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Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps

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. A DM Podcast

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18:54

BONUS: Josh's thoughts on Israel & Gaza

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps ·

2023/10/17

I’ve been asked many times about my thoughts on situation in Israel and Gaza…. So here they are.

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87:18

Jack Latimore: What The Voice Referendum Really Means

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps ·

2023/10/08

On October 14th, Australians will vote about whether to recognise the country’s First Peoples in the Constitution by establishing a body called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Jack Latimore is a Birpai man and the Indigenous affairs journalist for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. He joins the show to explain it all. You can read Jack’s work at the link below.https://www.theage.com.au/by/jack-latimore-p4ywbz To subscribe to Josh’s premium podcast feed, hit the Substack page

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106:14

The Fifth Column Guys: LIVE FROM NEW YORK

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps ·

2023/10/03

Josh is in New York, where he just stopped by the studios of one of America’s greatest podcasts, The Fifth Column, to record this special crossover pod. Find Michael Moynihan, Kmele Foster and Matt Welch at https://wethefifth.com and https://wethefifth.substack.com. To subscribe to Josh’s premium podcast feed, hit the Substack page at https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe Grab your Exclusive NordVPN Deal by going to nordvpn.com/Conversations to get a Huge Discount off your

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14:24

Premium: Dan Savage “The World Before Gay Marriage"

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps ·

2023/10/01

A long, long time ago, The Gays couldn’t marry. What was it like in that mediaeval nightmare? The world’s most popular sex advice columnist, Dan Savage, joined Josh in New York on the set of his television talk show in 2013. Enjoy this fascinating time portal, unavailable anywhere else on earth, except on the premium podcast feed at https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe

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62:24

Steve Stewart-Williams: The Ape That Understood The...

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps ·

2023/09/27

Are there biological differences between male and female brains? How much of what you do is dictated by evolution? As a part of our Permission To Think collaboration with the University of Technology Sydney's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, evolutionary psychologist Professor Steve Stewart-Williams describes how you came to be an ape who understands the universe. To subscribe to Josh’s premium podcast feed, hit the Substack page at https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe

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27:15

Bonus: Josh's Thoughts on The Voice

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps ·

2023/09/25

Australians are about to vote on whether to change the constitution to create a special advisory body for Indigenous Australians. Is it an overdue forum for justice? Or a risky, undemocratic game of identity politics? It’s the listener question Josh gets the most. Here, he tries to inject some sanity into an increasingly toxic debate. To subscribe to Josh’s premium podcast feed, hit the Substack page at https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe

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79:05

Yascha Mounk: The Identity Trap

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps ·

2023/09/19

Yascha Mounk is one of the world’s most interesting thinkers about diversity, liberalism and democracy. His new book, The Identity Trap, is an ambitious account of the origins, consequences, and limitations of “wokeness”. How did a relatively marginal set of ideas – postmodernism, postcolonialism, critical race theory – come to rule the world? To subscribe to Josh’s premium podcast feed, hit the Substack page at https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe Grab your Exclusive NordVPN

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46:26

Amna Khalid: Campus Craziness

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps ·

2023/09/12

Has Louis CK reeeeeeally been “cancelled” if he still has a face? I mean, he wasn’t beheaded, ergo, “cancel culture” doesn’t exist. Amna Khalid is an equal-opportunity defender of free speech—a professor who slams wokesters… at the same time as legally opposing Florida’s war on woke universities. Anna’s blog and podcast, “Banished”, are about the history of censorship. This episode is part of Permission to Think, a collaboration with the University of Technology, Sydney, where Josh is a visiting

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74:14

Antony Loewenstein: Is Israel Immoral?

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps ·

2023/09/05

Is Zionism a noble goal, or a form of colonial apartheid? Is a two-state solution possible? Desirable? Antony Loewenstein is a fierce critic of Israel and of the whole Zionist project. His new book is The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World. He and Josh debate the rights and wrongs of a Jewish homeland. To subscribe to Josh’s premium podcast feed, hit the Substack page at https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe

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29:51

Premium: My Thoughts on Barbie

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps ·

2023/08/30

Is Barbie the triumphant feminist critique of modern society it claims to be? The dust has settled on the mega-hit, so Josh finds some time to weigh-in. To subscribe to Josh’s premium podcast feed, hit the Substack page at https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe

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22:34

Premium: Australia vs America with Ed Kavalee

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps ·

2023/08/27

Ed Kavalee is a legend of Aussie radio, and a bloody funny bloke. Josh and Ed sit down to compare the best and worst of Australia vs America.

