What Up Holmes? | Radiolab Podcast
From Radiolab
The discussion centers on the evolution of free speech in the United States, focusing on the influential ideas of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, who advocated for the concept of an open marketplace of ideas. This framework has shaped modern interpretations of free speech, particularly in the context of social media and its implications for expressing diverse viewpoints.
Key Takeaways
- Free speech? Ask Holmes; first known for killing it, later hailed as its champion.
- Espionage Act: where 'silence is golden' became an enforced policy during WWI.
- Holmes: From war hero to villain of free speech, then back to saving grace.
- Draft critics jailed, Espionage Act upheld; Holmes' wartime head versus libertarian heart.
- Holmes' mustache may have been more free-wheeling than his initial views on speech.
Who is mentioned in this episode?
19 people come up, including Latif Nasser, Simon Adler, Kate Klonick.
- Latif Nasser (Person)
- Simon Adler (Person)
- Kate Klonick (Person)
- General Victor (Person)
- JP Morgan (Person)
- Herbert Croly (Person)
- Walter Lippmann (Person)
- Harold Laski (Person)
- Fanny (Person)
- Jad Abumrad (Person)
- Anthony Lewis (Person)
- Sinan Aral (Person)
- Lula Miller (Person)
- Nabiha Syed (Person)
- Soren Wheeler (Person)
- Sarah Sandbach (Person)
- Dylan Keefe (Person)
- Jeremy Bloom (Person)
- W. Harry Fortuna (Person)
Mentioned in this episode
- Radiolab (Company)
- Seton Hall University School of Law (Company)
- Espionage Act (Concept)
- Schenck v. United States (Concept)
- Frohwerk v. United States (Concept)
- Abrams case (Concept)
- marketplace of ideas (Concept)
- Yiddish (Concept)
- anarchists (Concept)
- Lower Manhattan (Location)
- Spanish Flu (Concept)
- forced sterilization (Concept)
- Snopes (Company)
- PolitiFact (Company)
- The Markup (Company)
- Pakistani (Concept)
- democratic deliberation (Concept)
- 1949 (Concept)
- The Great Dissent (Book)
- TheMarkup.org (Company)