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A sea change is sweeping the White House. A new Secretary of State. A new CIA chief. And a new National Security Advisor, John Bolton. Will he destroy the world? "Yeah, probably." That's the hunch of the decidedly un-hysterical, deeply informed Anthony L. Fisher. Anthony is an independent, libertarian-minded columnist and contributing writer for The Week and The Daily Beast. His film, Sidewalk Traffic, is available on all major streaming services. He's a former producer at the Fox Business Network, where he met Bolton. And he never waves his arms hysterically about The Grave Threat Trump Poses To The World... until now. Find out why.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How can young people navigate the fraught waters of sex, consent and workplace courtships, now that Harvey Weinstein’s willy has ruined everything? Heidi Matthews is a Canadian law professor and a self-described socialist feminist sex radical. She has a few problems with the #MeToo movement—and isn’t shy to tell Josh why. You can find her on twitter @Heidi__Matthews, and read her thoughts on sexual pleasure in the age of consent, hereLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a world fractured by fundamentalism, Josh steps back to ask some bigger questions. How did Christianity come to rule the world? How does Islam hold sway over so many people? And what really went down in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago? Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou is a professor in the Theology & Religion Department of Exeter University in the UK - although she's an atheist. She studied and taught at Oxford. She's hosted a documentary series on the BBC, "Bible's Buried Secrets". And most of all, she's not boring. To understand the meaning of life, tune in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why is politics so partisan? Why is policy so dull? Why is the Left so bereft? And why isn't the government dropping cash out of helicopters? One man who thinks it should is the rockstar writer Rutger Bregman, a baby-faced Dutchman who's become the global champion of a Universal Basic Income (that is: the government giving you free money). Rutger and Josh wrestle with a number of his audacious ideas: a 15-hour work week, the robot revolution, whether you're wasting your life on a meaningless job, and how you could focus on bigger stuff. Rutger's book is "Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World". Tune in, humans, to inhale the sweet, sweet nectar of audacious ideas.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Has #MeToo gone too far? Are we encouraging young women to be victims? In front of a live audience, two of Australia’s most successful women from different generations discuss sexual harassment. Political sex scandals. A red-faced Deputy Prime Minister. An orange president. Guns. Rachel Corbett is a co-host of the news comedy show The Project, and Wendy Harmer has been a fixture of the global comedy scene for decades. Is Josh’s new floral shirt a work of sartorial splendor or a horrific travesty against style? Find out on this provocative new #WeThePeople LIVE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every time there's a mass shooting in America, Josh considers recording this monologue and then shies away. But in the wake of the second-deadliest shooting at a public school in US history, Josh ditches our regular episode to bring you his unique perspective as a foreigner living in America -- without Piers Morgan's pompous dickheadery. Non-Americans and Americans will both enjoy this one-man debate exploring Australia's gun reforms, global violence, the Second Amendment, America's gun safety stalemate, whether to ban surfing, and the coming dystopian apocalypse. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

By the time you’re old, the idea of eating a burger that was sliced off the body of a dead cow may seem as antiquated as using a whale’s fat to light your home. That’s the hope of Paul Shapiro, whose new bestselling book, Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World, is a wild dive into the scientific and moral promise of lab-grown meat. Will vegans be chomping on burgers? Will chickens no longer have brains? Paul is the founder of Compassion Over Killing and the former VP & Spokesperson of the Humane Society of the United States. Join him and Josh as they wrestle with the big questions of animal welfare, ethics, biology... and the food revolution that’s coming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why is there so much confusion about climate science? “Dr Karl” is the most popular face of science in Australia. He’s technically a Fellow at the Sydney University School of Physics, but every Aussie knows him from TV. He has a weekly radio segment on Triple J, and on the BBC in the UK where he answers listeners’ science questions. He’s had an asteroid named after him. He’s written 43 books popularizing science for the general public. And he sits down with Josh to discuss communicating science to the general public.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Australia Day, America. We discuss why Australia's national day is so controversial (hint: lots of Aboriginal people got killed), what makes Aussies weird, what perplexes us about Americans, why some countries truly are shitholes, and why babies should never be allowed at the tennis. Join a blockbuster panel of comics and journalists: James Valentine, host of ABC Radio; Becky Lucas, rising star comedian; and James Mathison, political candidate and former host of Australian Idol. Plus, Citizens of #WeThePeople Nation who support the show at www.patreon.com/wtp get a special bonus segment. Crikey and bloomin' onions!While you're here, support our sponsors: www.ZipRecruiter.com/PEOPLE to post jobs for free, www.Casper.com/WTPL for $50 off select mattresses andwww.BlueApron.com/WETHEPEOPLE for $30 off your first order.