{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/695ea2381c1db1c5bdf7c59b/695ea26b24334d02344b63de?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why “Cheap Speech” Threatens Democracy","description":"<p>Election denialism and disinformation threaten the integrity of U.S. elections, but what can we do about this growing crisis? In this week’s Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick talks to election-law professor <a href=\"https://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/\">Rick Hasen</a> about his new book <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/dp/0300259379/?tag=slatmaga-20\"><em>Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics–and How to Cure It</em></a><em>.</em></p><p>Slate Plus members have access to an extended version of this interview. </p><p><a href=\"https://my.slate.com/plus?utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=plus_pod&amp;utm_content=Amicus&amp;utm_source=show_notes\">Sign up for Slate Plus</a> now to listen and support our show.</p><p><br></p><p>Podcast production by Sara Burningham.</p><p> </p>","author_name":"Slate Podcasts"}