My guest today is Harry Jee, Managing Editor of Pimlico Journal, a UK based online magazine.

Today we discuss one of Harry's recent articles entitled "Islam The Great Red Herring".

In it he argues that focusing overly on radical political Islam is not a strategically helpful way of tackling mass immigration and that the problem with Islam are often overstated compared to other ethnic groups.

He also contends that Islam is often used as a trojan horse by the establishment right re-asserting its preferred foreign policy positions such interventions in the Middle East.

He also takes issue with framing out malaise as a battle between Christianity and Islam and says this is often done instead of addressing material concerns of voters.

I push back on many of these and other points but I think it is very useful debate and conversation.

https://www.pimlicojournal.co.uk/p/islam-the-great-red-herring

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My guest today is former Australian Labor Party Minister Gary Johns, who is the editor of a new book entitled "Australian Apartheid - The Aboriginalisation of Australia".

Today we discuss:

- What he means by "Australian Apartheid" and whether that is the appropriate term to use?

- Whether a paternalistic approach is unavoidable for indigenous ethnic minorities?

- What explains the on-going gap in health, education, life expectancy and other metrics between indigenous and non-indigenous

- We also examine critically many of the oft-repeated statements about and programs that have been put in place to help indigenous Australians

And much much more

https://quadrant.org.au/product/pre-sale-australian-apartheid/

My guest today is Waleed Aly, academic and journalist and former host of Australian TV show, "The Project".

Today we discuss:

• His recent Quarterly Essay "Time of Monsters: What Future for Liberalism?"
• Whether liberalism is hostile to virtue, religion, and the nation state?
• Why critiques of liberalism, which have always existed, have such purchase in our current age?
• Whether he considers himself a liberal and how he expects things to play out over the next few years.

And much, much, more

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waleed_Aly

https://www.quarterlyessay.com.au/essay/2026/09/time-of-monsters/extract