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77:55

Toby Walsh: Your Wild A.I. Future

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps ·

2023/08/22

It’s being compared to the discovery of fire or of electricity. Either way, artificial intelligence will revolutionise human civilisation. How? Toby Walsh runs the AI Lab at UNSW and is a world-leading expert in AI. His most recent book is “Machines Behaving Badly: The Morality of AI.” Join him and Josh all the way down the rabbit hole. To subscribe to Josh’s premium podcast feed, hit the Substack page at https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe

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22:43

Premium: How Josh Quit Booze

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps ·

2023/08/17

Josh used to drink a lot, and now he doesn't. One of the most frequently asked questions on our Ask Me Anythings, is how and why he quit. It deserves a longer explanation. Here it is.

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62:46

David Volodzko: Fired For a Tweet

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps ·

2023/08/15

“If you’re explaining, you’re losing,” said Ronald Reagan, who never had to explain himself to a baying Twitter mob. Respected journalist David Volodzko, an expert on political extremism, got the newspaper job of his dreams… and lost it all within days. If you’ve ever wondered whether cancel culture exists, don’t miss his stunning tale. To subscribe to Josh’s premium podcast feed, hit the Substack page at https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe And you can support David at his

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79:11

Mark Normand: Comedy In An Age Of Cancel Culture

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps ·

2023/08/08

Jerry Seinfeld personally chose Mark Normand to be his opening act. He’s a favourite of Joe Rogan and has appeared on CONAN, the Tonight Show & Late Show. Josh caught up with him, live and in-the-flesh, during Mark’s Australian tour. Mark’s new special Soup To Nuts is available on Netflix now. Check out the trailer HERE. Follow Mark on Twitter HERE. To subscribe to Josh’s premium podcast feed, hit the Substack page at https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe

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73:26

Cory Clark: Why We're Tribal

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps ·

2023/08/01

Are you more forgiving of people you agree with than those you don’t? Have humans evolved to favour our own kind, to avoid ostracism, and to gain social status? Cory Clark is a behavioral scientist who studies tribalism and group identity. Her findings are shocking… but they offer us a path out of this mess. To subscribe to Josh’s premium podcast feed, hit the Substack page at https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe

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14:14

Premium: When Josh Met Russell Brand

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps ·

2023/07/30

In a TV interview that put Josh on the map, Russell Brand shows up at Josh’s New York studio for the wildest ride of Josh’s life. Nipples are tweaked. Laptops are ruined. Wild minds are in flight. It’s one for the history books. Enjoy. To subscribe to Josh’s premium podcast feed, hit the Substack page at https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe

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64:23

Destiny: Owning Right Wing Trolls

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps ·

2023/07/25

Destiny, aka The Omni Liberal, aka Steven Bonnell is the debater who most terrifies right-wing trolls on Twitter. He was among the first people in the world to stream video games online full-time and now live-streams political debates in which he crushes his conservative opponents. What makes him tick? To subscribe to Josh’s premium podcast feed, hit the Substack page at https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe

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13:00

Premium: Sean Szeps - Not Like Other Dads

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps ·

2023/07/21

Josh's husband Sean’s memoir Not Like Other Dads was released in early June and has been a raging success. For this premium episode, they sit down and talk about the book, his motivations for writing it, and his experience, of their experience, of becoming parents.

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66:41

"Who Killed Creativity?" with Andrew & Gaia Grant

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps ·

2023/07/18

Andrew & Gaia Grant study the world’s biggest companies and coach them to be nimbler, more creative, and more diverse. How did we get so uncreative… and what separates the best from the rest? To subscribe to Josh’s premium podcast feed, hit the Substack page at https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe

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