Bogan Intelligentsia

In Episode 56 of Bogan Intelligentsia, we sit down with former Australian Defence Force officer and experienced war planner Stuart McCarthy. On the eve of potential boots-on-the-ground escalation in Iran, Stuart cuts through the media blackouts and misreporting to reveal what’s really happening on the ground. Major McCarthy unpacks the developments and suggests that Australia is now at war. Duration: ~70m | Release Date: Monday, March 23, 2026 | Stuart McCarthy – Former ADF War Planner & Ex-MajorSupport the Launch:Subscribe for free on Substack at boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates. Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month. Share this episode on X (@Boganintelpod) or with your network to amplify our reach. Keywords: #IranWar #StuartMcCarthy #ADFWarPlanner #AustraliaAtWar #StraitOfHormuz #LarryJohnson #WedgetailDeployment #AUKUSRisks #USInvasionIran #IranAsymmetricWar #WestAsiaConflict #MediaBlackout #TripleLeadersAddresses #BoganIntelligentsia

In Episode 45 of Bogan Intelligentsia, we sit down with MUDRAT — the explosive Australian artist delivering raw, confrontational, and cathartic music with a clear working-class edge and a cutting political message. The conversation explores how all art is political, the contrast between their high-energy shows and Australia’s cultural wasteland, and the band’s journey from liberal views to class consciousness. MUDRAT breaks down how class defines modern Australian society, the growing impact on youth, wealth inequality, and the meaning behind their album Social Cohesion. We discuss racism in the Australian DNA, national shame and ignorance, the links between Australian settler colonialism and Palestine, and how decades of foreign and domestic policy reflect brutality at home and abroad. Duration: ~82m | Release Date: Monday, March 23, 2026 | MUDRAT – Musician, Rebel Leader & Powerful Working-Class Voice from Australia Support the Launch:Subscribe for free on Substack at boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates. Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month. Share this episode on X (@Boganintelpod) or with your network to amplify our reach. Keywords: #MUDRAT #SocialCohesion #ClassConsciousness #AustralianHeavyMetal #WorkingClassAustralia #AustralianLeft #SettlerColonialism #MutualAid #LivedExperience #WealthInequality #CulturalWasteland #NeoliberalismCritique #SocialJusticeMusic #AustralianPolitics

In Episode 44 of Bogan Intelligentsia, we sit down with Renee Davidson — founder of the fast-growing independent platform Mssing Context — for a sharp, unflinching look at how Australian media has covered (and often distorted) the Palestine-Israel conflict. Renee launched Mssing Context in July 2025 to directly challenge misleading narratives in mainstream Australian outlets. Renee shares insights from her regular “West Bank Weekly” monitoring series and draws on her own lived experience living in the West Bank to highlight the wide gap between on-the-ground reality and how it’s reported back in Australia. We also look at some of the issues with the Australian media landscape. Podcast Details: Duration: ~44m | Release Date: Monday, March 23, 2026 | Renee Davidson – Founder of Mssing Context & Independent Media Critic on Palestine CoverageSupport the Launch:Subscribe for free on Substack at boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates. Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month. Share this episode on X (@Boganintelpod) or with your network to amplify our reach. Keywords: Renee Davidson Mssing Context, Australian media Palestine coverage, From the River to the Sea ban Queensland, West Bank violence escalation, post-Bondi media failures, Australian protest restrictions, media silence Lebanon, West Bank Weekly reports, misleading Palestine narratives Australia, lived experience West Bank, media fact-checking failure Bondi, Queensland chant ban context #MssingContext #ReneeDavidson #AustralianMedia #PalestineCoverage #MediaBias #FromTheRiverToTheSea #WestBankViolence #WestBankWeekly #MediaFail #PostBondi #QueenslandBan #FreeSpeechAustralia #ProtestRights #LebanonSilence #MissingContext #AustralianMediaCritique #PalestineAustralia #WestBankEscalation #MediaAccountability #LivedExperience

