic, CNN blaming a police horse for getting punched and GoFundMe's shutdown of Candace Owens (00:00 – 22:35).  We talk to Warren Mundine AO about his reactions to the weekend's protest, whether there is systemic racism in Australia and what reforms we should be pursuing in criminal justice and Indigenous affairs (22:36 – 59:28). Andrew Bushnell, who heads the IPA's research in criminal justice, joins the show to respond to the claims and demands of protest organisers over the weekend and what the realisation of their demands could mean (59:29 – 1:35:45). At the end, Pete asks if we can just have a one-week break from identity politics after JK Rowling causes another stir, and a Californian City Council says you can't gather in groups bigger than 10...unless you're protesting (1:35:46 – 1:41:13).

The protests are coming to Australia, but police aren't handing out fines in Victoria. Therefore, social distancing regulations are dead – so let's celebrate. We also talk the HomeBuilder scheme and pork-barrelling, as well as Nine and Newscorp losing their appeal to not be held legally responsible for what's posted on their Facebook pages. Likes and dislikes this week include the Hong Kong protesters, the man who told Scott Morrison to get off his lawn, police unions in the US and the Sydney council spending up to $1.7 million on a coronavirus statue. Satyajeet Marar from Reason joins us from Washington DC to talk about what he's been seeing at the protests, the extent of the rioting and reforms America can make to improve the policing. At the end of the show, we discuss the Washington Post op-ed calling for an end of cop shows, Pete's Not Fine Worldwide for the monkeys stealing (and eating) coronavirus samples in India, Ashton Kutcher and Emma Watson missing the mark on Blackout Tuesday and answer questions from the crowd.

America is on fire – James and Pete recap an extremely tough weekend of news. June 1st brings a fresh wave of easing of restrictions across the country and we run through the main changes. Heroes and Villains this week include Elon Musk's space launch going ahead, any video from America that doesn't make us sad, the Global Times running three articles in three days slamming The Wolverines and robodebt (0:00-25:09). Gideon Rozner joins the show to chat the runaway success of The Heretic, drawing the ire of Friendlyjordies and mourns the loss of COAG (25:09-50:15). Dr Bella d'Abrera then joins the show to talk the IPA's new podcast Better Read than Dead and Drew Pavlou's suspension from the University of Queensland (50:15-1:05:15). At the end we give Pete Buttigieg the Q&A clap for his incomprehensible tweet about George Floyd, debut the new segment Reports Say and ask the ABC's Juanita Phillips to read the room as she bemoans the return of pub drinking.

We finally get to lead off a show with something other than coronavirus – Donald Trump signs an executive order with huge implications for social media. So should tech giants be regulated like publishers and not platforms? We also discuss Hong Kong no longer seen by the US as independent of China and recap the latest with Peter Ridd. Likes and dislikes this week include the return of live sport to Australia, the vibe across the country as restrictions continue to ease, public sector pay freezes being abandoned and how quick Victorians were to dob in their neighbours for breaking social distancing (0:00-26:34). Adam and Mia Schlicht join the quiz and bring the sibling rivalry (26:34-40:02). Before James and Pete discuss Japan asking theme park attendees not to scream to stop coronavirus and North Korea finally admitting Kim Il Sung could not teleport (40:02-48:29). This week's draft has James, Pete, Adam and Mia draft the greatest siblings in history (48:29-1:06:05).

Huge show today! We talk about the JobKeeper numbers stuff up, why it's actually better news than you think and what it reveals about the people overseeing our economic response to coronavirus, and Pete continues to show why it's morally good to want an end to the lockdown. Heroes and villains this week include the Hong Kong protestors standing up against China, Dominic Perrotet being the cause of NSW's easing of restrictions, Joe Biden thinking voting against him means you can't be black and yes, we discuss that Clementine Ford tweet. (0:00-20:20) We get in depth with Foreign Editor of The Australian Greg Sheridan who explains what the Belt and Road initiatives are, why its so dangerous for Victoria to be pursuing one and how we should deal with China (20:20-45:53). We also talk to the inspirational Matt Lanigan, owner of The Lucky Penny café which somehow became the frontline of the online culture war after Tim Smith made a video with him talking about Victoria's restrictions (45:53-1:06:16). At the end of the show, we implore people to stop signing Gideon Rozner up to things, and how you can tell if you're about to do it.

