We kick off this gala week episode with our weekly TOUGH QUESTIONS segment, where PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel unpacks the tricky free speech questions that came up over the past week; on this episode, we talk about our gala honorees, the impact human rights organizations can have on governments, and how anti-trust actions against Facebook might impact free expression on the platform. Then, in case you missed it, our exclusive author-to-author conversation with Barack Obama. He received our Voice of Influence Award on Tuesday and sat down for a wide-ranging interview with former PEN America president Ron Chernow touching on issues of propaganda, race, conspiracies, and hopes for the future.