In Episode 53 of Bogan Intelligentsia, we sit down with Dr Warwick Powell — adjunct professor, supply-chain veteran, blockchain pioneer, and author of the brand-new book Thermoeconomics in a Time of Monsters: Rethinking Theory, China and International Geopolitical Economy (released March 15, 2026) — for a breakdown of why energy is the real foundation of value in economies. Dr Powell lays out his groundbreaking Systemic Exchange Value (SEV) framework, showing how human economies are open metabolic systems governed by thermodynamics: they must fight constant entropy through "negentropic" moves like better energy systems, tighter supply chains, and viable information. He explains declining EROEI (Energy Return on Energy Invested) as the hidden math driving socio-economic decay, why fictitious capital bubbles are the short-term fix that widens the gap between claims and real production, and how informational noise wastes energy and accelerates disorder. Essential viewing/listening for anyone rethinking political economy, China-West dynamics, energy security, and why old equilibrium models fail us now Podcast Details: Duration: ~78m | Release Date: Monday, March 23, 2026 | Dr Warwick Powell – Adjunct Professor, Supply-Chain Expert, Blockchain Pioneer & Author of Thermoeconomics in a Time of MonstersSupport the Launch:Subscribe for free on Substack at boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates. Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month. Share this episode on X (@Boganintelpod) or with your network to amplify our reach. #Thermoeconomics #TimeOfMonsters #EnergyIsValue #ChinaVsWest #DecliningEROEI #FictitiousCapital #NegentropicInterventions #USDecline #GlobalPowerShift #ChinaElectrification #WestAsiaEnergyShocks #GramsciMonsters #HeterodoxEconomics #EnergySecurity #PoliticalEconomy

In Episode 52 of Bogan Intelligentsia, we sit down with Major Cameron Leckie — retired ADF officer, strategic analyst, and outspoken critic of Australia's overseas military entanglements — for a no-holds-barred critique of Australia's decision to deploy the E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft (with ~85 personnel) to the Gulf amid the escalating Iran conflict. The discussion explores diplomatic limits this creates, echoes of Suez-style imperial overreach, Australia's place in an "end of empire" world as a US junior partner, and medium-to-long-term economic hits: oil price spikes, supply disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz, inflation pressures, trade vulnerabilities, and risks to energy security for a fuel-import-dependent nation. Podcast Details: Duration: ~74m | Release Date: Monday, March 16, 2026 | Major Cameron Leckie – Retired ADF Officer, Strategic Analyst & Defence Critic Support the Launch:Subscribe for free on Substack at boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates. Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month. Share this episode on X (@Boganintelpod) or with your network to amplify our reach. #WedgetailDeployment #IranWar2026 #AustraliaDefence #ADFGulf #IranConflict #UAEAlliance #MiddleEastCrisis #AustralianMilitary #CameronLeckie #BoganIntelligentsia #GeopoliticsAustralia #StraitOfHormuz #OilCrisisAustralia #EnergySecurity #Suez20 #EndOfEmpire #USAllies #AUKUSDebate #HumanRightsUAE #MilitaryBalance #DiplomaticOverreach #EconomicImpactWar #GulfCrisis2026 #DefencePolicy #NationalSecurityAU

In this eye-opening Episode 51, we sit down with Senator Rex Patrick — former Australian Senator for South Australia, submariner, and renowned Transparency Warrior — for a hard-hitting discussion on Australia's critical fuel security crisis amid the escalating Iran war. Patrick reveals how government assurances of "no shortage" and secure supplies clash with reality, drawing on his FOI-obtained National Liquid Fuel Emergency Response Plan (exposed after Canberra spent over $150,000 trying to keep it secret). He breaks down dwindling reserves (just 25-29 days for petrol/diesel, far below IEA's 90-day mandate), the risks of Strait of Hormuz disruptions, foreign multinational dominance, overseas-held strategic stocks (including sold US reserves), tanker dispatch rates since US/Israeli attacks on Iran, and the playbook for rationing that could hit food, medicine, and essential services hard. As a former submariner, Patrick also shares insights on naval implications of Australian involvement in the sinking of Iranian ship IRIS Dina.Podcast Details: Duration: ~74m | Release Date: Friday, March 13, 2026 | Guest: Rex Patrick – Former Senator, Transparency Advocate & Submariner Support the Launch:Subscribe for free on Substack at boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates. Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month. Share this episode on X (@Boganintelpod) or with your network to amplify our reach. Keywords: Keywords: Rex Patrick fuel crisis, Australia petrol shortage Iran war, fuel reserves Australia, Strait Hormuz closure, Chris Bowen fuel assurances, National Liquid Fuel Emergency Plan, IEA 90 day mandate, foreign ownership fuel, force majeure fuel contracts, tanker arrivals Australia, strategic petroleum reserve US, AUKUS fuel neglect, Australia energy security, Rex Patrick submariner, Transparency Warrior fuel #RexPatrick #FuelCrisisAustralia #AustraliaEnergySecurity #StraitOfHormuz #ChrisBowen #PetrolShortage #TransparencyWarrior #EnergyCrisis"

