Episode 528: Public Executions: Be Careful
Show notes
Ant and James go a little further than most in discussing the death penalty as we brace ourselves for the first public execution in the US since 1936.
00:00 Introduction and Episode Preview
01:13 MIT’s Certificate in Piracy
03:59 Political Arguments, Social Media, and the Electoral College
07:30 Chuck Grassley, Aging Politicians, and Age Limits
12:28 Foolishness of the Week: Arrested Over a Shrek Meme
14:06 Political Speech and the First Amendment
16:56 Free Speech, Government Censorship, and Public Figures
19:51 The Death Penalty and the Right to Life
22:04 Can the Government Be Trusted With Capital Punishment?
25:02 Nidal Hasan and the Case for Public Execution
28:06 Should Executions Ever Be a Public Spectacle?
32:38 The Morality of Taking a Human Life
35:43 Public Executions, War, and the Slippery Slope
38:20 Are These Signs of a Dying Political Regime?
41:25 Principles, Revenge, and the Death Penalty
44:19 Closing Thoughts and Words & Numbers Backstage