Curtin’s Cast

Curtin's Cast - Episode 6 - 2 April 2025 - Nick and Kos on Election Week 1

On Episode 6 of Curtin's Cast, Nick Dyrenfurth and Kos Samaras unpack Week One of the federal election. Kos tells what to take from the avalanche of new polling, key seats to watch in the outer suburbs and inner-cities, Liberal woes and the "Trump bump", plus they deep dive into a major research project the John Curtin Research Centre and RedBridge Group are undertaking on right-wing populism. Listen to Curtin's Cast Episode 6 at your favourite streaming service!

Curtin's Cast - Episode 5 - 26 March 2025 - Kos and Nick on the Budget and Election 2025

On this week's episode of Curtin's Cast Nick Dyrenfurth and Kos Samaras deep dive into the looming federal election, what the polls are telling us, Donald Trump's tariff wars, the future of the two-party system in Australia and the 2025 Budget.Listen to Curtin's Cast Episode 5 at your favourite streaming service!

Curtin's Cast - Episode 4 - 19 March 2025 - Clare O'Neil

We have an amazing new episode of Curtin's Cast with the the brilliant Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Clare O'Neil MP.Nick Dyrenfurth and Kos Samaras yarned with Clare about family including her convict relatives, her childhood raised by publisher parents, modern life and being a working Mum of three in politics, and plenty of policy focusing (not surprisingly!) on housing. Some say if you want a friend in politics get a dog! We asked Clare if she had friends from the non-Labor side and response was super interesting!Listen to Curtin's Cast Episode 4 at your favourite streaming service:Applehttps://lnkd.in/gM8HyBjRSpotifyhttps://lnkd.in/gJRCtZPEYouTubehttps://lnkd.in/gJZrEdbH

Curtin's Cast - Episode 3 - 12 March 2025 - Maurice Glasman

Episode 3 of the John Curtin Research Centre's Curtin's Cast podcast has landed and it's a cracker! JCRC Executive Director Nick Dyrenfurth and RedBridge Director Kos Samaras yarn with Lord Glasman. We deep dive into Maurice's Blue Labour project, discuss the rise of Trump and his recent chat with MAGA 'Godfather' Steve Bannon, the follies of unchecked globalising capitalism and modern left-wing 'progressive' politics, the meaning of patriotism, AI and climate change, and what it will take for Labo(u)r parties to win back the affection of the working class.
Maurice Glasman is an English political theorist, academic, social commentator, and Labour life peer in the House of Lords. Baron Glasman is professor of politics at St Mary’s University, London, and director of the Common Good Foundation. Maurice is best known as a founder of the Blue Labour tendency, a term he coined in 2009, which advocates for a conservative form of socialism. He is the author of Blue Labour: The Politics of the Common Good and and Unnecessary Suffering: Managing Market Utopia. 

Curtin's Cast - Episode 2 - 5 March 2025 - Jim Chalmers

On Episode 2 of the John Curtin Research Centre's Curtin's Cast podcast JCRC Executive Director Nick Dyrenfurth and RedBridge Director Kos Samaras chat to the Treasurer of Australia and Member for Rankin in suburban Brisbane, Jim Chalmers. We deep dive into what makes Jim tick and his passions, including what he does outside of the cut and thrust of political life, how he takes inspiration from Labor legend Paul Keating and where he differs in his 21st century approach, the big challenge of intergenerational responsibility, the fourth wave of economic transformation, and what is at stake at this year's election, and much more.

Curtin's Cast - Episode 1 - 19 February 2025

JCRC Executive Director Nick Dyrenfurth and Redbridge Director Kos Samaras look at the year ahead in Australian politics, deep diving into recent opinion polling, Trump and the global right-wing anti-establishment insurgency, how men and women are heading in different voting directions, upcoming West Australian election, and much more.