Announcement posted by Righteous PR 17 Jul 2025
Twelve days. Twenty-four time zones. Zero filter. Award-winning broadcaster Josh Szeps will circumnavigate the globe in a first-of-its-kind partnership between his hit podcast, Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps, and the publishing giant Substack.
In back-to-back foreign locales, Josh will go head to head, live, with some of the world's most fascinating minds before a global audience.
The guest list is a rogue's gallery of heavy hitters: John Cleese, podcast legend Rich Roll, comedian Jimmy Carr, neuroscientist Sam Harris, and a parade of iconoclasts and intellectual troublemakers.
From London to Los Angeles, New York to Malibu, Josh and his long-suffering producer, Jono, will chase time zones, and guests… broadcasting raw, unfiltered conversations sometimes multiple times a day.
The centrepiece is a high-voltage live event at New York's iconic Comedy Cellar - the stomping ground of Seinfeld, Chappelle and Robin Williams - where Szeps will host a no-holds-barred panel event with some of the biggest names in New York journalism.
"This isn't a podcast tour. It's a seat-of-your-pants intellectual bender," says Szeps. "We're flying blind around the planet, streaming live, with no safety net, chasing the most fascinating minds… while jet lag fries mine."
The tour comes as Substack explodes globally, earning millions of dollars for creators by building direct, engaged communities.
Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps is Substack's #1 show of its kind in Australia, and is ranked Top 20 globally in its category.
Josh is available for interviews from July 17-22 and after August 8… or from the road in-between.
How to Tune In:
Live: uncomfortableconversations.substack.com
Audio: Uncomfortable Conversations podcast (Apple, Spotify and all major platforms)
About
Crowned Australia's "Best Interview Show" at the latest Australian Podcast Awards, Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps has featured Nobel laureates, prime ministers, ex-presidents, whistleblowers, and entertainment icons like Keith Urban and Stephen Fry. The show is known for its provocative, thoughtful interviews that cut through the culture-war noise, offering courageous conversations instead of polarising soundbites.
For more iinformation or to set up an interview: Contact: Julia Ferracane, Righteous PR | 0424 180 420 | julia@righteouspr.com.au