So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast
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So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast takes an uncensored look at the world of free expression through the law, philosophy, and stories that define your right to free speech. Hosted by FIRE's Nico Perrino.
New episodes post every other Thursday.
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Ep. 220: Political violence and speech
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Ep. 219: The First Amendment at the Supreme Court
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Ep. 218: A warning label on social media?
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Ep. 217: ‘Defending pornography’
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Ep. 216: Section 230 and online content moderation
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Ep. 215: ‘Private Censorship’ with J.P. Messina
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May 21, 2024 |
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Ep. 214: The Antisemitism Awareness Act
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May 07, 2024 |
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Ep. 213: Campus unrest - live webinar
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Ep. 212: Should the First Amendment protect hate speech?
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Ep. 211: Generational differences and civil liberties with Neil Howe
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Ep. 210: The First Amendment at the Supreme Court
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Ep. 209: ‘Is money speech?’ with Robert Breedlove
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Ep. 208: Dodging censorship in Russia
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Ep. 207 Free speech news: NetChoice, Taylor Swift, October 7, and Satan
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Ep. 206: CJ Hopkins compared modern Germany to Nazi Germany. Now he’s standing trial.
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Ep. 205: An anarchist’s perspective with Michael Malice
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Ep. 204: “Liar in a Crowded Theater” with Jeff Kosseff
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Ep. 203: ‘Undefeated’ with Coach Bill Courtney
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Ep. 202: The backpage.com saga
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Ep. 201: Crisis on Campus - X Space recording
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Ep. 200: The state of free speech
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Ep. 199: Israel, Hamas, and censorship at home
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Ep. 198: 2023-24 Supreme Court Preview
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Ep. 197 ‘Are cakes speech?’ with Alliance Defending Freedom’s Kristen Waggoner
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Ep. 196 ‘The Identity Trap’ by Yascha Mounk
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Ep. 195 ‘Don’t Tread on Me,’ misgendering, cancel culture, and three strikes for Texas
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Ep. 194 Harvey Silverglate, the beatnik criminal defense attorney
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Ep. 193 Can you still have a debate in high school debate?
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Ep. 192 Free speech at the Supreme Court
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Ep. 191 Civil liberties and Civil War
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Ep. 190 Free speech and Abolitionism
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Ep. 189 Why should we care about punk rock?
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Ep. 188 How to make a winning free speech argument
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Ep. 187 Dominion vs. Fox lawyers reflect on historic case
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May 15, 2023 |
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Ep. 186 Killer Mike on free speech, racial justice, and Rap on Trial
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Ep. 185 Sex, drugs, and free speech (Bob Guccione Jr. and Nick Gillespie)
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Ep. 184 What’s going on in Florida?
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Ep. 183 The Stanford shout-down with David Lat
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Ep. 182 Ilya Shapiro on Fox/Dominion and his ‘cancel culture nightmare’
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Ep. 181 New York Times v. Sullivan and its future
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Ep. 180 Super Bowl free speech fumble
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Ep. 179 Artificial intelligence: Is it protected by the First Amendment?
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Ep. 178 The costs of offending religious sensitivities
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Ep. 177 Are Ann Coulter’s words really ‘violence’?
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Ep. 176 Can a graphic designer be compelled to design a website for a same-sex wedding?
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Ep. 175 Jawboning, book banning, and LeBron James thinks hate speech isn’t free speech (also Elon Musk … again)
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Ep. 174 Elon Musk, PayPal, and is New York trying to destroy Twitch?
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Ep. 173 Does your book need a sensitivity reader?
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Ep. 172 What does the First Amendment protect on social media?
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Ep. 171 Nature Human Misbehavior
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Ep. 170 Free speech and the American Founding
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Ep. 169 The Art of Insubordination
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Ep. 168 Assassin’s veto comes for Rushdie
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Ep. 167 That Facebook post about abortion could land you in jail
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Ep. 166 Substack, a platform for free speech?
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Ep. 165 Title IX gets twisted again
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Ep. 164 ‘The First Amendment created gay America’
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Ep. 163 The new FIRE
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Ep. 162 “Parental Advisory” and music censorship with Eric Nuzum
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May 26, 2022 |
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Ep. 161 What did ‘On the Media’ get wrong about free speech … again?
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May 09, 2022 |
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Ep. 160 Hugh Hefner, free speech scrapbooker
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May 05, 2022 |
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Ep. 159 Disney and Elon Musk
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Ep. 158 What is academic freedom?
