Bogan Intelligentsia

Podcast Details : : 45 min | Released 05 July, 2026 |  Wendy Bacon – Investigative Journalist & Activist   Support the Launch: Subscribe for free on Substack at www.boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month).  Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.  Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates.  Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month.  Share th...

In this hard-hitting episode of Bogan Intelligentsia (Episode 67), we sit down with Michael West — one of Australia’s most fearless independent journalists and founder of Michael West Media — for a no-holds-barred look at power, influence, and the battle for truth in Australian media. Michael unpacks the explosive BHP court case against MWM and injured whistleblower Simon Turner, exposing how corp...

In this powerful and timely episode of Bogan Intelligentsia, we sit down with Laith Marouf — Beirut-based journalist, founder of ⁨@tvfreepalestine⁩ and one of the most consistent on-the-ground voices reporting from Lebanon and the resistance front. Laith delivers a hard-hitting update on the situation in southern Lebanon, exposing Israeli ceasefire violations, double-tap strikes in Tyre, the symbo...

In this episode of Bogan Intelligentsia, we sit down with Anneke Demanuele — Victorian Socialists Upper House candidate for Western Metropolitan in the 2026 Victorian state election, co-host of The Party Line podcast, Red Flag contributor, and leading anti-far-right organiser.  Anneke talks about socialism in Australia today, the mission and strategy of Victorian Socialists, and how the left can f...

In this powerful episode of Bogan Intelligentsia, we sit down with Marcus Strom — veteran science journalist, former Sydney Morning Herald science editor, ex-MEAA president, and national convener of Labor Against War. As editor of the new Labor Tribune and a leading socialist voice in the ALP, Marcus delivers a sharp analysis of the left’s crisis, union failures, and anti-imperialist politics in A...

In this powerful and timely episode of Bogan Intelligentsia, we sit down with one of Australia’s leading criminal defence lawyers and civil liberties advocate, Nick Hanna. As principal of Hanna Legal and Chairperson of the newly launched Civil Liberties Defence Centre, Nick has been at the forefront of the fight for protest rights. Fresh from his major victory in the NSW Court of Appeal striking d...

In this timely episode 62 of Bogan Intelligentsia, Joel Jenkins speaks with veteran Australian political journalist and publisher of New Politics, Eddy Jokovich. Fresh off his latest article “The Continuing Failure of Politics,” Eddy breaks down the deepening crisis in Australian governance exposed by the Royal Commission interim report, the Albanese government’s handling of the US/Israel war on I...

In this timely interview, James Godfrey — Steering Committee member of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and long-time Australian activist with Free Gaza Australia — joins us for a discussion on the historic Spring 2026 Gaza Freedom Flotilla.  Podcast Details: 40 min | Released 23 April, 2026 | James Godfrey – Inside the Largest Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Israeli Attacks & Breaking the Siege  Support...

In episode 60 of Bogan Intelligentsia, Joel Jenkins sits down with Australian Greens Senator David Shoebridge for a no-holds-barred discussion on Australia’s foreign policy, national sovereignty, and the escalating conflicts in West Asia. Senator Shoebridge delivers a sharp critique of Australia’s rush to back the war in West Asia, the shifting US alliance under Trump, the future of AUKUS, and the...

 In this hard-hitting episode of Bogan Intelligentsia, we sit down with Beirut-based Palestinian-Syrian journalist, media producer, and founder of   Free Palestine TV, Laith Marouf. From his direct on-the-ground reporting in southern Lebanon, Laith delivers raw, unfiltered truth about the ongoing Israeli occupation, the resistance, and the human reality in Lebanon today. Laith shares what makes on...

In this hard-hitting episode of Bogan Intelligentsia, we sit down with independent Lebanese journalist Hussein Assaf, known as “Hussein of the South”. From his roots in southern Lebanon, Hussein delivers unfiltered ground truth about the current situation in Lebanon under ongoing Israeli occupation. We explore Lebanon’s complex history — its sectarian divisions rooted in colonial design, the legac...

In this episode of Bogan Intelligentsia, we sit down with Shaiel ben Ephraim, a former IDF officer and veteran of Israel’s notorious Unit 8200 intelligence corps. With Israel engaged in simultaneous wars against Iran and a brutal ground invasion of Lebanon, Shaiel cuts through the official narratives and media blackouts to deliver a rare insider’s assessment of what’s really happening. We discuss...

