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Free To Speak — 199 episodes
Douglas Brown - VPN Bans, a Banned Film and 'Trusted News'
Brian Boyd — Nabokov, Lolita, and a History of Censorship | Free to Speak
Ani O'Brien: Why NZ Needs Good Faith Yarns, Not Shouting Matches | Free to Speak
Laura McClure: The Deepfake Bill, Free Speech, and Where the Law Draws the Line | Free to Speak
Arrested for a Facebook Post: Ben Jones on Britain's Free Speech Collapse
Corina Shields: "Te Pāti Māori Doesn't Speak For All Of Us" | Free to Speak
Is Prayer Now Criminal? Bob McCoskrie on NZ's Conversion Therapy Law
Young Men Right, Young Women Left - And Why That Spells Disaster | Michael Johnston
Former BSA Board Member on Why Abolishing It Was the Wrong Call - Pulotu Tupe Solomon-Tanoa'I
Peter Boghossian: The Crisis of Honesty | Free Speech, Hard Conversations & What's Gone Wrong
Banning Teens From Social Media Pushes Them Into Darker Corners Online - David Inserra
Karl Marx was a free speech warrior - with László Molnárfi
When Safety Becomes Policy Who Guards Freedom Of Speech - Dr David Harvey & Douglas Brown
What Happens When “Promoting Hatred” Becomes A Crime - Professor Ben Saul UN Special Rapporteur
If You Cannot Criticise Your Side, You Do Not Have Free Speech - William McGimpsey
How A 1989 Broadcasting Law Became An Internet Speech Rule - with Steven Franks
The Conformity Crisis - Sarah McLaughlin On The Quiet Erosion Of Free Speech
The Day Police Failed To Let Women Speak: Posie Parker On Albert Park 3 Years Later
The Second COVID Inquiry - Ani O'Brien on Dissent & Censorship During Coronavirus
From Shah To Theocracy: An Iranian Activist’s Roadmap To Renewal - Dr Forough Amin
How Far Should Professional Standards Reach Into A Nurse’s Private Life - Dr Roderick Mulgan and Deborah Cunliffe
School Stresses Kids More Than Social Media Does - Eli Stark Elster
Who Gets To Speak When The Media Becomes A Monoculture - Yvonne van Dongen
Nurses, Speech, And The Line - Todd Stephenson MP
Greg Fleming MP: Te Reo, Politics and the Power of Listening
03 - David Cumin - After Bondi: the case against rushed 'hate speech' laws
02 - Board Roundup - Why are regulators constantly overreaching their remit?
01 - Douglas Brown - Who controls the internet in NZ?
A Deep Dive into Judicial Review and Free Speech
A Legal Odyssey in Free Speech and Ethics
Social Cohesion and Free Speech with Shamubeel Eaqub
Prof. Eric Heinze on The Rise of Critical Theory and the Future of the Left.
Dr. James Lindsay on wokeness, communism, and free speech.
Who In The World Supports Free Speech? Jacob Mchangama shares findings from A Global Survey
The right to protest - are we losing it?
"Hate Crime" Laws - What you need to know!
End of year review with the FSU team
FSU Talks | The Law Commission Discussion Paper
The Church and the Treaty: Free Speech in the Face of Controversy
Free Speech vs. "Hate Speech": Navigating New Zealand's Controversial Police Training
Free Speech Under Fire: Challenging institutional Censorship and public service Activism in New Zealand
The historical and philosophical underpinnings of free speech with Prof Michael Grimshaw
Unmasking Unteaching: A Conversation with Dr. Paul Crowhurst
Nick & Nathan on Schools & Regulatory bodies
"If not journalists then who?" with Dr Gavin Ellis
"Why Free Speech is the Only Safe Space for Minorities" with Jonathan Rauch
"The Most Human Right: Why Free Speech is Everything" with Prof Eric Heinze
Another victory for free speech: DIA abandons proposals for online censorship
Canceling the FSU from university; and other childish antics
‘From the River to the Sea': Censorship, free speech, and the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Keyboard warriors clash: opponents meet to test free speech
River of Freedom: a documentary epic on the need for open debate
"A Liberal Democracy Operates Because Voices Are Heard!" Sir Peter Gluckman on Social Cohesion and Free Speech
Free speech developments at University of Auckland
The fear of tyrants: why free speech is for the marginalised, oppressed and poor
Universities in trouble- why the academic freedom results matter
Worrying Trends: Academic Freedom in New Zealand with Prof. Elizabeth Rata and Dr. David Bromell
Interview with Jonathan Ayling and Paul Brennan on Reality Check Radio
Interview with Prof. Grant Schofield: Academic freedom and the need for courage
What Would Nadine Do? A debrief on the Nadine Strossen tour and 'The Disinformation Project' report.
