# John Anderson: Conversations

A podcast by John Anderson. Former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia John Anderson sits down with world-leading historians, economists, politicians, and thinkers to examine the ideas shaping our society. Drawing on decades at the highest levels of government, John brings rare depth and civility to conversations that mainstream media won't have. This podcast covers everything from Australia's political future to faith, freedom, and the fragility of Western democracy. Thoughtful, rigorous, and genuinely independent.

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## Latest episodes

- [OECD Secretary-General: What We MUST Do To Restore The Global Economy | Mathias Cormann](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/eb3dfe56388c) (2026-10-21, 48 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/127815936/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-21%2F4ece4e65-013d-c443-5f97-d11c280cd6c9.mp3
- [Is The West Ready For China? | Nadia Schadlow](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/74b99af01574) (2026-10-16, 52 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/127549050/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-16%2F2ac69e0b-1d27-4b8c-5b9c-17bafc024832.mp3
- [The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves | Alexandra Hudson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/dc9ebed5fc41) (2026-10-09, 53 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/127150439/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-9%2Ffe9da19a-b563-3786-3f3a-1aa80e31c05c.mp3
- [The Triumph And Collapse Of The Anglosphere | Rafe Heydel-Mankoo](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/a58fc9694383) (2026-10-02, 69 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/126666357/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-2%2F433141157-44100-2-c5e8723ae4167.mp3
- [DEBATE: Is The Constitution Alive? Ft Former Justice Michael Kirby](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/b7e8bc559531) (2026-09-28, 95 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/126392482/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-28%2Ffeb61e2a-ae2d-accf-9230-9f588662930d.mp3
- ["I Refuse To Be The Canary In The Coal Mine" | David Harris](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/360e495c79e9) (2026-09-11, 66 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/125575079/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-11%2Fcfb4a5bb-72d3-92bf-345b-1ba401e48796.mp3
- [Why the West Is Turning Against Its Elites | Frank Furedi](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/1bda1e12bba9) (2026-09-04, 63 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/125183932/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-4%2Fc0ab9f3b-c6e0-3395-3a27-f9add164e285.mp3
- [What The Left Gets Wrong About Denmark | Alex Vanopslagh](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/b37f390250da) (2026-08-28, 67 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/124847892/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-28%2F430701441-44100-2-a6ef2e3d6980b.mp3
- [After Charlie Kirk: The Death Of Civil Discourse | Robert George](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/c16d9eb068d2) (2026-08-21, 32 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/124515872/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-21%2F430242996-44100-2-7192aec0bc23a.mp3
- [“The Politics Of Gaslighting”: Why Britain Won't Face Its Own Decline | Konstantin Kisin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/dfa3b512a2b1) (2026-08-14, 40 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/124203025/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-14%2F429815977-44100-2-431617981cd46.mp3
- [What The Census Gets Wrong About Religion | Mark McCrindle and Dorian von Freyhold](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/a2299315cf1d) (2026-08-10, 40 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/124009093/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-10%2F429548207-44100-2-5452a5957f313.mp3
- [The End of an Empire: Britain's Self-Inflicted Fall From Glory | David Starkey](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/3cd3c6bf53e6) (2026-08-07, 65 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/123890731/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-7%2F429386517-44100-2-4cbdddc3ab99.mp3
- [How China Is Using Iran | Michael Doran](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/a96616554755) (2026-07-31, 64 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/123567384/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-31%2F428951185-44100-2-ea2af6c34a0c4.mp3
- [Treasury Insider: How Ideology Beat Common Sense in Australia | David Pearl](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/a0256a5b479a) (2026-07-24, 83 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/123254125/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-24%2F428527261-44100-2-be911401f9c64.mp3
- [Iran, Trump, And The Weakening Of The West | Melanie Phillips](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/3b925dcfb051) (2026-07-17, 94 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/122947573/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-17%2F428111769-44100-2-52e40f43f618e.mp3
