{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"\u201cRaising the cost of repression\u201d \u2014 Sol Iglesias on political violence, red tagging, and threats to academic freedom in the Philippines","description":"Free to Think speaks with political scientist Sol Iglesias about &quot;violence for social control&quot; and threats to scholars in the Philippines, including online trolling, &quot;red-tagging,&quot; threats, and violent attacks.&amp;nbsp; Iglesias, who is a professor at the University of the Philippines and contributes to SAR\u2019s monitoring of attacks on higher education in the country, believes academic freedom is the lifeblood of social progress and development. \u201c[It\u2019s] part of this ecosystem of truth telling, speaking truth to power, [and] producing evidence-based social and political criticism,\u201d she says. \u201cWe can\u2019t do without it.\u201d &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Free to Think Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/scholarsatrisk.org\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/26408319\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/149278842"}