110 FREE PALESTINE, FENZ & THE FIGHT TO SAVE PIHA CAMPGROUND
Episode 110 gets into firefighters, free speech, Macklemore, council spending and who actually gets held accountable when things go wrong.
Wattie Watson from the New Zealand Professional Firefighters’ Union joins us after Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden said she had lost confidence in...
100 FROM NATIONAL RADIO TO INDEPENDENT MEDIA | 100 EPISODES LATER
Episode 100.
A proper milestone.
We kick things off reflecting with the chat on the journey so far. From national radio and online streaming to becoming a fully independent streamed podcast, we talk about what we’ve learned, how the audience has grown with us, the mistakes, the wins and what the ...
Dame Elizabeth Rata: how New Zealand built a world-leading education system
Dame Elizabeth Rata is a sociologist of education at the University of Auckland and a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. She joins Dane Giraud to discuss her 40-part YouTube series, The History of New Zealand Education. The series traces how the country built a world-leading school...
Political Group Chat
This is Afternoons' chance to discuss the stories that have been in the headlines this week. It's a robust, good faith debate with comedian and commentator Tim Batt, Victoria University Political Scientist Dr Lara Greaves and Free Speech Union Member and screenwriter Dane Giraud.
Jillaine Heather: The Free Speech Union's election priorities
Free Speech Union Executive Director Jillaine Heather joins Dane Giraud on Free to Speak to set out the Union's priorities heading into the 2026 general election. Together they work through the three campaigns the FSU is running before election day.The first is opposing the return of blasphemy an...
Political Group Chat
Thursdays are when we have our politics group chat .. our chance to discuss some of the issues that have hit the headlines over the past week. Jesse is joined by comedian and commentator Tim Batt, screenwriter and FSU member Dane Giraud and former TOP candidate and author of the Substack Less Cer...
Karl Mokaraka: The Man Over the Fence on South Auckland
Karl Mokaraka earned the nickname "the man over the fence" the day he borrowed a wheelchair for height and climbed the fence at a Pakuranga press event. From there he put his questions straight to the politicians inside.In this episode Dane Giraud sits down with the Ōtara-raised activist to talk ...
Stephen Franks and Kirsten Murfitt: Lawyers, Letters and the Law Society
Free Speech Union Council Chair Stephen Franks and Tauranga lawyer Kirsten Murfitt compare notes on being investigated by the New Zealand Law Society. Both faced complaints over letters they wrote for clients. Both say the complaints system was turned against them.Stephen's case began with a lett...
