The Shape of Dialogue

Australian Popperian philosopher, Rafe Champion, outlines the five pillars of peace, freedom and prosperity that are the foundations for our Western civilisation.About Rafe Champion: http://www.the-rathouse.com/aboutRafe.htmlThe Philosophy Site of Rafe Champion - The Rat Househttp://www.the-rathouse.com/index.htmlFive pillars of peace freedom and prosperityhttps://rafechampion.substack.com/p/five-pillars-of-peace-freedom-and?utm_source=publication-searchCritical rationalism as articulated by Karl PopperThe principles of classical or non-collectivist liberalism in politicsIn economics, the importance Free trade, entrepreneurialism and a market underpinned by the rule of lawA moral framework founded on honesty, compassion, civility, personal responsibility, community service, and enterprise.Energy - abundant, reliable, and cheap energy. I, PencilAbout I, Pencil: https://fee.org/ebooks/i-pencil/Read I, Pencil here:https://dn790006.ca.archive.org/0/items/i-pencil-pdf-2019/I%2C%20Pencil%20%28PDF%202019%29.pdfMusic: Bach B Minor Mass Performed by John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir and The English Baroque Soloists https://music.apple.com/nz/album/j-s-bach-mass-in-b-minor-bwv-232/1053521016https://open.spotify.com/album/3ELfX4GIPcYOTJBl8PdoKi?si=I8bz8nhaTyK3Qq4E5-ZtXg

Ani O'Brien is a women's rights advocate and political commentator. She has worked previously for the Leader of the Opposition (National) and is a council member of the Free Speech Union. https://aniobrien.substack.com/ Juliet Moses is spokesperson for the New Zealand Jewish Council and is a trust lawyer. This podcast features a discussion between Ani O'Brien (women's rights advocate, political commentator, Free Speech Union council member, and self-described TERF), and Juliet Moses (spokesperson for the New Zealand Jewish Council and trust lawyer), exploring how grand narratives -overarching moral stories that define heroes/villains, good/evil, and acceptable discourse - powerfully shape public conversations, media framing, policy, and perceptions, often inverting reality and sidelining facts through emotional appeals, institutional capture, and social pressure. Music: Bach B Minor Mass Performed by John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir and The English Baroque Soloists https://music.apple.com/nz/album/j-s-bach-mass-in-b-minor-bwv-232/1053521016 https://open.spotify.com/album/3ELfX4GIPcYOTJBl8PdoKi?si=I8bz8nhaTyK3Qq4E5-ZtXg

About Nigel Biggar: https://nigelbiggar.uk/about/Nigel Biggar CBE is Emeritus Regius Professor of Moral Theology at the University of Oxford and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Pusey House, Oxford. He holds a B.A. in Modern History from Oxford and a Ph.D. in Christian Theology & Ethics from the University of Chicago. He was appointed C.B.E. “for services to Higher Education” in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours list.The Treaty of Waitangihttps://www.tepapa.govt.nz/discover-collections/read-watch-play/maori/treaty-waitangi/treaty-close/full-text-te-tiriti-oChris Hipkins: How shared values can unite Aotearoa and not dividehttps://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/chris-hipkins-how-shared-values-can-unite-aotearoa-and-not-divide/74ZQEKGFARAWZN7W5OHN27KY3A/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=emailDavid Seymour: Treaty should mean equal rights, not race-based policyhttps://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/david-seymour-treaty-should-mean-equal-rights-not-race-based-policy/UBZ5PT56HNCJDCZZEJN6S4PHEU/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=emailMusic: Bach B Minor MassPerformed by John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir and The English Baroque Soloistshttps://music.apple.com/nz/album/j-s-bach-mass-in-b-minor-bwv-232/1053521016https://open.spotify.com/album/3ELfX4GIPcYOTJBl8PdoKi?si=I8bz8nhaTyK3Qq4E5-ZtXg

