The New Flesh

Jon Astro & Ricky Allpike

Compelling interviews with thinkers, authors and thought leaders on politics, art and culture by hosts Jonathon Astro (Sydney) and Ricky Allpike (Melbourne). read less
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Episodes

Julie Szego | Sacked | Ep. 127
Oct 30 2023
Julie Szego | Sacked | Ep. 127
In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Julie Szego. Julie is a journalist who wrote for The Age on and off for more than two decades as a social affairs reporter and senior writer. Most recently Julie was a weekly columnist for The Age before being sacked by the paper in June 2023, after calling out the newspaper over its refusal to run her commissioned article on youth gender transition. She subsequently self-published the piece on Substack.Julie has taught journalism and creative non-fiction at RMIT, and Monash University and is the author of the non-fiction book The Tainted Trial of Farah Jama, which was shortlisted for the Victorian and NSW Premiers’ Literary Awards for 2015. Topics covered include; Julie's writing on the subject of childhood transition, the media coverage in the aftermath of the LET WOMEN SPEAK TOUR, the wokeness of the Australian Broadcasting corporation (ABC) AND more. ---ARTICLES AND LINKS DISCUSSEDFollow Julie on X:@JulieSzego---Szego Unplugged (Substack)---Transgender TERF war - Media Watch:https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/szeg/102524030---Julie Szego dropped for her gender critical reporting - Binary Australia:https://www.binary.org.au/julie_szego_dropped_for_her_gender_critical_reporting---LGBTQ is really QTBGL Because lesbians always come last - Szego Unplugged:https://szegounplugged.substack.com/p/lgbtq-is-really-qtbgl---SUPPORT THE NEW FLESHBuy Me A Coffee:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thenewflesh---Instagram: @thenewfleshpodcast---Twitter: @TheNewFleshpod---Follow Ricky: @ricky_allpike on InstagramFollow Ricky: @NewfleshRicky on TwitterFollow Jon: @thejonastro on Instagram---Theme Song: Dreamdrive "Vermilion Lips"
Umut Özkırımlı | Wokelash | Ep. 121
Sep 28 2023
Umut Özkırımlı | Wokelash | Ep. 121
In this week's episode of the New Flesh Podcast, Ricky and Jon interview Umut Özkırımlı. Umut is a Senior Research Fellow at IBEI (Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals), a professor at Blanquerna, Ramon Llull University, and a Senior Research Associate at CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs). He is also the Academic Director of the Barcelona Summer School of the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Umut is the author of the acclaimed Theories of Nationalism: A Critical Introduction, currently in its third edition. His writings appear frequently in The Guardian, openDemocracy, Times Higher Education, Huffington Post, Al Jazeera, among others. His most recent book is “Canceled: the Left Way Back From Woke”Topics covered include; the origins of the term "woke", the commodification of identity, the wokeness of Sweden, the bogus "hashtag-me-too" allegations leveled at Umut and the contradictions in the "hashtag-me-too" movement, the changing focus of leftest politics from class/income inequality to race/gender, the left's endless infighting AND more.   ---ARTICLES AND LINKS DISCUSSEDFollow Umut on Twitter:@UOzkirimli---Umut's official website:https://umutozkirimli.com/---The New Puritans - The Atlantic:https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/10/new-puritans-mob-justice-canceled/619818/---SUPPORT THE NEW FLESHBuy Me A Coffee:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thenewflesh---Instagram: @thenewfleshpodcast---Twitter: @TheNewFleshpod---Follow Ricky: @ricky_allpike on InstagramFollow Ricky: @NewfleshRicky on TwitterFollow Jon: @thejonastro on Instagram---Theme Song: Dreamdrive "Vermilion Lips"