30 episodes

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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    • Education

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).

    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
    Graham Linehan

    Graham Linehan

    Graham Linehan is the co-creator of Father Ted and other popular UK comedy series. We talked to him about Ted's origins, comedy in a time of censorship, and trans issues.

    Graham's time in NZ was hosted by the Free Speech Union: https://www.fsu.nz/

    Mia Hughes' report on 'the WPATH files': https://environmentalprogress.org/big...

    Graham's X:   / glinner 
    Free Kiwis!' X:   / freekiwis  

    • 1 hr 6 min
    Iona Italia

    Iona Italia

    Iona Italia is Managing Editor of Quillette and a former Editor-in-Chief of Areo. We talked to her about her life and career; the virtues of letter-writing; and her work with heterodox online publications like Areo and, now, Quillette.

    Iona' Substack: https://www.drionaitalia.com/

    Jamie Palmer's long-read on the lab-leak hypothesis: https://quillette.com/2023/08/19/the-lab-leak-illusion/
    Iona's writing for Quillette: https://quillette.com/author/iona/
    James' writing for Quillette: https://quillette.com/author/james-kierstead/

    • 1 hr 12 min
    Jonathan Sumption

    Jonathan Sumption

    Lord Sumption is a historian and jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom between 2012 and 2018. He is also a widely-respected commentator.
    We talked to him about our current free speech predicament in English-speaking countries, what led to it, and how to re-build a truly liberal culture.
    We are grateful to the NZ Free Speech Union for hosting Lord Sumption in NZ. You can support the work of the Free Speech Union here:
    https://www.fsu.nz/donation

    • 56 min
    Melissa Derby

    Melissa Derby

    Dr. Melissa Derby is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Waikato, where she teaches at the Tauranga campus. We talked to her about why she prefers not to be introduced as a 'Māori academic'; whether the concept of 'inter-generational trauma' can bear the weight that's been placed on it; and what the future holds for the New Zealand Free Speech Union.

    'Literacy is not a Maori Thing': https://openinquiry.nz/literacy-is-no...
    Inter-generational trauma: https://www.tekaharoa.com/index.php/t...
    New Zealand Free Speech Union: https://www.fsu.nz/

    • 1 hr 4 min
    Rodney Hide

    Rodney Hide

    Rodney Hide entered parliament in 1996, was elected leader of the ACT party in 2004, and was appointed Minister for Local government in 2008 in the fifth National government. He retired from the ACT leadership and from parliament in 2011. Rodney has studied zoology and botany, worked on an oil rig, and is a keen proponent of yellow jackets.

    Real Talk with Rodney Hide: https://realitycheck.radio/host/rodne...
    Karl Popper, The Open Society and its Enemies and its Enemies: https://press.princeton.edu/books/pap...
    W.W. Bartley on universities: https://www.amazon.com/Unfathomed-Kno...
    Bjorn Lomborg, The Skeptical Environmentalist: https://www.amazon.com/Skeptical-Envi...

    • 1 hr 22 min

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