466: Jacob Mchangama | The Free Speech Recession: A Global Decline in Expression

About this episode

Armen speaks with Jacob Mchangama about the global decline in free speech and the implications of his new book.

In this episode, Armen speaks with legal scholar and free speech advocate Jacob Mchangama about the shifting global landscape of expression. Drawing on his new book The Future of Free Speech, Mchangama outlines a central claim: we are in the middle of a “free speech recession,” where both democratic and authoritarian systems are increasingly restricting […]

People in this episode

Host: Armen Shirvanian

Guest: Jacob Mchangama

Topics covered

• free speech
• global expression
• democracy
• authoritarianism
• legal scholarship

Keywords

• free speech recession
• expression
• legal scholar
• democratic systems
• authoritarian systems

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Future of Free Speech