So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast
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Take an uncensored look at the world of free expression through personal stories and candid conversations. Created by @TheFIREorg. Hosted by @nicoperrino.
Joined April 2016
Ep. 259: @TheFIREorg answers your questions Featuring @glukianoff, @WillatFIRE, @acglennon, and @NicoPerrino. Timestamps: 00:00 Introductions 02:11 What is the Press Clause, and who does it apply to? 05:53 FIRE’s position on Oklahoma student grading incident 08:50 What does
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Ep. 258: Donor disclosure and campaign finance at SCOTUS The @InstFreeSpeech's @CommishSmith and @brettnolan join @NicoPerrino to discuss two upcoming Supreme Court arguments involving donor disclosure (First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Platkin) and political party
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Ep. 257: Conversion therapy at the Supreme Court @thefireorg's Ronnie London and Conor Fitzpatrick join @NicoPerrino to discuss the Supreme Court’s oral argument in the conversion therapy case, the Pentagon’s new press rules, @IUBloomington's censorship rampage, and where the
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Ep. 256: Ten arguments against free speech @glukianoff and Nadine Strossen join @NicoPerrino to discuss ten common arguments against free speech and why they fail. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:18 Book’s origins 04:25 Argument #1: Words are violence 20:27 Argument #2: Words are
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NEW EP.: Authoritarians in the Academy FIRE Senior Scholar @sarahemclaugh discusses her new book, “Authoritarians in the Academy: How the Internationalization of Higher Education and Borderless Censorship Threaten Free Speech.” Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:17 Book origins 03:38
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How did John Adams go from warning about the 'jaws of power' to becoming the 'jaws of power' himself by passing the Sedition Act? 🎥 @CharlesSlack
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Why is it important to respect the free speech rights of those you deeply disagree with? 🎥 @CharlesSlack
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How the Supreme Court's 9-0 decision in NRA v. Vullo informs the recent @jimmykimmel controversy
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NEW EP: What's going on with the @FCC? What is the Federal Communications Commission, and why does its chairman think the agency can regulate Jimmy Kimmel’s jokes? Note: Shortly after recording this episode, Nexstar and Sinclair announced they would return “Jimmy Kimmel
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Free speech advocates expect hypocrisy. But right now it's happening at an industrial scale. My @TheFIREorg colleague @glukianoff is in today's @nytimes on the sad state of affairs.
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New episode: Pam Bondi says hate speech is not free speech — is she right? @TheFIREorg staff (@NicoPerrino, @sarahemclaugh, & @aaronterr1) also take your questions on Charlie Kirk's assassination, President Trump's lawsuit against @nytimes, cancel culture, and more. 00:00 Intro
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NEW EP: America’s first free speech crisis — the Sedition Act of 1798 We’re joined by award-winning author, @CharlesSlack, to discuss his book, Liberty’s First Crisis: Adams, Jefferson and the Misfits Who Saved Free Speech. Slack focuses on the infamous Sedition Act of 1798,
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Free speech advocates are very familiar with the line, "Congress shall make no law abridging…the freedom of speech." But what does "freedom of speech" or even, "abridging," really mean? 📷 @NicoPerrino, @DavidAFrench, @whignewtons
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RT @NicoPerrino: America must be an open society where where we feel safe to share our ideas in the public square, not just from behind bul…
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🧵 @TheFIREorg’s 2026 College Free Speech Rankings are out. This is the 6th year of the Rankings, the largest survey of campus expression in the country — now nearly 300,000 students surveyed since 2020. 1/14
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What was the American Jewish Committee’s "quarantine" strategy and why was it successful in combating hate speech?
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