Censorship

Encore: Free Speech is the Most Basic Human Right

March 25, 2024 Tim Episodes, History, Life & Style, Marketing, Media, People, Politics, Politics, Public Relations, Society 0:51:20 Comments Off on Encore: Free Speech is the Most Basic Human Right

Author and professor Eric Heinze joins Tim to talk about freedom of speech and expression at the most fundamental level. He recently wrote a book on free speech, but it’s not exactly what you might expect. He explores free speech in a larger more fundamental context than America’s First Amendment. He talks about it in the context of universal human rights. Eric tells us about the thinking behind his new book called, “The Most Human Right: Why Free Speech is Everything.” This episode was originally released May 9, 2022.

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Encore: How Free is Speech on the American College Campus?

March 27, 2023 Tim Crisis Communications, Episodes, History, Life & Style, Media, People, Politics, Politics, Society 00:47:45 Comments Off on Encore: How Free is Speech on the American College Campus?

Princeton professor and author Keith Whittington joins Tim to talk about the current state of free speech, or not-so-free-speech on the American college campus. Keith has a long resume of accomplishments, including the authoring of the award-winning book, “Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech.” But in this episode, we talk about Keith’s role in the formation of a new and already growing organization that champions freedom of speech called the Academic Freedom Alliance (AFA).

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Encore: Nadine Strossen – Free Speech Over Censorship

January 9, 2023 Tim Business, Crisis Communications, Entertainment, Episodes, History, Marketing, Media, Politics, Politics, Society 00:57:51 Comments Off on Encore: Nadine Strossen – Free Speech Over Censorship

Nadine Strossen joins Tim to talk about how to fight “hate speech” or harmful speech without censorship. She’s a best-selling author and a Professor of Constitutional Law at New York Law School. She’s also the first woman national President of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).  In this episode, she talks about private company censorship, the challenges, some solutions and all of it as addressed in her book “Hate: Why we should resist it with free speech, not censorship. This episode was first released April 12, 2021.

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Nadine Strossen: Fight Hate with Speech, Not Censorship

April 12, 2021 Tim Business, Episodes, History, Life & Style, Marketing, Media, Politics, Politics, Public Relations, Society 00:58:14 Comments Off on Nadine Strossen: Fight Hate with Speech, Not Censorship

Nadine Strossen joins Tim to talk about how to fight “hate speech” or harmful speech without censorship. She’s a best-selling author and a Professor of Constitutional Law at New York Law School. She’s also the first woman national President of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).  In this episode, she talks about private company censorship, the challenges, some solutions and all of it as addressed in her book “Hate: Why we should resist it with free speech, not censorship.

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