Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps
BOB CARR on Diplomacy, Statesmanship and Grief
Published: 31 March 2025 at 19:00 Europe/London
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Even if you're not Australian, you want to listen to this conversation with one of the nation's most iconic statesmen.
Bob Carr is a former foreign minister of Australia (i.e. the secretary of state) and, before that, the longest-continuously-serving Premier of NSW, Australia's most populous state. He's an intellectual powerhouse, an icolonoclast, a champion debater, a student of American history, of geopolitics and of diplomacy.
For the first portion of this conversation, he and Josh discuss Australian issues - nuclear submarines, his tenure as state leader. But the second half is a delightful rumination on power, Trump, the liberal world order, China, success, legacy, and grief.
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