Podcast Episodes

Literacy Matters with Dr Melissa Derby - The Shape of Dialogue #34

Episode 34

Dr Melissa Derby is a Senior Lecturer teaching early literacy and human development at the University of Waikato's Tauranga campus and online. Melissa completed her PhD at the University of Canterbur…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Losing Women’s Rights with Jill Ovens - The Shape of Dialogue #33

Episode 33

Jill Ovens is a New Zealand trade unionist, politician, and women's rights advocate. She is the founder, co-leader and National Secretary of the Women's Rights Party.

Before founding the Women's Right…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Why Study The Classics? with Dr James Kierstead - The Shape of Dialogue #32

Episode 32

Dr James Kierstead is a Research Fellow with the Initiative and his main focus will be on higher education policy, including academic freedom.

James holds a BA in Classics from Oxford, an MA in Ancien…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Do women have rights? with Sall Grover - The Shape of Dialogue #31

Episode 31

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Sall's X handle - @salltweets

A male named Roxy Tickle, who identifies as a woman, has brought a human rights claim against Sall Grover for not permitting him to use her female-only…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

The Shape of Liberty with Toby Young - The Shape of Dialogue #30

Episode 30

A discussion about liberty, free speech and threats to liberal societies with British journalist and founder of the Free Speech Union, Toby Young.

http://www.tobyyoung.co.uk

https://www.spectator.co.uk…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

A Dialogue On Dialogue with Peter Boghossian - The Shape of Dialogue #29

Episode 29

https://peterboghossian.com

https://linktr.ee/peterboghossian

Philosopher

Dr. Peter Boghossian's main focus is bringing the tools of professional philosophers to people in a wide variety of contexts. P…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Free Speech Diversity? with Michael Johnston & Jonathan Ayling - The Shape of Dialogue #28

Episode 28

Michael Johnston

https://www.nzinitiative.org.nz/about-us/our-people/dr-michael-johnston/

Jonathan Ayling

https://www.fsu.nz/meet_the_team

The role of Universities in supporting freedom of speech

The di…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Can we agree to disagree? Free Speech in 2024 with Jonathan Ayling - The Shape of Dialogue #27

Episode 27

https://www.fsu.nz

Jonathan Ayling is Chief Executive of theFree Speech Union. Jonathan has worked in Wellington, the New Zealand capital, for 8 years across roles as a Beehive staffer, senior politi…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

The Constitution of Knowledge with Jonathan Rauch - The Shape of Dialogue #26

Episode 26

https://www.jonathanrauch.com

Jonathan Rauch was brought to New Zealand by the Free Speech Union for a speaking tour in May 2025. See here for more information about the Free Speech Union - https://ww…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

TRANS - Biology or Ideology? with Helen Joyce - The Shape of Dialogue #25

Episode 25

Helen Joyce is a journalist and was a staff writer for The Economist between 2005 and 2022. Helen held various leading positions at The Economist, including education editor, Brazil correspondent, In…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago