The PEN Pod: Looking Back at the War on Terror with Spencer Ackerman
“What’s on display in Afghanistan is the results of 20 years of war. It’s not a departure from 20 years of war. . . . It is not something… More
The PEN Pod: On Iran, Digital Sovereignty, and Divisive Topics on Campus
“[There’s a hypocrisy of] purporting to be a champion of free speech on campus. . . and at the same time, trying to pass a bill stating that certain… More
The PEN Pod: On Threats to Journalists, Information Ecosystems, and Critical Race Theory
“The gag order—what it illustrates is just the breadth and the power that the Justice Department has had to silence and stifle inquiry.” More
The PEN Pod: Reckoning with “the Big Lie” with Suzanne Nossel
“It’s not simply just a matter of speech when you’re actually threatening people, much less using the power of government to make good on those threats.” More
The PEN Pod: On the Conclusion to a Landmark Lawsuit and Setting the New Precedents of Free Speech with Suzanne Nossel
“It’s not simply just a matter of speech when you’re actually threatening people, much less using the power of government to make good on those threats.” More
The PEN Pod: On the Release of Loujain Al-Hathloul and Conscientiousness with Language with Suzanne Nossel
“We’re very aware that [Loujain Al-Hathloul is] not entirely free. . . even though she’s physically free, it’s not clear that her voice will really be free.” More
The PEN Pod: On Myanmar, Russia, and Impeachment with Suzanne Nossel
“This question of what the story is—that is told in the halls of the Capitol, that is reported in our media. . . could be very consequential not just… More
The PEN Pod: Hawley ‘Silenced,’ Facebook’s Oversight Board, and the State of U.S. Funded Media with Suzanne Nossel
“It comes down to the idea that there are benefits of free speech that are well understood. . . They’re the meat of many Supreme Court decisions upholding the… More
The PEN Pod: Reckoning and Reconciliation after the Trump Era with Suzanne Nossel
“What we’re confronting on, for example, issues of race is the lingering pain and trauma that persists when there isn’t a full reckoning.” More
The PEN Pod: Exploring the Impact of the Capitol Hill Insurrection on Free Speech with Suzanne Nossel
“We have seen that. . . the sense of grievance that certain voices are being shut down, excluded, and drowned out, is a potent message that the right uses… More
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