So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast
Ep. 108 A history of (dis)information wars in the Soviet Union and beyond
Apr 02, 2020
How and why do authoritarian regimes seek to control information? On today’s episode of , host Nico Perrino is joined by University of Maryland Associate Professor to explore how one country, the former Soviet Union, restricted access to...
How and why do authoritarian regimes seek to control information? On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, host Nico Perrino is joined by University of Maryland Associate Professor Cynthia L. Martin to explore how one country, the former Soviet Union, restricted access to information and stifled dissent — and what changed when that regime collapsed in 1991.
Show notes:
- Podcast transcript
- Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia
- Cato Institute lecture: Stalin’s Propaganda and Putin’s Information Wars, featuring Princeton University Professor Stephen Kotkin
- Call for Proposals: 2020 FIRE Faculty Conference
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Ep. 107.1 "Coronavirus and the failure of the ‘Marketplace of Ideas’"
Mar 20, 2020
"Coronavirus and the failure of the ‘Marketplace of Ideas’" by Foundation for Individual Rights in Education President & CEO Greg Lukianoff, as read by Susan Kruth. Follow us on Twitter: Like us on Facebook: Email us:
"Coronavirus and the failure of the ‘Marketplace of Ideas’"
by Foundation for Individual Rights in Education President & CEO Greg Lukianoff, as read by Susan Kruth.
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So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast
Ep. 107 FIRE, the coronavirus, and the failure of the ‘Marketplace of Ideas’
Mar 20, 2020
On today’s episode of , host Nico Perrino sits down with FIRE President & CEO Greg Lukianoff to discuss how FIRE is adapting to the coronavirus outbreak. We also explore the ideas behind Greg’s new, widely discussed article, “.” Show...
On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, host Nico Perrino sits down with FIRE President & CEO Greg Lukianoff to discuss how FIRE is adapting to the coronavirus outbreak. We also explore the ideas behind Greg’s new, widely discussed article, “Coronavirus and the failure of the ‘Marketplace of Ideas’.”
Show notes:
- Transcript
- Greg’s “The Eternally Radical Idea” blog
- Abrams v. United States (1919)
- FIRE’s free speech high school curricula
- Yale’s “Woodward” report” on freedom of expression
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So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast
Ep. 106 ‘Free speech and justified true belief’ w/ prof. Joseph Blocher
Mar 19, 2020
Why is it important that we protect freedom of speech? On today’s episode of , host Nico Perrino speaks with Duke University School of Law professor , who argues that one of the most common justifications for free speech — creating a...
Why is it important that we protect freedom of speech?
On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, host Nico Perrino speaks with Duke University School of Law professor Joseph Blocher, who argues that one of the most common justifications for free speech — creating a “marketplace of ideas” in our search for truth — rests on unstable ground in our “post-truth” era. In his article, “Free Speech and Justified True Belief,” Blocher argues for a reframing of this epistemic theory of free speech around knowledge, rather than truth.
Nico and Blocher are joined in their discussion by frequent guest and First Amendment News Editor Ronald K.L. Collins.
Show notes:
“Coronavirus and the failure of the ‘Marketplace of Ideas’” by Greg Lukianoff
“Bans” by Joseph Blocher
National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Bacerra (2018)
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So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast
Ep. 105 ‘Rap on Trial’
Mar 05, 2020
At a time when artistic expression has never enjoyed greater First Amendment protection, rap music has seemingly been left behind. Rap lyrics are routinely used as evidence by police and prosecutors to justify arresting and charging suspects for all...
At a time when artistic expression has never enjoyed greater First Amendment protection, rap music has seemingly been left behind. Rap lyrics are routinely used as evidence by police and prosecutors to justify arresting and charging suspects for all manner of alleged crimes.
In their new book, “Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics, and Guilt in America,” authors Erik Nielson and Andrea L. Dennis identify approximately 500 cases where the violent and aggressive themes within rap lyrics were used against defendants in court.
On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, host Nico Perrino speaks with Nielson and Dennis about their book, in which they argue that no other form of creative expression — or genre of music — is treated the same way as rap by the law. “That’s why we call this book ‘Rap on Trial.’ It’s not art on trial. It’s not music on trial. It’s rap on trial.”
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