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Uncertain ThingsThe Enemies of Free Speech (w/ Greg Lukianoff & Nadine Strossen)Former ACLU President Nadine Strossen and FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) President Greg Lukianoff join Adaam to discuss their upcoming book War on Words: 10 Arguments Against Free Speech—And Why They Fail. The three dig into what makes liberalism in general and free speech in particular so powerful, so radical, and so rare. Is too much information a danger for free speech? Why are some institutions resilient to ideological capture while others cave? Do generational tensions pose a threat to liberal values? What does it really mean to defend free speech? On the agenda: ...2025-05-301h 24

Fareed Zakaria GPSHuman rights trailblazer Aryeh Neier on Israel’s genocide accusation, Bill Maher on the left and right in America, Doris Kearns Goodwin revisits the 1960sThe ICC requests arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense minister. Fareed speaks to Aryeh Neier, a founder of Human Rights Watch and a Jewish American who fled Nazi Germany in 1939, who has studied the situation closely and come to some tough conclusions. Next, Bill Maher talks to Fareed about the state of democracy, the left and right, and whether men have lost the ability to communicate with women. Lessons in leadership for President Biden from the master storyteller Doris Kearns Goodwin. Guests: Aryeh Neier, Bill Maher(@billmaher), Doris Kearns Goodwin (@DorisKGoodwin) Le...2024-05-2741 min

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 213: Campus unrest - live webinarHost Nico Perrino joins his FIRE colleagues Will Creeley and Alex Morey to answer questions about the recent campus unrest and its First Amendment implications. Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 0:41 What is FIRE?/campus unrest 5:44 What are the basic First Amendment principles for campus protest? 11:30 Student encampments 18:09 Exceptions to the First Amendment 29:01 Can administrators limit access to non-students/faculty? 34:13 Denying recognition to Students for Justice in Palestine 36:26 Were protesters at UT Austin doing anything illegal? 40:54 The USC valedictorian 2024-04-301h 06

New Books in Literary StudiesRousseau's Ideas About Censorship in the ArtsIn 1982, the Institute held a multi day discussion of censorship. In this session from the Vault, sociologist Richard Sennett talks about Jean Jacques Rousseau’s ideas about censorship in the arts.The discussion is moderated by Aryeh Neier, and includes Sidney Morgenbesser, Susan Sontag, Joseph Brodskey, Richard Gillman, Frances Fitzgerald, Karen Kennerly, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and Michael Scammell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies 2023-01-091h 40

New Books in Early Modern HistoryRousseau's Ideas About Censorship in the ArtsIn 1982, the Institute held a multi day discussion of censorship. In this session from the Vault, sociologist Richard Sennett talks about Jean Jacques Rousseau’s ideas about censorship in the arts.The discussion is moderated by Aryeh Neier, and includes Sidney Morgenbesser, Susan Sontag, Joseph Brodskey, Richard Gillman, Frances Fitzgerald, Karen Kennerly, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and Michael Scammell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 2023-01-091h 40

New Books in ArtRousseau's Ideas About Censorship in the ArtsIn 1982, the Institute held a multi day discussion of censorship. In this session from the Vault, sociologist Richard Sennett talks about Jean Jacques Rousseau’s ideas about censorship in the arts.The discussion is moderated by Aryeh Neier, and includes Sidney Morgenbesser, Susan Sontag, Joseph Brodskey, Richard Gillman, Frances Fitzgerald, Karen Kennerly, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and Michael Scammell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/art 2023-01-091h 40

New Books in French StudiesRousseau's Ideas About Censorship in the ArtsIn 1982, the Institute held a multi day discussion of censorship. In this session from the Vault, sociologist Richard Sennett talks about Jean Jacques Rousseau’s ideas about censorship in the arts.The discussion is moderated by Aryeh Neier, and includes Sidney Morgenbesser, Susan Sontag, Joseph Brodskey, Richard Gillman, Frances Fitzgerald, Karen Kennerly, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and Michael Scammell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/french-studies 2023-01-091h 40

New Books in Western European StudiesRousseau's Ideas About Censorship in the ArtsIn 1982, the Institute held a multi day discussion of censorship. In this session from the Vault, sociologist Richard Sennett talks about Jean Jacques Rousseau’s ideas about censorship in the arts.The discussion is moderated by Aryeh Neier, and includes Sidney Morgenbesser, Susan Sontag, Joseph Brodskey, Richard Gillman, Frances Fitzgerald, Karen Kennerly, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and Michael Scammell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies 2023-01-091h 40

