Episode 528: Public Executions: Be Careful

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