Katharine Birbalsingh, CBE, is the Headmistress and co-founder of Michaela Community School in Wembley, London. She was Chair of the Social Mobility Commission from 2021 to 2023.Michaela School is renowned for its high standards of behaviour and academic achievement, knowledge curriculum and teaching of kindness and gratitude. In 2017, Ofsted graded the school as ‘Outstanding’ in every category. In 2022, almost 75% of all GCSEs were graded 9 to 7 (A* to A). 98% of pupils achieved a 4+ (C or above) in both English and Maths, with 99% of all pupils achieving grade 9 to 4 (A* to C) in at least 5 subjects.Katharine read Philosophy and Modern Languages at the University of Oxford and has always taught in inner London. She has made numerous appearances on television and radio and has written for several UK publications. Katharine has written 2 books and edited 2 more, including The Power of Culture (published in June 2020). Katharine was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours by the Queen.https://michaela.education/

About Steven Pinker - https://stevenpinker.com/biocvWhen Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Lifehttps://stevenpinker.com/publications/when-everyone-knows-everyone-knows-common-knowledge-and-mysteries-money-power-andTickets: An Evening with Steven Pinkerhttps://www.ticketmaster.co.nz/event/2400635CC1573F86Antisemitic protest outside the Sydney Opera House chanting "Gas the Jews"https://youtube.com/shorts/cQcoLR4y1P8?si=ajGQYmsC_lPzylHNMusic: Bach B Minor MassPerformed by John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir and The English Baroque Soloistshttps://music.apple.com/nz/album/j-s-bach-mass-in-b-minor-bwv-232/1053521016https://open.spotify.com/album/3ELfX4GIPcYOTJBl8PdoKi?si=I8bz8nhaTyK3Qq4E5-ZtXg

Brett Hall talks about why the Australian government can’t name the cause of the Bondi Beach massacre of Jews.About Brett Hall - https://www.bretthall.org/about.html Josh Frydenberg urges PM Anthony Albanese to take tougher action after Bondi massacrehttps://youtu.be/PPVkyzg5x9M?si=o2_DKw5ymqJHih0u Music: Bach B Minor Mass Performed byJohn Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir and The English Baroque Soloistshttps://music.apple.com/nz/album/j-s-bach-mass-in-b-minor-bwv-232/1053521016 https://open.spotify.com/album/3ELfX4GIPcYOTJBl8PdoKi?si=I8bz8nhaTyK3Qq4E5-ZtXg

Vaishnavi Sundar - Feminist, Writer, Filmmaker & ActivistVaishnavi Sundar discusses the narcissistic transgressions of trans ideology and its negative impact on women and girls.https://vaishnavisundar.com/https://vaishnavisundar.com/about/Behind The Looking Glass - FIRST EVER Documentary about the Wives & Children of Trans-Identified Menhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frffv2sB8zE&t=6shttps://limesodafilms.com/btlg/https://limesodafilms.com/Music: Bach B Minor Mass Performed byThe Monteverdi ChoirThe English Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner https://music.apple.com/nz/album/j-s-bach-mass-in-b-minor-bwv-232/1053521016

Trans: Fact or Fiction? with Helen Joyce - The Shape of Dialogue #44Helen Joyce, campaigner for women's rights from Sex Matters, talks about our ancient common knowledge of the difference between men and a women, and the three recent seismic events pushing back against trans-ideology and its harm to women's rights and children - The UK Cass Report in April 2024The United States President’s EXECUTIVE ORDER 14168 - Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government - January 2025The For Women Scotland UK Supreme Court ruling in April 2025Helen Joyce https://www.thehelenjoyce.com/https://www.thehelenjoyce.com/p/about-meTrans: When Ideology Meets Reality - https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/0861540492?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_auMusic: Bach B Minor Mass Performed byThe Monteverdi ChoirThe English Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner https://music.apple.com/nz/album/j-s-bach-mass-in-b-minor-bwv-232/1053521016

