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…
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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…
Episode 21 – The Bulwark of Liberty – Free Speech in 18th Century America, Part I
18th century America was impacted and influenced by the so-called Glorious Revolution in the Motherland.…
Episode 20 – The Seeds of Enlightenment
1685 was a watershed year for events that would lead to what we call the…
Episode 19 – Expert Opinion – Steven Nadler on Spinoza’s ‘book forged in hell’ and the right to ‘think what you like and say what you think‘
Baruch Spinoza (also known as Benedict de Spinoza) was born in Amsterdam in 1632. While…