

Fire at Will
The Spectator Australia
A safe space for dangerous conversations, from The Spectator Australia. The Spectator is the world’s longest-running magazine of news, arts and ideas. Hosted by Will Kingston.
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Mar 1, 2023 • 32min
"Net Zero will impoverish you, help China & won't save the planet" - Ross Clark
Update: Australiana is now Fire at Will - your safe space for dangerous conversations.Australia and the UK have adopted a legally-binding commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. In this provocative conversation with host Will Kingston, author and Spectator journalist Ross Clark lays out a searing case for why this commitment is not only environmentally futile, but economically and geopolitically dangerous. Ross’ new book is titled ‘Not Zero: How an Irrational Target Will Impoverish You, Help China (and Won't Even Save the Planet).’Follow Will Kingston and Fire at Will on social media here.Subscribe to The Spectator Australia here.Buy ‘Not Zero’ here.

Feb 22, 2023 • 47min
"Wokeism is a denial of our humanity" - Francis Foster
Update: Australiana is now Fire at Will - your safe space for dangerous conversations.Why are there almost no right-wing comedians? Why do we take jokes so seriously? Is it possible to be funny in 2023 without being cancelled? Host Will Kingston searches for answers with teacher-turned-comedian-turned-podcasting magnate, Francis Foster. Francis is co-host of the hugely successful Triggernometry podcast. Will and Francis discuss comedy and a buffet of culture wars issues in this wide-ranging conversation.Follow Will Kingston and Fire at Will on social media here.Subscribe to The Spectator Australia here.

Feb 15, 2023 • 52min
"The costs of our lockdowns were 68 times the benefits" - Gigi Foster
Update: Australiana is now Fire at Will - your safe space for dangerous conversations.The pandemic may be coming to an end, but the virus of groupthink that infected our institutions still runs rampant. Host Will Kingston chats with economist and author Gigi Foster about how Covid exposed an egregious failure of competence and courage in the sciences and academia, where the scientific method and academic debate were shamefully tossed aside. The question is, can they be saved?Follow Will Kingston and Fire at Will on social media here.Subscribe to The Spectator Australia here.Buy The Great Covid Panic here.

Feb 1, 2023 • 3min
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Update: Australiana is now Fire at Will - your safe space for dangerous conversations.Australia is changing before our eyes but we cannot see it. Or perhaps we don’t want to? Enter Australiana, the new podcast that will look at the big issues facing Australia through the telescope of the news of the day. Every week host Will Kingston will speak to a newsmaker or news-breaker to understand our politics, our culture and the wars that are being waged to change them.Australiana is produced by The Spectator, the oldest surviving weekly magazine in the world. There’s no publication better placed to help you see the changing face of our nation.Follow Will Kingston and Fire at Will on social media here.Subscribe to The Spectator Australia here.


