Ep. 146 Trigger warnings and DEI statements
A consensus has emerged from a growing pile of scholarly research: Trigger warnings don’t work. On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Pod...
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Ep. 145 First Amendment history with Yale Professor Akhil Amar
September 25 was First Amendment Day in America — the anniversary of the date in 1789 when Congress approved 12 amendments to our Constitution, includ...
Ep. 144 Matt Taibbi, Nadine Strossen, and Amna Khalid respond to ‘On the Media’ free speech critiques
Last month, On the Media, a popular radio program from New York City’s WNYC, aired an episode that questioned free speech values and challenged so-cal...
Ep. 143 Politics and thought reform in K-12 education
Are America’s schools becoming too political? FIRE’s Director of High School Programs argues, “Yes.” Bonnie Kerrigan Snyder is an educator with over ...
Ep. 142 Alfred Hitchcock and Hollywood’s Production Code
Hollywood’s Motion Picture Production Code, popularly referred to as the Hays Code, loomed over films in every stage of movie production from 1934 to ...
Ep. 141 Morris Ernst, Free Speech Renegade
Morris Ernst may be the most influential free speech lawyer you’ve never heard of. He was the longtime general counsel for the ACLU, helped found the ...
Ep. 140 Free speech, psychology, and madness
On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, we are joined by Stetson University Professor of Psychology Christopher J. Ferguson for a ...
Ep. 139 Mahanoy v. B.L. Supreme Court ruling analysis
This week, the United States Supreme Court vindicated the First Amendment rights of a high school cheerleader who was punished for a salty Snapchat sh...
Ep. 138 A history of Western censorship with Eric Berkowitz
Socrates’ fateful hemlock. Henry VIII’s death decree for those who imagined his downfall. The 1836 “Gag Rule” banning slavery discussions in Congress....
Ep. 137 The Constitution of Knowledge with Jonathan Rauch
What differentiates Albert Einstein from a madman? How do we turn disagreement into knowledge? How do we know what’s true in a world filled with disin...