Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps

Josh Szeps

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Booking Overview

Interview-driven current-affairs and ideas show focused on polarizing social, political, ethical, and cultural questions, typically featuring journalists, academics, authors, activists, and other subject-matter experts. Agencies could credibly pitch published authors, public intellectuals, senior journalists, philosophers, educators, and experts with a strong perspective on contentious issues; booking is likely high-difficulty because guests generally bring significant expertise, public credibility, or media experience.

Metrics

Episodes: 475

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: Australia

Instagram: 1.7k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Josh Szeps - Josh Szeps is a journalist, broadcaster, comedian, and podcast host known for interviewing people across political, cultural, and social divides.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Published authors, senior journalists, university academics, public intellectuals, activists, educators, and specialists with demonstrated expertise and a well-developed perspective on contentious social, political, ethical, or cultural issues.
Required Achievements:  
Published books or substantial public writing, Senior editorial, academic, or professional appointments, Recognized expertise in a contested public issue, Media, advocacy, or public-speaking experience

Recent Guest Discussions

Ryan Martin - Parenting Advice, Screen Time, Free-range Parenting, Attention Deficit Disorder, Social Media Bans, And Raising Challenging Children.

David Volodzko - Free Speech, Political Extremism, Wokeness, Hate Speech, Censorship, Activism, Race, And Colourblind Casting.

David Enoch - Moral Philosophy, Universal Morality, Political Ethics, Israel's Occupation Of The West Bank, The War In Gaza, And International Law.

Recent Topics

Free Speech, Politics, Philosophy, Ethics, Social Issues

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps
:

Have Kids Become Little Shits?

July 13, 2026

Screen time. Free range parenting. Attention deficit disorder. Social media bans. And that little bastard on the plane kicking the back of your seat the whole flight. Are we losing control because of parenting advice that's overthought, overcomplicated bullshit? Today's guest says so. Ryan Martin is an educator who specialises in helping families navigate the wild terrain of raising challenging kids. He's been a school principal in the outback and a teacher in the big city. He joins Josh to ...

Race, ICE & the "Woke Right"

July 09, 2026

How do you stay enthusiastic about defending your opponents’ right to say things you hate? That’s the pickle of the free-speech defender in these crazy times. Whether it’s Trump dragging his enemies through courts, ICE agents kidnapping activists or the Florida government banning ‘wokeness’, David Volodzko - once a victim of left-wing cancel culture who now fights right-wing cancel culture, too - has his hands full. David is a journalist who spent much of his adult life in Asia. After rep...

Is Morality Made Up?

July 06, 2026

Is everything you believe about right and wrong just an accident of where you were born? Or is morality a universal truth waiting to be discovered? And if you dedicate your life to answering these questions, how would you feel if one of the greatest moral problems of our time unfolded around you? David Enoch is a world-leading ethicist and philosopher of law. He also happens to be an Israeli who's vocally critical of the Israeli government. David is a professor at Oxford University and holds ...

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