Episode 528: Public Executions: Be Careful

<p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>00:00 Introduction and Episode Preview</p><p>01:13 MIT’s Certificate in Piracy</p><p>03:59 Political Arguments, Social Media, and the Electoral College</p><p>07:30 Chuck Grassley, Aging Politicians, and Age Limits</p><p>12:28 Foolishness of the Week: Arrested Over a Shrek Meme</p><p>14:06 Political Speech and the First Amendment</p><p>16:56 Free Speech, Government Censorship, and Public Figures</p><p>19:51 The Death Penalty and the Right to Life</p><p>22:04 Can the Government Be Trusted With Capital Punishment?</p><p>25:02 Nidal Hasan and the Case for Public Execution</p><p>28:06 Should Executions Ever Be a Public Spectacle?</p><p>32:38 The Morality of Taking a Human Life</p><p>35:43 Public Executions, War, and the Slippery Slope</p><p>38:20 Are These Signs of a Dying Political Regime?</p><p>41:25 Principles, Revenge, and the Death Penalty</p><p>44:19 Closing Thoughts and Words &amp; Numbers Backstage</p>