Episode 31 – The Old Regime
In Nov. 2018, French President Emanuel Macron declared war on “offensive and hateful content” on…
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Episode 30 – Northern Lights, The Scandinavian Press Freedom Breakthrough
In the 1760s and 1770s, Sweden and Denmark-Norway shortly became the epicenter of press freedom…
Episode 29 – The Philosopher King – Enlightened Despotism, part 2, Prussia
In his famous essay “What is Enlightenment?” the Prussian philosopher Immanuel Kant declared: “[E]nlightenment requires…
Episode 28 – Writing on Human Skin – Enlightened Despotism, part I, Russia
The Enlightenment’s emphasis on science, progress, tolerance and rationality attracted not only philosophers — even…
Episode 27 – How Enlightening
After a brief detour into the present, we return to Ground Zero of the Enlightenment…
Episode 26 – Oslo Freedom Forum Special with Megha Rajagopalan and Yuan Yang
June 4th, 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the bloody culmination of the Chinese government´s…
Episode 25 – Oslo Freedom Forum Special with Larry Diamond
Today´s episode is going to be a radical departure from the chronological timeline of the…
Episode 24 – Expert Opinion with Stephen Solomon part two: The Sedition Act
In 1787, the newly authored U.S. Constitution was sent out to the states for ratification.…
Episode 23 – Expert Opinion with Stephen Solomon
The First Amendment of the US Constitution was adopted as part of the Bill of…
Episode 22 – Fighting Words– Free Speech in 18th Century America, Part II
In the second half of the 18th century, American Patriots showed that freedom of the…