About this episode

Scot Bertram discusses Homer's Odyssey and American libel law with guests Benedict Whalen and Carson Holloway.

Guests: Benedict Whalen and Carson Holloway Host Scot Bertram talks with Benedict Whalen, chairman and associate professor of English at Hillsdale College, to preview his brand-new online course, “ The Odyssey .” And Carson Holloway, department chair and professor of political society at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a Washington fellow at the Claremont Institute Center for the American Way of Life, discusses the shortcomings of American libel law and his new book,  No Liberty to Libel: The Constitutional Case against New York Times v. Sullivan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Scot Bertram

Guests: Benedict Whalen, Carson Holloway

Topics covered

• Homer's Odyssey
• American libel law
• online courses
• literature
• political society

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hillsdale College, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Claremont Institute Center for the American Way of Life

Books & works: The Odyssey, No Liberty to Libel: The Constitutional Case against New York Times v. Sullivan

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