In this milestone Episode 50, we sit down with Lucy Hamilton — independent Australian journalist, doctoral researcher at UTS, and leading investigator into the Atlas Network's influence on politics, neoliberalism, and the rise of Christian Nationalism — for a deep dive into the hidden networks shaping Australian and global right-wing movements. Podcast Details: Duration: ~42m | Release Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026 | Guest: Lucy Hamilton – Independent Journalist & Doctoral Researcher, UTS Support the Launch:Subscribe for free on Substack at boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates. Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month. Share this episode on X (@Boganintelpod) or with your network to amplify our reach. Keywords: Lucy Hamilton Atlas Network, junk tanks Australia, neoliberalism Hayek Rand, Christian Nationalism Australia, Advance Australia astroturf, Peter Thiel accelerationism, Zionist Hindutva alliances, fossil fuel disinformation, Council National Policy, neofeudal endgame, Australian politics right-wing#LucyHamilton #AtlasNetwork #Neoliberalism #ChristianNationalism #JunkTanks #AdvanceAustralia #AustraliaPolitics #RightWingNetworks #FossilFuelInfluence #FreeMarketThinkTanks #Transhumanism

In Episode 49, Dr Scott Burchill — Honorary Fellow in International Relations at Deakin University — delivers a realist analysis of the 2026 Iran war: US carpet bombing of Tehran, Iranian missile successes, coalition air dominance, censored damage footage, Trump’s chaotic leadership (Pahlavi, Rubio, Hegseth), Iran’s GCC strategy, mosaic defence vs US power, French/NATO creep, Australia’s strong OECD support, legality ignored amid escalation, Beltway leaks and Israeli influence, congressional boot fears, Trump’s ally berating, wider risks, religious framing, Greater Israel realism vs delusion, and whether Trump’s Persia ambitions make strategic sense.Podcast Details:Duration: ~74m | Release Date: Friday, March 06, 2026 | Guest: Dr Scott Burchill – Honorary Fellow, Deakin UniversitySupport the Launch:Subscribe for free on Substack at boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates. Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month. Share this episode on X (@Boganintelpod) or with your network to amplify our reach. Keywords: Scott Burchill Iran war 2026, US Tehran bombing, Iran mosaic defence, Greater Israel realism, Trump Iran policy, boots on ground, Australia Albanese support#ScottBurchill #IranWar #USForeignPolicy #MiddleEast2026 #Realism

In this episode we sit down with Grace Tame — survivor, 2021 Australian of the Year, founder of the Grace Tame Foundation, and fierce advocate against child sexual abuse — for a direct, survivor-led breakdown of the Epstein files' horrors, elite silence, cultural normalisation of evil, and intersections with global vulnerabilities like systematic child abuse. Podcast Details:Duration: ~60m | Release Date: Thursday, February 26, 2026 | Guest: Grace Tame – Survivor Advocate, Founder Grace Tame Foundation, Former Australian of the YearSupport the Launch:Subscribe for free on Substack at boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates. Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month. Share this episode on X (@Boganintelpod) or with your network to amplify our reach. Keywords: Grace Tame Epstein files, Grace Tame Herzog protest Sydney, child abuse elite networks, survivor perspective trauma, Gaza child protection Epstein, parents grooming prevention, normalisation evil society, Australia advocacy 2026#GraceTame #EpsteinFiles #ChildAbuse #Gaza #SurvivorStories #EliteAccountability #HumanRights #Australia #GenocideNormalisation #ProtectKids

