Ep. 97 There’s no such thing as free speech, argues Stanley Fish

Does free speech exist? 


According to Cardozo Law Professor Stanley Fish, it does not.


On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, we
dig into what the colorful professor means by this assertion
and discuss his forthcoming book, “The First: How to Think About
Hate Speech, Campus Speech, Religious Speech, Fake News,
Post-Truth, and Donald Trump.”


Show notes:


Podcast transcript

“There’s No Such Thing As Free Speech: And It’s a Good Thing,
Too” by Stanley Fish

“Areopagitica” by John Milton

“Leviathan” by Thomas Hobbes

New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)

“Absence of Malice” (1981) movie

“Inherit the Wind” (1960) movie

“The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” by Thomas S. Kuhn

“In defense of the NBA: The league has every right to come
down hard on critics of China who work for it” by Stanley Fish



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