My guest today is Freya Leach who is, amongst other things, a commentator for Sky News Australia and Director of Youth Policy at the Menzies Research Institute. Today we discuss:

• Her background, how she became involved in politics
• How Australian politicians can do social media better, the hazards and opportunities it presents, and lessons we can learn from the US
• Whether women really are uninterested in "culture wars" and how the right might appeal to them
• Her new interest in "national conservatism" and why the old Howard era policy framework is out of date

And much much more.

https://x.com/FLeach31787

https://x.com/MenziesRC

https://x.com/SkyNewsAust

My guest today is Matthew Grant, National Governor of The Australian Natives' Association.

Today we discuss:

• The history of the Australian Native Association, the role it played in federation and why it has been resurrected today.
• Why Australian history from federation until the 1970s is generally seen as backward socially, culturally, and economically by Australia’s political class
• Immigration – the rationale for the so-called “White Australia” policy, how we should view it, and how the issue of mass immigration and Australian nationalism should be addressed today.
• How the ANA hopes to stop young men falling in to more noxious harmful ideologies
• Their plans for the future and how he believes the nationalist issues will play out in Australia and across the Western world over the next few years

https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/australian-natives-association

https://ausnatives.org/

My guest today is Kenneth Crowther, the founding principal of St John Henry Newman College, an independent Catholic classical school in Brisbane.

He recently completed his PhD in early modern cultural history and Shakespeare. He writes and speaks often about classical education in the liberal arts, and cohosts a podcast all about it, called Educating Humans.

1. The Chinese appreciate and teach their children Classical Chinese. Indians recognize the importance of Sanskrit. Do Europeans need to have a familiarity with Latin and Greek to understand their own civilization?

2. What is his explanation for why classical education has been phased out from mainstream education in the West?

3. Does learning the classics make someone more religious or at the very least a better citizen?

4. Is he optimistic for a rebirth of classical education in Australia and the West more generally?

https://educatinghumans.buzzsprout.com/

https://newmancollege.qld.edu.au/