Free Speech Podcasts
Free Speech Bites - a new Index on Censorship podcast series made in association with SAGE.
Lisa Appignanesi and Iqbal Sacranie discuss the burning of the Satanic Verses
Richard Reeves on J.S. Mill's On Liberty
An Open University podcast 'Is Freedom of Speech Possible?' on iTunesU
New York Law School podcast on Free Speech and the First Amendment on iTunesU
Geoffrey Stone on Government Secrecy vs Freedom of the Press on iTunesU
Matthew Kiernan on Art,Censorship and Morality on iTunesU
A.C. Grayling on Free Speech (from Thought for the World) Grayling believes that the limit of free speech is the things we can change. It is wrong to speak offensively of anything, such as race, that is unchangeable.
Nigel Warburton on Free Speech 20 mins 21 secs (based on chapter one of his Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction)
Nigel Warburton on how offensive speech can energise 2 mins 08 secs in the Thought for the World podcast series
Free Speech on Video
T.M. Scanlon on Freedom of Expression, Tolerance and Human Rights (54 mins)
Christopher Hitchens on Free Speech (20 mins 54). Hitchens is arguing for the decriminalization of hate speech.
Lawrence Lessig on How Copyright Law is Strangling Creativity
A fantastic collection. Thanks for the post.
Posted by: Chris H | February 19, 2009 at 06:55 AM
I've put these and numerous other links about Free Speech on
www.vsi-free-speech.com
though I can't keep up with all the new articles that have emerged in the wake of the Geert Wilders affair. I'm adding new links there as I find them.
Nigel
Posted by: Virtual Philosopher | February 19, 2009 at 09:44 AM