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So to Speak podcast: National Review’s Charles C.W. Cooke

Editor of NationalReview.com, Charles C.W. Cooke.
On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, we are joined by the editor of NationalReview.com, Charles C.W. Cooke, to discuss free speech philosophy, Christopher Hitchens, the October murder of a school teacher in France, and recent attacks on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Show notes:
- Transcript
- “Hate Speech and the Limits of Free Expression,” a Kenyon College panel (video)
- “What ‘Snowflakes’ Get Right About Free Speech” by Ulrich Baer
- Christopher Hitchens - Free Speech (video)
- “Free Speech Without Apologies” by Charles C.W. Cooke
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