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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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Prof. Kendall Clements is a leading fish biologist who teaches at Auckland University. He has also contributed to the ongoing debate about science and mātauranga Māori (Māori traditional lore). We talked to him about his research, the nature of science, and academic freedom in New Zealand.
The largest bacterium in the world: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/pub...
The Listener letter (scroll down for the full text): https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/edu...
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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...
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A version of this episode with graphs is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE-3gCtKs3Y