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Professor Nikolai Petrovsky invented a Covid-19 vaccine. He took his own vaccine. He was fired and cancelled for refusing and calling out the potential dangers of competing technologies (mRNA). He has been labelled a conspiracy theorist and an 'antivaxxer' in a stunning display of ignorance and doublespeak. https://www.linkedin.com/in/petrovsky https://vaxine.net

Jay Vidanage is a barrister and solicitor from Old Port Chambers in Adelaide, Australia. Jay believes that it's only a matter of time before the wheels of justice come down on vaccine mandates. He points to recent wins in court that demonstrate a shift in judicial tone around Covid-19, vaccines, and vaccine mandates. Most concerning is the way mandates and directions are being declared unlawfu...

Something in politics is broken. We all know it. Politicians have become masters of getting elected whilst getting nothing done in the real world. Is there a way to get them to focus on solving actual problems rather than chasing polls and keeping their jobs? Iain Walker is the Executive Director of the New Democracy Foundation, an independent research organisation that designs and implements &#39...

With so much of our world in seeming flux, decay and upheaval, it is becoming popular to ask if we are witnessing the death of the world we always knew. Why do our cultures and institutions pursue relentless 'change' with such zeal? Why are we redefining language and logic to support subjective views? Are we destined for a societal train wreck? Senior Pastor of Berwick Church of Christ, Br...

In tough times humans look to our comedians to fearlessly call bullsh*t on our human foibles and absurdities. Corey White takes no hostages in this hour-long set, murdering every sacred cow you hold dear. Tune in for a dose of humour, reality and relief as this comedian from The People's Republic of Western Clownia (Western Australia) brings the fire. The full comedy special is available for p...

Dr James Stewart is an Australian doctor at the forefront of plant-based medicine and medical cannabis. As a General Practitioner he found pharmaceutical solutions frustrating in their narrow focus and lengthy side effect profiles and began to incorporate plant-based treatments in his practice. He is now sought out by celebrities and business leaders who are looking for expert advice and care when...

On tonight's show with Obstetrician Dr Tom Cade and paramedic turned doctor Dr Sean Runacres, brought to you by Intensive Care at Home : PLACEBO VACCINES? Data from a German/Danish study raises whether placebo batches exist, and whether authorities already know about them. WE AREN'T MAKING BABIES ANYMORE Global fertility rates have been crashing around the world for a long time. Why? THE A...

Nick Karamouzis is a retired lawyer who regained his practising certificate to start defending Australians he feels are being marginalised by their governments. He is also the Chair of Self Employed Australia, and has a successful post-law career in business. In this interview he shares his hatred of woke culture, the obsession with racism and transgenderism, why he believes Australian governments...

Daniel Lopez is the contributor editor overseeing Australia for U.S. based Jacobin magazine which offers a socialist perspective on politics, economics and culture. He is an active member of the 'Victorian Socialists' party which achieved a remarkable result in the 2022 state election. Daniel visited the Discernable studio to explore the evils that neo-liberalism has wrought on the world,...

Graeme Cann has been at the forefront of combatting domestic violence and child sexual abuse in Australia for 60 years. He is the founder of The Christian Counselling Association of Australia, and has counselled hundreds of victims and perpetrators of child sexual abuse since 1960. Graeme has come to the conclusion that 'power asymmetry' is insufficient to explain domestic violence and chi...

Better than QandA is a new format live panel show that appeals to those who want to think deeply about the world today. Tonight’s topic ‘The Future of Australian Politics’ welcomes former Labor Minister (2014-2021) Luke Donnellan MP, Founder of Self Employed Australia Ken Phillips, and Emily Coltraine from Voice for Victoria. All of Discernable’s town halls, merch, interviews and events:  https://...

Dr Aseem Malhotra is a British Consultant Cardiologist and a world-renowned expert in the prevention, diagnosis and management of heart disease. He is regularly published in the British Medical Journal, British Journal of Sports Medicine, BMJ Open Heart, JAMA Internal Medicine, Prescriber, The Pharmaceutical Journal, European Scientist, The Guardian and Observer, BBC online, Huffington Post, The D...

These are the stories of ten Victoria Police officers who served in the Vietnam War between 1964 and1972. Plucked from policing the streets of Melbourne, they were expected to serve their mandatory period of national service before returning to Victoria Police with no support, psychological evaluation, or job retraining, often policing protests against the very war they never wanted to serve in, a...

Adam Creighton is an award-winning journalist and now Washington Correspondent for The Australian. He has been a vocal critic of lockdown policy by governments around the world back when it was dangerous to stand out from the journalist crowd He joined Discernable to discuss: Insane Covid-19 policies that wrecked the world Is there pressure in mainstream media to take a particular stance? Did the...

Rob McMullan returns to Discernable to discuss the ongoing drift in society toward 'empathising' and 'caretaking' which ultimately leads to mass dependence. Is Australia destined to become a nation of compliant serfs who are comfortably satiated but totally without agency? Rob foresees a two-tiered society of Elites and Serfs...a 'dependent mass' and an 'inner city elit...

This is a standalone episode summarising the 'Not Above the Law' case against Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and other named politicians and bureaucrats, run by Self Employed Australia over hotel quarantine failures. It is a story of government malfeasance, admission and farce (government prosecuting itself), and ultimately judicial activism where the presiding judge created and offered...

Three cancelled medical professionals joined us to tell their stories of censorship by the Australian medical system. All three were de-registered by their professional licensing bodies for expressing views divergent from the ‘allowed’ opinion. Since their expulsion from medicine, many of their views have become accepted fact though that does little to restore their careers. Dr Paul Oosterhuis pra...

John Pesutto is the State Liberal Member for Hawthorn, Liberal Leader of the Victorian Opposition and Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs. He lost his seat in 2018 but re-won it in the Nov 2022 state election, before quickly being elected as party leader. He joined Discernable to answer questions around what the Liberal Party actually stands for, why they made moves against their own MPs Moi...

On tonight's show with Ken Phillips and Nick Karamouzis from Self Employed Australia: VICTORIA IS BROKEN Once again Daniel Andrews is dogged by allegations of corruption in his government. We look at the systemic nature of 'grey corruption' that is now widely acknowledged across left and right wing media. We make comparisons with Liberal corruption in other states such as NSW. NOT ABOV...

Kos Samaras has over 25 years of experience in advertising and politics. Between 2005 to 2019 he served as Victorian Labor’s Deputy Campaign Director and is now the Director of Redbridge Group Australia, a social and community research company. He specialises in combining research and socio-political analysis to illustrate emerging trends within the Australian community. He joined Discernable to d...

Better than QandA is a new format live panel show that appeals to those who want to think deeply about the world today. Tonight's topic 'Impossible Conversations with Peter Boghossian' explores epistemology: how do you know what you know? After demonstrating multiple games of 'street epistemology' we will dive into the 'Sokal Squared' 'Grievance Studies Affair'...

On Mondays at 9:35pm you can tune into the ABC and watch their attempt at having an open discussion or at 7:30pm you can watch something better. Better than QandA is a new format live panel show that appeals to those who want to think deeply about the world today. Tonight's show is brought to you by the 20 brave souls in the room who helped seed what we hope becomes a monthly event. Tonight&#3...

Trung Luu spent 24 years investigating crime scenes as a sworn member of Victoria Police. In 2022 Trung was elected to parliament as the Liberal Party's first Vietnamese MP in Victoria. He travelled to Australia by boat as a young refugee and has since built a life and family in the western suburbs of Melbourne. In this sit down we discussed the Liberal Party's attempted expulsion of Moira...

Dr Tien Kieu was a Labor MP in the Daniel Andrews government 2018-2022. During that time he continued to publish academic papers as a theoretical physicist. His story today comes in three parts: refugees, politics and science. For conversation on the politics and ethics of Covid-l9 lockdowns and government support of minorities in general and communism, skip to 20min 42sec. For our discussion on q...

What is the core promise of Jesus Christ and Christianity? Rather than settle for common caricatures, we invited Bishop Paul Barker to take us to the very centre of the faith where he explained the scandalous claims it makes. What is faith? Is it testable? Does it lean on any empiricism and science or is it purely a 'leap of faith'?  What about social justice - is that the key message of Chri...