About this episode
We're releasing a very special Mo News Workshop – usually just for our Premium members – to everyone this week. September's topic was on Free Speech & Hate Speech in the U.S. We host these workshops every month on topics ranging from history to foreign policy to brain health. Join Mo News Premium at mo.news/premium for more workshops like this, plus weekend coverage, the Mo News web app, a news quiz, Slack channel, and more! --- In September's Mo News Premium Workshop, we dig into one of the most hotly debated and misunderstood issues in America today: free speech and hate speech. Jonathan Zimmerman, Professor of History of Education at Penn Graduate School of Education, joined Mosheh for a workshop looking the history of speech in America — from the founding documents, to McCarthyism, key Supreme Court decisions and today’s debates over hate speech, cancel culture, and campus protests. We also unpack how recent headlines like Charlie Kirk’s murder and Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension reflect America’s long, complicated struggle over the bounds of speech. Mosheh Oinounou ( @mosheh ) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. He has 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He founded the @Mosheh Oinounou Instagram news account in 2020 and the Mo News podcast and newsletter in 2022.