"Are Aussies Sexist?" with Sarah Wilson

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps

Josh Szeps

Comedy Interviews, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Comedy

4.6 • 863 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

What's wrong with Australian men? What expectations do single, middle-aged women face? What happened to the Left? Sarah Wilson is a global phenomenon -- an activist, journalist, speaker, writer, podcaster and host. She joins Josh on this special crossover episode to wrestle with the biggest questions in our lives.

Notes

Sarah mentions the following study during the show. Details here:

A 2019 Harvard University study that looked at global economies and innovation found that Australia, paradoxically, was both one of the richest nations and the least innovative . . . and that the former led to the latter. Follow the links for more details.

https://atlas.cid.harvard.edu

https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/australia-is-rich-dumb-and-getting-dumber-20191007-p52y8i

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0:00.0	Giday, humans. Welcome to the Contrarian Playground, the safe space for dangerous ideas. Today on the show, Sarah Wilson, look, she is the author, the founder of an entire movement. The book is called I Quit Sugar. But you might remember the I Quit Sugar movement, which became a sort of a global phenomenon
0:20.8	oh, about a decade ago, and all of a sudden everybody was not, was off sugar for a while.
0:26.2	Sarah is the mastermind behind that trend.
0:29.0	And yet, I didn't really want to talk to her about sugar or nutrition.
0:36.3	I wanted to talk to her about herself, about communication, about what is
0:43.6	wrong with men and what the expectations are on women and what holds Australia back and whether
0:49.6	I agree with any of her interpretations about any of those things. And most importantly, how we can
0:55.9	understand each other better. Sarah is wonderful, beautiful, thoughtful, honest, raw, motivated
1:04.0	upfront about the fact that she suffers from anxiety. She's a multi-New York Times best-selling
1:10.7	author. She's an Amazon best-selling author. She's a multi-New York Times best-selling author.
1:11.5	She's an Amazon best-selling author.
1:13.3	She's a podcast.
1:14.4	You should listen to her podcast, which is called Wild by Sarah Wilson.
1:18.1	And she has interviews with big guests.
1:20.2	I mean, guests that even make this show's roster blush.
1:24.2	See ya.
1:25.3	She interviewed Sia.
1:26.1	I've been interviewed Sia.
1:27.5	See her. Can you come on the show? I interviewed Sia. I've been interviewed Sia. See her.
1:28.1	Can you come on the show?
1:29.8	I like Sia.
1:30.6	Quite partial to see her.
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