Why free speech is losing ground even in free societies
In this episode, Michael and James talk with Sarah McLaughlin from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. They discuss attacks...
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20 of 339 episodesAn operational pause is not peace
The guns have paused in the US-Iran conflict but Oliver Hartwich and John Howard argue New Zealand should take little comfort from that. All...
Thanked Once a Year: An Anzac Day Conversation with Bob Davies
Bob Davies joined the New Zealand Army at 16 and served 31 years, rising to Sergeant Major of the Army. He deployed to Vietnam in 1968, took...
What New Zealand's 19th-century teachers knew but progressive educators forgot
In this episode, Michael speaks with Professor Elizabeth Rata about the history of New Zealand's school system. The conversation challenges...
Why children can't learn unless they feel safe
In this episode, Michael talks to Lynda Knight, principal of Glenview School in Porirua, about how understanding the neuroscience of stress...
Who runs the country?
In this episode, Michael speaks with Oliver Hartwich about his new research note "Who Runs the Country?", examining the friction between New...
Why New Zealand can't assume the fuel will keep flowing
In this episode, Oliver speaks with retired Major General John Howard about the escalating Middle East conflict, unpacking the military real...
Let prices do the job when fuel is scarce
In this episode, Eric talks with Andreas Heuser, partner at Heuser Whittington and lead economist on the government's fuel security study, a...
Will the Planning Bill actually deliver housing affordability?
In this episode, Nick and Benno discuss whether New Zealand's proposed planning reforms can actually deliver housing affordability or fail t...
Academic freedom and institutional neutrality in New Zealand’s universities
In this episode, Michael talks with Dr James Kierstead about the pressures on academics to align with universities’ institutional priorities...
Alain Bertaud on what planners control — and what they don't
Renowned urbanist Alain Bertaud has spent six decades studying cities: from working as a young draftsman in Chandigarh in 1963 to advising g...
Iran, three weeks on
In this episode, Oliver Hartwich and Eric Crampton are joined by retired Major General John Howard to assess the Iran conflict three weeks o...
Why the RMA replacement falls short on property rights
In this episode, Nick talks with Bryce about the government’s proposed replacement of the Resource Management Act and what it means for prop...
The Iran war and what it means for New Zealand
In this episode, Oliver talks to retired Major General John Howard about the first week of US–Israel strikes on Iran — what the opening stri...
Renovating the Nation: How Asset Recycling Can Help Solve the Infrastructure Deficit
In this episode, Oliver talks to Roger Partridge about his new report, Renovating the Nation, which proposes selling around $25 billion wort...
What went wrong between the RMA blueprint and the bills
In this episode, Eric Crampton talks to Nick Clark about New Zealand's long and troubled history with the Resource Management Act — and whet...
New Zealand's 14-day fuel problem and the Iran crisis
In this episode, Oliver talks to retired Major General John Howard about escalating US–Iran tensions, what 'phase zero' military build-up si...
Hope is not a strategy: What a more dangerous world means for New Zealand
In this episode, Oliver Hartwich speaks with retired Major General John Howard, whose 40-year military career included a senior executive ro...
Understanding the highly sensitive learner
In this episode, Michael Johnston speaks with Kaaryn Cater of MindWise Connection about sensitivity – a temperamental trait that makes some...
New Zealand's falling fertility and the limits of immigration
In this episode, Michael talks to demographer Marion Burkimsher about New Zealand's falling fertility rate and looming population decline. T...
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