New Books in Performing ArtsRousseau's Ideas About Censorship in the ArtsIn 1982, the Institute held a multi day discussion of censorship. In this session from the Vault, sociologist Richard Sennett talks about Jean Jacques Rousseau’s ideas about censorship in the arts.The discussion is moderated by Aryeh Neier, and includes Sidney Morgenbesser, Susan Sontag, Joseph Brodskey, Richard Gillman, Frances Fitzgerald, Karen Kennerly, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and Michael Scammell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts 2023-01-091h 40

The VaultRousseau's Ideas About Censorship in the ArtsIn 1982, the Institute held a multi day discussion of censorship. In this session from the Vault, sociologist Richard Sennett talks about Jean Jacques Rousseau’s ideas about censorship in the arts.The discussion is moderated by Aryeh Neier, and includes Sidney Morgenbesser, Susan Sontag, Joseph Brodsky, Richard Gillman, Frances Fitzgerald, Karen Kennerly, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and Michael Scammell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 2023-01-091h 40

Podcast Ghost WriterGHOST WRITER 81: LISTAS_LIVROS QUE NÃO PODEMOS DEIXAR DE LERNeste episódio: Ricardo Herdy e os convidados Flávio Medeiros e Gustavo Maultasch batem um papo animado sobre alguns livros que não podemos deixar de ler. Apresentado por: Ricardo Herdy e Raphael Modena Convidados: Flávio Medeiros e Gustavo Maultasch Livros indicados: Gustavo Altered Carbon - Richard K Morgan / Witness - Whittaker Chambers / Springtime for Snowflakes - Michael Rectenwald / Live from Golgotha: The Gospel According to Gore Vidal - Gore Vidal / Defending My Enemy - Aryeh Neier / Harrison Bergeron - Kurt Vonnegut Flávio Comp...2021-10-192h 43

At LibertyDefending Speech We HateOver the years, the ACLU’s commitment to the First Amendment has come under attack – both for the cases we take on and for those we don’t. At the ACLU, we are committed to protecting free speech for all – not just those with whom we agree. And that commitment can come into tension with the other work we do defending civil rights and civil liberties. In this episode, we are pulling the curtain back on our history of defending free speech, on the choices we make, and on the conversations that went into those choices. For this episode, we are hand...2021-06-1727 min

Dash of LifeSeason 2 Episode 2: Ruth Bader GinsburgIn this week's episode, Stefania tells Laura the story of RUTH BADER GINSBURG, a lawyer, professor, judge, and steadfast pioneer in the fight for gender equality under the law. She was the co-founder of the Women’s Rights Project at the ACLU, and later spent 10 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals. In 1993, she became the second woman and 107th U.S. Supreme Court Justice, serving 27 years on the bench. Her unrelenting devotion to the pursuit of constitutional gender equality earned her the moniker: “the great dissenter” reading aloud from the bench, attempting to redirect the court’s path, ge...2021-04-2746 min

Ipse DixitAllison Frankel on Registrants & HomelessnessIn this episode, Allison Frankel, Aryeh Neier Fellow at Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union, discusses her article "Pushed Out and Locked In: The Catch-22 for New York’s Disabled, Homeless, Sex-Offender Registrants," which is published in the Yale Law Journal Forum. Among other things, Frankel explains New York state’s practice of continuing to imprison people past their release dates for want of “legal” housing. Frankel is on Twitter at @abfrankel.This episode was hosted by Guy Hamilton-Smith, legal fellow for the Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center at the Mitchell Hamline School o...2020-09-1200 min

The VaultCensorship and Writing: With Joseph Brodsky and Susan SontagThe opening session of the NYIH 1980 conference on Censorship and Writing, moderated by NYRB editor Robert Silvers, with a presentation by Aryeh Neier, and comments by Joseph Brodsky and Susan Sontag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 2020-04-1433 min

Open Society Foundations PodcastIs the Human Rights Movement in Crisis?Samuel Moyn and Aryeh Neier debate the human rights movement’s response to economic inequality: is this a fight that must be taken on, or is it one that rights can’t help to win? Speakers: Samuel Moyn, Aryeh Neier, Laura Silber. (Recorded: Jul 11, 2018)2018-09-251h 29

