Episodes 16
Avg. Duration 49m
Activity Declining
Since Aug 2024
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
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Episodic
Consistency
43%
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anchor.fm

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Australian issues - about the human person and his society

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016: Gen Z is trapped and unhappy - Parnell Palme McGuinness

Mar 28, 2026 31m

Is Gen Z entitled, or are they facing hurdles their parents didn't face? Are they as satisfied with life as other generations? Parnell Palme McGuinness, researcher at the Centre for Independent…

010: Raising men in the modern world - Maxim Smith

Mar 21, 2026 46m

I interview Maxim Smith, the 20-year-old author of The Preparation, a manual for turning boys into men, through character, virtue, skills, higher learning, hobbies and recreation. Maxim is half way…

015: Raising the next generation, rebuilding Australia - Virginia Tapscott and Gerard Holland

Mar 15, 2026 55m

On X, I described the report the Page Research Centre just released as "remarkable" - a genuinely pro-family policy agenda for Australia aimed at a long-term rebuilding of the country and the social…

014: It’s no longer ‘set and forget’ for Australia - Cian Hussey

Mar 07, 2026 1h 4m

We've had it pretty good for a long time - a high standard of living and a relatively safe country - but things are starting to slip here in Australia. Cian Hussey, Research Fellow at the Institute…

013: New organisations on the Australian right

Feb 28, 2026 13m

Recently, three new organisations launched on the right of Australian politics, responding to political failure and the increasingly worrisome direction of the country. A very brief commentary from…

012: Generational wealth and an Australian aristocracy of excellence - Martin Fitzgerald and Dani

Jan 26, 2026 1h 10m

We discuss Johann Kurtz’s book, Leaving a Legacy, specifically:*the ethics of passing on wealth to your children*the importance of building family virtue and passing on a strong culture, and *an…

011: Willpower, desires and goal setting

Jan 03, 2026 11m

The best framework I've found for maximising willpower, setting goals to succeed, and competing desires.(00:00) Introduction(01:39) The will and competing desires(03:55) Desires vs demands(06:43)…

009: Basic facts of childcare we can’t ignore, and prospects for change

Dec 07, 2025 22m

Here I provide my own perspective on childcare - the decisions facing modern families, facts we have to confront about childcare, and the difficulty but possibility of effecting change.This follows…

008: Reassessing Australian childcare - Dr Gigi Foster

Nov 29, 2025 1h 4m

The fact that our society, on mass scale, places very young children in childcare, has been on my mind, and so I decided to look into it. Firstly, I spoke with Dr Gigi Foster of UNSW about her…

007: Better late than never

Nov 23, 2025 7m

The podcast is back. I talk about the future and my interests with the podcast. Find me on X: x.com/mattsinglebrushSubstack newsletter: humanecologyaus.substack.com

006: ESG and corporate governance in Australia - Peter Swan

Oct 26, 2024 1h 3m

ESG is trendy and often well meaning but is it a threat to Australian business and the economy? What is the real reason for the rise of ESG? Professor Peter Swan of the University of New South Wales…

005: Spiritual exercises for the liberal society - Alexandre Lefebvre

Oct 13, 2024 1h 2m

Professor Alexandre Lefebvre, author of Liberalism as a Way of Life, joins me to discuss liberalism (a companion to episode 004 with Tom Sarrouf). Alex offers his take on Deneen (whether liberalism…

004: Postliberalism and educating an alternate elite - Tom Sarrouf

Sep 14, 2024 1h 32m

My guest is Tom Sarrouf from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute in the US, an educational institution devoted to educating future leaders for liberty. Tom’s a proponent of postliberalism, and…

003: Educating for true freedom - Martin Fitzgerald

Sep 05, 2024 1h 22m

My good, wise friend Martin Fitzgerald – Head of Philosophy at Redfield College in Sydney – joins me to provide the philosophical side of human ecology. He provides a definition of freedom that…

002: Gittins on government and ethics - Ross Gittins

Aug 18, 2024 50m

It was a privilege to speak with the legendary economics commentator and journalist over media ethics, the efficiency of more government regulation and intervention, the morality of giving amid big…

001: The classical liberal improving Australian education - Trisha Jha

Aug 12, 2024 59m

Trisha Jha has an interesting view on education – what works, what’s possible, how to improve it. She’s seen the effects of distant decisions on students and teachers and has a clear view on how to…

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