Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2021-02-15
Chris Williamson & Andrew Doyle: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #283
Free Speech And Why It Matters - Andrew Doyle - #283
Andrew Doyle is Titania McGrath, a comedian and a writer. Free speech is one of the core tenants of a modern liberal society, and yet we are seeing restrictions being placed on it across the West.
Andrew Doyle discussed Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Chris Williamson recommended Free Speech by Rebecca L. Brown and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Of Mice and Men
Discussed“if you're quoting from a text if you're teaching of mice and men by steinbeck in which the word occurs frequently”
Where to get it
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Discussed“if you're teaching huckleberry finn although of course a lot of people aren't now because they they say it's a racist book because it contains the word”
Where to get it
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Free Speech
Recommended“free speech and why it matters will be linked in the show notes below”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Free Speech
“i think one of the reasons i wrote the book is fundamentally there are so many misconceptions around around free speech”