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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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52mins