What Up Holmes? | Radiolab Podcast
From Radiolab
The discussion centers on the evolution of free speech in the United States, focusing on the influential ideas of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, who advocated for the concept of an open marketplace of ideas. This framework has shaped modern interpretations of free speech, particularly in the context of social media and its implications for expressing diverse viewpoints.
Key Takeaways
- Free speech? Ask Holmes; first known for killing it, later hailed as its champion.
- Espionage Act: where 'silence is golden' became an enforced policy during WWI.
- Holmes: From war hero to villain of free speech, then back to saving grace.
- Draft critics jailed, Espionage Act upheld; Holmes' wartime head versus libertarian heart.
- Holmes' mustache may have been more free-wheeling than his initial views on speech.
Mentioned in This Episode
- Radiolab (company)
- Latif Nasser (person)
- Simon Adler (person)
- Kate Klonick (person)
- Thomas Healy (person)
- Seton Hall University School of Law (company)
- General Victor (person)
- Espionage Act (concept)
- JP Morgan (person)
- Schenck v. United States (concept)
- Frohwerk v. United States (concept)
- Debs v. United States (concept)
- Buck v. Bell (concept)
- Abrams case (concept)
- marketplace of ideas (concept)
- Herbert Croly (person)
- Walter Lippmann (person)
- Harold Laski (person)
- House of Truth (location)
- Fanny (person)