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Nick Cater presents his August 11, 2021 column in The Australia which discovers and unexpected burst of optimism in Australia despite the pandemic, while Sweden descends into gloom.Read the article in The AustralianSign up to Watercooler to receive Nick Cater's thoughts on the week in your inbox every Saturday.

Author and journalist Greg Sheridan fact-checked the New Testament and concluded that the events it records are true. He tells us why and the implications for our world, our country and ourselves in conversation with Nick Cater.Support these podcasts by subscribing to the Menzies Research Centre from just $10 a month at www.menizesrc.org/subscribe.Greg Sheridan's new book, Christians: The urgent case for Jesus in our world is published by Allen and Unwin.

Jacinta Price on the tyranny of low expectations that blights remote Indigenous Australia and the truths that must be told.In conversation with Menzies Research Centre Executive Director Nick Cater/Support the Watercooler podcasts by becoming an MRC Subscriber from $10 a month. www.menziesrc.org/subscribe

Nick Cater presents his column in The Australian in which he considers the move to force us onto a vegan diet under the guise of saving the planet.The column, published on August 2, 2021, can be read here.

Menzies Research Centre Executive Director Nick Cater presents his column from The Australian in audio format. In this episode he asks why Australia's lockdown measures are getting tougher when the threat from the coronavirus is weakening.Read the full column at https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/coronavirus-state-governments-response-to-covid-ever-more-extreme/news-story/d66da6618532a35754b55ab53f70463f,

Nick Cater talks to David Goodhart about his latest book, Head Hand Heart: The Struggle for Dignity and Status in the 21st Century which argues that the explosion in higher education has created a global elite who are convinced they are not just better educated than their fellow citizens, but better full stop.

Tony Abbott's maiden speech to Parliament delivered on May 31, 1994 is a record of what he wanted to achieve in public life. Mr Abbott reflects on the speech after 25 years in Parliament including two as Australia's Prime Minister in conversation with MRC Executive Director Nick Cater

Dr Stephen Chavura of Campion College explains the intellectual virus known as critical race theory and why it should be resisted in conversation with Nick Cater

Dr Brendan Nelson on what the 70-year history of the Anzus Alliance tells us about its future in a world of strategic uncertainty

Elizabeth Lee migrated to Australia as a child from South Korea with her parents. Today she leads the Canberra Liberals in the ACT assembly. She's proud of her heritage, but refuses to allow it to define her. In conversation with Nick Cater, Executive Director of the Menzies Research Centre