The Antony Loewenstein Podcast

If you value independent journalism, support this show : https://bit.ly/4rqn9wF In this episode, Antony traces how the post-9/11 “War on Terror” helped shape today’s political and media climate including the normalization of anti-Palestinian racism across many Western elite circles. He revisits the early messaging of “tolerance” from George W. Bush alongside the reality of Afghanistan, torture, re...

If you value independent journalism, support this show : https://bit.ly/4rqn9wF This week, Antony Loewenstein speaks with Randa Abdel-Fattah; Palestinian Australian writer, academic, and former lawyer, and author most recently of “Discipline”. They reflect on knowing each other for over two decades, before turning to Randa’s visits to Palestine in 2000 and 2010 with her father, including returning...

If you value independent journalism, support this show : https://bit.ly/4rqn9wF In this episode, Antony Loewenstein speaks with Grace Tame; survivor, advocate, columnist, and former Australian of the Year, about the accelerating crisis of child sexual abuse in the age of artificial intelligence As AI tools become cheaper, faster, and more accessible, Grace explains how child sex offenders are once...

If you value independent journalism, support this show : https://bit.ly/4rqn9wF In the first episode of 2026, Antony Loewenstein unpacks the political aftershocks of the Bondi attack and the fight now raging over how it’s being used. From the push for a Royal Commission to the weaponisation of antisemitism claims, to the shrinking space for Palestinian and Muslim voices in Australia’s cultural ins...

If you value independent journalism, support this show : https://bit.ly/4rqn9wF In this episode independent journalist Antony Loewenstein joins Jan Fran to discuss the Bondi terror attacks and the timid media response to proposals that curb civil liberties.  Jan Fran and Antony move carefully through the tension between allowing victims time to greive and challenging political agendas that seek to...

If you value independent journalism, support this show : https://bit.ly/4rqn9wF Recorded less than 24 hours after the horrific massacre in Bondi, this episode is a raw, urgent response to violence, fear, and the political weaponisation that has already followed. Speaking as a Jewish Australian, I reflect on grief, anger, and the dangers of conflating antisemitism with criticism of Israel. I unpack...

If you value independent journalism, support this show : https://bit.ly/4rqn9wF In this episode, independent journalist Antony Loewenstein explains how Silicon Valley once promoted itself as the centre of innovation and connection, designing tools that would improve the world. Those days are long gone with many Silicon Valley “leaders” going full MAGA, embracing Trumpism, militarisation and Israel...

If you value independent journalism, support this show: https://bit.ly/4rqn9wF In this episode, independent journalist Antony Loewenstein breaks down the surge of far-right politics in Australia and across the West and explains why calling it “fringe” is pure delusion. Using the latest polling on One Nation, Australia’s third biggest political party, global parallels from Europe and the US, and th...