The Academic Freedom Podcast

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The official podcast of the Academic Freedom Alliance, a nonpartisan and ideologically diverse coalition of faculty members committed to defending free speech in academia. We interview a diverse array of scholars about the latest developments in the academic freedom movement, from breaking news, to precedent-setting court cases, to modern takes on the timeless principles that underlie professorial free speech. Learn more about the AFA at www.AcademicFreedom.org.

Episode Date
The Opinionated University: A Conversation with Brian Soucek
Jun 22, 2026
On the Trump Administration's Higher Education Compact
Dec 15, 2025
Should the Government Tax University Endowments?
Jun 11, 2025
Can the Government Block Student Visas Over Campus Speech?
May 29, 2025
On Withholding Federal Grants to Universities
May 27, 2025
On Trump's Threat to Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status
May 21, 2025
On Columbia University and the Trump Administration
Mar 26, 2025
On the Boundaries of Faculty Free Speech
Feb 14, 2025
Timothy Zick on Public Protests and the Law
Jan 09, 2025
A Conversation with Professor Cary Nelson
Dec 10, 2024
Mitch Daniels on Promoting Campus Free Speech
Sep 13, 2022
A Conversation with Professor Eugene Volokh
Jul 06, 2022
Protecting Controversial Speech On and Off Campus
Apr 18, 2022
The Case for Tenure: A Rebuttal to Proposals in Texas
Feb 23, 2022
Reaching Bipartisan Consensus on Campus Free Expression
Feb 18, 2022
On SUNY Fredonia, Moral Philosophy, and Forbidden Questions
Feb 07, 2022
The Fight for Academic Freedom at the University of Florida
Jan 18, 2022
What Can We Learn from the Top Ranked College for Academic Freedom?
Dec 16, 2021
How University Administrators Can Foster a Culture of Free Speech
Dec 02, 2021
Understanding Academic Freedom with AAUP‘s Hank Reichman
Nov 01, 2021
Georgia‘s Post-Tenure Review Policy: The Death of Tenure?
Oct 20, 2021
A Discussion with the Authors of FIRE‘s ”Scholars Under Fire” Report
Sep 28, 2021
David French on the Problem with Banning Conversations
Aug 26, 2021
A Conversation with Jonathan Rauch of the Brookings Institution
Aug 06, 2021
Pragmatism v. Principle in the Liberal Approach to Free Speech
Jul 07, 2021
Meriwether v. Shawnee State: Is All Classroom Speech Free Speech?
Jun 08, 2021