Free Kiwis!

Updated: 21 Mar 2024 • 30 episodes
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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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21 Mar 2024 • EN

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/S

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21 Mar 2024 • EN

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.o

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18 Feb 2024 • EN

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-le

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11 Feb 2024 • EN

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 gr

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12 Aug 2023 • EN

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 futur

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12 Aug 2023 • EN

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 propon

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