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Timothy Garton Ash. Our guest today @fromTGA is a Historian, political commentator at The Guardian among other places, author of many books including, The Magic Lantern & The File. his New book: is, 'Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World'  "A major piece of cultural analysis, sane, witty and urgently important. Timothy Garton Ash exemplifies the "robust civility" he recommends as an antidote to the pervasive unhappiness, nervousness, and incoherence around freedom of speech." So says Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury "What I have to tell you is, in the five years since I started doing this, free speech has been eroded, has been pushed back almost everywhere..." "There's a whole new front in defending freedom of speech which is about checking the power of the private superpowers - facebook, google and twitter...the home office is now what's called a 'privileged flagger' on facebook!" "What i saw in East Germany was the power of censorship...how the big lie, can

Thor from www.thorholt.com interviews Brendan O'Neill of SpikedOnline - '…one of Britain's leading left-wing thinkers' says the Daily Mail, and an 'obnoxious intellectual wind-up merchant'! says the Guardian! Here he is speaking at The Oxford Union on Free Speech  "The right to be offensive is the engine of progress! Unless you give people the leeway to experiment with ideas, and the scope to be offensive and dangerous, and to shake the status quo, then we can't have the kind of progress and leaps forward, that have generated the conditions we live in today." "Lots of leaders in the West, Theresa May, President Obama, various other European leaders, will say that internet freedom is very precious, and these evil foreign 'regimes' shouldn't be clamping down on it so much, but they do the same thing!" On those who see his being Marxist and Liberal as a contradiction: "...if they really took on the arguments in Marx, they would know, the idea of the radical left, was always an idea for expanding p

  Our guest today is David Boaz. David is Executive Vice President of The Cato Institute Peter Thiel says about David Boaz new book, "The Libertarian Mind is so convincing critics will want to condemn it, regulate it, tax it, fleece it, and forbid it. Fortunately, good ideas haven't been outlawed...yet." "People have a right to be free...society works better when people are free...The right and the responsibility to make the important decisions...what you smoke, read or spend your money on... should not be governed by coercive government!"  

"I'm like Bruce Banner. I write best when I get angry!" On writing despite danger and death threats - "I couldn't sleep knowing that i didn't put my foot on the throttle." Today's Guest is Taleeb Starkes. Taleeb is Author of two Amazon #1 Best Sellers: ☆BLACK LIES MATTER☆ & ☆THE UN-CIVIL WAR☆ Thought-Police Fugitive. NAACP Image Award Non-Winner.  "...I worked with juvenile delinquents in a group home setting in Philadelphia. That has been my passion. To try and take these seeds and help them grow into flowers. Not all grow as we may like. Some grow into weeds, not flowers. I grew up as part of this delinquency. I went to jail... went to prison. 3 hots and a cot!" "I still mentor...but not in delinquent homes. Now that I gained some notoriety with my writing, I had to take my skill set and apply it in a different way.... because people try to get you fired these days because they don't agree with the position I take" Being poor is no excuse for poor behavior" - Taleeb's Grandmothe

I don't like the way Muslims have co-opted the political correctness and victim mindset of the left." You can sit at home and worry about a 'clash of civilisations', or taking your belief in non-aggression, you can do something to promote understanding. These kind of conversations are more likely to lead to solutions than one-sided ranting.  Guest today, Nabeel Azeez. Nabeel is Founder and blogger at 'Becoming the Alpha Muslim", he also writes professionally for business clients at ‪Dropkick Copy and recently wrote for the Huffington Post.   Our second guest is Anni Cyrus. Anni is originally from Iran. She is the producer of web tv show, 'The Glazov Gang' and also runs a site called Live Up To Freedom Nabeel Azeez - "When it comes to things like free speech ad political correctness...I personally can't stand this so-called alliance that a lot of Muslims have with the left for fear of 'islamophobia...I don't like the way Muslims have co-opted the political correctness and victim mindse

"It's the drug war that's corrupted society" Neil Woods Our guest today is Neil Woods… Neil is a former undercover drugs operative, and reached the rank of Detective Sergeant. He is now is part of the ‪@UKleap team, working towards drug law reform. His Memoir 'Good Cop Bad War: My Undercover Life Inside Britains Biggest Drug Gangs' was published by Ebury on the 18th August 2016. "I thought I was fighting the good fight.But all I ever did was interrupt the drug flow to a city for a few days. The war on drugs is a devastating terrible thing and gangsters are getting rich!'      