We're back in a studio and it feels good! We talk COVIDSafe not working and the government not accessing data with it, state borders still not open and Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas taking China's side in the trade dispute. Likes and dislikes this week include Donald Trump's executive order on deregulation, ergonomic chairs, Sleeping Giants' campaign against a Melbourne café and governments keeping powers they seize during the coronavirus pandemic. National Manager of Generation Liberty Renee Gorman and star of the IPA's We Want To Work video Julia Sekulic join a…memorable…round of the quiz before the four discuss climate change being added to death certificates and the AFL and NRL potentially pumping fake crowd noises into games for the rest of the year.

Pete declares victory for Australia after China accepts the coronavirus inquiry, but James is more sceptical. Victoria opens pubs and clubs in June and state governments refuse to open borders. Heroes and villains include the Hong Kong protestors, Tim Smith, Germany making it illegal to burn the EU flag and unions pushing for higher minimum wages in the middle of an employment crisis (0:00-23:54). Evan Mulholland joins the show to discuss the findings of his latest Freedom of Information request into the ABC's Climate Change Advisory Panel and we review Pete's latest TV gig (23:54-42:48), before one of the stars of the IPA's new We Want To Work video small business operator Richard Impiombato shares his story of the economic lockdown, why unfreezing an economy isn't that simple and what small businesses actually want right now (42:48-53:53). At the end, we discuss another case of Joe Biden imploring voters not to vote for him, Elon Musk taking the red pill and a hall-of-fame headline from Vice.

Our good vibes Friday rule is ruined by the ABS employment data and the Queensland government trying to buy Virgin. Likes and dislikes this week include Elon Musk staring down the government and winning, friend of the show Bridget Phetasy's article in The Atlantic, the QLD Chief Health Officer admitting schools were closed for messaging purposes and not health reasons and CNN inviting Greta Thunberg to a town hall on coronavirus. (00:00-20:43) Cian Hussey returns to defend his quiz crown against Pete and Generation Liberty Campus Coordinator and membership drive extraordinaire Mitchell Ablett. (20:44-33:54) We debut the new segment 'Talking Points So Ridiculous It's Impressive', Sam Newman finally gets to tee off and the NT News gets aggressive about going back to the pub. (33:55-44:15)  This week's draft sees James, Pete and Gideon nominate the people they'd have over for a dinner party now that Chairman Dan says we're allowed to have five people over. (44:16-1:09:20)

Due to technical difficulties, this podcast has been delayed. States move to Stage 1 of restriction easing, but Daniel Andrews continues to drag his feet about it, data out of Sweden show lockdowns might be overrated and unemployment data out of the US shows that people who care about the economic effects of restrictions aren't evil. Senator James Paterson joins the show to talk about The Wolverines, pushing back against the Chinese government, COVIDSafe and how to flex your bookshelf over Zoom. (17:35-36:43) After that IPA Policy Director Gideon Rozner joins the show to talk about the launch of a new podcast series from the IPA The Heretic on Peter Ridd and James Cook University, how he covered the story and what he makes of Daniel Andrews (spoiler: It's not much). (37:35-54:10) Heroes and Villains this week includes The Age saying we need less red tape, Dave Rubin's new book a NYT Bestseller, Alex Turnbull and GetUp!. After a Democrat strategist floated Joe Biden using Fortnite on the campaign trail, James has some suggestions and Miriam Margoyles wants to be congratulated for not wishing death on Boris Johnson.

The National Cabinet gives us a plan out of restrictions but will the states play ball? James and Pete recap the developments as well as the Cedar Meats scandal and the new report showing how lockdown measures around the world are increasing the spread of other diseases. Likes and Dislikes include The Wolverines in Canberra, a good old fashioned political dustup, Clementine Ford and Catherine Deveny receiving government grants in the middle of a pandemic and the FlexTape guy is in James' head. (0:00-18:24)Research Fellow Cian Hussey and Generation Liberty Campus Coordinator Anjali Nadaradjane join the quiz this week. Cian takes us behind the scenes of his battle with The Guardian this week and Anjali tells us about Viral Banter: Women and Liberty. (18:24-38:27) Pete's Not Fine – Global Edition includes Professor Lockdown Neil Ferguson breaking restrictions to see his lover, the man who didn't realise you couldn't quarantine in the middle of Disneyland and The Queen checking in on Australia's horses, and Pete continues fanning over the NT Chief Minister's love of froff. (38:27-47:23)We have another draft this week with Research Fellow Morgan Begg taking on James and Pete in a draft to create the world's greatest band. (47:23-1:07:35)

