4 episodes

The Heretic: Inside Peter Ridd’s fight for freedom of speech on climate change is an insiders’ account of Peter Ridd’s ongoing legal battle with James Cook University. It tells the story of why Peter spoke out on the bad science surrounding climate change and the Great Barrier Reef, the extraordinary lengths that James Cook University went to silence him, and how Peter fought back in court.

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The Heretic: Inside Peter Ridd’s fight for freedom of speech on climate change is an insiders’ account of Peter Ridd’s ongoing legal battle with James Cook University. It tells the story of why Peter spoke out on the bad science surrounding climate change and the Great Barrier Reef, the extraordinary lengths that James Cook University went to silence him, and how Peter fought back in court.

    Episode 3: Peter versus Goliath

    Episode 3: Peter versus Goliath

    Peter decides to fight back and, with the help of the Institute of Public Affairs, a legal team is assembled. After a dramatic showdown in the Federal Circuit Court, Peter wins on every count, but unbelievably, James Cook University doubles down, launching an appeal.
    Listen to this real-life courtroom drama, with interviews from Peter’s lawyers, journalists covering the case, and others who sat in the courtroom to show their support.

    • 44 min
    Episode 2: Unfree Speech

    Episode 2: Unfree Speech

    A controversial chapter in the IPA’s Climate Change: The Facts and subsequent interview on Sky News triggers a new round of ‘disciplinary proceedings’ with James Cook University, and Peter faces months of warnings, censures, gag orders and procedurally-dubious ‘star chambers’, culminating in his unlawful sacking from JCU.We’ll also hear from Anne Carter, wife of the late Bob Carter, who was also hounded out of JCU for his views on climate change, and Michael McNally, Secretary of the National Tertiary Education Union Queensland, who explains that suppression of intellectual freedom at Australian universities is more common than we think.

    • 43 min
    Episode 1: The Truth about the Reef

    Episode 1: The Truth about the Reef

    In the first episode of The Heretic, we meet Dr Peter Ridd – a marine geophysicist, lifelong environmentalist and expert on the Great Barrier Reef – and hear about why the conventional wisdom that ‘climate change is killing the reef’ may very well be completely wrong. Peter explains why he spoke out against reef science coming out of his then-employer, James Cook University, and recalls the first complaints raised about him.
    We’ll also hear more about climate change from the IPA’s Dr Jennifer Marohasy, and from Professor David Vaux of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute about problems with a lot of scientific research in Australia.

    • 32 min
    The Heretic - Trailer

    The Heretic - Trailer

    The Heretic: Inside Peter Ridd’s fight for freedom of speech on climate change is an insiders’ account of Peter Ridd’s ongoing legal battle with James Cook University. It tells the story of why Peter spoke out on the bad science surrounding climate change and the Great Barrier Reef, the extraordinary lengths that James Cook University went to silence him, and how Peter fought back in court.
    Written and presented by IPA Director of Policy Gideon Rozner, The Heretic series draws on extensive interviews with Peter’s colleagues, legal team and former students, as well as journalists, commentators, union leaders, IPA staff and of course Peter himself.

    • 1 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
60 Ratings

60 Ratings

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waitinggg ,

What a bad podcast :)

The reason this exists is to cast doubt over science that has been at a statistical consensus for decades. The IPA is funded by groups who have an interest in spreading misinformation on this issue - Exxon, Shell etc.

The.Dr ,

Intellectual Freedom under Threat

Outstanding podcast showing the importance of intellectual freedom and integrity at our universities and one man’s very brave fight for it. Well done to Gideon on a perfect podcast.

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