Our guest today is Saurav Dutt. Saurav is an Author and Political Commentator whose writing focuses on human rights issues, ranging from women's rights, honour-based violence, racism and geopolitics. His new book "The Butterfly Room" chronicles the issues of violence against women as well as the taboo issue of homophobia. His political columns cover wide-ranging topics such as the GOP, Conservatism, and geopolitical issues. His book has met with considerable critical acclaim, leading to appearances on BBC Radio and Television, Sky News, RT (Russia Today), Press TV (of Iran) and has been showcased on ABC and MSNBC News amongst others [and has made it across the desks of Amnesty International, The UN, Former PM David Cameron and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. On Brexit: "I'm a proud British Indian, but that didn't stop so many 'fans' calling me a sell-out c**t"  On Writing: "It's a bit like vomiting. You just have to get it out. The art is in the editing. Just like film."  "...any writer who doesn't rea

Jack Donovan - @starttheworld on Instagram - is Author of a number of books including; 'The Way of Men'. and 'Becoming a Barbarian'. He also Hosts 'Start The World' Podcast on Itunes/Stitcher Radio "You get into a survival situation - which would be prison - and guys are gonna gravitate towards guys like them. Tribalism is our natural instinct and we are preventing that because tribalism is very inconvenient in the modern world... because it effects commerce." "...try to not follow the news cycle. Writing about that stuff, no one cares about it in a week. So I want to write about more universal things so right now I'm writing an essay on Brotherhood." "I don't have a small vocabulary. I'd much rather write short tight little sentencesI like to try to write the way I'd talk to someone in a bar. Not using fancy long words to show how well you write. That's the worst writing to read... people who are pretentious about their writing." 'The Seawolf' by Jack London.      

Michael Auslin ( @MichaelAuslin ) is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and National Review. He has advised the US government on Asian and global security issues. He is a resident scholar, and the director of Japan Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he specializes in Asian regional security and political issues. Before joining AEI, Dr. Auslin was an associate professor of history at Yale University.   "The only good dissertation (or book) is a finished dissertation - just write it!"       

Our guest today is @gregstevens Greg Stevens. Greg formerly taught at UCLA and is now a research scientist - a Data Modeling & Analytics Specialist to be precise. Greg still writes on science topics for Second Nexus and The Daily Dot. His writing has also appeared in Salon.Com, Inside, The Week, The Good Men Project, and Real Clear Technology. Greg also blogs about science, philosophy, politics, religion, history, culture and fitness at www.gregstevens.com  "The fact that you can come up with an intelligent argument for your position is not by itself evidence for that position. You need to ask yourself, can I come up with a really smart argument for the other side as well. And that is what you need to argue against!"  He recommends we all read 'Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid' by Douglas Hofstadter.  

Today's guest is Raheem Kassam @RaheemKassam - Editor in chief @BreitbartLondon If you don't know about Breitbart yet… they're a news organisation founded in 2007 by commentator and entrepreneur Andrew Breitbart in the USA and are currently top of the Twitter league table for news sites. On his background - 'I was a previous regular Mosque going Muslim, but it's just not for me... I was more interested in going to the pub' How he ended up as UKIP and Nigel Farage advisor - "I got to know Nigel Farage by drinking in Westminster pubs!' 'You don't quite realise how corrupt almost everything, and everyone is!'    

Michael A Sherlock. Michael is an Atheist and Humanist Speaker.. the Author of books including; 'The Gospel of Atheism and Freethought: according to Sherlock', Blasphemy: The Selected Works of a Blaspheming Atheist', 'I Am Christ' and 'Tell Me More'. Michael is also the founder of Founder of 'Human Rights for Atheists, Agnostics & Secularists'. He holds a BA, Pol Sci & Sociology. He's Studying MA in Religion and his aim as an author is to expose the "sacred" lies, frauds and forgeries of religion. "To live an honest life, you're going to necessarily make people angry, and you need to develop a thick skin. Better to make some people angry than to sit by and let atrocity and injustice carry on without hindrance." Catch up with Michael on Twitter @sherlockmichael 

