Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2021-02-15
Books mentioned on 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.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is a classic American novella about two displaced migrant ranch workers, George and Lennie, who dream of owning their own land during the Great Depression.
Discussed“if you're quoting from a text if you're teaching of mice and men by steinbeck in which the word occurs frequently”
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a classic American novel following a young boy's journey down the Mississippi River alongside an escaped slave named Jim, confronting societal morals and racism along the way.
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”
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Free Speech
Free Speech by Rebecca L.
Recommended“free speech and why it matters will be linked in the show notes below”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Free Speech
“i think one of the reasons i wrote the book is fundamentally there are so many misconceptions around around free speech”