The Karl Stefanovic Show

They lived at home until they got married. Before 40, they’d built more than $1 billion in assets. Karl Stefanovic sits down with self-made Sydney property developers Charbel Hazzouri and Anthony El-Hazouri, second-generation Australians whose fathers arrived from Lebanon with nothing. Karl visits the cousins at the new harbourside headquarters of Revelop, the property group they started in 2008 while still at uni. Charbel’s dad arrived at 18, rented a room from a woman with 30 cats and worked nights in a factory. Anthony’s dad sorted mail at Australia Post before finishing a PhD.From selling shower screens in the Trading Post and washing cars for $7 at nine years old, to marking out their first slab in Bronte (badly), the cousins explain how they built a property business from nothing: options, cash flow, doing more for free than for money, representing themselves in the Land and Environment Court, and buying shopping centres on gut feel, including a Big W they kept open with Liquorland vouchers.They finish on why they don’t think they’ve made it yet, what success looks like now, and their advice for a generation who have it even tougher.

Dr Nick Norwitz MD PhD joins Karl for a fascinating conversation spanning cholesterol, statins, GLP-1s, peptides and the rapidly changing science of human health.Norwitz reveals how his LDL cholesterol reached an extraordinary 574 after adopting a ketogenic diet – despite previously having normal cholesterol – and why he decided to spend seven years without treating it. He then underwent an advanced heart scan that found zero detectable plaque.He explains why he believes cholesterol needs to be considered in the context of a person's overall metabolic health, challenges the idea that ‘lower is always better’, and discusses what he sees as major problems with the incentives driving medical research.Norwitz also takes Karl inside the emerging world of GLP-1 drugs, peptides and human bioengineering – including his own controversial self-experiments with compounds such as retatrutide and MOT-C.He reveals the astonishing effects he experienced from retatrutide, explains why he believes peptides could eventually transform how we approach muscle, fat, ageing and disease, and argues that the ‘super soldier serum’ may not be as far away as it sounds.Plus, Norwitz explains why he believes the traditional model of large randomised trials may eventually give way to much more personalised approaches to medicine – and why he thinks we are entering an extraordinary new era of human biology.Subscribe to The Karl Stefanovic Show for more interviews, debate and conversations.A huge thanks to our sponsors at TANDA. If you employ people in this country, you need to check them out. You can do everything from onboarding, training and paying team members to off-boarding and more. Go to https://www.tanda.com.au/

AI safety expert Dr Roman Yampolskiy joins Karl Stefanovic for a confronting conversation about the future of artificial intelligence – and what happens if we create a form of intelligence that humans can no longer control.Yampolskiy warns that uncontrolled superintelligence could pose an extinction-level threat, arguing that current experiments show AI systems can lie, cheat, blackmail, bribe, hack systems and even sacrifice humans for their own survival. He says we have ‘basically failed to control them’ and questions whether humanity should continue developing general superintelligence at all.In this episode, he explains:Why uncontrolled superintelligence could become an extinction-level risk – and why humanity may already have ‘basically failed to control’ AI systems.How experiments have shown advanced AI systems can lie, cheat, blackmail, bribe, hack systems and take actions designed to protect their own survival.Why once AI reaches human-level intelligence, virtually every cognitive job could theoretically be automated – and why physical jobs could follow as robotics advances.What happens to society when machines can perform most human work, including the future of universal basic income, wealth redistribution and the global economy.Why traditional career advice could become obsolete in an AI-driven world – and which skills may still matter as automation accelerates.The race for superintelligence, discussing Elon Musk, the global competition to develop increasingly powerful AI systems, and why he believes humanity cannot win an adversarial relationship with superintelligence.Simulation Theory: How the combination of AI and virtual reality could eventually create billions of simulated worlds – and the statistical argument for why we could already be living in one.Subscribe to The Karl Stefanovic Show for more interviews, debate and conversations on the biggest issues facing Australia, the UK and the world.

