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Podcast: The Big Story
Episode: Jimmy Kimmel is back, but free speech remains in limbo
Description: Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel has returned to television screens, but concerns linger over whether free speech in America is under threat.Kimmel’s short-lived suspension, which followed a thinly-veiled threat from a top Trump official, was viewed by many as the latest example of government censorship.Even before Kimmel went dark, a government crackdown aimed at silencing the president’s critics was already underway, igniting a firestorm of debate about one of America’s most sacred civil liberties.Host Caryn Ceolin speaks with Eugene Volokh, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford Univer...