In Episode 47 we sit down with Chris Sidoti — veteran Australian human rights lawyer, former Australian Human Rights Commissioner, and current member of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel — for an important examination of accountability, international law, and Australia's moral crossroads.Sidoti dissects the deeply divisive invitation to Israeli President Isaac Herzog — extended by Prime Minister Albanese via the Governor-General in the wake of the Bondi antisemitic attack — amid calls for its cancellation. He addresses Herzog's widely cited statements (declaring “an entire nation” responsible, “no innocent civilians in Gaza,” and fighting “human animals”) as meeting thresholds for incitement to genocide or collective punishment under international law; the moral and legal case for withdrawal; what an arrest or investigation might look like despite head-of-state immunity; Australia's record on international law and its selective reverence in the 21st century; the protective role of international norms in the absence of a domestic bill of rights; the dangers of cherry-picking enforcement; and the new Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Act 2026 — its offences for promoting racial hatred, hate-group bans, severe penalties (up to 7–15 years), visa powers, and chilling risks to free speech and criticism of Israel.With tens of thousands killed in Gaza and the West Bank — including Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom and countless professionals — Sidoti confronts the message sent by hosting Herzog, the implications of associated networks (Epstein links), and concrete steps ordinary Australians can take to demand sovereignty, accountability, and alignment with human rights.Podcast Details:Duration: ~52m | Release Date: Saturday, 7 February 2026 | Guest: Chris Sidoti – International Human Rights Lawyer, Former Australian Human Rights Commissioner, UN CommissionerSupport the Launch:Subscribe for free on Substack at boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates. Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month. Share this episode on X (@Boganintelpod) or with your network to amplify our reach. Keywords: Chris Sidoti Herzog visit Australia 2026, Isaac Herzog incitement genocide, UN Commission Palestine Israel, Albanese Herzog invitation Bondi, Australia international law selective, Combatting Antisemitism Hate Extremism Act 2026, Gaza genocide allegations, Zomi Frankcom, free speech Australia, middle power sovereignty, human rights accountability#HumanRights #InternationalLaw #HerzogVisit #Gaza #AustraliaForeignPolicy #FreeSpeech #GenocideAccountability #UNInquiry #ChrisSidoti #BondiAttack

In Episode 46 we sit down with Professor Warwick Powell – Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology, expert on global political economy, China’s rise, tariffs as geopolitical tools, and Australia’s place in a fracturing world order – for a clear-eyed, incisive examination of the accelerating rupture in the international system. Powell unpacks Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s dramatic pivot: his January 2026 Beijing visit forging a new strategic partnership with China on energy, agri-food, and trade, followed by a provocative Davos speech declaring the old liberal rules-based order dead and urging middle powers like Canada and Australia to stop pretending and act together against great-power coercion and autarky. Amid Trump’s invite to his “Board of Peace,” the US 2026 National Defense Strategy downplaying China as the explicit threat, and escalating tariff weaponisation, Powell explores the sincerity of Carney’s moves, the viability of a middle-power union, US domestic instability and spillover risks, the credibility crisis for Australia’s neocon establishment, AUKUS under pressure, and whether this is the moment for a bold Australian foreign policy reset toward genuine sovereignty.Podcast Details:Duration: ~1h 24m | Release Date: Monday, 2 February 2026 | Guest: Professor Warwick Powell – Adjunct Professor, Queensland University of Technology Support the Launch:Subscribe for free on Substack at boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates. Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month. Share this episode on X (@Boganintelpod) or with your network to amplify our reach. Keywords: Warwick Powell Carney, Mark Carney Davos 2026, middle powers rupture, Canada China partnership 2026, Trump Board of Peace Canada revoked, US National Defense Strategy 2026 China, Canadian military US invasion planning, Australia foreign policy reset, tariffs geopolitics, multipolar world, AUKUS viability, Global South China, NATO fragility, Australian neocons, sovereign outlook Australia, geopolitics 2026#BoganIntelligentsia #MiddlePowers #MarkCarney #Davos2026 #MultipolarWorld #AustraliaForeignPolicy #ChinaPivot #Trump2026 #AUKUS #Geopolitics #Sovereignty

