The Lonely Work of a Free-Speech Defender

捍卫言论自由的孤独之役

The Daily

2025-12-05

52 分钟
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Warning: This episode contains strong language and mentions of suicide. Over the past year, the federal government has taken a series of actions widely seen as attacks on the First Amendment. Greg Lukianoff, the head of a legal defense group called the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, speaks to Natalie Kitroeff about what free speech really means and why both the left and the right end up betraying it. Guest: Greg Lukianoff, the president and chief executive of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. Background reading:  Read Mr. Lukianoff’s guest essay for New York Times Opinion from September.Photo: Moriah Ratner for The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.
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