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You can listen to our podcasts here on this page or via your favourite podcasting app. Just search for Centre for Independent Studies. In today’s world, we are more aware than ever about what’s happening. With 24-7 news cycles and the advent of social media, we have everything at our fingertips. Yet, do we ever stop to reflect on the principles, values, and beliefs of our society? In our Liberalism in Question podcast, we explore the state of Classical Liberalism.


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Against tribalism. Take an empirical not emotional approach
Claire Lehmann, Robert ForsythNovember 3, 2022Liberalism in Question

Claire Lehmann, founding editor of Quillette sits down with Rob. Claire explains the philosophy of...

A theologian who thinks secularism is a very good thing
Mike Bird, Robert ForsythOctober 27, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob talks to Mike Bird, the Academic Dean at Ridley Theological College Melbourne, on the...

Liberalism: the winner in the battle of ideas but the loser on the ground
Steven Schwartz, Robert ForsythOctober 20, 2022Liberalism in Question

On this episode Rob chats with former university vice-chancellor Steven Schwartz. Steven understands liberalism as...

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“I’m the the expert in me” —the value of individual freedom
Robert Forsyth, Emilie DyeOctober 13, 2022Liberalism in Question

“I’m the the expert in me” —the value of individual freedom. In this discussion we...

The power of choice that makes society better—even if it not appreciated
Tom Switzer, Robert ForsythOctober 6, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob sits down the Centre for Independent Studies executive director Tom Switzer. Tom discusses with...

What’s needed to revive liberalism; ideas and a spine
Ruth Richardson, Robert ForsythSeptember 29, 2022Liberalism in Question

A fierce reformer for liberalism, Ruth Richardson is asked whether the ship of reforming liberalism...

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