Final episode in our three part series on free speech in america. Third instalment focuses on so called cancil culture. Is this a new social phenomenon? To what degree does it involve accountability? And what drives americans to stand up against objectionable statements? We look at some past popular reckonings with cancelled speech, from thomas hutchinson's fall from grace during the revolutionary period.
The Supreme Court is going to let Arizona kill Barry Jones, a man whose rape and murder convictions were vacated in 2018.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Tori Dominguez, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and edited by Matt Collette and Sean Rameswaram, who also hosted.
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