322 - Ian Rosenberg (The Fight for Free Speech)

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I interview Ian Rosenberg, media lawyer, legal counsel for ABC News, and author of The Fight for Free Speech: Ten Cases that Define Our First Amendment Freedoms.

For more about Ian and his book visit thefightforfreespeech.com.

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Donald Trump survived his second impeachment, and now the Republican Party continues the project of ejecting anyone who dared oppose him. The GOP is morphing from a political party into a religious cult centered around Trump.

I discuss the deaths of two pornographers, Larry Flynt and Rush Limbaugh, and compare their legacies.

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322 - Ian Rosenberg (The Fight for Free Speech)

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I interview Ian Rosenberg, media lawyer, legal counsel for ABC News, and author of The Fight for Free Speech: Ten Cases that Define Our First Amendment Freedoms.

For more about Ian and his book visit thefightforfreespeech.com.

Plus:

I discuss the deaths of two pornographers, Larry Flynt and Rush Limbaugh, and compare their legacies.

Theme music courtesy of Body Found.

Follow American Freethought on the intertubes:

Website: AmericanFreethought.com

Twitter: @AMERFREETHOUGHT

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/21523473365/

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Contact: john@americanfreethought.com

Support the Podcast: PayPal funds to sniderishere@gmail.com

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#Atheist #Church #Freethought #State #American Freethought #Atheism #Society #Religion #John C Snider #Skeptic

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