https://www.hpluckrose.com/Helen Pluckrose is a British liberal humanist writer and social commentator. She is the co-author with James Lindsay of Cynical Theories, Social (In)justice, as well as her own book, The Counterweight Handbook, about Principled Strategies for Surviving and Defeating Critical Social Justice at Work, in Schools, and Beyond. At university, Helen studied late medieval women's religious writing. Her work now focuses on critiques of postmodernist philosophies, Critical Social Justice scholarship and activism and their negative effects on the humanities and the political left. With James Lindsay and Peter Boghossian, Helen was instrumental in the now famous "Grievance Studies Affair" which exposed the dubious scholarship in academic fields captured by Postmodernism, critical theory and identity politics. They succeeded in publishing a number of fake, hoax papers in academic journals. The project was inspired by Alan Sokal's 1996 hoax paper he published in the academic journal, Social Text.From 2018 to 2021, Helen was the editor-in-chief of Areo, an online magazine focusing on politics, culture, science and art. You can read her current writings on her Substack called The Overflowings of a Liberal Brain - https://substack.com/@helenpluckroseHelen's books - https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B08GSPKP4MHelen's Quillette articles - https://quillette.com/author/helen-pluckrose/Music: Bach B Minor Mass Performed byThe Monteverdi ChoirThe English Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner https://music.apple.com/nz/album/j-s-bach-mass-in-b-minor-bwv-232/1053521016

https://www.daviddeutsch.org.uk/David Deutsch is a renowned University of Oxford physicist, philosopher, and the "father" of quantum computation. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, and his work includes fundamental issues in physics, particularly the quantum theory of computation and information, and the new field of constructor theory. In 1985, he proposed a universal quantum computer and went on to make some of the most significant advances in the field, including the discovery of the first quantum algorithms.He is renowned for his theoretical advances, including the theory of quantum logic gates and quantum computational networks, as well as several fundamental quantum universality results. His work set the agenda for subsequent international research efforts in quantum computation.David was awarded the Paul Dirac Prize and Medal by the Institute of Physics in 1998 and he won the Edge of Computation Science Prize in 2005. His books are highly influential. The Fabric of Reality explores the synthesis of ideas uniting Quantum Theory, and the theories of Computation, Knowledge and Evolution. The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World argues that explanations have a fundamental place in the universe and that improving them is the basic regulating principle of all successful human endeavour. He has published many articles and research papers and has presented three TED talks.The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the Worldhttps://www.amazon.com.au/dp/0143121359?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_auThe Fabric of Reality: Towards a Theory of Everythinghttps://www.amazon.com.au/Fabric-Reality-Towards-Everything-Penguin-ebook/dp/B004YB9HVY?ref_=ast_author_dpMusic: Bach B Minor Mass Performed byThe Monteverdi ChoirThe English Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner https://music.apple.com/nz/album/j-s-bach-mass-in-b-minor-bwv-232/1053521016

Douglas Mark Elliffe is a New Zealand academic and Professor of Psychology at the University of Auckland, where he has been affiliated since 1979 as a student and later as faculty. He completed his PhD in Psychology at the university, with a thesis titled "Multiple-schedule performance in closed economies," and joined the academic staff in 1992 to help establish the Psychology programme at the Tāmaki campus. Elliffe's research specialises in the experimental analysis of behaviour, focusing on learning and choice in animals and humans, with a particular interest in reconceptualising reinforcement as a signal guiding future behaviour rather than merely strengthening past actions. He has authored over 84 publications, garnering more than 2,000 citations. Throughout his career, he has held key leadership roles, including Head of the School of Psychology from 2010 to 2013 and Deputy Dean of Science since 2016. In 2021, Elliffe co-authored the now-famous Listener Letter, "In Defence of Science", which argued that Māori indigenous knowledge, while valuable, is not equivalent to science. Professor Elliffe decided to resign from the acting dean position amid the backlash within his department to the "In Defence of Science" letter.Climbing Mount Improbable by Richard Dawkinshttps://www.richarddawkins.com/books/book/climbing-mount-improbable-https://the-shape-of-dialogue.captivate.fmThanks to Guy Quartermain for the videography - https://www.keyframe.co.nz/Music: Bach B Minor Mass Performed byThe Monteverdi ChoirThe English Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner https://music.apple.com/nz/album/j-s-bach-mass-in-b-minor-bwv-232/1053521016

About Travis Brown https://www.thesignalproductions.com/aboutUncomfortable Truths:  The Reality of Gender Identity Ideology https://www.thesignalproductions.com/The Woke Reformation is a documentary series that chronicles the origins of Woke ideology, helps people understand it and gives advice on how to push back. https://www.wokereformation.com/What Killed Michael Brown?https://whatkilledmichaelbrown.com/https://vimeo.com/ondemand/whatkilledmichaelbrown?utm_medium=vod&utm_source=hpReconciling Results on Racial Differences in Police Shootings By Roland G. Fryer, Jrhttps://scholar.harvard.edu/files/fryer/files/fryer_police_aer.pdfSurprising New Evidence Shows Bias in Police Use of Force but Not in Shootingshttps://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/upshot/surprising-new-evidence-shows-bias-in-police-use-of-force-but-not-in-shootings.html10,429 people have been shot and killed by police from 2015 to 2024https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/police-shootings-database/Number of people shot to death by the police in the United States from 2017 to 2024, by racehttps://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/