In Episode 45 we sit down with Dr Scott Burchill – Honorary Fellow in International Relations at Deakin University, former Senior Lecturer, and longtime analyst of global politics – for a deep, unflinching examination of the ongoing crisis in Iran amid the massive protests that erupted in late December 2025 and continue into 2026. Dr Burchills independent analysis gives a clear-eyed look at the protests' roots in economic collapse and repression, the regime's brutal response, potential US/Trump escalation, Israel's role in regional dynamics, the position of Australia and other middle powers, and the controversial rise of Reza Pahlavi as a figurehead for the opposition. Podcast Details:Duration: ~1h 16m | Release Date: Saturday, 24 January 2026 | Guest: Dr Scott Burchill – Honorary Fellow in International Relations, Deakin University Support the Launch:Subscribe for free on Substack at boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates. Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month. Share this episode on X (@Boganintelpod) or with your network to amplify our reach. Keywords: Scott Burchill Iran, Iran protests 2025-2026, Tehran regime crackdown, Trump Iran escalation, Israel Iran dynamics, Reza Pahlavi opposition, Pahlavi monarchy restoration, Australian foreign policy Iran, middle powers Iran crisis, economic protests Iran, IRGC repression, regional tensions Middle East, US intervention Iran#BoganIntelligentsia #IranProtests #IranCrisis2026 #RezaPahlavi #TrumpIran #IsraelIran #MiddleEast #RegimeChange #Geopolitics #HistoryMatters

In this episode we sit down again with Dr Rodrigo Acuña – independent journalist, Latin America specialist with a PhD on Venezuelan foreign policy, and author of a recent Truthout article – for a sharp, unflinching return conversation amid the explosive US-Venezuela standoff in late December 2025. This is the independent analysis mainstream outlets won’t touch: a clear-eyed look at Trump’s oil tanker seizures and blockade, deadly military strikes, Maduro’s defiance, and why even Venezuelans critical of Maduro overwhelmingly reject foreign-backed regime change.Episode Details: Duration ~60 minutes | Release Date: Saturday, 27 December 2025 | Guest: Dr Rodrigo Acuña – Latin America analyst, journalist, documentary filmmaker on VenezuelaSupport the Launch:Subscribe for free on Substack at boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates. Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month. Share this episode on X (@Boganintelpod) or with your network to amplify our reach. Keywords: Rodrigo Acuña Venezuela, US tanker blockade 2025, Trump Maduro confrontation, oil seizures international waters, Venezuelan navy escorts, piracy accusations, regime change opposition, Essequibo Guyana tensions, US sanctions family Maduro, Latin America escalation, Truthout experts regime change, civic-military unity Venezuela

In Episode 43 we sit down again with Yaakov Aharon – Sydney-based journalist, member of the Bondi Jewish community, and connected to Chabad Lubavitch – for a deeply personal and unflinching return conversation after the tragic Sunday shooting attack on the Chabad event in Bondi. This is the raw, insider perspective mainstream outlets won’t platform: a Jewish community voice examining grief, politicisation, and what the tragedy reveals about Australia in late 2025. Episode Details: Duration ~89 minutes | Release Date: Sunday, 21 December 2025 | Guest: Yaakov Aharon – Sydney journalist, Bondi Jewish community member, Chabad-connected commentator Support the Launch:Subscribe for free on Substack at boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates. Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month. Share this episode on X (@Boganintelpod) or with your network to amplify our reach. Keywords: Yaakov Aharon, Bondi Chabad shooting, Sydney Jewish community 2025, Bondi vigil atmosphere, political exploitation Australia, Christchurch vs Bondi response, Mossad Iran allegations, ASIO intelligence failure, Segal antisemitism report, Australian multiculturalism facade, gun control debate, national unity crisis

Nasser Mashni, President of Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN), shares his powerful Palestinian-Australian migrant journey. From growing up in multicultural Australia, working in milk bars, his father's inspiring resistance legacy, and what fighting for peace looks like in todays world.We also also reflect on the Bondi tragedy, Aussie hero Ahmed al-Ahmed, and what it means to be Australian in multicultural Australia.Episode Details: Duration ~73 minutes | Release Date: Wednesday, 17 December 2025 | Guest: Nasser Mashni – President of Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN), Palestinian-Australian advocate Support the Launch:Subscribe for free on Substack at boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates. Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month. Share this episode on X (@Boganintelpod) or with your network to amplify our reach. Keywords: Nasser Mashni, APAN, Palestinian Australian migrant, father's resistance story, Palestinian resistance evolution, Gaza resistance 2025, West Bank Intifada, Marwan Barghouti prisoner, Greater Israel Trump Netanyahu, Israeli society pathology, Australia UNRWA cuts, Palestine recognition 2025, Gaza genocide Australia, Indigenous Palestinian solidarity, Australian activism Palestine

