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The Best of Our Knowledge #1588 "The Fight For Free Speech"

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Bob Barrett
Published February 25, 2021 at 2:00 AM EST

Freedom of speech is one of our most cherished freedoms, and one of our most misunderstood.

Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, an expert in media law talks about the first amendment’s long reach…and its limits.

We’ll also talk to a northeast college president about spending another spring with COVID, and spend an Academic Minute with cognitive contact tracing.
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Bob Barrett
Bob has been a part of the WAMC family since 2001. He currently produces and hosts National Production's The Best Of Our Knowledge. Over the years, Bob has produced The Environment Show and The Health Show for National Productions and hosted weekend mornings on WAMC for a decade. In addition to producing TBOOK, he is currently a reporter and on air host at WUWF Public Radio at the University of West Florida in Pensacola.
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