- [“Climate Change Is NOT An Existential Threat” | Steven Koonin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/56ad072b462c) (2026-07-03, 44 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/122327260/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-3%2F427277789-44100-2-989476610ed77.mp3
- [Why Modern Education Is Producing Activists, Not Thinkers | Prof. Simon Haines and Dr. Fiona Mueller](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/0067f25f4b53) (2026-06-19, 79 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/121699544/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-19%2F426438191-44100-2-cacb02ad9032a.mp3
- [The Renewable Lie: How Australia Was Sold a False Promise | Aidan Morrison & Chris Uhlmann](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/e717109e1fae) (2026-06-12, 101 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/121322384/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-12%2F425990128-44100-2-14043be1de44a.mp3
- [How the State Became the Enemy of the English People | Carl Benjamin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/7ba9850cd01e) (2026-05-29, 83 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/120703890/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-29%2F425109180-44100-2-1f3c3508ea61c.mp3
- [How Universal Childcare Could Destroy a Generation | Erica Komisar](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/051352685581) (2026-05-25, 66 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/120497361/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-25%2F424829880-44100-2-e461e810cb198.mp3
- [Suicidal Empathy Is Destroying The West | Gad Saad](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/f75c2f993209) (2026-05-15, 77 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/120020850/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-15%2F424196437-44100-2-b6c2d98706db8.mp3
- [Suicide of a Nation: Britain on the Brink of Collapse | Matt Goodwin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/fa2d7015145e) (2026-05-11, 64 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/119798310/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-11%2F423896655-44100-2-777bacb7a9e4e.mp3
- [Beauty, Law and the Lies of Post-Modernism | Mark Fowler & Ian Callinan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/9001fe136987) (2026-04-24, 66 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/118964791/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-24%2F422755493-44100-2-f9ce08a89dad.mp3
- [Betting The Farm On Renewables Will Ruin Australia | Derek Bush and Aidan Morrison](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/25bdccc95a59) (2026-04-17, 72 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/118589321/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-17%2F422249906-44100-2-383ef495f0c7e.mp3
- [Former Japanese Ambassador: "Placating China Is A Recipe For Disaster" | Shingo Yamagami](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/2f2a2c17ddf1) (2026-04-10, 59 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/118231075/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-10%2F421773972-44100-2-72a502bbe0c65.mp3
- [An Unholy Alliance: Islam and Progressives Will Topple The West](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/15d09317c4e8) (2026-04-02, 86 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/117837302/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-2%2F421252172-44100-2-d55890db95e38.mp3
- [Nothing Left In The Tank: Australia's Fuel And Food Crisis | Dr. John Coyne](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/0a6ec67f8250) (2026-03-20, 51 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/117213567/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-20%2F420414205-44100-2-90cb54656420c.mp3
- [Why the West Condemns Israel but Ignores Iranians | Brendan O'Neill](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/0e211a272e89) (2026-03-06, 66 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/116476938/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-6%2F419406054-44100-2-004452b3f3fb6.mp3
- [Iran's Regime Change, Future & The End of the Rules-Based Order? | Rodger Shanahan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/a2c865fbe6c5) (2026-03-03, 58 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/116313290/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-3%2F419181116-44100-2-b513a3a612b41.mp3
- [Australia: The World’s Most Bloated Bureaucracy | Mike Newman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/38b91304bf53) (2026-02-20, 66 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/115764867/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-20%2F418451341-44100-2-505bbde37019b.mp3
- [The Rejection Of Atheism Is Turning Boys Into Men | Wes Huff and Dan Paterson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/6be64bee506c) (2026-02-06, 71 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/115333495/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-11%2F417874279-44100-2-98b6479458b761e7.mp3
- [After Bondi: We Can No Longer Ignore Islam | Ayaan Hirsi Ali](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/f9624381ea7f) (2026-02-02, 60 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/115333582/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-11%2F417874236-44100-2-9707235649a02361.mp3
- [Multiculturalism And Extremism Are Sabotaging The West | Henry Ergas](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/f41e03ed97fe) (2026-01-23, 86 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/115333539/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-11%2F417874312-44100-2-0eba86e17e43c566.mp3
