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Damages

The Real Free Speech Threat: Loss Is On the Calendar in Nigeria

Oct 1, 2023
32:20

We're bringing you this crossover episode from our sister podcast, Inherited, because there's a way in which the constant vilification of protestors and criminalization of their actions has effectively distracted a lot of people from the reason they're out in the streets or in museums or at sporting events in the first place: the climate crisis is already having a devastating impact on communities around the world, and it's only going to get worse. In this episode, Nigerian Mo Isu returns to his hometown of Lagos, meets an activist there, and heads with him to Lokoja – the town where Nigeria’s largest rivers converge – to explore how flood survivors endure the region’s relentless storm cycle.

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