Ep. 250: Civil rights, hate speech, and the First Amendment

Ep. 250: Civil rights, hate speech, and the F...

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Ep. 262: Escaping Iran

Recent protests in Iran have drawn renewed attention to dissent under the country's authoritarian government. The demonstrations have been met with mass arrests, internet restrictions, and even accusations of murder. While large-scale demonstrations appear to have subsided for no ...  Show more

Ep. 261: Thomas Paine's rise and fall

Thomas Paine arrived in America in 1774 with little to his name and a long record of personal failure behind him. Within a year, he wrote Common Sense, one of the most influential political pamphlets in history, helping to ignite the American Revolution and catapulting Paine into ...  Show more

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