So many questions were left unanswered after our first interview. So we had to get Pete Evans back on The Karl Stefanovic Show.From fluoride and tap water to creatine, carnivore diets, ‘healthy’ superfoods and sunlight, Pete takes Karl through his unconventional approach to food, health and wellbeing, challenging some of the assumptions we take for granted.Pete explains why he believes fluoride can lower IQ, why he questions whether some foods we consider ‘healthy’ can actually cause problems, and why he believes removing plant foods can help some people heal their gut.He also discusses why he thinks we have been ‘conditioned’ to fear the sun, his concerns around chemicals in our food, and why he believes reconnecting with nature and the earth is an important part of health.After Pete’s first appearance left plenty of questions hanging, Karl goes back for the answers – covering the topics they didn’t get to last time and putting Pete’s ideas under the microscope.This is Pete Evans, Part Two.Subscribe to The Karl Stefanovic Show for more interviews, debate and conversations on the biggest issues facing Australia, the UK and the world.A huge thanks to our sponsors at TANDA. If you employ people in this country, you need to check them out. You can do everything from onboarding, training and paying team members to off-boarding and more. Go to https://www.tanda.com.au/

Fred Brophy is the last of his kind.For decades, the legendary showman has travelled the country with Australia’s last surviving travelling boxing tent — preserving a piece of Australian history that has all but disappeared.In this special interview from Mount Isa, Fred sits down with Karl Stefanovic for an extraordinary conversation about his wild life on the road, being shot, going to jail, losing two fingers, the fighters whose lives he’s helped turn around and why he refuses to let one of Australia’s great traditions die.But Fred also has plenty to say about modern Australia.He gives Karl his unfiltered take on immigration, the housing crisis, Anthony Albanese and the government, reveals why Pauline Hanson is his favourite politician, and explains why he believes Australians are becoming increasingly fed up with the direction of the country.Plus, Fred reveals the story behind the world’s last travelling boxing tent — and gives Karl his very own fighting name.What do you make of Fred’s take on Australia today? Let us know in the comments.A big thanks to the legends at Ringers Western who we've partnered with to bring our Mount Isa Rodeo episodes to you. Get 20% off your first purchase with code Karl20 at https://ringerswestern.com

Tonight on Karl Weekly.One Nation has overtaken Labor and the Coalition in a new national poll.Karl speaks with Senator Malcolm Roberts after the Prime Minister labelled him "unfit" for Parliament, before former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer explains why he believes Australia has "lost its momentum."Plus, Dawn Fraser's extraordinary attack on Anthony Albanese and growing concerns over youth crime.Watch now.

Kyle Sandilands joins Karl Stefanovic for his most candid interview yet.He opens up about the fallout from leaving radio, the death threats that followed, why he believes Australia has entered an "assassination culture", and the moment he stopped searching for answers.Kyle also explains why he chose to fight back legally, rejects accusations that he's a workplace bully, and reveals what comes next as he launches his new media business.This is an unfiltered conversation about reputation, resilience and rebuilding after one of the biggest shake-ups in Australian media.A big thanks to our legend sponsors, Tanda. If you employ people in this country, you need to check them out. You can do everything from onboarding to paying right and everything in between on their platform. Go to https://tanda.comAnd to our mates at Ringers Western for keeping me kitted up. Go to https://ringerswestern.com.au - use code KARL20 for 20% off your first order.

Has Australia lost its way?This week on Karl Weekly, Karl sits down with three guests tackling some of the country's biggest controversies.James Ashby responds to the latest scrutiny surrounding Pauline Hanson and Gina Rinehart, questions Anthony Albanese's transparency, weighs in on Victoria's political shake-up and explains why he believes conservatives must unite to take on Labor.Chief Chaos Correspondent Drew Pavlou investigates more than $350,000 in taxpayer-funded hospitality spending, including a $700 breakfast and thousands spent entertaining politicians, asking one simple question: does it pass the pub test?Plus shock over a controversial education program for 11-year-olds. Education Advocate Edward Schuler joins us.Three interviews. Three controversies. One conversation.Note: We reached out to True Education for right of reply on our interview with Edward Shculer and we did not get a response. A big thanks to our sponsors TANDA. If you employ people in this country, this platform is for you. You can do everything from onboarding and training to paying staff. Go to https://tanda.com.au