Dr. Eric Crampton is Chief Economist at the New Zealand Initiative. We talked to him about how much Kiwis know about their political system, and how much it matters; content regulation, on- and off-line; and why Wellington's latest regulations about smoking have made him want to join forces with pirates.

Eric's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ericcrampton
Eric's blog: http://offsettingbehaviour.blogspot.com

David Rozado is an Associate Professor of Information Technology at Otago Polytechnic. One of his interests is in word frequencies and word associations in large collections of texts, especially from the news media.

We talked to David about our recent survey of free expression among NZ undergraduates; his work on prejudice-denoting terms in news media and in academic papers; and his work on negative emotionality in news media.

David's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidRozado
David's Substack: https://davidrozado.substack.com

Our survey of NZ undergraduates: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/11/11/502

Nicholas Wade's piece: https://thebulletin.org/2021/05/the-o...

FreeKiwis! Twitter: https://twitter.com/FreeKiwis

A version of this episode with graphs is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE-3gCtKs3Y

Dame Catherine Healy is a spokesperson and founding member of the New Zealand Sex Workers' Collective. We talked to her about all aspects of sex work in New Zealand, from the legislative environment to social attitudes. 

The NZ Sex Workers' Collective: NZPC > New Zealand Prostitutes Collective

Prof. Paul Moon teaches at the Auckland University of Technology and is the author of a score of books. We talked to him about the Treaty of Waitangi, its context and reception; the evidence for cannibalism; the new New Zealand history curriculum; and the intellectual atmosphere in modern universities.

Paul's latest book: https://www.routledge.com/Colonising-...

Jacob Mchangama is a lawyer, writer, and the founding Director of Justitia, a Copenhagen-based think tank.

Has history, at least in the West, been a continual record of progress towards more and freeer speech? Or is the history of this ideal marked, rather, by constant setbacks, reversals, and even betrayals? And what might all this tell us about the prospects for free speech today?

Jacob's book: https://www.amazon.com/Free-Speech-Hi...

The New Zealand Free Speech Union recently released its first annual free speech ranking of the country's universities. We talked to the NZFSU's Chief Executive Jonathan Ayling about the report and about free speech at NZ universities more broadly.

The full report: https://assets.nationbuilder.com/free...

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Elizabeth Rata is a professor in the School of Education and Social Work at the University of Auckland. We talked to her about the nature of science; her theory of 'neo-tribal capitalism'; and why 'partial loyalty' might be crucial to liberal democracy.

Elizabeth's 2003 book A Political Economy of Neotribal Capitalism: https://www.booktopia.com.au/a-politi...

Dr. Catherine Churchman is Lecturer in the Asian Studies Programme in the School of Languages and Cultures. We talked about the mysterious bronze drum culture; Chinese languages, both within and outside of China; and to what extent the CCP is impacting academic freedom in New Zealand.

Catherine's book on the bronze drum culture: https://www.amazon.com/People-between...

Salvatore Babones' article on China and Australian universities: https://quadrant.org.au/magazine/2022...

Michael, James, and two guests discuss distinguished Kiwi legal philosopher Jeremy Waldron's book The Harm in Hate Speech and his conception of hate speech as 'group libel.'

Waldron, The Harm in Hate Speech: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.p...

Dane Giraud is a comedy writer with a background in performance (music and acting). He's also an active member both of the NZ Jewish community and of the NZ Free Speech Union. We talked to him about the government's proposed 'hate speech'  laws, the importance of free expression in the arts, and how things have changed since the days of Monty Python.

Join the NZ Free Speech Union: https://www.fsu.nz/join

The Religious diversity Centre Aotearoa NZ panel on the 'hate speech' proposals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWCAd...

Steven Price's blog post: https://www.medialawjournal.co.nz/?p=733
James' reply: https://owlofathena.substack.com/p/ha...

Dane on Twitter: https://twitter.com/akadanegiraud?lan...
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