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So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast takes an uncensored look at the world of free expression through personal stories and candid conversations.New episodes post every other Thursday.

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Ep. 15 Denying the Holocaust

Ep. 15 Denying the Holocaust

In 1996, Emory University Professor Deborah Lipstadt found herself in a peculiar situation: she and a team of lawyers wo... Read more

17 Nov 2016

38mins

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Ep. 18 Campus Free Speech Round Table: Fall 2016 Semester in Review

Ep. 18 Campus Free Speech Round Table: Fall 2016 Semester in Review

A precipitous decline in the percentage of schools maintaining severely restrictive speech codes. A proliferation of bia... Read more

29 Dec 2016

58mins

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Ep. 53 Bret Weinstein, professor in exile

Ep. 53 Bret Weinstein, professor in exile

Former Evergreen State College Professor Bret Weinstein describes himself as a “professor in exile.” The evolutionary bi... Read more

8 Mar 2018

1hr 25mins

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Ep. 97 There’s no such thing as free speech, argues Stanley Fish

Ep. 97 There’s no such thing as free speech, argues Stanley Fish

Does free speech exist?  According to Cardozo Law Professor Stanley Fish, it does not. On today’s episode of So to Speak... Read more

31 Oct 2019

1hr 11mins

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Ep. 45 Harvard professor Steven Pinker

Ep. 45 Harvard professor Steven Pinker

Harvard University professor and FIRE Advisory Council member Steven Pinker is a rockstar academic. He has written 10 bo... Read more

15 Nov 2017

40mins

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Ep. 24 How Daryl Davis, a black man, defeats the KKK w/ dialogue

Ep. 24 How Daryl Davis, a black man, defeats the KKK w/ dialogue

Daryl Davis, a 58-year-old black man, has a question: “How can you hate me if you don’t even know me?” For nearly three ... Read more

9 Mar 2017

39mins

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Ep. 67 ‘The Coddling of the American Mind’

Ep. 67 ‘The Coddling of the American Mind’

Tribalism and group polarization are on the rise. So too are rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide. On campuses, pro... Read more

4 Sep 2018

54mins

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Ep. 27 The ‘heckler’s veto’ strikes Heather Mac Donald

Ep. 27 The ‘heckler’s veto’ strikes Heather Mac Donald

On April 6, Manhattan Institute Fellow Heather Mac Donald was standing in Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum preparin... Read more

17 Apr 2017

35mins

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Ep. 59 Debating ‘Is there a campus free speech crisis?’ with Sullivan, Haidt, Nossel, Sachs, & Foster

Ep. 59 Debating ‘Is there a campus free speech crisis?’ with Sullivan, Haidt, Nossel, Sachs, & Foster

Is there a campus free speech crisis? In March, FIRE staff discussed the question. On today’s episode of So to Speak: T... Read more

16 May 2018

1hr 49mins

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The 100th episode: The state of free speech in America

The 100th episode: The state of free speech in America

On today’s edition of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, we celebrate 100 episodes by bringing back on the show popul... Read more

12 Dec 2019

1hr 31mins

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Ep. 91 ‘The Grievance Studies Affair’

Ep. 91 ‘The Grievance Studies Affair’

Last fall, three writers and scholars announced they had submitted 20 fake papers to academic journals to test whether  ... Read more

8 Aug 2019

1hr 23mins

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Ep. 29 Former ACLU Executive Director Ira Glasser

Ep. 29 Former ACLU Executive Director Ira Glasser

Ira Glasser is one of the most consequential civil liberties figures in American history. He ran the ACLU as its executi... Read more

4 May 2017

2hr 13mins

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Ep. 39 Judge Richard Posner on the First Amendment

Ep. 39 Judge Richard Posner on the First Amendment

Last week, Judge Richard Posner suddenly retired from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after nearly 36 years on the... Read more

5 Sep 2017

1hr 4mins

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Ep. 99 John Stuart Mill’s ‘On Liberty’

Ep. 99 John Stuart Mill’s ‘On Liberty’

On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, we are joined by professor Dale E. Miller to discuss the lif... Read more

26 Nov 2019

1hr 27mins

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Ep. 28 ‘Sex and the Constitution’ with professor Geoffrey R. Stone

Ep. 28 ‘Sex and the Constitution’ with professor Geoffrey R. Stone

Sex and the Constitution are not two topics often thought of together. But University of Chicago Law School professor Ge... Read more

20 Apr 2017

51mins

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Ep. 38 “After Charlottesville” w/ former ACLU President Nadine Strossen

Ep. 38 “After Charlottesville” w/ former ACLU President Nadine Strossen

Nadine Strossen knows the dangers of Nazism. Her father was liberated from the Buchenwald concentration camp one day bef... Read more

22 Aug 2017

1hr 8mins

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Ep. 78 LGBT equality and the First Amendment

Ep. 78 LGBT equality and the First Amendment

On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, we speak with Rutgers Law School Professor Carlos Ball about... Read more

7 Feb 2019

1hr 5mins

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Ep. 23 Rob Corry, ‘speech code slayer’

Ep. 23 Rob Corry, ‘speech code slayer’

In 1994, law student Rob Corry joined with eight other students to file a legal challenge to a Stanford University speec... Read more

23 Feb 2017

51mins

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Ep. 37 Fredrik deBoer on the growing distrust of higher ed

Ep. 37 Fredrik deBoer on the growing distrust of higher ed

Fredrik deBoer has been in and around academia his entire life. He’s a fourth generation Ph.D. who has blogged about edu... Read more

10 Aug 2017

1hr

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Ep. 89 Prof. Samuel Abrams wrote an op-ed encouraging viewpoint diversity. Then came the fallout.

Ep. 89 Prof. Samuel Abrams wrote an op-ed encouraging viewpoint diversity. Then came the fallout.

His office door was vandalized. He was accused of causing “harm” to his “college community.” There was even a demand — ... Read more

11 Jul 2019

52mins

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