He's been called "the best Prime Minister Australia never had". As Australia's Opposition Leader, John Hewson lost an unlosable election. Was his problem that he had big ideas?


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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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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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Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps

He's been called "the best Prime Minister Australia never had". As Australia's Opposition Leader, John Hewson lost an unlosable election. Was his problem that he had big ideas?

"The Death of Policy?" with John Hewson

Imagine being an innocent YouTuber, tricked into receiving millions of dollars from Russia just because you're a Putin hack. That's what the U.S. Department of Justice alleges has been happening, and worse. How are the enemies of liberal democracy shaping the information you see online?



Ross Anderson is an expert on right-wing YouTubers, the Life Editor at the world edition of The Spectator, and a regular contributor at The New York Sun. He explains the whole extraordinary shebang.  



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Imagine being an innocent YouTuber, tricked into receiving millions of dollars from Russia just because you're a Putin hack. That's what the U.S. Department of Justice alleges has been happening, and worse. How are the enemies of liberal democracy shaping the information you see online?
 
Ross Anderson is an expert on right-wing YouTubers, the Life Editor at the world edition of The Spectator, and a regular contributor at The New York Sun. He explains the whole extraordinary shebang.  
 
To get more content like this and to join in the fun of the Uncomfy Convos multiverse, hit the Substack page at <a href="https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe" data-inline-card="" data-card-data="">https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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PREMIUM: "Russia's Useful Idiots: Dave Rubin, Tim Pool, Uh-Oh" with Ross Anderson

Keith Urban is one of the world’s most popular musicians. He started out in Australia, moved to Nashville, worked his arse off, won a stack of Grammys and sold over 20 million albums.



He’s about to start a residency in Las Vegas and he'll tour Australia in 2025. His new album is “HIGH”.



Don’t miss theYouTube pageto see Keith and Josh bantering in the flesh. And get more amazing conversations by popping your email address into ourSubstack supercomputer.



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Keith Urban is one of the world’s most popular musicians. He started out in Australia, moved to Nashville, worked his arse off, won a stack of Grammys and sold over 20 million albums.
 
He’s about to start a residency in Las Vegas and he'll <a href="http://keithurban.com">tour Australia in 2025</a>. His new album is “HIGH”.
 
Don’t miss the <a href="http://youtube.com/@JoshSzeps_">YouTube page</a> to see Keith and Josh bantering in the flesh. And get more amazing conversations by popping your email address into our <a href="https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe">Substack supercomputer</a>.
 
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KEITH URBAN VISITS JOSH

Can governments regulate “misinformation”? Or is that just a pretext for controlling what you can say? Were “the Twitter Files” a bombshell revelation of censorship, or a paranoid beat-up? How should Big Tech have grappled with issues like Russia, Covid, and the FBI?



Andrew Lowenthal worked with Matt Taibbi for months on the Twitter Files. He helped to create the Westminster Declaration to oppose any restrictions on online speech.



He used to work with leftie NGOs fighting for the digital rights of dissenters across the Asia-Pacific, until he saw his activist colleagues drift away from free speech towards the opposite – what he calls "anti-disinformation".



He now runs a digital civil liberties initiative called liber-net which argues that, under the cloak of countering misinformation, the powers-that-be suppress information, ideas, and opinions expressed by everyday people. Andrew is an Australian based in Europe and he was kind enough to stop by the Uncomfy Studios on a recent trip to Sydney.



Watch the in-the-flesh video on the YouTube page (subscribe while you’re there) and if you’re not a paid Substack subscriber, enjoy this preview of a much longer, gripping convo.



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Can governments regulate “misinformation”? Or is that just a pretext for controlling what you can say? Were “the Twitter Files” a bombshell revelation of censorship, or a paranoid beat-up? How should Big Tech have grappled with issues like Russia, Covid, and the FBI?
 
Andrew Lowenthal worked with Matt Taibbi for months on the Twitter Files. He helped to create the Westminster Declaration to oppose any restrictions on online speech.
 
He used to work with leftie NGOs fighting for the digital rights of dissenters across the Asia-Pacific, until he saw his activist colleagues drift away from free speech towards the opposite – what he calls "anti-disinformation".
 
He now runs a digital civil liberties initiative called liber-net which argues that, under the cloak of countering misinformation, the powers-that-be suppress information, ideas, and opinions expressed by everyday people. Andrew is an Australian based in Europe and he was kind enough to stop by the Uncomfy Studios on a recent trip to Sydney.
 
Watch the in-the-flesh video on the <a href="http://youtube.com/@JoshSzeps_">YouTube page</a> (subscribe while you’re there) and if you’re not a paid Substack subscriber, enjoy this preview of a much longer, gripping convo.
 
To get the whole shebang, get your own personalised premium podcast feed at <a href="https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe" data-inline-card="" data-card-data="">https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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