Open Society Foundations PodcastBook Launch—Hate: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not CensorshipAt a moment when hate speech is on the rise, Nadine Strossen’s timely new book presents powerful arguments about how to best protect both freedom and equality. Speakers: Aryeh Neier, Nadine Strossen, Richard Ashby Wilson. (Recorded: Jun 05, 2018)2018-08-211h 32

Open Society Foundations PodcastBook Launch—Some Kind of Justice: The ICTY’s Impact in Bosnia and SerbiaLegal scholar Diane Orentlicher discusses her new book on the impact of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia with a panel of regional and international experts. Speakers: Aryeh Neier, Diane Orentlicher, Tea Sefer, David Tolbert. (Recorded: May 31, 2018)2018-08-071h 36

Open Society Foundations PodcastBook Launch—The Peacemaker’s Paradox: Pursuing Justice in the Shadow of ConflictPriscilla Hayner’s new book explores the dilemmas that arise when peacemakers seem to have to choose between settling an armed conflict and holding accountable those responsible for severe human rights violations. Speakers: Richard Dicker, Priscilla Hayner, Aryeh Neier. (Recorded: Apr 03, 2018)2018-04-101h 23

rightsidenews on NarroWashington Posts’ Omission of Facts in Defense of a NarrativeOn Saturday, the Washington Post published an article by Griff Witte titled: “Once-fringe Soros conspiracy theory takes center stage in Hungarian election,” in which the author disingenuously writes off any and all involvement by the https://www.rightsidenews.com/2018/03/20/shilling-for-soros-washington-posts-omission-of-facts-in-defense-of-a-narrative/ Washington PostdocumentsDCLeaks.comOpen Society Foundations – International Migration InitiativeReliable allies in the European Parliament (2014 – 2019)Tamás MeszericsPolitics Can Be DifferentThe Greens–European Free AllianceBoard of GovernorsOpen Society InstituteAssistant ProfessorDemocracy between Crisis and Transformation: Normative and Institutional PerspectivesPéter Niedermüllerserves as the Treasureranti-SemiticHungarian Helsinki Committeemajority of its funding20152016András Kád&#x...2018-03-2011 min

Open Society Foundations PodcastSaving Bosnia: Looking Back at George Soros’s $50 Million Intervention After 25 YearsIn 1993, George Soros made a bold move to help the besieged inhabitants of Sarajevo survive. On the 25th anniversary of the $50 million gift that made it possible, four people who helped make it happen will tell the story. Speakers: Mark Malloch-Brown, Aryeh Neier, Mabel van Oranje, Laura Silber, Beka Vuco. (Recorded: Dec 11, 2017)2018-02-131h 39

Open Society Foundations PodcastIncitement on Trial: Prosecuting International Speech CrimesRichard Ashby Wilson joins a panel of legal experts to discuss his new book, which explores how hate-filled media campaigns can fuel mass atrocities, and whether international law can hold those responsible to account. Speakers: Linda Lakhdhir, Marko Milanovic, Aryeh Neier, Nadine Strossen, Richard Ashby Wilson. (Recorded: Nov 08, 2017)2018-02-061h 27

Open Society Foundations PodcastAssassination of a SaintMatt Eisenbrandt joins a panel of experts to discuss his new book, which tells the story of the investigation into the killing of Archbishop Óscar Romero. Speakers: Carolyn Patty Blum, Raymond Bonner, Matt Eisenbrandt, Aryeh Neier. (Recorded: Feb 27, 2017)2017-05-091h 27

Open Society Foundations PodcastHow Everything Became War and the Military Became EverythingRosa Brooks discusses her new book, which examines what happens when the ancient boundary between war and peace is erased. Speakers: Rosa Brooks, Aryeh Neier. (Recorded: Sep. 14, 2016)2016-10-251h 22

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastAryeh Neier on “Defending My Enemy”He has a glittering civil liberties résumé: co-founder of Human Rights Watch, president of the Open Society Foundations for nearly 20 years, professor of civil rights law. But before all of that, Aryeh Neier was the executive director of the ACLU during one of its most turbulent moments: when it came to the defense of neo-Nazis trying to exercise their right to free speech and assembly in Skokie, Illinois in 1977. In this week’s episode, we speak with Neier about that time and about his seminal 1979 book, ‘Defending My Enemy: American Nazis, the Skokie Case, and th...2016-06-3057 min

Free Speech DebateThe Future of Free SpeechAryeh Neier, human rights lawyer and president emeritus of the Open Society Foundations speaks about the future of free speech.2016-06-2929 min