Our guest today, Ed Latimore, is a 13 times Undefeated (13-0) Heavyweight Professional Boxer From Pittsburgh. He's also a Chess nerd. Physicist Army National Guard. and of course… Ed is a writer! Ed comes highly recommended by Mike Cernovich, a previous guest on WWC! Catch him on Twitter @EdLatimore

Today Thor ( @ThorHolt ) talks to @SpikedOnline and @Spectator writer Candice Holdsworth. Candice began her own blog and was talent spotted by Spiked via Twitter. "The best sort of writing is clean clear prose. Simplify." "I didn't hit my groove...until I started saying what I really thought" "Write what you truly think. Or you'll never really connect..."  "You write because you have to. Writing is a compulsion. Otherwise, why would you choose to do it?" The article we mention in the podcast Clinton and May: The Hollow Women of Politics Catch up with Candice on Twitter @CandiceCarrie   

Today's guest talking to Thor ( @thorholt ) is Mark Blyth. Writer, Professor of Political Economy at Brown University and Author of Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea, & Great Transformations. "When you write, there has to be something at risk" Catch up with Mark on Twitter @mkblyth or visit www.markblyth.com 

www.thorholt.com talks to five-time Hugo Award nominee, Science Fiction Author and Publisher Vox Day talks writing, politics, his American Indian heritage and partying with Donald Trump and Henry Kissinger! Vox writes epic fantasy as well as non-fiction about religion, philosophy, and economics. He's a professional game designer who speaks four languages and a three-time Billboard Top 40 Club Play recording artist. His books have been translated into 10 languages. To get an introduction to his Sci-Fi Vox suggests 'A Magic Broken' available at Amazon. Enjoy some banter with the self-titled 'Supreme Darl Lord of The Evil Legion of Evil' @VoxDay on Twitter. His publishing company is http://www.castaliahouse.com/ Write With Courage Podcast will only ever work commercially with organizations who fit with our values: encouragement and freedom. This is why we are sponsored by Audible. Go and get a free trial audio book, because; you can listen to it in the car, your eyes won't get sore reading and because

Thor Holt ( @thorholt ) talks to Candice Malcolm. Candice is a very well-read classical liberal writer. She pens a regular column in the Toronto Sun and contributes at @TheRebelTV. Candice has just published a searing book on Canadian playboy Prime minister Justin Trudeau with, "Losing True North: Justin Trudeau's Assault on Canadian Citizenship." "I try to write every day even if I don't publish it" "Stay true to your values and persevere" Connect with Candice on twitter @CandiceMalcolm or at www.candicemalcolm.com 

@thorholt and @writewthcourage bring you a special deep dive episode on self censorship among writers. Our first guest is Nabeel Azeez. He is Founder and blogger at 'Becoming the Alpha Muslim". Nabeel also writes professionally for business clients as ‪Co-Founder of Dropkick Copy… he joined us from Dubai. Our second guest is Donna Rachel. Donna is a Christian, mother, and one of the professional writer team at Breitbart in London. Nabeel Azeez @Nabeel4reel‪ on twitter. Donna Rachel @Donna_R_E on Twitter  

John King is the author of eight novels – The Football Factory, Headhunters, England Away, Human Punk, White Trash, The Prison House and Skinheads….and his most recent title, 'The Liberal Politics of Adolf Hitler'.  "Write novels that deal with the world around you..." "I'm not particularly organised, I start writing and then find a path...' "People confront the horror of certain things and have to turn away from it..." Find out more about John and his work at www.london-books.co.uk

Journalist, movie maker and now writer, Phelim McAleer who's work examines topics such as; Ferguson, Clinton's 'email issues' and the dark side of environmentalism... "...there's nothing brave about making or writing something that all your friends agree with" "...people don't like it when the truth doesn't match their beliefs" Connect with him on facebook, just plug in 'Phelim McAleer' or Twitter @phelimmcaleer  Write With Courage Podcast will only ever work commercially with organizations who fit with our values: encouragement and freedom. This is why we are sponsored by Audible. Go and get a free trial audio book, because; you can listen to it in the car, your eyes won't get sore reading and because we spend eight hours (480minutes) or more in research, logistics to get guests on, admin, to bring you the show for free :) Go to http://www.audibletrial.com/WriteWithCourage right now and take just one minute of your time to get set up with a FREE audio book. As I recommended to Leslee, I'd also suggest t