The National Conservatism Institute of Australia Podcast

The National Conservatism Institute of Australia Podcast

di Dan Ryan

Philip Pilkington - The Defeat of Viktor Orbán in Hungary and Post-Liberalism's Future

Philip Pilkington is a Senior Research Fellow at the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs (HIIA), where his focus is on macroeconomic and geo-economic issues, and he is also a visiting fellow at the Danube Institute in Hungary. Today we discuss: What Viktor Orban's defeat means for Hungary, The Danube Institute, and post-liberalism in that country His book "The Collapse of Global Liberalism" What is wrong with liberalism and what the best way of getting liberals to question their ideology Whether liberalism is a Christian heresy And much more https://x.com/philippilk?lang=en https://danubeinstitute.hu/en/authors/pilkington-philip

Scott Challen - The Upcoming "Australia Marches" Protests and What They Hope To Achieve

My guest today is Scott Challen, who is a successful businessman and founder of the "Australia Marches" organization and "Australian Lobby Group". Today we discuss: The upcoming "Australia Marches" protests in Canberra and what they hope to achieve What sort of engagement he has had to date with political parties to date How the nationalist movement here is similar to and differs from those in the UK and USA A broader discussion about how we got here and why there is such disenchantment with the traditional mainstream parties And much more https://australiamarches.com/ https://auslobby.com.au/ https://x.com/shallowchal

Drew Pavlou - His Political Journey from Left-Wing Activist to Being Retweeted by Donald Trump

My guest today is Drew Pavlou, a well-known Australian online influencer and activist. He is regularly retweeted by members of the Trump administration and recently attracted attention with his expose on the fraud and waste in the NDIS. Today we discuss: His political journey from the left to the new right and what explains the change His views on immigration and Angus Taylor's recent speech on the subject His views on foreign policy whether he considers himself a "neocon" and his views on the realists Whether being an influencer is a long-term career and his plans for the future And much more https://x.com/DrewPavlou

Dr Simon Kennedy - The Crisis Facing Young Men in Australia

My guest today is Dr Simon Kennedy an Australian academic specialising in the history of legal, political and religious ideas. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium in Budapest in early 2023, and is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Danube Institute, also in Budapest. His first book was published with Edinburgh University Press in 2022, and is entitled Reforming the Law of Nature: The secularisation of political thought, 1532-1689. His second book is on education, entitled Against Worldview, and published with Lexham Press. Today we discuss: - His recent paper entitled "Young Men in Crisis: What Can Australia Do?" - The nature of this crisis, what its underlying causes are, and the extend to which the challenges facing young men are new and unprecedented - The related issue of the feminisation of our institutions including the churches and the impact this is having on our politics and society, and - What can be done about it. And much much more. https://www.ac.edu.au/faculty-and-staff/simon-kennedy/main/ https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/24133 https://www.page.org.au/2026/03/young-men-in-crisis/

Salvatores Babones - Narendra Modi and the BJP, India's New Right?

My guest today is academic Salvatores Babones author of new book "Dharma Democracy: How India Built The Third World's First Democracy". Today we discuss: The extent to which Narendra Modi and the BJP should be part of the global "new" right Is the BJP a nationalist party and how it differs from the traditionally dominant Indian National Congress How minorities such as Muslims, Christians, Sikhs and others are treated by the BJP How western democracies should view modern India and the BJP and whether there are legitimate concerns regarding its power and influence And much, much more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvatore_Babones https://profiles.sydney.edu.au/salvatore.babones https://www.amazon.com.au/Dharma-Democracy-India-Built-Worlds/dp/1923224735

William Clouston, SDP Leader - The Failing Liberal Consensus Across The West

My guest today is William Clouston, leader of the Social Democratic Party in the UK. Today we discuss: - What the SDP believes, its history, and why it has not yet achieved the same prominence as parties like Reform UK and Restore Britain - Why the current liberal consensus is failing - Why it is unsustainable position to be a social conservative and an economic liberal - What changes the UK needs to see on housing, immigration, the nationalisation of utilities, trade, and a range of other policy measures - What the SDP realistically hopes to achieve in the years ahead And much much more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(UK)

John Anderson - Whether Reevanglizing Society is Sufficient To Solve The Challenges Facing the West

My guest today is the Hon John Anderson AC, who is amongst other things the former deputy Prime Minister of Australia, successful podcast host, and one of the founders of The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship. Today we discuss: What explains the cratering of support for traditional centre-right parties across the western world? What he understands by the "new right" and what changes are need in policy and thinking from the Howard era Whether a re-evangilization of society is enough to solve our current societal problems Whether Donald Trump is a conservative and what lessons Australia can draw from the new ideological change in Washington And much much more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Anderson_(Australian_politician) https://www.arc-conference.com/ https://aspireconference.org.au/

Misha Saul - How AI Will Reshape Society and Politics

My guest today is Misha Saul, who is a technology investor and co-founder of Dragonfly AI, an investment and advisory firm. Today we discuss: Misha's recent article in the Manhattan Institute's City Journal on "How AI Will Reshape Society" What is likely to mean in selected industries and how likely change is going to occur Which demographics will be hit the hardest, what it means for our politics, and how it is likely to fundamentally change our understanding of what "work" is and our workdays The geopolitical implications and also what it means at a personal level And much much more. https://www.linkedin.com/in/misha-saul-6bb5b569/ https://www.kvetch.au/ https://www.city-journal.org/article/artificial-intelligence-society-future

David Furse-Roberts - 19th Century Social Reformer Lord Shaftesbury and the "New Right".

My guest today is David Furse-Roberts a well-known Australian academic who amongst his many books has written a biography on the great 19th Century British parliamentarian and social reformer, Lord Shaftesbury. Today we discuss: Who Lord Shaftesbury was, his background, and his political and religious conversion His criticisms of laissez-faire capitalism, his alternative Tory paternalist approach, and what he would have made of today's global economy How he might have viewed today's libertarian right, the radical left, and MAGA, and our politics more broadly And much much more https://www.amazon.com.au/Making-Tory-Evangelical-David-Furse-Roberts/dp/1532654308

Harrison Pitt - The Case for Restore Britain

My guest today is Harrison Pitt, Senior Policy Fellow at Restore Britain. Today we discuss: What is Restore Britain? What does it hope to achieve? What’s wrong with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK? And whether the goal of Restore is to keep Reform honest or genuinely replace them? How he is approaching key new right issues like changes to trade and foreign policy which are not talked about as much as immigration in the UK? How practically and reasonably he thinks the demographic transformation of the UK can be reversed How new right / national conservative movements can help each other in Australia and the UK And much much more. https://x.com/Harry_pitt https://x.com/RestoreBritain_

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