Oct 27, 202658 min
AI-enabled smart glasses raise serious concerns about privacy and surveillance at school, at work, in public spaces, and in the public sector. These include surreptitious photos and recording and sharing of captured...
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The Centre for Free Expression Podcast
Hosted by Centre for Free Expression · education · EN
About this Podcast:
Democracy is an ongoing public discussion about what is legitimate in our society—and what is not. That conversation doesn’t belong to any one group, and it cannot be settled once and for all. Democracy prospers when everyone has the right and opportunity to be informed and to participate in public discourse.Every two weeks, the Centre for Free Expression Podcast explores important questions people have about our society, their rights to be engaged, their opportunities to be informed, the challenges to these rights and opportunities, and how we can overcome those challenges.
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Guest openness
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What is The Centre for Free Expression Podcast about?
Democracy is an ongoing public discussion about what is legitimate in our society, and what is not. That conversation doesn’t belong to any one group, and it cannot be settled once and for all. Democracy prospers when everyone has the right and opportunity to be informed and to participate in public discourse.
What has The Centre for Free Expression Podcast covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Smartglasses: How they are undermining privacy and what we can do about it" (27 October 2026, 58 minutes), "Is Cabinet Secrecy an ever-expanding black hole hiding information that properly should be public?" (20 October 2026, 56 minutes), and "Police Surveillance and AI: Protecting Privacy in Canada" (7 October 2026, 75 minutes).
How often does The Centre for Free Expression Podcast publish?
The Centre for Free Expression Podcast publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 56 minutes across 15 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on The Centre for Free Expression Podcast?
Booking probability for The Centre for Free Expression Podcast is 28%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Centre for Free Expression Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Centre for Free Expression Podcast's contact route on record: public web form.
Who should pitch The Centre for Free Expression Podcast?
The strongest fits for The Centre for Free Expression Podcast are Photography, Polling & Other Services. The Centre for Free Expression Podcast has an education audience.
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The Centre for Free Expression Podcast is an education podcast with 15 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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Episode #15
Is Cabinet Secrecy an ever-expanding black hole hiding information that properly should be public?
Oct 20, 202656 minCanada’s Access to Information Act’s protection for cabinet secrecy is among the broadest in the world. Has that protection gone too far — denying public access to documents that Canadians should have a right to see...
- Oct 7, 20261h 15m
As surveillance technologies expand, the fundamental right to privacy is under unprecedented threat. In this episode, Canadian scholars Alana Saulnier and Evan Light examine the growing footprint of police surveillance...
- Sep 29, 20261 hour
Almost everyone sought for extradition from Canada is extradited. Is this a sign of efficiency or of injustice? Join a panel of leading experts on Canadian extradition law and practices who discuss what actually happens...
- Sep 22, 202658 min
Popular trust in the media has been declining fairly consistently over the past decade. In her new book, The Trust Spiral: Why the Media Needs Objectivity, Canadian journalist and podcaster, Tara Henley, explains why...
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- Sep 8, 202658 min
In 'Visitor: My Life in Canada,' Anthony Stewart explores the lack of a recognizable Black anti-racist discourse in Canada and why Canada's lack of expression and commitment to Black anti-racism led him to give up his...
- Aug 11, 202654 min
Wrongdoing in medicine is all too common, with punishment typically reserved for those who speak up about it, writes leading American bioethicist, Carl Elliott, in his new book, The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical...
- Jul 28, 202658 min
In his new book, On Book Banning, Ira Wells begins with his astonishment when the principal in his children’s school wanted to get rid of “all the old books” as being too Eurocentric, too male, too heteronormative...
- Jun 29, 202658 min
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms made Canada a constitutional democracy in which unelected courts, not elected legislatures, have the final say about rights and freedoms. Yet Section 33 (the Notwithstanding Clause)...
- Jun 15, 202650 min
Governments are increasingly requiring age verification for access to certain online content. In the name of protecting children online, systems for age verification create dangerous new forms of surveillance...
Episode #4
"We can't teach a book with that word in it": Reflections on the role of literature in society
Jun 2, 202644 minS0<p>When prominent Canadian novelist Lawrence Hill learned his award-winning The Book of Negroes had been banned from classrooms by the London District Catholic School Board because of its use of the N-word, he was...
- May 19, 20261h 2mS0
<p>In striving for balance and neutrality, does the Western mainstream media end up spreading misconceptions, myths and mistruths about the wars and conflicts in the Middle East? What are news consumers in the West...
- May 13, 202653 minS0
<p>Islamophobia, like other forms of religious prejudice, racism and xenophobia, are everyday experiences on Canadian campuses despite efforts to eliminate it. Why does Islamophobia persist? What forms does it most...
- May 6, 202645 minS0
<p>The gutting of the Washington Post. Abrupt changes at CBS. Caving to extravagant but frivolous Trump lawsuits. Are some of the richest and most powerful corporate tycoons ruining American journalism — and will more...
Recent guests
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Eric Adams
Partner, Co-Chief Investment Officer, Brooklyn Borough President
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Richard Moon
professor of anesthesiology and medicine, Duke Center for Hyperbaric Medicine
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Martin Lukacs
Managing Editor, Breach Media
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Mohamad Bazzi
Director, Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, New York University
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