About this episode

The episode features discussions on workplace speech oppression and election integrity, including insights from Ilona Rugg and Pat Colbeck.

First a conversation with Ilona Rugg concerning oppression of speech in the work place (with a reference to Matt Benson's incident at Ford Motor. Then onto a conversation with Pat Colbeck regarding the speech given by President Trump Thursday night regarding attacks on our election integrity.

People in this episode

Host: Ed Bonderenka

Guests: Ilona Rugg, Pat Colbeck

Topics covered

• freedom of speech
• election integrity
• workplace oppression
• political discourse
• current events

Keywords

• speech oppression
• election integrity
• Ilona Rugg
• Pat Colbeck
• Matt Benson
• Ford Motor
• President Trump

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ford Motor

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