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In this week's episode of The People's Project: STRANGLING THE SELF-EMPLOYED Is there really a war against small business and the self-employed in Australia? VICTORIA IN CRISIS Once again the ambulance and health system are in crisis. But this week we explore the crisis in Victoria Police that is leaving 24/7 'open' stations CLOSED 24/7! THE RISE OF THE INDEPENDENTS Do the Liberals really 'stand f...

Paul Frijters is a Professor of Wellbeing Economics at the London School of Economics: from 2016 through November 2019 at the Center for Economic Performance, thereafter at the Department of Social Policy. He writes extensively on the realities of lockdowns and the 'why' behind the madness of crowds.  In this interview we explored: The loud voices for and against lockdowns, and where those vo...

What are human rights? Do our laws create our human rights or do they simply recognise rights that pre-exist government? Human rights lawyer Peter Fam joins us to explore the state of human rights in Australia and how the period 2020-2022 confirms the fears of many pracitioners: that human rights are not well understood by Australians. Peter's law firm Maats Method is making a submission to the Au...

Thomas Harrington, Senior Scholar at the Brownstone Institute, is an essayist and Professor Emeritus of Hispanic Studies at Trinity College in Hartford (USA) where he taught for 24 years. He joins Discernable to discuss what appears to be a worldwide repeat of the infamous Milgram experiment where ordinary people are pushed to commit extraordinary atrocities by authority figures. As an expert in t...

Alex Washburne has undergraduate degrees in biology and applied mathematics from University of New Mexico and a PhD from a Princeton University studying competition in ecological, epidemiological, and economic systems. He’s actively researched COVID epidemiology, the economic impacts of pandemic policy, and stock + capital market responses to epidemiological news. In this interview we explored: Co...

In this week's episode of The People's Project: RAIN RAIN GO AWAY With more floods in NSW the panel wonders why we keep protesting against natural disaster mitigation measures in favour of climate change action SAVERS ARE LOSERS Interest rates are up for mortgage holders but not for self-funded retirees or those with savings EMERGENCY FOREVER Media and government are testing the waters for masks m...

Sam Russell is the founder of Klef and has spent years working with blockchain technologies. Having seen the rise (and fall) of so many blockchains he joins Discernable to explain how to make sense of cryptocurrencies and NFTs. Watch the full interview at: https://discernable.io/sam-russell-the-realities-of-blockchain-cryptocurrencies-and-nfts ------------------------------------- DISCERNABLE The...

In this week's episode of The People's Project: UNCOMFORTABLE SPEECH PRGuy17 and Aussie Cossack - do they both deserve our protection? Praise? Condemnation? ARE LIBERAL'S WEAK? Why is it that the left wing of politics in Australia continually win the policy war? Do Liberals need to show the same arrogance as the ALP and just refuse to quit even in the face of scandal? THE LEGALITY OF ROE v WADE We...

Many Australians have experienced injury after a Covid-19 vaccination and had their cases sidelined, minimised or ignored. jab_injuries_australia has carefully incubated a feed and a community that puts the spotlight purely on the victims and their stories...not on the science and not on the politics. Ultimately we are witnessing the creation of a qualitative dataset that documents what others ref...

Tim Cudmore suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in childhood and now lives with a unique brain structure. Tim is sought out by organisations and government departments in a consulting capacity to understand human behaviours and lived experiences. In this interview Tim shared his thoughts on behavioural foundations in humans, and how he extrapolates those observations to make future predictions...

Kirsten is a 20 year veteran in the Victorian health system. Her dream was always to become a paramedic, and after 7 years as a registered nurse in critical care she achieved her goal and went on to serve as a paramedic for a further 13 years. In late 2021 she was given an impossible choice - submit to Ambulance Victoria's vaccination mandate for Covid-19 and risk serious consequences due to her p...

In this week's episode of The People's Project: NSW TEACHER STRIKE 'It doesn't even keep up with inflation!' RONA SIBLING EMERGES The latest on the threat emerging in NSW BLACKROCK'S WOKE TAKEOVER VIA ESG How Blackrock controls our culture with ESG scores, and how Netflix is finally fighting back CHINA IS CORRECT ON ASSANGE Ken describes it as 'a bunch of hypocrites calling another bunch of hypocr...

Canadian social commentator Kate Wand joins Discernable to discuss the decline of old world values and systems in favour of a 'Brave New World' where human autonomy is sacrificed in pursuit of a utopia dreamed up by societal elites and bankers. Her creative work in Canada interviewing prominent figures and producing short films  highlights historical similarities between the current moment an...

Why are humans so addicted to new technology? We race to embrace that latest technological development even when it makes a task more difficult. We ignore the inefficiency we just created whilst marvelling at our engineering prowess! Tom Goodwin points out and corrects these errors in judgement in his work as a consultant, speaker, author and presenter to organisations where the C Suite are at ris...

In this week's episode of The People's Project: OUT OF JUICE (AGAIN) The NSW Government tells everyone to stop washing their dishes at night time to keep the electricity running MORE MINIMUM WAGES! PM Anthony Albanese gets his wish. After demanding a rise in the minimum wage greater than inflation (5.1%), the Fair Work Commission delivers a rise of 5.2%. MASS FORMATION PSYCHOSIS Mattias Desmet rel...

What exactly did Clive Palmer get for his near $100m spend on the Australian Federal Election?  In this interview we explore: Craig Kelly's failure to be re-elected Clive Palmer's failure to be elected to QLD's senate $100m burned without a seat to show for it Labelling UAP and minor party voters as 'deplorables' The political momentum that is not going away Julian Fayad thrived in software d...

Gabriel Finochio is a Christian Bible teacher and founder of Theos University - the Netflix of Biblical study. More importantly, he is bringing hope to the world as the founder of multiple meme pages such as @wokejesuschrist that take aim at the decline of western culture as it embraces relativism, post-modernism, wokeism and deconstructionism. In this conversation we covered: The demise of wester...

Shaun Kirk is an award-winning singer/songwriter from Melbourne. He joined us in our new studios to explore the mind of a songwriter and share his journey making sense of the world. Ultimately we reflect on what it means to be human and how to see the world in a less reactive way. Parts of this interview include profound but difficult discussions of suicide and mental health struggles. Watch the f...

This week's episode of The People's Project is a dedicated special on the Health System Crisis in Victoria, Australia. We will be hearing what it's like on the inside of: Ambulance Victoria ESTA (000 call centre) Victoria Police Monash Health hospitals  both before and during Covid. Tonight's panel is full of highly experienced emergency workers who have not only lost their jobs because of va...

Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy AM, MBBS(Hons), BSc(Med), PhD, DSc, FRACP, FRCPA, FRS(N) is a practising clinical immunologist with an international reputation for research in autoimmune disease, immunisation and mucosal inflammatory disease. He was Foundation Professor of Pathology at the University of Newcastle, where he established the Newcastle Mucosal Immunology Group, identifying mechanisms...

In this episode of The People's Project: WHAT HAVE WE DONE? Australians are recovering from the hard work of electing our politicians. As the hangover clears some are asking - what have we done? EVERYDAY HIGH PRICES The cost of living is exploding and has finally reached Australian shores. Is it inflation? Something else? What is inflation anyway? OUT OF JUICE Extraordinary times as the wholesale...

We had audio issues for the first hour, but the following 5 hours were solid. Massive guest list and and deep discussion of Australia's political pivot.

Gigi Foster is a Professor and Director of Education at The School of Economics at UNSW Business School. She holds qualifications in ethics, politics and economics, and joined Discernable for a second time to explain inflation and cost of living. As the world suffers escalating prices on nearly all goods and services, are we experiencing inflation? Or is this simply market prices reflecting fluctu...

Jacob Mchangama is the founder of Justitia, Denmark's first judicial think tank with a focus on human rights, freedom rights, and the rule of law. A practising attorney for many years, Jacob has become one of the world's most sought-after and awarded experts on free speech driven by his extensive writing and media work.  His most recent book Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Medi...

LibDems candidates Damian Coory flew down to Melbourne to check out our new studios and tell us what is on his mind. We talked about all the hot topics: climate change, abortion, vaccine adverse events, and Youtube stars Dr Vinay Prasad, ZDoggMD and Dr John Campbell. Watch the full clip fast and ad-free at: https://discernable.io/damian-coory-comes-to-town ------------------------------------- DIS...