Podcast Episodes

Free Speech Diversity? with Michael Johnston & Jonathan Ayling - The Shape of Dialogue #26

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, 6 months ago

Can we agree to disagree? Free Speech in 2024 with Jonathan Ayling - The Shape of Dialogue #25

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, 6 months ago

The Constitution of Knowledge with Jonathan Rauch - The Shape of Dialogue #24

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, 6 months ago

TRANS - Biology or Ideology? with Helen Joyce - The Shape of Dialogue #23

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, 7 months ago

Avoiding Bias With Science with Richard Dawkins - The Shape of Dialogue #22

Episode 24

Richard Dawkins - https://richarddawkins.com/

In February 2023, Richard Dawkins asked me to host his New Zealand speaking tour. Today's podcast is the Auckland event, in which Richard discusses the sc…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Curriculum Update – Nick Matzke - The Shape of Dialogue #21

Episode 23

About Nick Matzke - https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/n-matzke

Background

In July 2021, seven University of Auckland professors published a letter to the editor in the New Zealand Listener, titled In Def…

Published on 2 years ago

Save Our Schools – Education – Michael Johnston - The Shape of Dialogue #20

Episode 22

Save Our Schools Report

https://www.nzinitiative.org.nz/reports-and-media/reports/save-our-schools-solutions-for-new-zealands-education-crisis/document/797

Dr Michael Johnston is a Senior Fellow at the…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

China's Genocide - Jewher Ilham - The Shape of Dialogue #19

Episode 21

Jewher Ilham

https://www.allstaticandnoise.com/

Twitter https://twitter.com/jewherilham

Jewher Ilham: A Uyghur's Fight to Free Her Father (Broken Silence)

https://www.amazon.com/Jewher-Ilham-Uyghurs-Fath…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

All Static & Noise - Genocide in China - The Shape of Dialogue #18

Episode 20

Director David Novack talks about All Static & Noise, his documentary on the Uyghur genocide in western China.

www.allstaticandnoise.com

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088787521406

https://www.insta…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

The Edge of Knowledge with Lawrence Krauss - The Shape of Dialogue Podcast #19

Episode 19

Connect with Lawrence at https://lawrencemkrauss.com/ 

Get Lawrence's book at: https://www.amazon.com/Edge-Knowledge... 

Get exclusive bonus content at https://lawrencekrauss.substack.com/

Twitter: http…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago