Jonathan Rauch – A Liberal Defense of Free Speech

0:00 What’s wrong with cancelation?

13:28 A defense of Charles Murray

21:24 Cancelation and the closet

28:08 Jonathan’s book, The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth

39:35 Jonathan: “The marketplace of ideas” is a necessary but insufficient metaphor

42:51 Is Trump an agent of disinformation?

54:22 What the woke and MAGA crowds have in common

59:41 Why Jonathan is hopeful about the constitution of knowledge

Recorded February 6, 2022

Links and Readings

Jonathan’s latest book, The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth

Jonathan’s book, Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought

Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein’s book, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life

Jeff Gerth’s Four-Party Columbia Journalism Review series on Trump and the press

Stanford’s Internet Observatory

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe