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So to Speak podcast: ‘David French-ism’

Nico Perrino (left), Greg Lukianoff, and David French sit to discuss “David French-ism.”
National Review senior writer and former 鶹ýIOS President David French has become an “-ism.”
On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, French joins us to discuss “David French-ism” and “” over civil liberties.
Also joining us is 鶹ýIOS’s current President & CEO Greg Lukianoff, author of The New York Times bestseller “The Coddling of the American Mind,” .
Show notes:
- Podcast transcript
- by Sohrab Ahmari
- by David French
- by David French
- by Sohrab Ahmari
- Greg’s book recommendations: by Alan Kors and Harvey Silverglate, by Teresa Bejan, “” by Charles Sykes
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