Best Hugh Ferris Podcasts (2024)

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Jesse Singal and Coleman Hughes 1:14:58

1h ago1:14:58

1:14:58

Two of the internet’s most intellectual contrarians sit down in a park with Josh. Magic ensues. Jesse is among the world's most astute analysts of internet nonsense. He became a lightning rod when his 2018 Atlantic cover story was the first deeply reported mainstream article to question child transgender medicine. His punishment was swift and sever…

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#763: Margaret Atwood and Boyd Varty 3:00:50

14m ago3:00:50

3:00:50

This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited. The episode features segments from episode #573 "Margaret Atw…

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Senator David Pocock on "How to Be a Senator & World-Cup Athlete" 1:02:59

17h ago1:02:59

1:02:59

Why do some people have strong moral opinions but don't act on them, while other people effect real change? It's a question Josh wanted to ask Australia's most influential athlete-turned-politican. David Pocock was a rugby champion who played for Australia's national team, one of the world's most iconic rugby sides. He then became the first senator…

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#762: Coach George Raveling and Claire Hughes Johnson 2:47:55

4d ago2:47:55

2:47:55

This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited. The episode features segments from episode #332 "Coach George…

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#761: General Stanley McChrystal and Liv Boeree 2:08:57

6d ago2:08:57

2:08:57

This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited. The episode features segments from episode #86 "General Stan …

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JUST JOSH: The Perfect Veep Pick 25:51

6d ago25:51

25:51

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate for the presidency, has chosen her running mate… and it isn’t one of the swing-state governors her pollsters were recommending. Josh is surprised, impressed, and uncharacteristically chipper about what this means for Harris, for the election and for the future of the American left. Cheer up and…

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“What Even Is the ‘Intellectual Dark Web’ Today?” with Dr Jamie Roberts 1:06:50

8d ago1:06:50

1:06:50

DON'T MISS COLEMAN HUGHES AND JOSH LIVE IN MELBOURNE! GET TICKETS NOW AT https://bit.ly/Coleman-Szeps-Melb Vaccine mandates. Wokeness in Hollywood. The female pay gap. Race protests. Diversity programs. Covid lockdowns. #metoo. The so-called intellectual dark web tackled it all. A loose grouping of dissenting intellectuals and commentators, they so…

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#760: Robert Rodriguez and Susan Cain 2:10:51

10d ago2:10:51

2:10:51

This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited. The episode features segments from episode #98 "The 'Wizard' …

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“Is Planet Earth Alive?” with Ferris Jabr 1:18:30

11d ago1:18:30

1:18:30

Have you ever wondered what’s up with Earth? Seriously. What the actual heck. Of all those trillions of space rocks, this one is all leafy and watery and lifey. What is it, this spaceship we’re on, this pale blue dot? Might it be a kind of living thing itself? ‌ This old hippy idea has been wrestled into a more fascinating, harder-headed thesis by …

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#759: Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Todd McFarlane 2:16:42

13d ago2:16:42

2:16:42

This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited. The episode features segments from episode #691 "Nassim Nicho…

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“PROJECT 2025” with Skye Perryman 1:02:28

14d ago1:02:28

1:02:28

Project 2025, technically the 2025 Presidential Transition Project, is a set of sweeping policy changes to be enacted on Day One of the next conservative administration. If Trump wins, that’s January 20th, 2025. Skye Perryman is one of the project’s leading opponents. She’s the president and CEO of Democracy Forward, a non-profit that promotes demo…

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Tim Minchin: "Arty Farty Echo Chambers" 2:03:42

18d ago2:03:42

2:03:42

How do you escape the shaming of the mob when you're a public figure with original ideas? Tim Minchin is one of the most successful creatives Australia has ever produced. He wrote the music and lyrics for Matilda the Musical, which won more Olivier Awards than any other show in history at the time. Now in its 13th year, the show continues to sell o…

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#758: Jamie Foxx and Jacqueline Novogratz 2:31:15

18d ago2:31:15

2:31:15

This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited. The episode features segments from episode #124 "Jamie Foxx o…

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#757: Matthew McConaughey and Aisha Tyler 2:49:08

20d ago2:49:08

2:49:08

This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited. The episode features segments from episode #474 "Matthew McCo…

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“Racial Identity in Europe” with Thomas Chatterton Williams 1:03:33

22d ago1:03:33

1:03:33

First things first: The Uncomfortable Conversations LIVE touring empire is expanding, with live shows in Sydney and Melbourne in August with the inimitable Coleman Hughes. Tickets are selling fast. Get yours now. Don’t miss out: Sydney https://bit.ly/Coleman-Szeps-Syd Melbourne https://bit.ly/Coleman-Szeps-Melb Meanwhile, the new YouTube page is go…