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Ep. 157 Former BBC bureau chief Konstantin Eggert and what you need to know about censorship in Russia
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Ep. 156 What Russians don’t know about the war in Ukraine
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Ep. 155 The John Roberts Supreme Court
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Ep. 154 Sarah Palin v. New York Times
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Ep. 153 Elitist vs. egalitarian free speech (live recording, Q&A)
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Ep. 152 Banning critical race theory
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Ep. 151 Fighting words
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Ep. 150 George Orwell
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Ep. 149 Caitlin Flanagan and Greg Lukianoff
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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Ep. 148 University of Austin, a new university devoted to free speech
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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Ep. 147 ‘The Mind of the Censor’ with Robert Corn-Revere
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Ep. 146 Trigger warnings and DEI statements
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Ep. 145 First Amendment history with Yale Professor Akhil Amar
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Ep. 144 Matt Taibbi, Nadine Strossen, and Amna Khalid respond to ‘On the Media’ free speech critiques
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Ep. 143 Politics and thought reform in K-12 education
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Ep. 142 Alfred Hitchcock and Hollywood’s Production Code
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Ep. 141 Morris Ernst, Free Speech Renegade
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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Ep. 140 Free speech, psychology, and madness
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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Ep. 139 Mahanoy v. B.L. Supreme Court ruling analysis
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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Ep. 138 A history of Western censorship with Eric Berkowitz
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Ep. 137 The Constitution of Knowledge with Jonathan Rauch
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Ep. 136 Comic book panic!
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May 20, 2021 |
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Ep. 135 Are education schools secretly driving campus censorship?
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May 06, 2021 |
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Ep. 134 A cheerleader’s free speech case lands at the Supreme Court
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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[FIXED] Ep. 133 University of Wisconsin Professor Donald Downs
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Ep. 132 Academic Freedom Alliance with Keith Whittington
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Ep. 131 ‘Incitement’ with David L. Hudson Jr.
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Ep. 130 Stonewalling by the University of California
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Ep. 129 ‘The Fight for Free Speech’ with Ian Rosenberg
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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Ep. 128 John McWhorter says academics are really, really worried
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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Ep. 127 What happened to American childhood? with Kate Julian and Greg Lukianoff
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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Ep. 126 Free speech after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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Ep. 125 National Review’s Charles C.W. Cooke
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Ep. 124 ‘Burning the Books’ with Richard Ovenden
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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Ep. 123 Campus mobs, heckler’s vetoes, racial segregation, and a rogue student government!
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Ep. 122 U.S Constitution masterclass with Judge Douglas Ginsburg
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Ep. 121 Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Awards
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Ep. 120.1 Mighty Ira documentary watch-along
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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Ep. 120 ‘Mighty Ira’ Glasser
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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Ep. 119 2020 College Free Speech Rankings
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Ep. 118 David Goldberger, lead attorney in “the Skokie case”
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Ep. 117 What a summer …
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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Ep. 116 ‘Journal of Controversial Ideas’ with Prof. Peter Singer
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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Ep. 115 ‘Dare to Speak’ with PEN America’s Suzanne Nossel
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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Ep. 114 Glenn Loury objects
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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Rebroadcast: How Daryl Davis, a black man, defeats the Ku Klux Klan with open dialogue
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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Ep. 113 Charlottesville reflections with Rodney Smolla
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Ep. 112 College social media censorship
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May 21, 2020 |
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Ep. 111 'Dear Colleague,' due process now required. Title IX rules analysis.
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May 08, 2020 |
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Ep. 110 The Constitution in the age of coronavirus w/ Prof. Josh Blackman
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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Ep. 109 Censorship pandemic
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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Ep. 108 A history of (dis)information wars in the Soviet Union and beyond
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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Ep. 107.1 "Coronavirus and the failure of the ‘Marketplace of Ideas’"
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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Ep. 107 FIRE, the coronavirus, and the failure of the ‘Marketplace of Ideas’
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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Ep. 106 ‘Free speech and justified true belief’ w/ prof. Joseph Blocher
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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Ep. 105 ‘Rap on Trial’
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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Ep. 104 Violent video games with Villanova Professor Patrick M. Markey
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Feb 20, 2020 |
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Ep. 103 Guns, addiction, and the press
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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Ep. 102 Cultural sites, slurs, antisemitism, and Title IX
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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Ep. 101 McCarthyism and The Red Scare
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Jan 02, 2020 |
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The 100th episode: The state of free speech in America
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Dec 12, 2019 |
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Ep. 99 John Stuart Mill’s ‘On Liberty’
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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Ep. 98 ‘The First Amendment in the Trump Era’ w/ Professor Timothy Zick
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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Ep. 97 There’s no such thing as free speech, argues Stanley Fish
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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Ep. 96 Who was Hayden C. Covington?
