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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: Musk, Twitter, and Free Speech; Ransoming Brittney Griner
Description: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo discuss two recent news stories: Elon Musk's controversial management of Twitter and Brittney Griner's return from captivity in Russia. They first analyze what Musk's management and its public reception foretells for the future of freedom of speech in America; they then examine what the Biden administration’s deal to secure Griner’s freedom by releasing Viktor Bout, a notorious Russian arms dealer, reveals about our foreign policy.
Among the topics covered:
Why Musk is not a true free speech absolutist;
How Musk and his critics falsely view content mode...