Archive - So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

Ep. 246: Tech check — AI moratorium, Character AI lawsuit, FTC, Digital Services Act, and FSC v. Paxton

We’re checking in on the latest news in tech and free speech.

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Corbin K. Barthold

1:11:39

FIRE Monthly Member Webinar — July 2025

We take your questions on Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, European speech restrictions, Ann Selzer, Paramount's settlement, the ousting of UVA's…

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1:00:11

June 2025

FIRE Reacts: Supreme Court's decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton

FIRE staff responds to the Court's decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton that addresses a Texas law requiring age verification for accessing…

Jun 27 •

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Corn-Revere, Bob

46:24

FIRE Monthly Member Webinar — June 2025

We take your questions on Harvard v. Trump, Mahmoud Khalil, the 'two genders' case, defunding NPR and PBS, flag burning, AI regulation, the LA protests…

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Adam Steinbaugh

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1:01:27

Ep. 244: Censoring lawmakers, T-shirts, and seashells

We discuss the Supreme Court backing Maine lawmaker Laurel Libby, NPR filing suit against Trump, a years-long dispute over a student wearing a “there…

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Corn-Revere, Bob

1:06:26

May 2025

Ep. 243: Heather Mac Donald on Trump and free speech

We discuss the Trump administration’s free speech record amidst its battles with higher ed, mainstream media, law firms, and more.

May 22 •

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59:39

FIRE Monthly Member Webinar — May 2025

We take your questions on academic freedom, the immigration cases of Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk, anti-Semitism, civic education reform…

May 16 •

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Ep. 242: Is cancel culture dead?

The co-authors of “The Canceling of the American Mind” discuss its new paperback release and where cancel culture stands a year and a half after the…

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April 2025

Ep. 241: The government’s money, the government’s rules?

Our guests today signed onto a statement by a group of 18 law professors who opposed the Trump administration’s funding threats at Columbia on free…

Apr 23 •

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FIRE Reacts: Harvard’s bold reply to the Trump administration

We analyze Harvard University's stand against the Trump administration's unlawful demand letter that threatens the university's free speech and academic…

Apr 15 •

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56:35

FIRE Monthly Member Webinar — April 2025

We take your questions on the Mahmoud Khalil case, the feds' new "alien" surveillance policy, Hillsdale College, masking, a Maine legislator, drag…

Apr 9 •

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Ep. 240: Is there a global free speech recession?

We travel from America to Europe, Russia, China, and more places to answer the question: Is there a global free speech recession?

Apr 9 •

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Sarah McLaughlin

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Jacob Mchangama

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