BONUS EPISODE: Free Speech Today

About this episode

The episode discusses the current state of free speech in the U.S. and features an interview with a former newspaper editor about censorship at his university.

Free speech is under attack in the United States today, just as it was during the Vietnam War. As a companion to Episode 5, which looked at GI newspapers and coffeehouses of the Vietnam-era, we are delving into the ways that free speech is being stifled in the era of campus protests over the war in Gaza. We interviewed former UT Dallas newspaper editor-in-chief Gregorio Olivares Gutierrez about how the school shut down his university paper after it reported on a police sweep of student ...

People in this episode

Guest: Gregorio Olivares Gutierrez

Topics covered

• free speech
• Vietnam War
• campus protests
• media censorship

Keywords

• GI newspapers
• coffeehouses
• Gaza

Mentioned in this episode

Places: the United States, Gaza

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