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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Ep. 95 Twenty years of FIRE with co-founder Harvey Silverglate
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Oct 03, 2019 |
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Ep. 94 Kevin Williamson’s ‘The Smallest Minority’
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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Ep. 93 ‘Coddling’ one year later
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Sep 05, 2019 |
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Ep. 92 Free speech, privacy, and President Trump’s Twitter account w/ Alex Abdo
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Aug 22, 2019 |
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Ep. 91 ‘The Grievance Studies Affair’
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Aug 08, 2019 |
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Ep. 90 ‘David French-ism’
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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Ep. 89 Prof. Samuel Abrams wrote an op-ed encouraging viewpoint diversity. Then came the fallout.
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Jul 11, 2019 |
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Ep. 88 Defending libraries with James LaRue
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Jun 27, 2019 |
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Ep. 87 Intellectual property 101
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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Ep. 86 Words, Violence, and Censorship at Williams College
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May 30, 2019 |
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Ep. 85 Wen Fa of the Pacific Legal Foundation
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May 16, 2019 |
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Ep. 84 The fight to publish Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’
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May 02, 2019 |
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Ep. 83 Mustafa Akyol on jailing journalists in Turkey, ‘re-educating’ Uyghurs in China, and cultural conformity in America
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Apr 18, 2019 |
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Ep. 82 ‘Can free speech be progressive?’
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Apr 04, 2019 |
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Ep. 81 Techdirt’s Mike Masnick
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Mar 21, 2019 |
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Ep. 80 Ten Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2019
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Mar 07, 2019 |
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Ep. 79 Former FEC Chairman Bradley Smith
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Feb 21, 2019 |
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Ep. 78 LGBT equality and the First Amendment
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Feb 07, 2019 |
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Ep. 77 Campus speech roundup: Art censorship, porn filters, speech restrictions abroad, and litigation victories
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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Ep. 76 From black armbands to the U.S. Supreme Court
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Jan 10, 2019 |
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Ep. 75 Against ‘Free Speech’ with Anthony Leaker
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Dec 27, 2018 |
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Ep. 74 ‘The Half-Life of Facts’ with Samuel Arbesman
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Dec 13, 2018 |
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Ep. 73 ‘Uncensored’ with Zachary Wood
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Nov 29, 2018 |
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Ep. 72 ‘Bodied’ with director Joseph Kahn
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Nov 13, 2018 |
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Ep. 71 Thinking about free speech in bets with Annie Duke
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Nov 01, 2018 |
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Ep. 70 Free speech in the digital age with Jameel Jaffer
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Oct 18, 2018 |
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Ep. 69 Former Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr.
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Oct 04, 2018 |
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Ep. 68 'True threats' with David L. Hudson Jr.
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Sep 20, 2018 |
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Ep. 67 ‘The Coddling of the American Mind’
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Sep 04, 2018 |
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Ep. 66 Outrage mobs in comedy
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Aug 23, 2018 |
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Ep. 65 Artificial intelligence & speech rights
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Aug 09, 2018 |
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Ep. 64 How censorship crosses borders with Jacob Mchangama
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Jul 25, 2018 |
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Ep. 63 Supreme Court review: Kennedy, Kavanaugh, and “weaponizing the First Amendment”
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Jul 11, 2018 |
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Ep. 62 Most memorable FIRE cases
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Jun 27, 2018 |
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Ep. 61 ‘HATE’ with Nadine Strossen
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Jun 13, 2018 |
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Ep. 60 ‘Speak Freely’ with Professor Keith Whittington
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May 30, 2018 |
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Ep. 59 Debating ‘Is there a campus free speech crisis?’ with Sullivan, Haidt, Nossel, Sachs, & Foster
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May 16, 2018 |
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Ep. 58 ‘Lust on Trial’ with Amy Werbel
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May 03, 2018 |
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Ep. 57 Exploring threats to a free press with Laura Handman
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Apr 19, 2018 |
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Ep. 56 Have you been defamed?
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Apr 05, 2018 |
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Ep. 55 Is there a campus free speech crisis?
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Mar 27, 2018 |
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Ep. 54 Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
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Mar 22, 2018 |
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Ep. 53 Bret Weinstein, professor in exile
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Mar 08, 2018 |
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Ep. 52 The Great Firewall of China
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Feb 22, 2018 |
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Ep. 51 University of Alaska President Emeritus Mark Hamilton
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Feb 08, 2018 |
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Ep. 50 Randall Kennedy on ‘The Forgotten Origins of the Constitution on Campus’
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Jan 25, 2018 |
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Ep. 49 “The Great Dissent” w/ Professor Thomas Healy
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Jan 11, 2018 |
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Ep. 48 ‘Natural Rights and the First Amendment’ w/ Jud Campbell
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Dec 28, 2017 |
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Ep. 47 Institute for Justice President and General Counsel Scott Bullock
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Dec 13, 2017 |
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Ep. 46 Revisiting Masses v. Patten (1917)
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Nov 30, 2017 |
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Ep. 45 Harvard professor Steven Pinker
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Nov 15, 2017 |
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Ep. 44 Berkeley then and now
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Nov 02, 2017 |
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Ep. 43 LIVE EVENT: Viewpoint diversity on campus
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Oct 19, 2017 |
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Ep. 42 ‘Is this the day the Internet dies?’