Should The Public Square ever be 'Cool and Rational'? with Dr David Cumin and A/Prof Mike Grimshaw
Interview with Samantha Blanchard director of Silenced
Was Albert Park a turning point in the Free Speech battle?
Interview with Corina Shields
Defending the Free Speech Rights of Drag Queen Story Time & Tusiata Avia
Interview with Josephine Varghese
Interview with James Kierstead: The Roald Dahl Re-Edits and Dignity in Debate
Interview with Mike Grimshaw: Free Speech Vs the "Gated Community"
Interview with Ashley Church: Competing Faiths - The Woke Vs The Traditional Christian Worldview
Protest and the Limits of Free Speech with Simeon Brown and James Cockle
Special Report: Did online abuse force the Prime Minister to resign?
International Free Speech Union meeting: A Common Cause.
2022 in Review
The Spirit of the Law: How to create a culture of Free Speech (Recorded Live at the Free Speech Union 2022 AGM)
The Return of Blasphemy Laws with Dr. Michael Johnson and Marcus Roberts
Forbidden Conversations? Free Speech and the New Zealand Media with Janet Wilson and Yvonne van Dongen
Why the Working Class Rejected Hate Speech Laws
Interview with Forough Amin: The Iran Protests and the battle for Women's Rights
Special Announcement: Hate Speech laws dropped
Interview with Daniel Ben-Ami
Special Report: Free Speech Union ready for round two of Government’s proposed hate speech laws:
Life Out Loud #9: The Young Greens Attempt to End All Debate
Life Out Loud #8: Low Voter Turnouts and Weapons Of War
Interview with Mark White of U.S. based Left-wing Free Speech advocacy group Plebity
Student Takeover: University Students Discuss Free Speech
Interview with Auckland Mayoral Candidate Craig Lord
British Film Censorship vs the Video Nasties with David Gregory
Interview with Kobad Ghandy: Free Speech in Modi's India
A Free Speech Focus on Local Body Elections With Tory Whanau, James Gough and Dr. Ate Moala
Interview with Dane Giraud: Fire, Fury and Funding
Interview with Tim Wilson: No Womb, No View
Responsible Politics and Free speech: Free Speech Union Event at Otago University (Recorded 17/08/22)
Interview with Suzanne Levy: The Closing of the Tavistock Clinic
Interview with Prof. Kit Fine
Interview with Grant Guilford
The Free Speech Union's Annual Review: With Simon O'Connor, Hanne Janes and Matt McCarten
Interview with Orphee Mikalad
Interview with Bob McCoskrie
Interview with Dr. Bryce Edwards
Interview with Lifetime Black Power Member Denis O'Reilly: Why Censoring Gangs Doesn't Work
Bethlehem College's Free Speech: Why The Free Speech Union Is Standing Up
Special Report: ACT MP Dr. James McDowall on the voting down of the Education Amendment Bill
Interview with Nina Power
Interview with Tory Whanau
Interview with Marama Fox
The Woke Misrepresentation of Māori Culture with Michelle Uriarau (Mana Wāhine Kōrero)
Did Free Speech Play A Role In Hitler's Rise To Power with Chris Trotter
'Threats to Free Speech': Lecture with Karl du Fresne and Accompanying Q & A
What The Hell Is An Inclusion Manager Anyway?!
Special Report: AUT Cancel A Free Speech Union Meeting
Interview with Don Franks
Special Report: NZME Confirm Worst Fears About Our Media and Free Speech
Life Out Loud #7: Two Hit-Jobs Against the Free Speech Union.
Interview with Simon O'Conner
Special Report: "Cows and Cowards" With Rachel Stewart
Working With The Great Billy T James: Interview With Peter Rowley
Special Report: The Kashmir Files
Interview with Simeon Brown
Worlds Away From the Woke: Exploring The Real Martin Luther King Jr
Life Out Loud #6: The Dust Settles On The Anti-Mandate Protests
Devil In The Detail: Examining The Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill.
No-Free-Speech-Areas: Abortion 'Safe Zones' and Free Speech
Life Out Loud #5: Mallard Vs The Media
Former National MP Matt King on the Parliament Protests.
Life Out Loud #4: The Anti-Mandate Protest.
The 'Safe Areas' Bill And What It Means For Protest With Kate Cormack (Voice For Life)
Life Out Loud #3: Academic Freedoms and David Seymour's 'State Of The Nation' Address
Life Out Loud #2: Why We Must Challenge The 'Netsafe' Code (28/ 01/ 22)
Special Report: Interview with the Public Service Advisor censored for using the term 'male-bodied'
Life Out Loud: a week in review #1 (17/ 01/ 22)
Interview with Georgina Beyer
Council 'Codes of Conduct' Roundtable.
Interview with Canadian Feminist Meghan Murphy
Special Report: Matt McCarten's 'Summer of Justice'
Panel Discussion: The Royal Society and Free Speech ft. Harete Hipango, Damien Grant and Prof. Natasha Hamilton-Hart
Interview with Journalist Rachel Stewart
Free Speech Is A People’s Frank Confession To Itself
Special Report: Facing the Fury of the Academy: The Listener Letter and Academic Freedom in New Zealand.
