Claire Lehmann: The threat to free speech from the Right

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UnHerd's Freddie Sayers speaks to Quillette Founder and Editor, Claire Lehmann.

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Join Freddie Sayers on UnHerd as he sits down with Claire Lehmann, founder of Quillette, the Sydney-based magazine launched in 2015 that’s become a global force for reason and free expression.

With Trump powering through his first 100 days and Right-wing populism surging across the West, the free speech landscape is shifting. Are journalism and open debate now under threat from the Right? Has the Left’s 'woke' orthodoxy given way to a new 'woke Right' menace?

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// TIMECODES //

00:00 - 01:27 - Introduction
01:27 - 06:23 - Quillette’s stance on free speech vs authoritarianism
06:23 - 08:30 - Left vs Right online mobs: is there a difference?
08:30 - 09:30 - What is a classical liberal?
09:30 - 16:14 - Claire Lehmann on Elon Musk and the Trump administration
16:14 - 22:27 - Fact vs Fiction: is Elon Musk a positive for free speech?
22:27 - 36:04 - Free speech, funding and DEI in universities
36:04 - 41:51 - Beyond Left vs Right: taking a principled stand
41:51 - 42:49 - Concluding thoughts


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