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A podcast focussing on freedom and free speech in a New Zealand context, hosted by two Wellington-based academics, Drs. Michael Johnston (VUW Education) and James Kierstead (VUW Classics).

  1. 19 jun

    Grant Robertson and South American dictators

    In their latest dialogue, Michael and James discuss whether an email sent by Grant Robertson in his capacity as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Otago breached the institutional neutrality provision introduced into the Education and Training Act just last year. Michael also asks James about the second rounds of the Peruvian and Colombian presidential elections, as well as both countries' troubled political pasts. Mario Vargas Llosa: Una Vida en Palabras: https://youtu.be/WiHzTF4W_SY?si=5ElK-u2qR8HVpUkZ

    36 min

  2. 18 may

    Frederick Attenborough

    James talks to Fred Attenborough, Research Manager at the UK Committee for Academic Freedom, about the recent ruling in a landmark academic freedom case, University of Sussex vs. Office for Students. Will the ruling fatally weaken the Office for Students, which the new UK academic freedom legislation empowers to regulate universities, before the the new academic freedom regime even gets going? Freddie has a number of pieces on this case up on the CAF website: https://afcomm.org.uk/author/frederick-attenborough/

    35 min

  3. 16 may

    Mitchell Palmer

    Mitchell Palmer is an economist at the Adam Smith Institute. We talked to him about his journey from Auckland to London via Singapore and Oxford; how to reform the UK student loan system; and the recent past and near future of the ACT Party.  Mitchell's report on student loans: https://www.adamsmith.org/research/credit-crunch Peter Ainsworth's IEA report on student loans: https://iea.org.uk/publications/shares-in-students-a-new-model-for-university-funding/

    1 h 4 min

  4. 10 may

    Sarah McLaughlin

    Sarah McLaughlin is Senior Scholar, Global Expression at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). We talked to her about threats to free speech from various quarters (including the Trumpian right, the progressive left, the CCP and UAE) and about how to build a healthy and consistent free speech culture. Sarah was in New Zealand courtesy of the NZ  Free Speech Union. Sarah's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Authoritarians-Academy-Internationalization-Borderless-Censorship/dp/1421452804

    1 h 11 min

  5. 21 abr

    Ilana Redstone

    Ilana Redstone is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne. She talked to James about the state of sociology, 'the certainty trap' of ideological extremism, and how much of today's progressive extremism can be traced back to the civil rights era. Ilana's book *The Certainty Trap*: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Certainty-Trap-Question-Ourselves-More/dp/1634312562 Richard Hanania's essay 'Woke Institutions is Just Civil Rights Law': https://www.richardhanania.com/p/woke-institutions-is-just-civil-rights

    35 min

  6. 9 abr

    Michael Ben-Gad

    Michael Ben-Gad is Professor of Economics at City St. George's University in London. He talks to James about a student campaign against him, the roots of some modern students' intolerance, and his recent research paper linking public debt and immigration.  Michael's paper 'On the Political Economy of Deficit Bias and Immigration': https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecoj.12502

    1 h 12 min

  7. 15 feb

    Abhishek Saha on the University of Sussex vs the Office for Students

    Abhishek Saha, Professor of Mathematics at Queen Mary University of London, has taken a close interest in free speech and academic freedom issues. In this episode he tells James about a case that is currently before the UK High Court which will have major implication for how academic freedom is regulated.

    38 min

  8. 31 ene

    The Wizard of New Zealand

    In this episode we talk to the Wizard of New Zealand about how he got his start in wizardry, the Fun Revolution, the humourlessness of Maoists, being engaged for 25 years, *Erewhon,* Anglicanism, the King in Parliament, why tea breaks are essential to proper warfare, grammar school, anarchism, how to avoid becoming too dependent on the state, red telephone booths, whether wizards actually practice magic, how to train wizards properly, making it rain, men and women, violent females (feat. lionesses), mandatory made-up Maori words, Trump and the Royal Family, the UN's raison d'etre, the collapse of Islam, toyboys and the family courts, the Stuart Restoration and above and throughout all, free speech.

    1 h 28 min
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A podcast focussing on freedom and free speech in a New Zealand context, hosted by two Wellington-based academics, Drs. Michael Johnston (VUW Education) and James Kierstead (VUW Classics).

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  • Creado por
    James
  • Años en activo
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodios
    62
  • Clasificación
    Apto
  • Derechos de autor
    © 2026 Free Kiwis!
  • Sitio web del podcast
    Free Kiwis!

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