This is the interview Australian campuses and legacy media won’t touch in 2025: from the hidden history of how defensive Zionism became aggressive militarism; from mob violence in Mandatory Palestine to the institutional reasons peace keeps failing; from the personal hell of anti-Zionist Jewish life online to Israel’s influence on global bodies and U.S. elections; to Shaiel’s own IDF regrets and the moral rot inside units like 8200, and his anti-Zionist change that made him persona non grata in pro-Israel circles.Episode Details: Duration ~97 minutes | Release Date: Tuesday, 9 December 2025 | Guest: Shaiel Ben-Ephraim – ex IDF Intelligence officer, historian, ex-diplomat, author of “Why I Turned My Back on Zionism” Support the Launch:Subscribe for free on Substack at boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates. Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month. Share this episode on X (@Boganintelpod) or with your network to amplify our reach.Keywords: Shaiel Ben-Ephraim, Why I Turned My Back on Zionism, IDF target selection, Israeli militarism origins, U.S.-Israel relations, peace process failure, anti-Zionist Jew, academic censorship, Gaza 2023-2025, Unit 8200 AI targeting, moral reckoning Israel

Episode 40 of the Bogan Intelligentsia Podcast – Prof. Roger Markwick (Honorary Professor of Modern European History, University of Newcastle) breaks thirty years of Australian academic silence on the real origins of the Russia–Ukraine war. This is the forbidden lecture they won’t let you hear on any Australian campus: the actual post-WW2 contest for Europe, the deep historical roots of modern Ukraine, Eurasianism and the real (limited) role of Alexander Dugin, the suppressed timeline of the 2014 Maidan coup, the Odessa Trade Union House massacre that was memory-holed in the West, the eight-year Donbass war that began in 2014, the sabotaged Minsk agreements, and how an oligarch-funded TV comedian with zero political experience was transformed into the West’s Churchillian saint. Layer by layer, Markwick dismantles the “unprovoked aggression” fairy tale that every legacy outlet still parrots in 2025.If you’ve ever wondered why dissenting academics on this topic can be counted on one hand, this is the episode that explains it.Episode Details: Duration ~80 minutes | Release Date: Wednesday, 3 December 2025 | Guest: Prof. Roger Markwick – author, Soviet and post-Soviet dissidence specialist, lecturer on the long history of Israel–PalestineSupport the Launch:Subscribe for free on Substack at boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates. Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month. Share this episode on X (@Boganintelpod) or with your network to amplify our reach.Keywords: Roger Markwick, Russia Ukraine war origins, NATO expansion lies, Maidan 2014, Odessa massacre, Donbass war 2014-2022, Alexander Dugin, Eurasianism, Zelensky oligarchs, Minsk betrayal, Australian academic censorship, Western propaganda collapse

Episode 39 of the Bogan Intelligentsia Podcast – Antoun Issa (ex-Guardian Australia senior editor, Deep Cut founder) on why he quit one of the country’s top media jobs over its Gaza coverage, how Australian journalism remains a racially gatekept Anglo-elite club, why “objectivity” is code for colonial bias, the untouchable power of the pro-Israel lobby in Canberra, and how independent outlets are now the only ones doing real investigative work on weapons deals, Pine Gap, and Australia’s complicity in Israel’s genocide. The most brutal, necessary autopsy of Australian media you’ll hear in 2026.Episode Details: Duration ~95 minutes | Release Date: Saturday, 28 November 2025 | Guest: Antoun Issa – founder Deep Cut, ex-Guardian AustraliaSupport the Launch:Subscribe for free on Substack at boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates. Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month. Share this episode on X (@Boganintelpod) or with your network to amplify our reach.Keywords: Antoun Issa, Deep Cut, Guardian resignation, Gaza coverage, Australian media racism, pro-Israel lobby, ABC genocide refusal, independent journalism

