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Fighting the Censorship Leviathan

A conversation with Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, author of “The New Abnormal: The Rise of the Biomedical Security State.”
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Fighting the Censorship Leviathan
Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, author of "The New Abnormal: The Rise of the Biomedical Security State," in Connecticut on Sep. 8, 2023. Patrick Mauler/The Epoch Times
Jan Jekielek
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In a recent episode of American Thought Leaders, host Jan Jekielek and Dr. Aaron Kheriaty discuss the origins of totalitarianism, censorship, and antidotes to tyranny. Dr. Kheriaty is a former professor at the University of California, Irvine, and former director of the medical ethics program at UCI Health. The author of “The New Abnormal: The Rise of the Biomedical Security State,” he is now director of the Program in Bioethics and American Democracy at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He is also a plaintiff in the Missouri v. Biden free speech case.
Jan Jekielek: You’ve said that totalitarianism begins by monopolizing what passes for rationality and knowledge.
Jan Jekielek is a senior editor with The Epoch Times, host of the show “American Thought Leaders.” Jan’s career has spanned academia, international human rights work, and now for almost two decades, media. He has interviewed nearly a thousand thought leaders on camera, and specializes in long-form discussions challenging the grand narratives of our time. He’s also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producing “The Unseen Crisis,” “DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns,” and “Finding Manny.”
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