The National Conservatism Institute of Australia Podcast

The National Conservatism Institute of Australia Podcast

by Dan Ryan

"Bookish and Based" Catch-up - End of Year Wrap Up

Jordan and Dan catch up Among other things we discuss: - Reactions to immigration restriction speech by tech entrepreneur Matt Barrie - Why the major parties in Australia aren't doing anything about mass immigration even though Kier Starmer and Justin Trudeau are making statements, at least in theory, saying numbers must be cut dramatically - Why ABC Chairman Kim Williams and the mainstream media in Australia remain clueless about the new media environment - Why are single women not voting for Trump unlike other demographic groups and what to do about it - Why the reaction to the synagogue attack in Melbourne largely avoids the real issue of immigration And much more

Gregory R Copley - Long Time Washington DC-based Australian Strategic Analyst

Gregory R. Copley is a strategic analyst who for over half century worked at the highest levels with various governments around the world. He currently serves as President of the Washington-based International Strategic Studies Association and is editor-in-chief of the online journal Defence & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy. Born in Western Australia, he Member of the Order of Australia and is the author or co-author of over 35 books. Further information found here: https://www.strategicstudies.org/issa/GRCbio.htm We discuss: How he ended up in Washington DC Why has detailed in-country knowledge been degraded and what it means How does one strike the balance between covert operations that a state needs to conduct to secure its interests and what its nations citizens should be entitled to know What should Australia's trade policy be with the United States and China going forward What lessons the Normans can teach us today What should Australia aspire to be as a nation in 50 years And much more

Gordon Menzies - Academic and author of "Western Fundamentalism: Democracy, Sex, and the Liberation of Mankind"

My guest today is Dr Gordon Menzies. Gordon is an Associate Professor in Economics at the UTS Business School in Sydney. He has had an illustrious academic career. Amongst other things he received his PhD from Oxford University and is a former economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia. In 2021 he published a book “Western Fundamentalism – Democracy, Sex and the Liberation of Man”. We discuss: Whether “liberalism” should be compared to a fundamentalist ideology How he now feels about the economic liberalisation of the 1980s in Australia in which he was deeply involved at a policy making level How economic liberal thinking has influenced modern relationship and has changed their nature What is wrong with the view that ever-increasing social, economic and sexual freedom will lead to greater happiness The problem of viewing traditional social institutions and customary restraints as simply individual choice within an overall liberal framework Whether there is cure for liberal fundamentalism And much more.

Gray Connolly - Barrister, Geopolitical Thinker, Conservative

Gray Connolly is a Barrister-at-Law in Coram Chambers in Sydney, Australia. His practice is mainly in constitutional law, public law, as well as corporations and resources law. Gray has advised the Australian Government on national security and public law matters. Gray served previously as a naval intelligence officer in the Royal Australian Navy in the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, East Timor, and the Middle East, including service in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Gray also periodically writes on national security and governance matters from a conservative perspective. He keeps a blog at “Strategy Counsel” and his Twitter is @GrayConnolly Wide-ranging discussion befitting a man with such deep and broad knowledge about so many things. We cover his political development, Ukraine, Middle East, China, Big Australia, and how close we are to our modern day Caesar crossing the Rubicon.

Virginia Tapscott, Columnist for The Australian - How Did We Get Family Policy So Wrong?

Virginia is a former ABC journalist and now freelance writer based on a farm in southern NSW where she lives there with her husband and four kids. She is a regular contributor to The Australian, author of soon to be published book “All Mothers Work”, and founder of www.parentsworkcollective.org.au She recently spoke at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship in Sydney where we met. In this interview we discuss: How we can improve the image of motherhood in the media, why this is necessary, and how this might be achieved What a sensible pro-natalist / family policy looks like and how we need to make parenting less of a heroic undertaking than it currently is What she makes of the "tradwife" phenomenon What single professional career-minded women do and don't understand about motherhood - pros and cons Whether she considers herself a feminist and her views on Simone De Beauvoir, Betty Friedan and others And much more

Dr Daniel Pitt - Post-liberalism and the Future of Conservatism

I speak with UK academic Dr Daniel Pitt about his recent book on Post-liberalism and the Future of Conservatism. We discuss among other things: The situation in the UK today and why, despite having many erudite and interesting intellectuals, journalists, podcasters on the right, British politics is such a basket case at the moment How British conservatism differs from conservatism in the new world Whether and how liberals and conservatism should cooperate? Why Australia does not have the same intellectual tradition when it comes to "conservatism" What "national conservatism" actually means and how it differs (if at all) from past versions of conservatism Where "red toryism" and "blue labour" are now What a post-liberal and future conservative future looks like. And much more.

Tim Andrews - The Post Trump Election View from Washington DC

My guest today is Tim Andrews is Director of Consumer Issues for Americans for Tax Reform based in Washington DC. He was previously Executive Director of the Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance is or has been on the boards of a host of free market think tanks globally including the HR Nicholls Society, and the Australian Libertarian Society. He previously ran the very successful Friedman Conferences in Sydney for many years. We discussed: The current mood in Washington DC and how people are reacting His interpretation of Trump policy framework and whether it really differs from the previous Reagan centre-right Washington Consensus His views on Ukraine war His views on immigration and his personal experience with the Cronulla Riots in Sydney Our long standing argument on trade policy and why he still is in favour of free trade Whether if any of his policy positions have changed since Trump rise in 2015. How the Trump presidency could go wrong and whether the current national conservative moment could in turn followed by a more libertarian moment in due course And much more.

"Bookish and Based" Catch Up - Post United States Election Special!

Jordan and Dan catch up to discuss the US Election (with joy)! Among other things we discuss: Why Gen X and Gen X swung strongly behind Trump How Trump 2024 differs from 2016 What the new coalition of Tech Bros (Elon, Theil, etc), Media Bros (Rogan, Tucket, etc) , Health Bros (RFK Jr, etc), and Thinking Bros (JD Vance, Vivek, etc) make the MAGA agenda stronger and more durable How the Australian mainstream media and the political class still don't get it How the UK political class are especially clueless How it could all go wrong and right over the next 4 years

John Ruddick - Can Libertarians and National Conservatives Be Friends?

Interview with Hon John Ruddick MLC has been a Libertarian member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 20 April 2023. He is the first member of that party to be elected to the NSW Parliament. Before entering parliament Ruddick was a long-standing member of the Liberal Party and prominent proponent of reform. He is the author of a 2018 book "Make the Liberal Party Great Again". In this episode we discuss: How The Libertarian Party plans to influence the Liberal Party of Australia in a similar way that the Greens influence the Labor Party Whether open primaries for selection of leaders and representatives can work in Australia Where the libertarians differ and agree with the Trump programme on trade, immigration and foreign policy Whether libertarianism is in conflict with the nation-state

Dr Alan Moran - Can subsidies help Australians make more babies?

We interview noted Australian liberal economist Dr Alan Moran about his recent piece in The Spectator regarding the unprecedented demographic decline Australia and other nations are experiencing. We discuss amongst other things: Causes of this decline and possible carrot and stick solutions What the true economic costs of raising kids is and how this should be compensated Why treasury forecasts with population have been so wrong and whether economics has treated demographics seriously enough The problems of baby bust happening at the same time as mass immigration Whether neoliberalism is in part responsible for the decline and whether current policy setting need to be readjusted What a Trump victory means for trade and liberalism generally The Spectator piece here: https://www.spectator.com.au/2024/10/can-subsidies-help-australians-make-more-babies/

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