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Oct 05, 2017 |
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Ep. 41 The British free speech invasion
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Sep 21, 2017 |
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Ep. 40 “The neurodiversity case for free speech” w/ Geoffrey Miller
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Sep 07, 2017 |
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Ep. 39 Judge Richard Posner on the First Amendment
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Sep 05, 2017 |
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Ep. 38 “After Charlottesville” w/ former ACLU President Nadine Strossen
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Aug 22, 2017 |
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Ep. 37 Fredrik deBoer on the growing distrust of higher ed
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Aug 10, 2017 |
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Ep. 36 The life of Louis Brandeis w/ Jeffrey Rosen
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Jul 27, 2017 |
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Ep. 35 Et tu, hecklers? Howard Sherman on defending the arts
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Jul 13, 2017 |
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Ep. 34 The 100th anniversary of the Espionage Act of 1917
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Jun 29, 2017 |
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Ep. 33 The Slants win at the U.S. Supreme Court!
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Jun 20, 2017 |
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Ep. 32 Tyler Cowen on the complacent campus
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Jun 15, 2017 |
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Ep. 31 Campus free speech round table: spring 2017 semester in review
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Jun 01, 2017 |
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Ep. 30 Eugene Volokh and new frontiers in the First Amendment
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May 18, 2017 |
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Ep. 29 Former ACLU Executive Director Ira Glasser
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May 04, 2017 |
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Ep. 28 ‘Sex and the Constitution’ with professor Geoffrey R. Stone
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Apr 20, 2017 |
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Ep. 27 The ‘heckler’s veto’ strikes Heather Mac Donald
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Apr 17, 2017 |
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Ep. 26 Putting money where your mouth is: campaign finance and free speech
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Apr 06, 2017 |
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Ep. 25 Bob Corn-Revere on censorship: the ‘bastard child of technology’
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Mar 23, 2017 |
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Ep. 24 How Daryl Davis, a black man, defeats the KKK w/ dialogue
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Mar 09, 2017 |
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Ep. 23 Rob Corry, ‘speech code slayer’
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Feb 23, 2017 |
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Ep. 22 Flemming Rose, Editor of ‘the Muhammad Cartoons’
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Feb 09, 2017 |
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Ep. 21 The ‘Turkey Purge’ w/ Prof. Beth Baron
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Jan 27, 2017 |
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Ep. 20 The ‘Turkey Purge’ w/ Mahir Zeynalov
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Jan 26, 2017 |
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Ep. 19 Ken White of ‘Popehat’ Talks Nat Hentoff, Worst Censors of 2016
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Jan 12, 2017 |
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Ep. 18 Campus Free Speech Round Table: Fall 2016 Semester in Review
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Dec 29, 2016 |
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Ep. 17 ACLU National Legal Director David Cole
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Dec 15, 2016 |
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Ep. 16 Free Speech Profiles: Attorney Martin Garbus
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Dec 01, 2016 |
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Ep. 15 Denying the Holocaust
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Nov 17, 2016 |
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Ep. 14 NYU Professor Stephen Solomon’s ‘Revolutionary Dissent’
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Nov 03, 2016 |
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Ep. 13 spiked’s Brendan O’Neill on the Fight for Free Speech Overseas
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Oct 20, 2016 |
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Ep. 12 Flying Dog Brewery: ‘Good Beer, No Censorship’
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Oct 06, 2016 |
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Ep. 11 Robert Shibley’s ‘Twisting Title IX’
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Sep 22, 2016 |
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Ep. 10 Jason Riley on Being ‘Disinvited’ from Campus
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Sep 08, 2016 |
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Ep. 9 Alice Dreger on Academic Freedom
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Aug 25, 2016 |
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Ep. 8 ‘The Trials of Lenny Bruce’
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Aug 11, 2016 |
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Ep. 7 The Daughters: Carlin, Pryor, and Bruce Speak Out
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Jul 28, 2016 |
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Ep. 6 The Summer Interns Take Over
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Jul 14, 2016 |
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Ep. 5 Aryeh Neier on “Defending My Enemy”
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Jun 30, 2016 |
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Ep. 4 2015–16 Campus Free Speech Year in Review
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Jun 16, 2016 |
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Ep. 3 David Baugh on ‘Defending My Enemy’
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Jun 02, 2016 |
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Ep. 2 Glenn Greenwald On “Defending My Enemy”
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May 19, 2016 |
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Ep. 1 Jonathan Rauch’s “Kindly Inquisitors”
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May 05, 2016 |
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Welcome!
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Apr 19, 2016 |