In the early sixties, students at San Francisco's University took over sprowl hall. They showed gay pornography in a basement and said it was OK to be sexual. The free speech movement started on campuses around the country. Ando i think they also kind of did it because it was the most shocking thing they could imagine. These kids could have had a really comfortable, sweet life going to a free, beautiful university across the glittering bay from san francisco. But they said, no, we are going to throw ourselves on the gears and lebers of the machine because we are americans and we have the right to free speech.
Caitlin Flanagan, a staff writer at The Atlantic, is one of America's most incisive essayists. In her articles about a wide range of topics including modern motherhood, the politics of higher education, and the state of the abortion debate, she skewers consensus views with her trademark wit.
In this week’s conversation, Caitlin Flanagan and Yascha Mounk discuss her coming-of-age in 1960s Berkeley, the evolution of freedom of speech, and whether America has a future.
This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.
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