FREEDOM IN FOCUS

Freedom is a revolutionary and transformative idea. But there's an awful lot of fuzzy thinking on this topic, and increasingly, freedom is traded down for the sake of optimising safety and control. This podcast aims to bring greater focus and clarity to our thinking about the value of freedom and what it means to live in a free society. davidthunder.substack.com

FREEDOM IN FOCUS is a society podcast hosted by A Podcast for Lovers of Liberty, with 40 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Time for Some Myth-Busting About Immigration

  Feb 8, 20251 minS0

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit davidthunder.substack.com<br/><br/><p>Immigration is now a major political issue. And one of the obstacles to a proper, transparent public debate about this issue is a series of myths about immigration that are perpetuated by the political class and by many journalists. So in this video, I'd like to bust six myths about immigration. </p><p>Myth #1: It’s better to hand control over immigration to a transnational authority.</p><p>The first myth is that it's better to hand control over immigration to a...

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  Meta's New Moderation Philosophy is a Win for Free Speech

  Jan 15, 20253 minS0

  <p>You can share this video on Twitter/X or view it on Youtube.</p><p>Some potentially huge news for free speech, as Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, has recently announced that he will be significantly scaling back the censorship of “misinformation” and “hate speech” on Meta.</p><p>This is something to be welcomed, irrespective of what you might think of Zuckerberg's motives or the timing of this decision, because it's going to affect a massive number of users of Meta. Currently, roughly a third of the world's population, if not more, is estimated to be users of Meta...

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  The Line Separating Good and Evil Passes Not Between Political Parties, But Right Through the Human Heart

  Nov 10, 20243 minS0

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit davidthunder.substack.com<br/><br/><p>Feel free to view and share this video on Youtube and X.</p><p>"The line separating good and evil passes not between political parties but right through the human heart." </p><p>So said Russian author and dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn.</p><p>Many people commenting on the U.S. presidential elections would do well to ponder these words. If you follow some of the commentary critical of the outcome of the election, you'll find a simplistic view of good and...

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  David Beats Goliath: The Defeat of Ireland's New Hate Speech Bill Shows the Power of the Free Speech Movement

  Sep 28, 20245 minS0

  <p>Last year, with all major political parties backing it, I assumed Ireland's Hatred & Hate Offences Bill was unstoppable. Now, I see that David can beat Goliath. Goliath will be back very soon, but for now, he has been sent away with his tail between his legs. </p><p>In April 2023, the Hatred and Hate Offences Bill passed through the lower house of the Irish Parliament by an overwhelming majority: 110 votes in its favor and just 14 votes against.</p><p>Free subscribers, if you value this content, consider upgrading to a paid subscription which unlocks subscriber-exclusive posts.</p><p>When...

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  Any information coming from the WHO should have a giant health warning attached to it

  Aug 23, 20245 minS0

  <p>The W.H.O. has declared a “public health emergency of international concern,” in relation to an upsurge of monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a growing number of countries in Africa. It does not take much digging to discover that monkeypox should not be high up on most people’s list of things to worry about. Here's the information I got from a quick inquiry using ChatGPT, and which simply summarises what is fairly standard knowledge about monkeypox: </p><p>For the general population, the risk of contracting monkeypox is generally considered low. The majority of cas...

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