# The Enemies of Free Speech (w/ Greg Lukianoff & Nadine Strossen)

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Podcast: [Uncertain Things](https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncertain-things-1365822)
Published: 2025-05-29T23:25:36+00:00
Episode link: https://uncertain.substack.com/p/greg-lukianoff-nadine-strossen
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## Resource

Former ACLU President Nadine Strossen and FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) President Greg Lukianoff join Adaam to discuss their upcoming book War on Words: 10 Arguments Against Free Speech—And Why They Fail . The three dig into what makes liberalism in general and free speech in particular so powerful, so radical, and so rare. Is too much information a danger for free speech? Why are some institutions resilient to ideological capture while others cave? Do generational tensions pose a threat to liberal values? What does it really mean to defend free speech? On the agenda: -Free speech is eternally radical (00:30) - The Skokie Affair made Adaam fall in love (10:47) -Generational tensions at the ACLU, or: maintaining institutional integrity (26:13 ) -Real liberalism is (and always was) hard (51:12) -Marketplace of Ideas vs. Pure Information Theory, or: the importance of knowing falsities (1:01:06) -AI and the problem of Too Much Information (1:10:02) -Blindspots (1:23:55) Show notes: -Greg’s Substack: The Eternally Radical Idea -Upcoming rerelease of Aryeh Neier’s Defending My Enemy with additional material by Nadine Art by Niv Tishbi Uncertain Things is hosted and produced by Adaam James Levin-Areddy and Vanessa M. Quirk. For more doomsday thoughts, subscribe to: uncertain.substack.com. Get full access to Uncertain Things at uncertain.substack.com/subscribe

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