Open Society Foundations PodcastModern Albania: From Dictatorship to DemocracyFred Abrahams, author of the new book Modern Albania, will give an inside account of the fall of communism in Albania and efforts to rebuild after decades of labor camps, thought police, and one-party rule. Speakers: Fred Abrahams, Aryeh Neier. (Recorded: Jun 09, 2015)2015-07-281h 19

Open Society Foundations PodcastThe Long and Difficult Struggle for Accountability for Great Crimes: The Guatemala CaseA panel honors the contributions of Dr. Clyde Snow, who pioneered the critically important use of forensic anthropology in investigating human rights abuses. Speakers: Susan Meiselas, Aryeh Neier, Paco de Onís, Fredy Peccerelli, Pamela Yates. (Recorded: Jan 20, 2014)2015-04-2840 min

Open Society Foundations PodcastFreedom Summer: 50 Years and BeyondPanelists discuss Freedom Summer, a Stanley Nelson documentary about the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, which occurred 50 years ago this year and proved to be instrumental in the U.S. movement for civil rights. Speakers: Allison Brown, Courtland Cox, Anna Csilla Daróczi, Aryeh Neier, Jonathan Stith. (Recorded: Sep 08, 2014)2014-12-231h 08

Open Society Foundations PodcastChina and Tiananmen 25 Years On: Does Authoritarianism Pay?This panel explores the significance of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, and whether China’s rise has broken the long-assumed tie between economic development and an open society. Speakers: Rowena Xiaoqing He, Xiaorong Li, Aryeh Neier, Orville Schell. (Recorded: Jun 11, 2014)2014-10-141h 33

Open Society Foundations PodcastMass Surveillance and the U.S. National Security AgencyThis discussion explores recent revelations about the U.S. National Security Agency’s surveillance programs. Speakers: Morton Halperin, Jameel Jaffer, Aryeh Neier, Faiza Patel. (Recorded: Jul 10, 2013)2013-07-231h 11

Open Society Foundations PodcastThe Rios Montt Trial: Human Rights Accountability in GuatemalaA panel reflects on the recent trial and conviction of former Guatemalan dictator José Efraín Ríos Montt on charges of genocide. The ruling was subsequently overturned by Guatemala’s constitutional court, plunging the case into a state of legal limbo. Speakers: Emi MacLean, Helen Mack, Aryeh Neier. (Recorded: May 22, 2013)2013-06-041h 34

Open Society Foundations PodcastMaking Human Rights Advocacy in the U.S. EffectiveOpen Society Foundations president Aryeh Neier moderates a discussion with the recipients of a fellowship that provides talented young activists the opportunity to work with experts at the ACLU and Human Rights Watch to strengthen respect for human rights in the United States. Speakers: Aryeh Neier, Erlin Ibreck, Anjana Malhotra, Mie Lewis, Alice Farmer, Sarah Mehta, Ian Kysel, Laura Silber. (Recorded: May 31, 2012)2012-06-191h 38

Open Society Foundations PodcastThe International Human Rights Movement: A HistoryOpen Society Foundations president Aryeh Neier and writer Ian Buruma discuss Neier's book, The International Human Rights Movement: A History. Speakers: Aryeh Neier, Ian Buruma. (Recorded: May 08, 2012)2012-06-051h 29

Open Society Foundations PodcastUncanny Valley: Adventures in the NarrativeThis Open Society Foundations event marks the launch of Uncanny Valley: Adventures in the Narrative, a collection of essays by journalist Lawrence Weschler. Speakers: Lawrence Weschler, Tina Rosenberg, Aryeh Neier (Recorded: November 17, 2011)2012-02-241h 21

Open Society Foundations PodcastTaking a Stand: The Evolution of Human RightsThe Open Society Foundations present a conversation with Juan Méndez, whose new book sets forth an authoritative and incisive examination of torture, detention, exile, armed conflict, and genocide. Speakers: Juan Méndez, Aryeh Neier. (Recorded: October 24, 2011)2012-01-241h 18

Open Society Foundations PodcastReforming Libel Law in the United KingdomThere is now a realistic prospect that UK libel law, which has a severe impact on freedom of expression worldwide, will be reformed. This event features a panel of experts discussing the possibilities for reform. Speakers: John Kampfner, Lord Lester of Herne Hill, Victor Kovner, Aryeh Neier. (Recorded: October 20, 2011)2012-01-041h 22

