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Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps

by Josh Szeps

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  • The Israeli Election We Promised Not to Talk About

    October 27, 2026 · 59 min

    Israelis go to the polls on Tuesday. If Netanyahu is returned to power, does it get harder to argue that criticism of Israel is really criticism of its government? And why does nobody seem to be changing their vote? Yael Bar Tur is an…

  • Stephen Fry on Love, Trump and Learning Not to Care

    October 26, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min

    This episode is part of The Best Of series and was originally posted in 2024. Few Britons are as iconic as Stephen Fry. On TV, he’s an Emmy-winning comedy legend immortalised in shows like A Bit of Fry & Laurie, Jeeves & Wooster, and…

  • Midterms! France! Josh is in DC! Yayyy

    October 22, 2026 · 24 min

    Is the exhausted majority stuck choosing between two extremes that can’t be satisfied, and what happens when the far left and far right go head to head? Josh chats with comedy writer and author of I Might Be Wrong, Jeff Maurer, live from a…

  • BREAKING: A Note on Political Violence

    October 21, 2026 · 26 min

    Is 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…

  • "Why are you here?" with Tim Urban

    October 19, 2026 · 1 hr 52 min

    This episode is part of The Best Of series and was originally posted in 2021. Tim Urban’s first appearance on this show remains one of my all-time favourites. Why are you here? Are we alone in the universe? Will we extinguish ourselves?…

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  • How my upbringing shaped my world view with Josh Szeps

    October 15, 2026 · 1 hr 50 min

    This 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…

  • How A.I. is "Demolishing" Mathematics

    October 12, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    A.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…

  • Consent and the "Cornell 7"

    October 8, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

    A 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…

  • JUST JOSH: Conspiracies & FlyDubai, Oh My

    October 6, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

    When 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…

  • Why do smart people believe stupid things?

    October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 26 min

    Every 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…

  • Free speech, hate speech, and the limits of Liberal tolerance with Sami Shah

    September 28, 2026 · 1 hr 45 min

    What 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…

  • Who's hacking you right now? with ethical hacker Assadi Youssef

    September 24, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min

    When 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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About the show

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. A DM Podcast