Free To Speak
Free to Speak is the New Zealand podcast that goes beyond headlines to explore the principles behind our most contentious debates.
Produced by the New Zealand Free Speech Union, it examines freedom of expression and why it matters to a free and democratic society.
Expect interviews with guests from New Zealand and around the world, plus deep dives with our Council into the cases and policy work shaping free speech today.
Any questions, queries or feedback? Email: podcast@fsu.nz
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Latest Episodes
Ananish Chaudhuri: 12 Angry Men, class and academic freedom
Economist Ananish Chaudhuri, Professor of Experimental Economics at the University of Auckland, joins Dane Giraud. He is one of the newest members of the Free Speech Union Council. He starts with 12 Angry Men, Sidney Lumet's 1957 film about a j...
Stella O'Malley: Gender, Psychotherapy and the Right to Ask Questions
Irish psychotherapist and author Stella O'Malley founded Genspect in 2021. She tells Dane Giraud why she believes young people in gender distress need psychological care first, and why she argues medical transition has become consumer-driven he...
Free Speech Union Election 2026: Paul Goldsmith (National) on hate speech and the BSA
Justice and Media Minister Paul Goldsmith rules out any new hate speech legislation: "We've been very clear about that."He tells Free Speech Union Executive Director Jillaine Heather that the bill abolishing the Broadcasting Standards A...
Free Speech Union Election 2026: Winston Peters (NZ First) on the social media ban
NZ First leader Winston Peters says National's under-16 social media bill and Labour's digital duty of care won't stop at children: "it'll be 20-year-olds, it'll be 30-year-olds, it'll be all of us."In this pre-election interview with F...
Free Speech Union Election 2026: David Seymour (ACT) on blasphemy laws and regulators
ACT leader David Seymour says sections 61 and 131 of the Human Rights Act "really ought to be gone", and that ACT has "no intention of ever supporting blasphemy laws".In this pre-election interview with Free Speech Union Executive Direc...