Episode 38 of the Bogan Intelligentsia Podcast features Dr Alex Waters in a no-holds-barred second-hour deep dive: Can Australia ever say “no” to the United States? Has AUKUS irreversibly chained us to a dying unipolar order while Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand join BRICS+? Are we sleepwalking into becoming the southern pillar of a new American Monroe Doctrine in Asia? From creeping U.S. nuclear-sub bases on our west coast to the hypocrisy of lecturing ASEAN on democracy while selling coal to juntas, Dr Waters details what should be the most important Australian foreign-policy conversation of the decade.Episode Details: Duration: ~75 minutes | Release Date: Monday, November 23, 2025 | Guest: Dr Alex Waters, geopolitical analyst & authorSupport the Launch:Subscribe for free on Substack at boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates. Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month. Share this episode on X (@Boganintelpod) or with your network to amplify our reach.Keywords: Alex Waters, AUKUS, US bases Australia, Pine Gap, Australian sovereignty 2025, Monroe Doctrine Asia, BRICS+, Ecuador US expulsion, strategic autonomy #BoganIntelligentsia #auspol #AUKUS #Sovereignty

In Episode 37 of Bogan Intelligentsia, Program Director of the Lowy Institute's International Security Program Sam Roggeveen unpacks his The Echidna Strategy for Australia's strategic autonomy, critiques bipartisan orthodoxy on U.S. alliances, dissects nuclear risks in Asia amid Tindal's B-52 rotations and militarism under the US, and explores lessons from Trump's Taiwan dismissals and Ukraine dithering for Indo-Pacific allies. Duration: ~75 minutes Release Date: Monday, December 15, 2025 Guest: Sam Roggeveen, Lowy Institute Director & Author of The Echidna StrategySupport the Launch:Subscribe for free on Substack at boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates. Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month. Share this episode on X (@Boganintelpod) or with your network to amplify our reach.Keywords: Sam Roggeveen, Echidna Strategy, Australian defense, AUKUS perils, nuclear Asia risks, Trump Taiwan, Ukraine ally lessons, China regionalism, Tindal basing, sovereign thinkers, Indo-Pacific future #BoganIntelligentsia #SamRoggeveen #EchidnaStrategy #AUKUS #NuclearRisks #AusPol #politics #australianpolitics

In Episode 36 of Bogan Intelligentsia, Suzan Wahhab shares her personal story as a Palestinian Christian advocate, traces the ancient history of Christianity in the Levant, explores the enduring presence of Palestinian Christians and analyzes the precarious positions of Palestinian Christians in Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel today. Duration: ~90 minutes Release Date: Monday, December 15, 2025 Guest: Suzan Wahhab, Palestinian Christian Advocate & HistorianSupport the Launch:Subscribe for free on Substack at boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates. Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month. Share this episode on X (@Boganintelpod) or with your network to amplify our reach.Keywords: Suzan Wahhab, Palestinian Christians, Levant history, Gaza Christians, Muslim holy site protectors, biblical genetics, Third Temple Amalek, Christian attacks, Scofield Bible Zionism, Lebanon Syria assaults, Netanyahu future #BoganIntelligentsia #SuzanWahhab #PalestinianChristians #ChristianZionism #LevantHistory

Description: Episode 35 of the Bogan Intelligentsia Podcast features Doug Cameron, former Australian Senator and union leader. In this 75-minute discussion, Doug shares his early career in unions and politics, contrasts the strength of Australia's union movement before and after the Accord, examines the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in 2025, critiques its centrism and neoliberal turn, discusses the risks of AUKUS, explores ALP's ties to Israel and Zionism, addresses the lack of diverse views and sovereign thinking in Labor, and questions what the modern ALP stands for.Episode Details: Duration: ~75 minutes Release Date: Monday, November 10, 2025 Guest: Doug Cameron, Former Australian Senator & Union LeaderSupport the Launch:Subscribe for free on Substack at boganintel.com to get episodes and show notes, or go paid ($5/month). Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Watch the video version on our YouTube channel. Subscribe for updates. Back us on Patreon starting at $3/month. Share this episode on X (@Boganintelpod) or with your network to amplify our reach.Thank You, Fans: Your commitment has brought this podcast to life. Join us in building the Bogan Intelligentsia Podcast and help shape a community for bold ideas. Keywords: Doug Cameron, Australian unions, Labor Party 2025, Accord impact, neoliberalism, AUKUS perils, ALP Israel ties, Labor diversity #BoganIntelligentsia #DougCameron #AustralianLabor #UnionMovement #AUKUS