In Episode 56 of Bogan Intelligentsia, we sit down with former Australian Defence Force officer and experienced war planner Stuart McCarthy. On the eve of potential boots-on-the-ground escalation in Iran, Stuart cuts through the media blackouts and misreporting to reveal what’s really happening on the ground. Major McCarthy unpacks the developments and suggests that Australia is now at war.  Durat...

In Episode 45 of Bogan Intelligentsia, we sit down with MUDRAT — the explosive Australian artist delivering raw, confrontational, and cathartic music with a clear working-class edge and a cutting political message. The conversation explores how all art is political, the contrast between their high-energy shows and Australia’s cultural wasteland, and the band’s journey from liberal views to class c...

In Episode 44 of Bogan Intelligentsia, we sit down with Renee Davidson — founder of the fast-growing independent platform Mssing Context — for a sharp, unflinching look at how Australian media has covered (and often distorted) the Palestine-Israel conflict. Renee launched Mssing Context in July 2025 to directly challenge misleading narratives in mainstream Australian outlets. Renee shares insights...

In Episode 53 of Bogan Intelligentsia, we sit down with Dr Warwick Powell — adjunct professor, supply-chain veteran, blockchain pioneer, and author of the brand-new book Thermoeconomics in a Time of Monsters: Rethinking Theory, China and International Geopolitical Economy (released March 15, 2026) — for a breakdown of why energy is the real foundation of value in economies. Dr Powell lays out his...

In Episode 52 of Bogan Intelligentsia, we sit down with Major Cameron Leckie — retired ADF officer, strategic analyst, and outspoken critic of Australia's overseas military entanglements — for a no-holds-barred critique of Australia's decision to deploy the E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft (with ~85 personnel) to the Gulf amid the escalating Iran conflict. The discussion explores dip...

In this eye-opening Episode 51, we sit down with Senator Rex Patrick — former Australian Senator for South Australia, submariner, and renowned Transparency Warrior — for a hard-hitting discussion on Australia's critical fuel security crisis amid the escalating Iran war. Patrick reveals how government assurances of "no shortage" and secure supplies clash with reality, drawing on his FOI-obtained Na...

In this milestone Episode 50, we sit down with Lucy Hamilton — independent Australian journalist, doctoral researcher at UTS, and leading investigator into the Atlas Network's influence on politics, neoliberalism, and the rise of Christian Nationalism — for a deep dive into the hidden networks shaping Australian and global right-wing movements.  Podcast Details : Duration: ~42m | Release Date: Wed...

In Episode 49, Dr Scott Burchill — Honorary Fellow in International Relations at Deakin University — delivers a realist analysis of the 2026 Iran war: US carpet bombing of Tehran, Iranian missile successes, coalition air dominance, censored damage footage, Trump’s chaotic leadership (Pahlavi, Rubio, Hegseth), Iran’s GCC strategy, mosaic defence vs US power, French/NATO creep, Australia’s strong OE...

In this episode we sit down with Grace Tame — survivor, 2021 Australian of the Year, founder of the Grace Tame Foundation, and fierce advocate against child sexual abuse — for a direct, survivor-led breakdown of the Epstein files' horrors, elite silence, cultural normalisation of evil, and intersections with global vulnerabilities like systematic child abuse. Podcast Details: Duration: ~60m | Rele...

In Episode 47 we sit down with Chris Sidoti — veteran Australian human rights lawyer, former Australian Human Rights Commissioner, and current member of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel — for an important examination of accountability, international law, and Australia's moral crossroads. Sidoti dissec...

In Episode 46 we sit down with Professor Warwick Powell – Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology, expert on global political economy, China’s rise, tariffs as geopolitical tools, and Australia’s place in a fracturing world order – for a clear-eyed, incisive examination of the accelerating rupture in the international system. Powell unpacks Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s dr...

In Episode 45 we sit down with Dr Scott Burchill – Honorary Fellow in International Relations at Deakin University, former Senior Lecturer, and longtime analyst of global politics – for a deep, unflinching examination of the ongoing crisis in Iran amid the massive protests that erupted in late December 2025 and continue into 2026. Dr Burchills independent analysis gives a clear-eyed look at the pr...

In this episode we sit down again with Dr Rodrigo Acuña – independent journalist, Latin America specialist with a PhD on Venezuelan foreign policy, and author of a recent Truthout article – for a sharp, unflinching return conversation amid the explosive US-Venezuela standoff in late December 2025. This is the independent analysis mainstream outlets won’t touch: a clear-eyed look at Trump’s oil tan...