Summary: <p>Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Jacob Mchangama, founder and executive director of the Danish think tank Justitia, to discuss <em>Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media</em>. They chat about the legal, political, and cultural history of this idea, why elites fear new communications technologies, and how we have recently departed a Golden Age for free speech and have now entered into a free speech recession.</p> <p><strong>Get the book here:</strong> <a href="https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/jacob-mchangama/free-speech/9781541620339/">https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/jacob-mchangama/free-speech/9781541620339/</a></p> <p><strong>Show Notes:</strong></p> <p>Clear and Present Danger: A History of Free Speech (PODCAST)</p> <p><a href="https://www.freespeechhistory.com/">https://www.freespeechhistory.com/</a></p> <p><em>Areo</em>: Daniel James Sharp – “The First Freedom: Free Speech: A History by Jacob Mchangama”</p> <p><a href="https://areomagazine.com/2022/03/17/the-first-freedom-free-speech-a-history-by-jacob-mchangama/">https://areomagazine.com/2022/03/17/the-first-freedom-free-speech-a-history-by-jacob-mchangama/</a></p> <p>Cato Institute: Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media (VIDEO)</p> <p><a href="https://www.cato.org/events/free-speech-history-socrates-social-media">https://www.cato.org/events/free-speech-history-socrates-social-media</a></p> <p><em>Christian Science Monitor</em>: Tara Adhikari – “Why this author says free speech is needed now more than ever”</p> <p><a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Author-Q-As/2022/0307/Why-this-author-says-free-speech-is-needed-now-more-than-ever">https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Author-Q-As/2022/0307/Why-this-author-says-free-speech-is-needed-now-more-than-ever</a></p> <p>C-SPAN: Free Speech (VIDEO)</p> <p><a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?518005-1/free-speech">https://www.c-span.org/video/?518005-1/free-speech</a></p> <p><em>Foreign Affairs</em>: Jacob Mchangama – “The War on Free Speech”</p> <p><a href="https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/world/2022-02-09/war-free-speech-censorship">https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/world/2022-02-09/war-free-speech-censorship</a></p> <p><em>The Volokh Conspiracy</em>: Eugen Volokh – “Jacob Mchangama, "Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media," and Milton's Curse”</p> <p><a href="https://reason.com/volokh/2022/02/10/jacob-mchangama-free-speech-a-history-from-socrates-to-social-media-and-miltons-curse/">https://reason.com/volokh/2022/02/10/jacob-mchangama-free-speech-a-history-from-socrates-to-social-media-and-miltons-curse/</a></p> <p><em>Wall Street Journal</em>: Jonathan Marks – “‘Free Speech’ Review: How Dare You Say Such Things”</p> <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/free-speech-review-how-dareyou-say-such-things-11644446514">https://www.wsj.com/articles/free-speech-review-how-dareyou-say-such-things-11644446514</a>