The ABC apologises to the IPA (yet some presenters are crying poor over cuts), Greg Hunt basically bribes Australians to download the app and Australia had a Dan-off between Dan Tehan and Dan Andrews over schools. James and Pete recap all this before talking to political commentator Topher Field about protests emerging around Australia against the lockdown and what type of people are protesting  (18:16-36:46). Heroes and villains this week include a fellow IPA staff member getting their work shared by Andrew Neil, the now-vindicated humble pangolin, Debra Messing and murder hornets (36:46-46:09). We also talk to Generation Liberty member Julia Sekulić about losing her job and friends losing their jobs because of lockdown (46:09-58:18). At the end of the show, Pete's Not Fine spotlights one woman who spent the night in jail for trying to get a fresh towel, the UK's Independent calls for men to stop manspreading while jogging and James relives one of Twitter's great days – when The Rock knew about Bin Laden's death before the media did.

This week's Friday show sees James and Pete discuss the IPA's new poll making headlines, the Deputy CHO in Victoria's tweet about James Cook and Twiggy Forrest hijacking a government press conference.Likes and Dislikes this week include the Northern Territory (again), 99-year-old Captain Tom Moore's fundraising efforts, the hypocrisy of the Believe All Women movement and the worst article The Atlantic has run in a long time. Mia Schlicht defends her quiz crown against Pete and Boston Edwards, the IPA's Campus Coordinator at the University of Wollongong.At the end of the show we have Pete's Not Fine – Global Edition, ask if aliens exist after the Pentagon releases footage and Justin Amash running for President calls for the replaying of the greatest clip in political history.Enter The Young IPA Podcast's membership competition and win a copy of Dave Rubin's Don't Burn This Book with a signed nameplate. Details in Tuesday's show!

Dave Rubin joins the show this week to talk about his new book Don't Burn This Book: Thinking For Yourself in the Age of Unreason, the importance of speaking your mind and how not to listen to the mob. Make sure you enter the competition for a signed copy of his book! After the interview, James and Pete talk the rush to download the tracing app, state governments loosening restrictions and wonder why teachers and students are not back in schools – which gets contentious. Heroes and Villains this week include historically unprecedented silent deregulation, sports being back for five glorious hours, people simping for the new North Korean dictator and the obvious drawbacks of the Jobkeeper scheme. At the end, we have another round of Pete's Not Fine and ask if Donald Trump was really being sarcastic when he wondered about the health benefits of bleach. Order Don't Burn This Book here: https://www.booktopia.com.au/don-t-burn-this-book-dave-rubin/book/9781472134516.html

Second show for the week! With 1.5 million Aussies getting their hands on their super, Pete and James ask why it can't always be like this? They boys review Michael Moore's new doc Planet of the Humans – a devastating critique of renewable energy, with a sinister solution; chat about the problems already hitting the government's COVID-19 tracing app; and sport might be back! New likes and dislikes segment: Pete falls in love with the NT all over again and doesn't like the NRL starting before the AFL. While James is getting into jazz and reckons Chris Cuomo needs to pull his head in. We bring back the quiz and Mia Schlict makes her debut as we check in with her and Adam to see how they are surviving lockdown. Pete takes Pete's Not Fine to the global stage and examines the whacky and spooky ways governments around the world are enforcing lockdowns. As an extra feature for all you diehards – the boys get Andrew Bushnell back on for another draft. This time it's choose 5 athletes to take aliens in a battle for the fate of the world. Pete has some interesting selections…

The government announces a tracking app to fight coronavirus, protests break out in America against social distancing restrictions and James has precisely 30 seconds to explain the best solutions to Virgin Airways going into voluntary administration. Economics Editor of The Australian Adam Creighton joins the show to discuss the economic effects of the lockdown restrictions, why the nature of the debate has changed on coronavirus and why Australia is about to have its biggest population drop in decades (10:15-22:28). Heroes and Villains this week includes Jacinda Ardern taking a 20% pay cut, Elon Musk, Patton Oswalt making our century's “let them eat cake” statement and Britain's top cop breaking their own social distancing laws. Dr Chris Berg, host of The Looking Forward Podcast, joins the show to talk about the government's tracking app, what we know so far and the inherent privacy concerns whenever the government announces something like this (34:38-54:57). At the end, Pete debuts Pete's Not Fine to keep a track of all the social distancing fines that are being handed out, we discuss Turnbull's new book and the 28 gender experts lending their minds to our country's coronavirus efforts.