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#756: Anne Lamott and Josh Waitzkin 2:17:52

25d ago2:17:52

2:17:52

This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited. The episode features segments from episode #522 "Anne Lamott …

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"Is Josh a 'Bad Gay'?" with Alastair Lawrie 43:44

27d ago43:44

43:44

When Sydney's biggest broadsheet newspaper published an opinion piece by Josh on the occasion of the Mardi Gras Gay Pride Parade, it triggered a backlash from some in the LGBT+ community. One of Josh's attackers was a prominent activist, Alastair Lawrie, the Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Justice and Equity Centre. Instead of arguing with A…

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#755: Hugh Jackman and Esther Perel 2:33:02

27d ago2:33:02

2:33:02

This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited. The episode features segments from episode #444 "Hugh Jackman…

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“Trump’s Prognosis” with David Frum 1:42:00

29d ago1:42:00

1:42:00

Well, what happens now? Does Donald Trump win? Does he lose? To whom? What are we all in for? On the eve of Trump’s coronation as the Republican presidential candidate at the party’s National Convention this week, he was narrowly shot in an apparent assassination attempt at a rally. Is this the most dramatic election of our lives? David Frum is one…

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#754: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ann Miura-Ko 2:41:28

1M ago2:41:28

2:41:28

This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited. The episode features segments from episode #60 "Arnold Schwar…

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"Is Trans Ideology Harming Transsexuals?" with Dana Beyer 2:07:12

1M ago2:07:12

2:07:12

"Transsexual" sounds like an old-fashioned term. But it describes a real medical condition in which your brain has the opposite sex from your body. Are transsexuals threatened by newer gender-queer, non-binary theories of sex? Dr Dana Beyer says so. She's one of the most influential and effective trans activists in history. A medical doctor and sel…

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#753: Derek Sivers and Kevin Kelly 2:32:53

1M ago2:32:53

2:32:53

This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited. The episode features segments from episode "Derek Sivers on D…

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“Boomers vs Millennials” with Dr Jean Twenge 1:04:12

1M ago1:04:12

1:04:12

Boomers. Millennials. Gen X. Gen Z. Are you actually in control of your feelings about gender fluidity, social media, streaming television, laptops, jumbo jets and the pill, or have you absorbed the norms of your generation? Dr Jean Twenge is a psychology professor who's been studying large, national surveys of young people for decades, teasing out…

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“Authoritarianism in Europe” with Péter Krekó 1:11:33

1M ago1:11:33

1:11:33

Europe is holding its breath ahead of France’s parliamentary elections, in which a “far right” party could win power for the first time since WWII. The hero of 21st-century right-wing European triumphalism is Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán. Many European far-right candidtaes are his devoted fan boys, as are farther-flung admirers like Donal…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Hugh Ferris Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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The Tim Ferriss Show

Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig

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Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps

Josh Szeps

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Life Moves Pretty Fast - The Music and Movies of John Hughes

Life Moves Pretty Fast - The Music and Movies of John Hughes

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The Docker Podcast

Dock workers

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Jesse Singal and Coleman Hughes 1:14:58

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#763: Margaret Atwood and Boyd Varty 3:00:50

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Senator David Pocock on "How to Be a Senator & World-Cup Athlete" 1:02:59

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#762: Coach George Raveling and Claire Hughes Johnson 2:47:55

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#761: General Stanley McChrystal and Liv Boeree 2:08:57

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JUST JOSH: The Perfect Veep Pick 25:51

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“What Even Is the ‘Intellectual Dark Web’ Today?” with Dr Jamie Roberts 1:06:50

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#760: Robert Rodriguez and Susan Cain 2:10:51

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“Is Planet Earth Alive?” with Ferris Jabr 1:18:30

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#759: Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Todd McFarlane 2:16:42

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“PROJECT 2025” with Skye Perryman 1:02:28

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Tim Minchin: "Arty Farty Echo Chambers" 2:03:42

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#758: Jamie Foxx and Jacqueline Novogratz 2:31:15

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#757: Matthew McConaughey and Aisha Tyler 2:49:08

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“Racial Identity in Europe” with Thomas Chatterton Williams 1:03:33

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#756: Anne Lamott and Josh Waitzkin 2:17:52

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"Is Josh a 'Bad Gay'?" with Alastair Lawrie 43:44

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#755: Hugh Jackman and Esther Perel 2:33:02

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“Trump’s Prognosis” with David Frum 1:42:00

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#754: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ann Miura-Ko 2:41:28

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"Is Trans Ideology Harming Transsexuals?" with Dana Beyer 2:07:12

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#753: Derek Sivers and Kevin Kelly 2:32:53

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“Boomers vs Millennials” with Dr Jean Twenge 1:04:12

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“Authoritarianism in Europe” with Péter Krekó 1:11:33

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