So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast
News:Politics
On today’s episode, we discuss Alexei Navalny’s death, Vladimir Putin, censorship in Russia, and Samizdat Online, an anti-censorship platform that grants users living under authoritarian regimes access to news and other censored content. Yevgeny “Genia” Simkin is the co-founder of Samizdat Online and Stanislav “Stas” Kucher is its chief content officer.
Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
2:25 Alexei Navalny
8:53 The state of Russian opposition
20:48 The origins of Samizdat Online
28:17 How does Samizdat Online circumvent censorship?
35:16 Could Yevgeny Prigozhin have overthrown Putin?
41:03 The progression of Putin’s regime
58:08 How can people help?
59:56 Outro
Show notes
Statement by Russian prison service on Alexei Navalny’s death
The Anti-Corruption Foundation (nonprofit established by Alexei Navalny)
Samizdat Online
“Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible” by Peter Pomerantsev
Past related episodes
Ep. 108: A history of (dis)information wars in the Soviet Union and beyond
Ep. 156: What Russians don’t know about the war in Ukraine
Ep. 157: Former BBC bureau chief Konstantin Eggert and what you need to know about censorship in Russia
Ep. 59 Debating ‘Is there a campus free speech crisis?’ with Sullivan, Haidt, Nossel, Sachs, & Foster
Ep. 58 ‘Lust on Trial’ with Amy Werbel
Ep. 57 Exploring threats to a free press with Laura Handman
Ep. 56 Have you been defamed?
Ep. 55 Is there a campus free speech crisis?
Ep. 54 Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
Ep. 53 Bret Weinstein, professor in exile
Ep. 52 The Great Firewall of China
Ep. 51 University of Alaska President Emeritus Mark Hamilton
Ep. 50 Randall Kennedy on ‘The Forgotten Origins of the Constitution on Campus’
Ep. 49 “The Great Dissent” w/ Professor Thomas Healy
Ep. 48 ‘Natural Rights and the First Amendment’ w/ Jud Campbell
Ep. 47 Institute for Justice President and General Counsel Scott Bullock
Ep. 46 Revisiting Masses v. Patten (1917)
Ep. 45 Harvard professor Steven Pinker
Ep. 44 Berkeley then and now
Ep. 43 LIVE EVENT: Viewpoint diversity on campus
Ep. 42 ‘Is this the day the Internet dies?’
Ep. 41 The British free speech invasion
Ep. 40 “The neurodiversity case for free speech” w/ Geoffrey Miller
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