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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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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).

    Peter Ridd

    Peter Ridd

    Peter Ridd was formerly head of the Physics Programme and the Marine Geophysical Laboratory at James Cook University in Queensland. We asked him how and why he was forced out of JCU, as well as about the Great Barrier Reef and climate change in the Pacific. An article by Peter calling for greater quality assurance in 'policy-science': https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

    • 59 min
    VUW free speech event debrief (FKs! Dialogues 5)

    VUW free speech event debrief (FKs! Dialogues 5)

    The morning after Victoria University of WELLINGTON's free speech event, Michael and James met to discuss the event, including both its set-up and points made by the speakers.

    • 1 hr 16 min
    Jonathan Rauch

    Jonathan Rauch

    Jonathan Rauch is a US writer whose books include The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50 (2018); Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America (2004); Government's End: Why Washington Stopped Working (2000); and Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought (1993).We talked to him about his latest book, The Constitution of Knowledge, and how to get our institutional settings right for a society which is free and, at the same time, orie...

    • 55 min
    Free speech at VUW (FKs! Dialogues 4)

    Free speech at VUW (FKs! Dialogues 4)

    A conversation about Victoria University of Wellington Vice-Chancellor Nic Smith's decision to postpone his original panel on free speech and about the two new panels he's now announced. Topics we discuss include: Is the new panel more balanced or representative? Is Michael right-wing? And is Nic Smith going to be able to force his institution to respect people's basic expressive rights - or is reform from the outside required?Wilkinson and Jeram's NZI report on inequality:https://nzinitiativ...

    • 39 min
    Cynical Theories (Book Club 3)

    Cynical Theories (Book Club 3)

    The topic of our third Free Kiwis! book club was Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay's book Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity - And Why this Harms Everybody.We talked about its account of post-modernism and 'grievance studies,' and considered how much this has affected academia and the free speech crisis in New Zealand.Panellists:Dr James Kierstead, NZ InitiativeDr Michael Johnston, NZ InitiativeDr Matthew Birchall, NZ InitiativeDr...

    • 1 hr 15 min
    Eric Kaufmann

    Eric Kaufmann

    Eric Kaufmann is Professor of Politics at the University of Buckingham. He talked to Michael about whether the Amish will inherit the earth, whether wokeness is a religion-substitute, and how we can protect liberal science and civilization. Eric's book on religious groups and population growth: https://www.amazon.com/Shall-Religiou...Eric's course on wokeness: https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/courses/...

    • 1 hr 10 min

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