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Unknown Host hosts Backbench Drivers, a society show with 57 episodes published.
This week John Lawson was joined by former QLD One Nation president Jim Savage, who told the story of Pauline Hanson’s departure from the party to start a new minor party, and her return to One Nation at Jim’s behest onl
This week John was joined by the founder of One Nation, David Oldfield, to discuss the One Nation story beginning with Pauline Hanson’s 1996 Maiden Speech all the way through to the enormous surge the party is experienci
This week I was joined by TikTok content creator sensation Sir Doug to discuss his speech at the hugely successful March For Australia Day as well as our predictions on the rise of One Nation & self-defence bodyslamming
Breaking down the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism bills with former Professor of Law, Drew Fraser. We take a look at the possible legal challenges for this anti-speech bill, the problems it presents for natio
This week John Ruddick hopped on the podcast to discuss the various anti-freedom laws being bought in in the aftermath of the Bondi Massacre: anti-protest laws, the X ban, among many others. We also chatted on Trump’s re
Hugo Lennon aka Auspill, Dr Frank Salter of the British Australian Community, Elias Priestly of the Australian Natives Association and John Lawson, editor of The National Observer! We discussed ways for Australian patrio
This week John Lawson was joined by the Australian Natives Association’s own Elias Priestly and the founder of Return To The Land, Eric Orwall, to discuss intentional communities, the plague of nationalist laziness, the
Drew Pavlou joined us this week to discuss his ideological progression from avowed left-wing socialist to classical liberal and now a National Conservative with Lee Kuan Yew characteristics. LINKS Find more of Drew’s con
Hugo Lennon, aka Auspill, joined us this week on the pod to recap the successes of the first March for Australia, plans for future marches, the Auspill story, labubus and much much more! LINKS 💊 Find all of Auspill’s so
This week Matthew and John were joined by former Senator and People First Party founder Gerard Rennick to discuss the 2025 election, immigration, multiculturalism, the intelligence agencies and false flags! LINKS 📲 Foll
Matthew and John gave their scorching hot takes on the brand new Stan documentary covering the life and controversies of Premier Joh Bjelke Peterson, last king of Queensland. We also examined the myriad political lessons
Malachi Brogden Hearne joined John to discuss the Liberal-National split and remarriage, the collapse of the centre-right at the 2025 election and the complete reputational destruction of One Nation and Family First! LIN
This week the Trumpet of Patriot’s nationalist candidate from Queensland joined Matthew to give the case for voting ToP and an analysis of the impending federal election! LINKS 📲 Follow Rob on X🦢 Check out Rob's work a
This week John and Matthew were joined by Liberal Party exile and conservative operator Barclay McGain to discuss Dutton’s electoral prospects and missed opportunities as well as the Trump tariff debacle! LINKS 🔵 Follow
This week we were joined by Professor Eric Louw to hear his first-hand account of South Africa’s decline, the ideological movements at the root of it, the Afrikaners trying to rebuild civilisation and whether we should r
Former Liberal Party operator John MacGowan weighs in on the upcoming Federal Election, will Albo get a second term? Will Dutton scrape in by the skin of his teeth? Should we even care? All this and more answered on our
This week Matthew and John were back from a short hiatus and were joined by Prof. Stephen McInerney to discuss Australia’s changing demographics and the topic of the ethnogenesis of Australians, has it occurred? Or are A
This week John was joined by UBERSOY to discuss right-wing progressivism, its foundations and real-world application, with a focus on the Australian context. We also touched on the Russia/Ukraine conflict and PM Albanese
This week Matthew was joined by UKMallard writer Ilija Dokmanovic who is currently residing in the land of the free to discuss the bombastic first few weeks of the Trump presidency and its implications for Australia! LIN
This week I was joined by former Liberal Party operative John MacGowan to cover the rise and precipitous fall of the NSW Liberal Party’s Right Faction as well as the main players: David Clarke, John Howard, Tony Abbott a
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