INTERVIEW: Jacob Mchangama on the history of free speech
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.8 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Jacob Mchangama is a Danish lawyer, human-rights advocate, and social commentator. He is the founder and director of Justitia, a Copenhagen-based think tank focusing on human rights, freedom of speech, and the rule of law. He is also the author of Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media, which is why he is here today.
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| 1:07.4 | And on today's episode, we are sitting down with Jacob M. Chengama. |
| 1:13.5 | He is the author of a book that I absolutely love, free speech, a history from Socrates to social media. He is also a Danish |
| 1:20.0 | lawyer, a human rights advocate, and a social commentator. And he is the founder and director of |
| 1:26.2 | Justice Stia. How do you say that, Jacob? |
| 1:29.4 | Justicia, yeah, probably the English way. Yeah, I guess that is the English way. I should have |
| 1:34.2 | asked that before I brought you on. That is a Copenhagen-based think tank focusing on human rights, |
| 1:39.3 | freedom of speech, and the rule of law. Jacob, thank you so much for coming on the show. |
| 1:43.8 | Thanks, Isaac, man. I really have been looking forward to it. |
| 1:46.7 | So, first of all, I mean, I just, again, I'll plug it before we get off once more. |
| 1:53.5 | I am about 50 pages away from being done your book, which is a tour to force of free speech |
| 2:00.0 | history across the globe from ancient Athens |
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