Free To Speak
Free to Speak is the New Zealand podcast that goes beyond headlines to explore the principles behind our most contentious debates.
Produced by the New Zealand Free Speech Union, it examines freedom of expression and why it matters to a free and democratic society.
Expect interviews with guests from New Zealand and around the world, plus deep dives with our Council into the cases and policy work shaping free speech today.
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Free To Speak
Special Report: "Cows and Cowards" With Rachel Stewart
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In this 'Special Report' Free Speech Union member Daphna Whitmore talks to previous podcast guest Rachel Stewart about cancel culture and self-censorship following her removal from a documentary on the New Zealand dairy industry over her views on a number of completely unrelated topics.
Rachel is a staunch defender of free speech. She was a columnist for the Herald and in 2016 won the Canon Media Awards for Opinion Writer of the Year. In 2019 Rachel walked away from the Herald after they refused to publish a column she wrote on Massey University canceling a Canadian feminist speaker. Essentially the Herald canceled Rachel’s piece about a cancellation. Rachel has gained more experience with cancel culture since then.
She has published on Substack a piece "Cows and Cowards" about being removed from the documentary. You can read it at the link below:
https://rachelstewart.substack.com/p/cows-and-cowards?s=r
Here’s her Substack link:
https://rachelstewart.substack.com/
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