Toby Young is a British social commentator and the founder and director of the Free Speech Union in the United Kingdom, an associate editor of The Spectator, and a former associate editor at Quillette.

Toby recently visited New Zealand on invitation from the NZ Free Speech Union. In this Episode we talk about his book, How to lose friends and alienate people, his magnificently chaotic years in Manhattan, working for Vanity Fair, his redemption, his marriage, his brief period of abstinence from alcohol. We also briefly talk about the problems facing the United Kingdom before the upcoming elections.

For more information, or to get in touch, visit the Different Matters Website.

Evan Paul Moon is a New Zealand historian, a professor and author of New Zealand history and biography.

Moon is widely recognised for his study of the Treaty of Waitangi, and has published two books on the topic. More recently he published Ans Westra: A Life in Photography, the story of the photographer Ans Westra, who died in 2023.

Join me, Damien Grant as he interviews Dr Paul Moon, about the life, success and family of Ans. We also discuss what I got from the book. Something Dr Moon perhaps did not intend.

For more information, or to get in touch, visit the Different Matters Website.

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Jonathan Rauch is an American journalist, philosopher and author of eight books and many articles on public policy, culture, and government.

He has also written on topics as widely varied as adultery, agriculture, economics, gay marriage, height discrimination, biological rhythms, number inflation, and animal rights.

Join Damien Grant as he interviews Jonathan Rauch, who is currently in New Zealand on behalf of the Free Speech Union. The discussion starts with Plato, later progresses to Cancel Culture and even takes a turn to Donald Trump.

For more information, or to get in touch, visit the Different Matters Website.