58: 'Free speech is crucial in the battle of ideas'

58: 'Free speech is crucial in the battle of ideas'

This week’s spiked podcast is a Battle of Ideas special. To give you a flavour of the discussions at this year’s festival, held this weekend at the Barbican in London and organised by the Institute of Ideas, Claire Fox discusses the age of echo chambers, Andrew Doyle talks satire and oversensitivity, and Nick Gillespie explains what’s really going on in the Rust Belt. Get your tickets to the Battle of Ideas here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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