Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps
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Stephen Fry on Love, Trump and Learning Not to Care
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Midterms! France! Josh is in DC! Yayyy
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BREAKING: A Note on Political Violence
October 21, 2026 · 26 minIs it more ethical to prosecute your moral beliefs, or to understand people who disagree? Who, exactly, is fomenting polarisation? Who is capable, potentially, of political violence? Is it, perhaps, all of us? Especially those of us…
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"Why are you here?" with Tim Urban
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How my upbringing shaped my world view with Josh Szeps
October 15, 2026 · 1 hr 50 minThis episode is from the You’re A Good Kid podcast, featuring your humble host, Josh Szeps. This is a candid look into the life and mind of a boy who grew up in Sydney's inner suburbs and how love, family, and creativity shaped his strong…
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How A.I. is "Demolishing" Mathematics
October 12, 2026 · 1 hr 5 minA.I. is unleashing a “judgment day” on everything from algebra and geometry to probability and logic. What happens to human knowledge when it's dropped in our laps instead of being understood? It was just days ago that OpenAI dumped 722…
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Consent and the "Cornell 7"
October 8, 2026 · 1 hr 23 minA female university student visits a male frat house at night. She is drugged and raped, for seven hours, by seven male students. She reports it but the university authorities sweep it under the rug. No charges are laid. That's the story…
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JUST JOSH: Conspiracies & FlyDubai, Oh My
October 6, 2026 · 1 hr 4 minWhen does healthy scepticism become unhinged suspicion? How do you know if you’re being gullible or sensible? What are the cognitive traps that social media pulls us into? And why should you care? As soon as news broke of a violent attack…
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Why do smart people believe stupid things?
October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 26 minEvery human mind is a propaganda machine. It manufactures certainty, reinforces old narratives, and keeps us loyal to beliefs that no longer serve us. In an era of infinite information and AI-generated content, these internal distortions…
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Free speech, hate speech, and the limits of Liberal tolerance with Sami Shah
September 28, 2026 · 1 hr 45 minWhat do we actually owe each other in a society trying to hold pluralism, free speech, and real religious and ethnic tension together at the same time? Josh sits down with comedian, writer, and Crikey columnist Sami Shah, born Muslim in…
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Who's hacking you right now? with ethical hacker Assadi Youssef
September 24, 2026 · 1 hr 22 minWhen you read news about a data breach which might have exposed your information, do you even care? Who’s behind all this hacking: China, Russia, or a nerd in his parents’ basement? Are our water and electrical systems at risk? And is A.I…

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