Ep. 19 Ken White of ‘Popehat’ Talks Nat Hentoff, Worst Censors of 2016

Ken White has made a name for himself in First Amendment circles
for his particularly astute and often comical commentary on free
speech issues for the popular “law, liberty, and leisure” blog
‘Popehat.’


An attorney by day, Ken likes to use his considerable legal
chops—he’s a 1994 graduate of Harvard Law School—to take a
rhetorical axe to what he sees as facile arguments in favor of
censorship.


Ken is our guest on today’s episode of “So to Speak.” We talk
with him about his list of the worst censors of 2016 and spend
some time remembering the life of a giant in the free speech
world, Nat Hentoff, who passed away this past weekend. Ken also
explains how he successfully uses the “Popehat Signal” to rally
attorneys to provide pro bono assistance to people wrapped up in
free speech legal battles.


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