- [Born Into Decline: Gen Z’s Fight to Rebuild The West | Gerard Holland, Freya Leach & Jossiah Langton](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/05f194c74c34) (2026-01-09, 83 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/115333446/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-11%2F417874132-44100-2-4680c99b8add664c.mp3
- [Radical Islam, Depopulation & Identity Politics: The UK In Crisis | James Orr](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/1ab150cff4ae) (2025-12-22, 73 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/115333428/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-11%2F417874127-44100-2-cfbe8d31595616ba.mp3
- [Faith, Family And The Films Audiences Actually Want | Ted Baehr](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/db71695e26b7) (2025-12-17, 58 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/115333479/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-11%2F417874264-44100-2-8c573c9d5a5fc887.mp3
- [No Longer The Lucky Country For Jews | Julian Leeser](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/acf2786d3b5e) (2025-12-12, 57 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/115333429/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-11%2F417874137-44100-2-dacd677a366455e4.mp3
- [Why The World Still Needs Coal | Michelle Manook](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/26ebde0213cc) (2025-12-05, 68 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/115333444/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-11%2F417874161-44100-2-56ac1da0a2893d80.mp3
- [The UK Is Funding & Importing Cultural Chaos | Connor Tomlinson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/5afa6219ad30) (2025-11-27, 86 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/115333553/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-11%2F417874332-44100-2-2dd56169edbf73a9.mp3
- [Exposing Australia’s Radical Transgender Clinics | Helen Joyce](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/3ecec3042591) (2025-11-14, 58 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/115333489/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-11%2F417874322-44100-2-e8c7a92929045258.mp3
- [What Charlie Kirk’s Murder Reveals About Us | Dave Rubin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/04b436a28de7) (2025-11-07, 77 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/115333457/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-11%2F417874145-44100-2-26175c0d49ac3807.mp3
- [Insiders Expose China’s Proxy War In Myanmar | David Eubank and Sean Turnell](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/4453d33d3cd5) (2025-10-31, 75 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/115333509/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-11%2F417874283-44100-2-42beb20c04835d24.mp3
- [The True Story Of Australia: A Nation Of Heroes | Tony Abbott](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/7e0a03b47156) (2025-10-17, 61 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/115333420/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-11%2F417874136-44100-2-503259a171763c2c.mp3
- [“What starts with the Jews never ends with the Jews” | Josh Hammer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/507485507a57) (2025-10-03, 70 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/115333470/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-11%2F417874208-44100-2-982c1eafc247090f.mp3
- [Why Christianity Still Defines Us | Greg Sheridan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/d597eb2c0163) (2025-09-19, 70 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/115333493/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-11%2F417874278-44100-2-5785a43313fb43f2.mp3
- [Love Isn’t Enough: Gay Marriage, Surrogacy & Divorce | Katy Faust](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/8684c812130b) (2025-09-05, 72 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/115333486/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-11%2F417874242-44100-2-2725775860bbb90b.mp3
- [The Science Points to Purpose: A Logical Defence of Intelligent Design | Stephen Meyer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/2a816bc1d809) (2025-08-22, 69 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/115333552/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-11%2F417874336-44100-1-9123befc32e6d9b6.mp3
- [Erasing Sex & Reality: The Tickle v Giggle Case | Sall Grover](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/eb2321c0d094) (2025-08-11, 53 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/115333440/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-11%2F417874251-44100-1-8db82b8b31651fd5.mp3
- [Islam and The Battle For Britain: Past, Present and Future | Sean Oliver-Dee & David Goodhart](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/4c3942cbd5de) (2025-08-08, 82 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/115333453/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-11%2F417874183-44100-1-7279a880f3efa76f.mp3
- [Q&A with John: Politics, Principles, Priorities](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1370741457/e7d76596250d) (2025-08-01, 39 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10ef18ca4/podcast/play/115333408/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-11%2F417874154-44100-1-673722997b15ff26.mp3

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