Pete and James ask why Parliament is going on hiatus when we could see Bob Katter use zoom, marvel at the NSW Minister who still maintains he did nothing wrong despite getting fined for breaking the lockdown, talk about the group of mates in Victoria fined over 5k for playing video games, and agree with Donald Trump for saying the WHO are trash. Amazingly, the ABC are among the heroes this week, along with ‘all of us'. Villains were much more standard - the NYT and the UN. We then talk with Macquarie University Generation Liberty Campus Coordinator Anjali Nadaradjane about Generation Liberty's latest video – Viral Banter: The Gen Lib CoVID Forum. And finish off with Scott Cam bowing to the Young IPA Podcast pressure and relinquishing his post, and the politicians who gave their pay rises to charity.

A giant week of news calls for a bonus episode! The ABC does some real journalism airing the IPA's new video, but taking out a key sentence. Boris Johnson is in the ICU with Coronavirus yet the tide is turning as more people, including medical experts, call for the protection of civil liberties. The EU is struggling to deal with what Merkel is calling the EU's biggest ever challenge - who knew a giant, creaking bureaucracy would struggle to deal with a crisis? Heroes and Villains this week includes Gideon Rozner (and the humble plastic bag), former NBA player Jay Williams tries to save sport, the Scottish Chief Health Officer flouting her own lockdown laws and the Victorian police officer who gave an L-plater a $1,600 fine for practising safe driving. Brendan O'Neill, editor of Spiked, joins the show to talk about the mood in the UK, the balance between public saftety and civil liberties, the class divides being exposed in Coronavirus and why he, an avowed republican, praised the Queen over the weekend (30:35-53:15). At the end of the show, we discuss Pete's newfound fame after last week's show promo went viral and John Hewson's creepy article in The Conversation.

The wage subsidies come in which sends Australia into massive debt, the cops are driving through public parks warning people for reading books, Queensland public sector workers get a pay rise and China is lying – it's grim reading but James and Pete try to make sense of it all. Heroes and villains this week include companies building masks and providing alcohol to hospitals – yet apparently those things are bad, the WHO refusing to acknowledge Taiwan despite how well they're doing against coronavirus and John Roskam COPPING it from the Executive Officer of the Traffic Management Association of Australia. Generation Liberty Campus Coordinator Boston Edwards joins the show after coming out of self isolation to give his top tips as to what to do when it eventually happens to James and Pete. At the end, we go through the Governor of New York having an all time sibling spat live on CNN, public health academics asking for warning labels to be put on petrol pumps when they should be put on bats, and the NSW police are trying to be cool.

The boys are still self-isolating and are both at war the NBN, but the show must go on! We talk coronavirus and the government's lockdown of all non-essential businesses, government services minister Stuart Robert's bad, bad day explaining what happened with mygov and Centrelink and the Ruby Princess debacle. Heroes and villains this week include Elon Musk donating ventilators, the Italian mayors cutting loose on people breaking lockdowns, The New York Times' incredible reporting of the stimulus and Wendy Harmer using working from home to call for more money to the ABC. Andrew Bushnell joins us to bemoan his own problems with the NBN and we draft 'Shows To Binge In A Lockdown' - head to Instagram to vote for a winner! (18:32-44:39) At the end, Pete and James discuss the latest entry to our segment Joe Biden Is 1000 years old, and how Donald Trump, Jeffrey Guterman and Mehreen Faruqi have lost their minds.

Pete and James are BOTH in self-isolation from the dreaded COVID-19 so it was up to Adam and Gideon Rozner to step in! The boys talked about tax cuts for the airlines to stimulate the economy and the incredible discrimination against Generation Liberty at Monash University. Then they skype the two workshy recalcitrants themselves to find out what they've been up while they've been away from IPA HQ. Unfortunately no quiz this week, but the boys finish off by talking social distancing at Q&A, the brave Chinese blogger giving it to the CCP and Minecraft defending freedom of expression.

The government announces its coronavirus stimulus plans - James and Pete explain why the free market would be better and discuss their contingency plans for when they inevitably get it. Also, Joe Biden is the presumptive democrat nominee despite being a million years old. Heroes and villains this week include the NT News printing actual toilet paper, the retirement community fighting for their right to party, Twitter and Scott Cam claiming what he does with taxpayer money isn't any of our business. We speak to Senator James Paterson about coronavirus, the publicly funded coffee vendor in Canberra, his skin care regime and have a deep dive into social media (19:46-38:16), before Adam Schlicht and Theodora Pantelich join us for the quiz (38:16-52:09). At the end we hand out Q&A claps to the MSNBC show that isn't good at maths and Sadiq Khan's brave feminism, discuss Joe Biden trying to fight a factory worker and Bernie finally admitting he doesn't know anything about Sweden.