Mark Oppenheimer²: The Limits Of Free Speech?

Hrishikesh Joshi dissects whether political homogeneity in academia poses a problem for democracy.He ultimately argues that universities wield significant influence over society while remaining largely insulated from democratic control. Comparing the academy to an ideological “gu ...  Show more

Mark Schroeder discusses When Things Get Personal, his account of how we interpret one another and why those interpretations so often go wrong. Our interactions are filled with noise, factors that don’t reflect the person themselves, complicating what we can infer about an indivi ...  Show more

Is it time for a #CancelCultureIsOverParty? Or is the concern around cancel culture overblown?

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What should people be allowed to say online? What sort of control should states or private entities have over images, concepts, speeches and other content created by individuals, groups or the public? Join the guys as they explore the controversial phenomenon of censorship, from ...  Show more

On today’s episode, Acton director of marketing and communications Eric Kohn speaks with Greg Lukianoff, president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), about his new book, The Canceling of the American Mind. Cancel culture appears to be pervasive ...  Show more