The free speech recession - with Jacob Mchangama

Happy Good Friday! Shh, we have a serious guest, everyone behave please in the comment section. Today we welcome Jacob Mchangama (jacobmchangama.com). Jacob is the author of the breezy beach read “Free Speech – A History from Socrates to Social Media” (amazon.com/Free-Speech-History-Socrates-Social…), research professor at Vanderbilt University where he is also the founder and Executive Director of The Future of Free Speech institute (futurefreespeech.org), and a Senior Fellow at The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression theFIREorg (substack.com/profile/139927201-thefireorg).
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Here’s what we cover:
* Anne Frank is from Denmark, right?
* Free Speech in the ancient world
* When is speech actual violence?
* The optimistics and pessimistic case for free speech
* Back when the ACLU was cool
* Immigration and speech
* Can’t we just make antisemitism illegal
* The vibe shift
* Mahmoud Khlalil
* The future of free speech
Here’s your feel-good story for the week (x.com/yaelbt/status/1912478439744897109): An IDF reservist found this sweet pup in Gaza, who apparently ran over when he heard the soldiers speaking Hebrew. The soldier quickly discovered that this is no other than Billy, a dog that was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7. He belonged to Rachel Dancyg, the ex-wife of hostage Alex Dancyg (timesofisrael.com/alex-dancyg-75-renowned-holo…) who was murdered in Gaza. Rachel’s brother, Itzik Elgarat (timesofisrael.com/slain-captive-itzik-elgarat-…), was also abducted from the kibbutz and murdered in Gaza. Some sweetness in the midst of it all.
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