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two days after Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in the presidential election, Josh sat down with one of the world's greatest scientists and rationalists, Richard Dawkins, at a live event at Philadelphia's Penn Museum. Since it's the one-year anniversary of Trump's presidency this week, we're releasing the exclusive audio of "An Evening With Richard Dawkins in Conversation with Josh Zepps". The two of them grapple with science, reason, Islam, faith, and the shell-shock they feel at the biggest political upset of our time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back, humans! After a holiday hiatus, Josh wants some meaty New Year’s insights. What did we do wrong in 2017? How might we do 2018 better? The man to ask is Tim Dean, Moral Philosopher. He and Josh wrestle with identity politics, Islamism, Leftism, racism, tribalism, Trump, and why we should love Hitler. It’s an all-new #WeThePeople LIVE! Dig in.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's wrong with "liberal" podcasters? What's wrong with liberalism? What's wrong with America? David Pakman knows. He's the host of The David Pakman Show, a nationally syndicated progressive talk show, which can be seen on more than 160 television and radio outlets including DirecTV and DISH Network. You've seen David on Fox News, CNN, Nancy Grace, Dr Drew and he’s been featured in the New York Times. He and Josh drill into their differing philosophies... and vent about their least favorite aspects of America. Inhale the sweet taste of freedom, humans.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Precisely three years before the Re-Election Of The Greatest President Ever, Josh and his favorite guests convene a blockbuster live show at Union Hall in New York. This may be the biggest, greatest, yugest, most beautiful episode ever. The hilarious Corinne Fisher, the provocative Kmele Foster and the rapscallionish Ben Dreyfuss laugh and argue about Trump's first year, the sexual harassment crisis, and what truly Makes America Great. One year down. Three years to go.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kmele Foster is a firebrand political debater and the host of The Fifth Column podcast. He was recently shouted down by students at a university panel on free speech. Kmele and Josh discuss being black (or not?), the culture wars, opposition to Trump, and the proper scope of conversation. Make debate healthy, humans, and join in.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben is the editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire and host of the "top conservative podcast in the nation", The Ben Shapiro Show. If you watch cable news, you’ve seen him. If you’re on Twitter, you’ve seen him. His books are New York Times bestsellers like “Bullies: How the Left’s Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences America” and “Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America’s Youth”. Josh and Ben sit down to attempt a constructive disagreement about the role of the State, religion, Medicare, transgender issues and more.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott is among Donald Trump’s most intriguing fans. He’s one of the world’s most successful cartoonists as the creator of “Dilbert”, the comic strip that appears in 2,000 newspapers in 65 countries and 25 languages. His blog posts predicting Trump’s triumph went viral last year. And since then, he has become an unlikely defender of the president. Josh and Scott discuss creativity, success, persuasion… and ways in which Trump is appalling or ingenious. Don’t miss this one, folks.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s a special summer spectacular, “The Best of the Brits”, in which Josh brings you highlights from two of his favorite observers of human behavior. Louis Theroux and Jon Ronson are among Britain’s best-loved media personalities: curious documentarians extraordinaire. Heard them they wrangle with Josh (and Artie Lange and the Guys We F**ed girls!) about Scientology, sub-cultures, faith, belief, Trump, Twitter and public shaming. An episode in two succulent parts. Enjoy.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you “mansplain”? Do you “whitesplain”? Josh gets into a robust argument about identity politics, free speech and political correctness with proud left-winger Thomas Smith of the podcast Serious Inquiries Only. What role do straight white males have in this crazy day and age? Must we merely be obedient "allies" to whatever non-white non-men say? Controversial. Heated. Whitesplainy. You decide.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MAJORITY REPORT'S MICHAEL BROOKSLeft-wing conversational bomb-thrower Michael Brooks is launching his own online talk show. But can he save the world? Josh gets heated with him about how to change politics, whether ideas can beat raw power, and why dung beetles walk in a straight line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In turbulent times, we can lose sight of the little things—such as, for example, the meaning of life. Oliver Burkeman hasn’t. His weekly column in The Guardian debates insights into social psychology, self-help culture, productivity and the science of happiness. His book, The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking, is a tour de force argument in favor of negativity, uncertainty, failure and imperfection. Why should you be happy when everything’s going screwy? Listen in and find out.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices