Episode 4: Expert Opinion - Paul Cartledge




Clear and Present Danger - A history of free speech show

Summary: In our first expert opinion segment, Jacob Mchangama talks to Emeritus Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge University Paul Cartledge. With his intimate knowledge of ancient Greece, we dive deeper into the concepts of free speech and democracy in Athens that were discussed in episode one. What are the differences between free speech in the Athenian democracy and free speech in a modern liberal democracy? And was the trial of Socrates mostly religious or political?