Karly Shepherd — Podcast Episodes

Is Freedom of Speech Around the World Backsliding?

From banned books to freedom of speech in academic settings, censorship affects the everyday lives of young people. Censorship has existed since the dawn of language, consistently targeting themes like sex, religion and politics. But why does censorship exist? And does censorship even work?

UnTextbooked producer and college student Karly Shepherd talks to Eric Berkowitz, whose latest book covers about 2,000 years of censorship history.

Is the current Supreme Court a threat to justice?

On this episode of UnTextbooked, producer Karly Shepherd interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Linda Greenhouse to discuss the Supreme Court’s increasing politicization and domination by the religious right. With a supermajority of conservative Justices, how should we perceive the Supreme Court today and the effects of it’s political changes on the United States’ democracy?

How did tolerance become an American value?

Karly Shepherd, Season 2Jeff EmtmanNovember 15, 2021Tolerance, toleration, intolerance, enlightenment, america, religious freedom, freedom of speech, voltaire, philosophy