The Lonely Work of a Free-Speech Defender

Warning: This episode contains strong language and mentions of
suicide.


Over the past year, the federal government has taken a series of
actions widely seen as attacks on the First Amendment.


Greg Lukianoff, the head of a legal defense group called the
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, speaks to
Natalie Kitroeff about what free speech really means and why both
the left and the right end up betraying it.


Guest: Greg Lukianoff, the president and chief
executive of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.


Background reading: 


Read Mr. Lukianoff’s guest essay for New York Times Opinion
from September.



Photo: Moriah Ratner for The New York Times


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