Open Society Foundations PodcastThe International Migrants Bill of Rights: Civil Society Activism in the Governance of MigrationThe forum provides an overview of the International Migrants Bill of Rights, which will serve as a backdrop for a conversation about existing legal frameworks for protecting migrants. Speakers: Ian Kysel, Susan Martin, Bianca Santos, Aryeh Neier. (Recorded: September 08, 2011)2011-12-021h 21

Open Society Foundations PodcastThe Philanthropy of George Soros: Building Open SocietiesThis conversation with George Soros covers topics including the roots of his philanthropic philosophy, lessons learned, and the future of the work of the Open Society Foundations. Speakers: George Soros, Aryeh Neier, Gara LaMarche. (Recorded: May 12, 2011)2011-06-071h 35

Open Society Foundations PodcastCrunching Numbers for Human Rights: The Promise and Perils of Data and StatisticsPatrick Ball uses examples from Guatemala, El Salvador, Kosovo, Colombia, Timor-Leste, and Sierra Leone to explain how statistics derived from data collected by direct observation can be inconsistent or misleading. Speakers: Patrick Ball, Darius Cuplinskas, Aryeh Neier. (Recorded: February 9, 2011)2011-03-151h 36

Open Society Foundations PodcastA Rope and a PrayerThe Open Society Foundations hosted a discussion on a book recounting an American journalist's experience in captivity in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and his wife’s struggle back home to free him. Speakers: David Rohde, Kristen Mulvihill, Aryeh Neier. (Recorded: December 16, 2010)2011-01-041h 08

Open Society Foundations PodcastTwilight of Impunity: The War Crimes Trial of Slobodan MilosevicThis panel event discusses Judith Armatta's book about the historic trial of Slobodan Milosevic, which tried not only the "Butcher of the Balkans," but also the viability of international law itself. Speakers: Judith Armatta, Nina Bang-Jensen, Aryeh Neier. (Recorded: September 20, 2010)2010-09-211h 15

Open Society Foundations PodcastA Critical Assessment of 40 Truth Commissions and the State of Transitional JusticeThis Open Society Justice Initiative panel discusses Priscilla Hayner’s recently updated book on truth commissions, Unspeakable Truths. Speakers: Aryeh Neier, Priscilla Hayner, David Tolbert. (Recorded: September 7, 2010)2010-09-141h 30

Open Society Foundations PodcastFighting Impunity in Guatemala: The Experience of CICIGFeatured at this Open Society Institute event is Carlos Castresana, the Spanish prosecutor who currently leads the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), an unprecedented entity that seeks to assist Guatemalan institutions in investigating and ultimately dismantling domestic illegal security apparatuses and clandestine security organizations. Speakers: Carlos Castresana, Roberto Alejos, Rigoberta Menchu, Peter Lamport, Aryeh Neier, Robert Varenik. (Recorded: April 20, 2010)2010-05-041h 34

Open Society Foundations PodcastThe Age of SurveillanceThis OSI panel discussed ways to place sensible limits on the collection of information and how to ensure that information is not used in ways that are damaging to an open society. Speakers: James X. Dempsey, Janlori Goldman, Kate Martin, Aryeh Neier, Joseph Onek, Jeffrey Rosen. (Recorded: October 23, 2006)2010-04-131h 35

Open Society Foundations PodcastNegotiating Human Rights in the Afghan ContextAt this OSI panel, human rights advocates working in Afghanistan addressed the challenges of promoting global standards in a conservative Muslim society recovering from decades of conflict and extremism. Speakers: Mohammad Farid Hamidi, Nader Nadery, Aryeh Neier. (Recorded: February 28, 2008)2010-03-161h 37

Open Society Foundations PodcastThe Strange Alchemy of Life and LawAlbie Sachs discusses his experiences as a member of the first Constitutional Court of South Africa, as the country sought to overcome the injustices of the apartheid regime. Speakers: Jack Greenberg, Albie Sachs, Aryeh Neier. (Recorded: January 21, 2010)2010-02-091h 21

Open Society Foundations PodcastHuman Rights and Their LimitsAt this Open Society Institute event, Central European University professor Wiktor Osiatynski discusses how to balance human rights with democracy and other values. Speakers: Aryeh Neier, Wiktor Osiatynski, Richard A. Wilson. (Recorded: October 15, 2009)2009-11-101h 34