Elliot Ikilei: Can a Conservative Truly Support Free Speech? | Free to Speak
Elliot Ikilei, former New Conservative leader, key figure in Hobson's Pledge, and now New Zealand First's 2026 candidate for Takanini, joins...
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20 of 200 episodesDouglas Brown - VPN Bans, a Banned Film and 'Trusted News'
Erica Stanford says a VPN ban was never on the table. Barrister and Free Speech Union Council Member Douglas Brown isn't convinced. Douglas...
Brian Boyd — Nabokov, Lolita, and a History of Censorship | Free to Speak
New Zealand banned it. So did France, Australia and South Africa, and every American publisher who saw the manuscript in 1954 turned it down...
Ani O'Brien: Why NZ Needs Good Faith Yarns, Not Shouting Matches | Free to Speak
This winter, Ani O'Brien is taking the Good Faith Yarns Tour around the country: honest, good faith conversations with locals in towns and c...
Laura McClure: The Deepfake Bill, Free Speech, and Where the Law Draws the Line | Free to Speak
ACT MP Laura McClure joins Dane Giraud to talk about her Deepfake Digital Harm and Exploitation Bill, which passed its first reading unanimo...
Arrested for a Facebook Post: Ben Jones on Britain's Free Speech Collapse
Dr Ben Jones, Director of Case Management at the UK Free Speech Union, joins host Dane Giraud to discuss his new book, Island of Strangers,...
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 (@...
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...
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 fa...
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...
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 o...
Banning Teens From Social Media Pushes Them Into Darker Corners Online - David Inserra
We weigh the push for an under-16 social media ban against what it would take to enforce it and what it would cost in privacy, anonymity, an...
Karl Marx was a free speech warrior - with László Molnárfi
We talk with Irish organiser Laszlo Manafi about why class-first socialism is clashing with the liberal left, and how that split shapes ever...
When Safety Becomes Policy Who Guards Freedom Of Speech - Dr David Harvey & Douglas Brown
We explore who gets to set the rules for online speech in New Zealand, from InternetNZ’s direction shift to the Broadcasting Standards Autho...
What Happens When “Promoting Hatred” Becomes A Crime - Professor Ben Saul UN Special Rapporteur
We sit down with Professor Ben Saul, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism, to unpack Australia’s post-crisis push for...
If You Cannot Criticise Your Side, You Do Not Have Free Speech - William McGimpsey
We argue that real free speech requires the courage to criticise the radicals on our own side without sliding into denunciation or cancellat...
How A 1989 Broadcasting Law Became An Internet Speech Rule - with Steven Franks
We break down the Broadcasting Standards Authority’s claim that it can regulate online platforms under the Broadcasting Act 1989, even thoug...
The Conformity Crisis - Sarah McLaughlin On The Quiet Erosion Of Free Speech
📌 Buy Tickets for Sarah's NZ Tour: https://www.fsu.nz/events/mclaughlin-tour 📅 Tour dates: 📍 Auckland - Sun 19 April 📍 Tauranga - T...
The Day Police Failed To Let Women Speak: Posie Parker On Albert Park 3 Years Later
We talk with Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull (Posie Parker) about the Albert Park Let Women Speak event and the moments that turned a public talk i...
The Second COVID Inquiry - Ani O'Brien on Dissent & Censorship During Coronavirus
We dig into the second COVID inquiry and why New Zealand still needs real accountability rather than polished narratives. Ani O'Brien a...