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This podcast series is an intimate look at one of the most controversial topics in Canadian public discourse at the moment: free expression. The first season includes 11 episodes featuring in-depth interviews with a range of legal academics and experts. Blending academic insight with current affairs, the podcast will appeal to anyone interested in the law of free expression, and especially those wanting to make sense of contemporary politics. The series will address a number of important questions, including: Why is free expression so important for democratic societies? When can a state or community legitimately restrict expression? And why has debate about free expression become so polarized on university campuses and in society more broadly?
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Signup to Generate a PitchThis podcast series is an intimate look at one of the most controversial topics in Canadian public discourse at the moment: free expression. The first season includes 11 episodes featuring in-depth interviews with a range of legal academics and experts.
Recent episodes include "This Ain't Texas, It's TikTok" (23 December 2024, 61 minutes), "What Happened to Our Public Discourse?" (16 December 2024, 40 minutes), and "Does Canada Suck at Free Expression?" (9 December 2024, 58 minutes).
Free Expression publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 50 minutes across 22 episodes.
Booking probability for Free Expression is 20%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Free Expression requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Free Expression's contact route on record: verified email.
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Free Expression is a news podcast with 22 episodes published.
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Episode #11
<p>In the final episode of season two, you'll hear a recording of a Centre for Constitutional Studies Event from the summer of 2024, titled 'This Ain't Texas, It's Tiktok.' The event features a discussion with Jameel...
Episode #10
<p>In this episode, Dax speaks with Sabreena Delhon, Chief Executive Officer of the Samara Centre for Democracy. They discuss some of the threats faced by elected officials in Canada online and in person, the roots of...
Episode #9
<p>In this episode, Dax speaks with David Schneiderman, Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of Toronto. They discuss the culture of free expression in Canada, the relative absence of scholarship...
Episode #8
<p>In this episode, Dax speaks with Kristopher Kinsinger, a lawyer with SV Law's Civil Litigation and Municipal Law practice group. They discuss the fundamental nature of free expression and its most compelling...
<p>In this episode, Dax speaks with Christopher Dummitt, Professor of Canadian Studies at Trent University. They discuss the differences between academic freedom and free expression, some historical context for these...
Episode #6
<p>In this episode, Dax speaks with Irfan Chaudhry, hate crimes researcher and inaugural Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion at Hockey Canada. They discuss the legal definition of hate speech in Canada, the...
<p>In this episode, Dax speaks with Josh Dehaas, Counsel with the Canadian Constitution Foundation. They discuss the historical origins of fundamental freedoms and some important cases in Canadian jurisprudence, the...
<p>In this episode, Dax speaks with Eric Heinze, Professor of Law and Humanities at Queen Mary University of London. They discuss the ancient origins of free expression, philosophical justifications for free expression...
<p>In this episode, Dax speaks with Jillian York, the Director for International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. They discuss the technological optimism once associated with the Internet...
<p>In this episode, Dax speaks with Emmett Macfarlane, Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo. They discuss the politics of free expression in Canada and how it relates to the...
<p>In this episode, Dax speaks with Emily Laidlaw, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Calgary and Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity Law. They discuss how social media has changed our public discourse...
<p>This bonus episode to wrap up season 1 features a conversation between Richard Moon, Carissima Mathen, and Emily Laidlaw focused on a consistent theme in the podcast: the challenges and complexities associated with...
Episode #10
<p>In this episode, Dax speaks with Carissima Mathen, Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa. They discuss the legal and political landscape of free expression at the moment, the challenges of meaningfully...
Episode #9
<p>In this episode, Dax speaks with Ummni Khan, Associate Professor in the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University. They discuss the subjective nature of expressive harms, the politics and perils of...
Episode #8
<p>In this episode, Dax speaks with Shannon Dea, Dean of Arts and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Regina. They discuss the contemporary politics of free expression, the nature and importance of academic...
Episode #7
<p>In this episode, Dax speaks with Bruce Pardy, executive director of Rights Probe and Professor of Law at Queen's University. They discuss the nature and importance of freedom in a democratic society, the legitimacy...
<p>In this episode, Dax speaks with Faisal Bhabha, Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. They discuss different approaches to freedom that are consequential for free expression, the relationship between social...
Episode #5
<p>In this episode, Dax speaks with Joshua Sealy-Harrington, Assistant Professor in the Lincoln Alexander School of Law at Toronto Metropolitan University. They discuss the uses and abuses of free expression, how free...
Episode #4
<p>In this episode, Dax speaks with James Turk, the Director of the Centre for Free Expression at Toronto Metropolitan University. They discuss the important differences between free expression and academic freedom, why...
Episode #3
<p>In this episode, Dax speaks with Richard Moon, Professor of Law at the University of Windsor and author of several books about free expression in Canada. They discuss some of the challenges facing free expression at...
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