Critical Race Theory expert Dr. James Lindsay outlines the genealogy of communism and its evolution into woke ideologies.About Dr. James LindsayAn American-born author, mathematician, and professional troublemaker, Dr. James Lindsay has written six books spanning a range of subjects including religion, the philosophy of science and postmodern theory. He is a leading expert on Critical Race Theory, which leads him to reject it completely. He is the founder of New Discourses and is currently promoting his new book "Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity―and Why This Harms Everybody", currently being translated into more than fifteen languages.https://newdiscourses.com/author/jameslindsay/Music: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B Minor Performed by The Monteverdi ChoirThe English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner https://music.apple.com/nz/album/j-s-bach-mass-in-b-minor-bwv-232/1053521016

Professor Elizabeth Rata is a sociologist of education in the School of Critical Studies, Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Auckland where she is Director of the Knowledge in Education Research Unit (KERU). Her main research areas are in knowledge in the curriculum, knowledge politics, ethnic revivalism, Māori education, research methods, and the history of New Zealand education.https://elizabethrata.com/bio/https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/e-ratahttps://the-shape-of-dialogue.captivate.fmThanks to Guy Quartermain for cinematography and editing this podcast - https://www.keyframe.co.nz/Music: Bach B Minor Mass Performed byThe Monteverdi ChoirThe English Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner https://music.apple.com/nz/album/j-s-bach-mass-in-b-minor-bwv-232/1053521016

About Kendall Clementshttps://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/k-clementsMātauranga Māori Mātauranga Māori with Charles Royal - The Shape of Dialogue Podcast #15For more on Science & Mātauranga Māori see the following playlist Science & Mātauranga Māori Playlist

https://peterboghossian.comhttps://linktr.ee/peterboghossianBruce Gilley - https://www.nas.org/authors/bruce_gilley

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 Canterbury, and her study was part of A Better Start National Science Challenge. Her primary area of research is early literacy, and in particular, in exploring the role of whānau in fostering foundational preliteracy skills. More generally, she has an interest in Māori education and success. Melissa's scholarship has been recognised through a range of awards, including a Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Graduate Award, a SAGE Young Writer's Award, a University of Waikato Early Career Research Award, and two research awards from the Royal Society of New Zealand. She is the Director of the Early Years Research Centre at the University of Waikato, and co-Editor of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education's blog, Ipu Kererū. Melissa is on the Editorial Board for the journal of the International Literacy Association, The Reading Teacher. In New Zealand, she sits on a number of advisory groups for education and literacy, including the cabinet-appointed Ministerial Advisory Group advising the Minister of Education. Melissa is on the Board of Trustees at Matua School in Tauranga, New Zealand and the Board of Directors for Inspired Kindergartens in Tauranga, New Zealand.https://profiles.waikato.ac.nz/melissa.derby

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 Rights Party, Jill Ovens was co-leader of the Alliance Party.In 2006, she resigned from the Alliance party. After being elected the northern secretary of the Service & Food Workers Union, she joined the Labour Party. She was a former Auckland/Northland regional representative on the Labour Party's Council.In 2023, Ovens resigned from the Labour Party as women's rights and voices were being subjugated by trans ideology activists within the Labour Party's leadership. In response, she founded the Women's Rights Party to highlight the loss of women's rights due to men claiming to be women trumping the hard-won civil rights of women. https://womensrightsparty.nzhttps://x.com/WRP_NZA review of the protections in the Human Rights Act 1993 for people who are transgender, people who are non-binary and people with innate variations of sex characteristicshttps://www.lawcom.govt.nz/our-work/ia-tangata/Do women have rights? with Sall Grover - The Shape of Dialogue #316 https://youtu.be/o6TBckVgZLI?si=IQqbe6eR0W1FjfzS