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Free to Speak
Thought Police
Season 1
Episode 101
Thought Police examines the long history of governments suppressing speech – with clear echoes of George Orwell’s warning of a world without free speech. The program weaves personal stories from Hong Kong, North Korea, and Peru, whose governments tried to suppress free speech, one of them resulting in a monumental – and avoidable – human tragedy.
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The Speech We Hate examines threats to art and scholarship with free speech under attack.
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The One True Faith examines the worldwide impact of free speech on religion and science.