Is the free speech debate dead? Plus, the devil!

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🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In anticipation of more pro-Palestinian protests, many college administrators rolled out new rules this fall that include getting pre-approval for posting flyers or hosting demonstrations. Brittany is joined by UC Irvine sociology professor David S. Meyer, who studies social movements and public policy, and Chronicle of Higher Education reporter Kate Hidalgo Bellows. They discuss the changes on campuses and how they tie into debates over free speech.

Then, Brittany kicks off a new series exploring horror tropes. It's called The Trilogy of Terror. First up: Beelzebub. Brittany invites Travis Stevens and Klaus Yoder, historians and co-hosts of the podcast Seven Heads, Ten Horns: The History of the Devil, to talk about the symbology of the devil and how representations of him in horror movies have changed over time.

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0:00.0	If you should try out NPR Plus, with NPR Plus, you'll get to listen to our show
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0:29.5	Hello hello I'm Brittany Loose and you're listening to it's been a minute from npr a show about what's going on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident. This week we're connecting the dots between unauthorized flyers, secret chat rooms, and campus
0:49.1	lawns.
0:50.1	I know, I know.
0:51.1	How are all of these things connected? Well we're going to find out with staff reporter for
0:55.8	the Chronicle of Higher Education, Kate Edalgo Bellows, and UC Irvine Professor David S. Meyer who studies
1:02.0	social movements and public policy.
1:04.3	Kate David, welcome to it's been a minute.
1:06.3	Thank you, Brittany.
1:07.4	Good to be with you.
1:08.5	I wonder, you know, you both have looked at probably so many images and videos of campus protests. What is the most
1:15.6	memorable protest sign you've seen all time? What do we want? Time travel. When do we
1:20.6	want it? Doesn't matter. That's a good one.
1:24.0	But to shift our tone, this week marks one year since the war in Gaza started in basically
1:30.0	one year of student anti-war protests.
1:33.0	And this fall, things have been a little quieter on that front
1:37.0	than they were during the spring semester.
1:39.0	And that's for a reason.
1:41.0	Universities have instituted new policies. At the University of
1:44.7	Pennsylvania, Indiana University, and the Virginia Commonwealth University,
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