Different Matters By Damien Grant podcast

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Peter Gregory Boghossian is an American philosopher and college professor. His main focus is bringing the tools of professional philosophers to people in a wide variety of contexts. Peter has a teaching pedigree spanning more than 25 years and 30 thousand students. Peter's primary research areas are critical thinking and moral reasoning. His doctoral research studies, funded by the State of Oregon and supported by the Oregon Department of Corrections, consisted of using the Socratic method to help prison inmates to increase their critical thinking and moral reasoning abilities and to increase their desistance to criminal behaviour. Peter has written two books, A Manual for Creating Atheists, and How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide . Tune in as controversial writer and podcast host, Damien Grant, interviews a wide selection of interesting and entertaining individuals, authors, business people, politicians and anyone else actually willing to talk to him. For more information, or to get in touch, visit the Different Matters Website.…

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Professor Nigel Biggar on Different Matters and Colonialism 1:06:59

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Nigel Biggar CBE is Emeritus Regius Professor of Moral Theology at the University of Oxford and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Pusey House, Oxford. In his recent book, Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning Nigel Biggar addresses the crucial questions in eight chapters: Was the British Empire driven primarily by greed and the lust to dominate? Should we speak of ‘colonialism and slavery’ in the same breath, as if they were identical? Was the Empire essentially racist? How far was it based on the theft of land? Did it involve genocide? Was it driven fundamentally by the motive of economic exploitation? Was undemocratic colonial government necessarily illegitimate? and, was the Empire essentially violent, and its violence pervasively racist and terroristic? Biggar makes clear that, like any other long-standing state, the British Empire involved elements of injustice, sometimes appalling. On occasions it was culpably incompetent and presided over moments of dreadful tragedy. Tune in as controversial writer and podcast host, Damien Grant, interviews Professor Nigel Biggar about his book. For more information, or to get in touch, visit the Different Matters Website.…

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Roger Partridge on Different Matters and his report on 'Reining in the Supreme Court' 1:07:58

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Roger Partridge is chairman and a co-founder of The New Zealand Initiative and is a senior member of its research team. He led law firm Bell Gully as executive chairman from 2007 to 2014, after 16 years as a commercial litigation partner. Roger recently published a report titled, Who Makes the Law? Reining in the Supreme Court , in which he warns of a looming constitutional crisis in New Zealand, as the Supreme Court increasingly oversteps its bounds, threatening the balance of power between the courts and Parliament. Tune in as controversial writer and podcast host, Damien Grant, interviews Roger Partridge about the report, law and some alarming decisions made by the New Zealand’s Supreme Court recently. For more information, or to get in touch, visit the Different Matters Website.…

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Martin van Beynen on Different Matters, and the Bain Family Murders 1:15:53

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Martin van Beynen was born in Christchurch, and lived in West Auckland from the age of 11, where he attended St Peter's College. He later graduated from University of Auckland where he studied law and wrote for Craccum . He also completed a Diploma in Journalism at the University of Canterbury in 1989, and began working with the Otago Daily Times in Dunedin and joined The Press in Christchurch in 1991. After several roles, he was appointed senior writer in 2004 and was a leading columnist on The Press for 17 years until 2021. In 2020 Van Beynen published Black Hands , a gripping account of New Zealand's most controversial criminal case. Join me, Damien Grant, as I interview Martin Van Beynen about Black Hands , the victims, and whether David Bain was infact guilty. For more information, or to get in touch, visit the Different Matters Website…

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Deborah Hart on Different Matters, and her mother, Inge Woolf 1:07:13

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The book Resilience , written by the late Inge Woolf, covers her remarkable life story. Born in Vienna before the war, her story tells of fleeing from Nazi oppression and genocide, establishing a tenuous life in England, her arrival in New Zealand, marriage, tragedy and children. Join me Damien Grant, as I talk to lawyer, director, adviser, independent reviewer, chief executive, advocate, community volunteer and daughter of Inge Woolf, Deborah Hart. For more information, or to get in touch, visit the Different Matters Website.…

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Dr Oliver Hartwich on Different Matters 1:01:54

