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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Free To Speak
Latest Episodes
Corina Shields: "Te Pāti Māori Doesn't Speak For All Of Us" | Free to Speak
"I have always been the big-mouth Māori that says things we're not supposed to say."Corina Shields — better known online as Aunty Heihei (@AuntyHeihei) — returns to Free to Speak to talk with host Dane Giroud about her move from social-...
Is Prayer Now Criminal? Bob McCoskrie on NZ's Conversion Therapy Law
Is it now a criminal offence to pray for someone struggling with gender confusion? Could a parent face prosecution for affirming their child's biological sex? Bob McCoskrie of Family First joins Dane to unpack the Conversion Practic...
Young Men Right, Young Women Left - And Why That Spells Disaster | Michael Johnston
Young men drifting to the Right is the half of the story everyone is reporting. The other half — young women radicalising Left at an even faster rate — is barely discussed. And when politics becomes completely gendered, Michael Johnston warns, ...
Former BSA Board Member on Why Abolishing It Was the Wrong Call - Pulotu Tupe Solomon-Tanoa'I
Pulotu Tupe Solomon-Tanoa'I served four years on the Broadcasting Standards Authority. With the BSA now set to be abolished by the Coalition Government following the Sean Plunket / The Platform jurisdictional decision, she sits down with FSU Co...
Peter Boghossian: The Crisis of Honesty | Free Speech, Hard Conversations & What's Gone Wrong
"There is a crisis of honesty — and we're seeing the consequences in every sphere of life." American philosopher Peter Boghossian — author of How to Have Impossible Conversations and the mind behind Spectrum Street Epistemology — j...