Steve Bannon's America, free speech, and the refugee experience

White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon is behind many of Donald Trump’s policies, including the recent travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries. Protests over Milo Yiannopoulos are stirring up conversations around free speech v. hate speech. And Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen shares his new short story collection “The Refugees.”

Photo credit: White House senior advisor Steve Bannon attends as U.S. President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 28, 2017. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

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Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Anna Scott, Jolie Myers, Christian Bordal, Amy Ta, Michell Eloy