A Global History Of Free Speech
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English - February 08, 2022 20:57 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 48 ratingsTechnology entrepreneurship business interview health leadership productivity comedy news politics music Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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We talk a lot about free speech in different countries, and about the history of free speech in the US — but what about the global history of this fundamental concept? A new book released today, Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media by Jacob Mchangama, tackles exactly this subject in great and insightful detail. This week, Jacob joins us on the podcast to discuss the sweeping story of free speech throughout the ages and around the world.