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Dr Oliver Hartwich is the Executive Director of the NZ Initiative; New Zealand’s premier free-market think tank. Before joining the Initiative, he was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney, the Chief Economist at Policy Exchange in London, and an advisor in the UK House of Lords. Oliver holds a Master’s degree in Economics and Business administration and a PhD in Law from Bochum University in Germany. Join myself, Damien Grant, and Dr Hartwich as we discuss the book Autocracy, Inc , and Twilight of Democracy , both written by Anne Applebaum. For more information, or to get in touch, visit the Different Matters Website.…

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Dr Eric Crampton on Different Matters 59:09

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Dr Eric Crampton is the chief economist at The New Zealand Initiative, New Zealand's leading private think-tank. He previously served for over a decade as lecturer and senior lecturer in economics at the University of Canterbury. In this second interview with Dr Eric Crampton we discuss Paul H. Ruben's book, Darwinian Politics: The Evolutionary Origin of Freedom. Join me, Damien Grant, and Dr Eric Crampton as we discuss the environment of evolutionary adaptiveness (EEA), the origin of preferences, inheritibility and more. For more information, or to get in touch, visit the Different Matters Website.…

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Marilyn Waring on Different Matters 1:25:53

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Marilyn Waring is a New Zealand feminist, former politician, author of multiple books, academic, and activist for female human rights and environmental issues. She is best known for her 1988 book If Women Counted, and she obtained a D.Phil in political economy in 1989. Through her research and writing she is known as the principal founder of the discipline of feminist economics. Join me, Damien Grant as I interviews Marilyn Waring about her career in politics, her relationship with her father, attending Bob Marley's funeral in Jamaica, and femisim. For more information, or to get in touch, visit the Different Matters Website.…

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Toby Young on Different Matters - Free speech and redemption from cancel culture 1:13:16

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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.…

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Professor Paul Moon on Different Matters - Ans Westra's Life 1:03:37

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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. In the podcast…

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Jonathan Rauch on Different Matters 59:15

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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.…

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Christopher Finlayson on Different Matters 53:40

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The Honourable Christopher Francis Finlayson is a New Zealand lawyer and former Member of Parliament, representing the National Party. He practiced law in Wellington as a solicitor before going to the Bar in 2002. He was elected to Parliament in 2005 and became Attorney-General and Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations in 2008. During his Ministerial career he also held a number of other portfolios. He was chair of the Privileges Committee of Parliament from 2011-2017. Together with James Christmas, Christopher authored He Kupu Taurangi: Treaty Settlements and the Future of Aotearoa New Zealand. Join Damien Grant as he interviews Christopher Finlayson about He Kupu Taurangi, the treaty settlement process and his views of the law in these matters. For more information, or to get in touch, visit the Different Matters Website.…

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Steve Braunias on Different Matters 1:13:04

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Steven Braunias is a New Zealand author, columnist, journalist and editor. He is the author of 13 books. In his book, Missing Persons , which was winner of the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Non-Fiction, Braunias tells Twelve extraordinary tales of disappearance including former journalist Murray Mason, found dead in the Auckland Domain; the mysterious death of Socksay Chansy, found dead in a graveyard by the sea; the tragic disappearance of backpacker Grace Millane; the enduring mystery of the Lundy family murders. Join Damien Grant as he interviews Steven about his book, delve into more details of the missing persons cases and and shed some light on the inclusion of Kim Dotcom and Colin Craig. For more information, or to get in touch, visit the Different Matters Website.…

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Professor Alex Calder on Different Matters 1:09:11

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Alex Calder is a professor at the Faculty of Arts, English and Drama, New Zealand of Auckland University. He also edited the book, Gallipoli to the Somme , written by Alexander Aitken. Aitken began to write about his experiences in 1917 as a wounded out-patient in Dunedin Hospital. Every few years, when the war trauma caught up with him, he revisited the manuscript, which was eventually published as Gallipoli to the Somme in 1963. Join Damien Grant as he interviews professor Alex Calder about the life and times of Alexander Aitken, the book, Gallipoli to the Somme , and why he put his time into reviving it. For more information, or to get in touch, visit the Different Matters Website.…

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Graham Linehan on Different Matters 1:17:24

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