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Eric Berkowitz describes the lengths to which rulers \u2013 from the first Chinese emperor to Henry VIII \u2013 have gone to suppress freedom of speech\n\xa0\nHumans have been attempting to stamp out free speech for millennia. Eric Berkowitz discusses the inglorious history of censorship \u2013 from the first Chinese emperor to Henry VIII \u2013 and explains why he believes that attempts to silence others never work.\n\xa0\n(Ad) Eric Berkowitz is the author of\xa0Dangerous Ideas: A Brief History of Censorship in the West, from the Ancients to Fake News\xa0(Westbourne Press, 2021). Buy it now from Waterstones:\xa0https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-hexpod&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fdangerous-ideas%2Feric-berkowitz%2F9781908906427\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices