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Free to Speak

What is free speech? Is it an outdated idea? What about hate speech? The three-part series Free To Speak underscores how free speech is necessary for human survival as it presents thought-provoking, ironic, and often heartbreaking stories. Host Nadine Strossen is joined by journalists, scholars, and activists to examine the power and controversy of free speech historically and today.
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Schedule

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    Free to Speak

    Thought Police

    Tuesday
    Jul 21

    1 Hour

    The long history of governments suppressing speech, with personal stories from Hong Kong, North Korea and Peru.
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    Free to Speak

    Thought Police

    Tuesday
    Jul 21

    1 Hour

    The long history of governments suppressing speech, with personal stories from Hong Kong, North Korea and Peru.
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    Free to Speak

    The One True Faith

    Wednesday
    Jul 22

    1 Hour

    The worldwide impact of free speech on religion and science; the work of Nobel Laureate Barry Marshall; cartoons published by Charlie Hebdo that led to a massacre.
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    Free to Speak

    The One True Faith

    Wednesday
    Jul 22

    1 Hour

    The worldwide impact of free speech on religion and science; the work of Nobel Laureate Barry Marshall; cartoons published by Charlie Hebdo that led to a massacre.
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    Free to Speak

    The Speech We Hate

    Thursday
    Jul 23

    1 Hour

    A Kenyan filmmaker whose love story garnered a nationwide ban; a Turkish political artist who was censored for his work; the arrest of members of 2 Live Crew for obscenity; a student who took a lawsuit over banned books to the Supreme Court.
  • Free to Speak: TVSS: Iconic

    Free to Speak

    The Speech We Hate

    Thursday
    Jul 23

    1 Hour

    A Kenyan filmmaker whose love story garnered a nationwide ban; a Turkish political artist who was censored for his work; the arrest of members of 2 Live Crew for obscenity; a student who took a lawsuit over banned books to the Supreme Court.

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