Special Report: Michael Laws takes on regional council's "Codes of Conduct".
The Misuse of "Holocaust" with Juliet Moses
Academic Freedoms with Cambridge History Professor Robert Tombs ft. Prof. Paul Moon and Dr. David Cumin
Interview with Jonathan Rauch
Rachel Poulain speaks to New Plymouth District Councillor Anneka Carlson
Dane Giraud speaks with Investigative Journalist Ian Sinclair
Is Name Suppression A Free Speech Issue? ft. Stephen Franks, Graeme Edgeler and Daniel Kalderimis
Special Report: Speak Up For Women vs NZME
Stephen Franks speaks with Nadine Strossen
Interview with Economist Ananish Chaudhuri
Jonathan Ayling speaks with Simon Bridges on free speech, culture wars, and newly released memoir, National Identity
Conversion Therapy Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill (Public submission by the Free Speech Union)
Rachel Poulain speaks to Anna Rippon and Dr. Michael Morris of the New Zealand chapter of vegan group Direct Action Everywhere (DxE).
Professor of Philosophy Kathleen Stock speaks to Daphna Whitmore (audio-only version of the Free Speech Unions Speakeasy webinar presented on the 22nd of July)
Imam Mustenser Qamar on alternatives to 'Hate Speech'
Interview with legend of the NZ Union movement Matt McCarten
MOJ Proposals to Reform the Legal Framework Related to Hate Speech (Public Submission by the Free Speech Union)
Interview with Historian Paul Moon
Dr. David Cumin and Dane Giraud discuss the now released plan for hate speech laws
Special Report: Victory for Speak Up For Women.
'Special Announcement' episode with Speak Up For Women spokeswoman Beth Johnson
Interview with Beth Johnson, spokeswoman for Speak Up For Women
Interview with Toby Young, founder of the Free Speech Union UK
Panel Discussion: FSC Court of Appeal Judgement
Episode 33: Twitter Purge Victim Speaks, Dane Giraud interviews former ACT Candidate Stephen Berry
FSC Round Table: Is Big Tech a Threat to Free Speech?
Episode 32: Stephen Franks interviews Chief Censor David Shanks
Episode 31: Don Brash, 'Is freedom of speech under threat in New Zealand?'
Episode 30: Dr Kierstead on ancient Greek values of free speech and diversity of thought at our universities
Episode 29: You won't change hearts and minds by breaking funny bones
Episode 28: Dr David Cumin interview Winston Peters MP
Episode 27: In the Court of Appeal with Stephen Franks
Episode 26: Steve Elers and the Pronoun Showdown
Episode 25: Free Speech within Islam with Imam Mustenser Qamar
Episode 24: What is the Maori position on Free Speech?
Episode 23: Prof. Paul Spoonley Doesn't Believe in the Multicultural Society
Episode 22: Daphna Whitmore on Marxism and Free Speech
Episode 21: Dr Steve Elers on the media during a crisis
Dane Giraud interviews David Farrar on Govt. bans on some media as part of level 4 COVID-19 response
Free Speech Podcast LIVE: Jordan Williams, Ani O'Brien and Damien Grant
Episode 20: Patrick Corish interviews Georgina Blackmore
Episode 19: Patrick Corish interviews Professor James Flynn - Part One
Episode 18: Patrick Corish interviews ACT leader David Seymour
Episode 17: Patrick Corish interviews Dr. Michael Johnston
Episode 16: Patrick Corish interviews Helen Pluckrose
Episode 15: Patrick Corish interviews Elliot Ikelei
Episode 14: Patrick Corish interviews Melissa Derby
Episode 13 (Part 2): Stephen Franks and Patrick Corish interview Professor Nadine Strossen
Episode 13 (Part 1): Stephen Franks and Patrick Corish interview Professor Nadine Strossen
Episode 12: Patrick Corish interviews Ani O'Brien
Episode 11: The Auckland City Council Litigation Special
Episode 10: Dr David Cumin interviews Brendan O'Neill
Episode 9: Rachel Poulain Interviews Grant Edwards
Episode 8: Patrick Corish interviews Ali Gammeter and Gabriel Tagi
Episode 7: Patrick Corish interviews Garrick Tremain
Episode 6: Jordan Williams interviews Reynold Macpherson and Stephen Franks
Episode 5: Patrick Corish interviews Simon O'Connor and Stephen Franks
Episode 4: Rachel Poulain interviews David Seymour
Episode 3: Dr David Cumin interviews Grover Norquist
Episode 2: Jordan Williams interviews Reynold Macpherson & Don Brash
Episode 1: Rachel Poulain interviews Ani O'Brien (Speak Up for Women)