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So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

Politics

So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

FIRE

Ep. 276: Book banning's trial of the century w/ Anthony Aycock

July 01, 2026 4:30am 59 min

Over the past five years, book bans and book challenges have become a major flashpoint in American politics. School boards, parents, librarians, and lawmakers are fighting over what students should—and shouldn't—have acc...

Ep. 275: Stress-testing the limits of the First Amendment w/ Chaz Stevens

June 17, 2026 10:08am 42 min

Debates over religious freedom have shaped American life for centuries. From Quakers facing persecution in colonial America to The Crucible to South Park, fights over religious expression have repeatedly tested the count...

Ep. 274: Financial censorship: how banks silence speech w/ Rainey Reitman

June 10, 2026 9:12am 59 min

What is financial censorship? Rainey Reitman joins the show to discuss what happens when people are denied access to financial services because of their lawful speech and conduct. Reitman is the author of Transaction Den...

Ep. 273: Debating Super PACs and campaign finance w/ Larry Lessig and Paul Sherman

May 27, 2026 10:03am 1:15

In 2010, two landmark decisions transformed American campaign finance law. The first was Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The second was SpeechNow.org v. FEC. Together, these cases cleared the way for corp...

Ep. 272: FIRE Monthly Member Webinar - May 2026

May 15, 2026 2:50pm 1:02

Shouting down speakers, UCLA free speech, heckling, AI, doxxing, cancel culture, and more!   Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:40 Get your tickets to Soapbox now! 06:30 Congratulations to Will on 20 years at FIRE 07:31 How is F...

Ep. 271: Minecraft, censorship, and threats to press freedom with Clayton Weimers

April 30, 2026 7:55am 1:03

Editorial note: This conversation was recorded on Friday, April 24, the day before the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Both Nico and Clayton attended the event, where a gunman breached security and opened fire before...

FIRE Reacts: Comey, Kimmel, ABC & the FCC

April 29, 2026 3:50pm 53 min

We break down the legal case against James Comey over an alleged "true threat" and how far the government can go in prosecuting speech. Plus, we examine renewed FCC pressure on ABC and Jimmy Kimmel. Timestamps: 00:00 Int...

Ep. 270: The fight for privacy and free speech in the surveillance age

April 23, 2026 7:31am 1:15

The early internet opened unprecedented avenues for speech, creativity, and connection without traditional gatekeepers. But it also raised civil liberties questions: Do our offline freedoms exist online? And if so, how f...

Ep. 269: Is free speech declining worldwide?

April 10, 2026 9:52am 53 min

Free speech has long been a cornerstone of democratic society. But today, its principles face increasing pressure. Around the world, governments are expanding speech restrictions in the name of combating misinformation, ...

Ep. 268: News and misinformation in early America

April 03, 2026 12:42pm 56 min

In 18th century America, news traveled slowly across the Atlantic. Newspapers reprinted secondhand reports, private letters, and unverified stories from abroad, leaving readers with multiple versions of reality. In a wor...

Ep. 267: Social media = cigarettes?

April 01, 2026 3:14pm 59 min

In March, juries in California and New Mexico delivered seminal verdicts holding Meta and YouTube liable for failing to protect young users from harm. Both verdicts found that the companies were negligent in the design o...

Ep. 266: How foreign censors target American speakers

March 19, 2026 11:13am 1:02

Governments around the world have increasingly sought to regulate online speech well beyond their borders.  If global platforms are forced to comply with the world's most restrictive laws, whose speech standards win? And...

Ep. 265: Anthropic, age verification laws, and press freedom

March 11, 2026 10:57am 1:00

Several stories have put government power over speech and technology back in the spotlight. In this episode, we break down the Pentagon's targeting of the AI company Anthropic, the push for government-mandated age verifi...

Ep. 264: Anonymity from the founding to the digital age

February 25, 2026 9:59am 52 min

In the years leading up to the American Revolution, newspapers and pamphlets overflowed with essays signed "Publius," "Brutus," and "A Farmer." Those arguments helped shape a nation, but the authors' real names were nowh...

Ep. 263: Free speech in Trump 2.0

February 02, 2026 8:27am 1:10

One year into Trump 2.0, we examine the administration's record on free speech and how it compares to the president's campaign pledge to "bring back free speech to America."  We also discuss recent ICE protests, includin...

Ep. 262: Escaping Iran

January 22, 2026 11:58am 1:08

Recent protests in Iran have drawn renewed attention to dissent under the country's authoritarian government. The demonstrations have been met with mass arrests, internet restrictions, and even accusations of murder.  Wh...

Ep. 261: Thomas Paine's rise and fall

January 15, 2026 11:00am 1:29

Thomas Paine arrived in America in 1774 with little to his name and a long record of personal failure behind him. Within a year, he wrote Common Sense, one of the most influential political pamphlets in history, helping ...

Ep. 260: Remembering 'free-thinking' writer Nat Hentoff

December 19, 2025 10:16am 58 min

On January 7, 2017, The Associated Press announced that "Free-thinking author and columnist Nat Hentoff is dead at 91." For well over 60 years, Hentoff was a one of America's foremost public intellectuals and a familiar ...

Ep. 259: FIRE answers your questions

December 10, 2025 9:05am 1:01

Changes at the Pentagon, Charlie Kirk and cancel culture, free speech and misinformation, globalized censorship, Indiana University, how to support FIRE, and more!   Timestamps: 00:00 Introductions 02:11 What is the Pres...

Ep. 258: Donor disclosure and campaign finance at SCOTUS

November 25, 2025 9:02am 55 min

The Institute for Free Speech's Bradley Smith and Brett Nolan join the show to discuss two upcoming Supreme Court arguments involving donor disclosure (First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc. v. Platkin) and politica...

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