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Ep. 278: The Trump admin wants to change how scientific research is funded w/ Catharine Young, Evan Morris, and Ryne Weiss
The feds want to implement new rules to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in research grants — so why is the research community throwing up red flags?
Jul 29
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Nico Perrino
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Catharine Young
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59:57
FIRE Monthly Member Webinar - July 2026
Obscenity, foreign censorship, social media, academic freedom, age verification technology, and more!
Jul 22
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Nico Perrino
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1:03:22
Ep. 277: Ada Palmer on the history of censorship from the Renaissance to AI
Why do people censor? What makes censorship succeed or fail? And what can centuries of censorship teach us about today’s free speech battles?
Jul 15
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Nico Perrino
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1:14:26
June 2026
Ep. 276: Book banning’s trial of the century w/ Anthony Aycock
Book bans aren’t new. Long before today’s battles over library shelves, a school district on Long Island found itself at the center of a constitutional…
Jun 30
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Nico Perrino
6
59:28
FIRE Monthly Member Webinar - June 2026
Academic freedom, DEI mandates, AI liability, Bible verses on Pride hats, dangerous speech, and more!
Jun 22
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Nico Perrino
1
1
1:01:50
Ep. 275: Stress-testing the limits of the First Amendment w/ Chaz Stevens
He says Satan loves the First Amendment. What does that mean?
Jun 17
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Nico Perrino
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T. Chaz Stevens
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42:41
Ep. 274: Financial censorship: how banks silence speech w/ Rainey Reitman
Money makes the world go round. But for some speakers, banks serve as a choke point for sharing their message.
Jun 10
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Nico Perrino
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3
59:58
May 2026
Ep. 273: Debating Super PACs and campaign finance w/ Larry Lessig and Paul Sherman
The price tag for American elections keeps climbing. The 2024 presidential election was the second most expensive race ever at $5.5 billion. Now, the…
May 27
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Lawrence Lessig
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Nico Perrino
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5
1:15:14
Ep. 272: FIRE Monthly Member Webinar - May 2026
Shouting down speakers, UCLA free speech, heckling, AI, doxxing, cancel culture, and more!
May 15
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Nico Perrino
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Greg Lukianoff
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2
1:02:45
April 2026
Ep. 271: Minecraft, censorship, and threats to press freedom with Clayton Weimers
The United States has slipped in global press freedom rankings amid growing concerns about trust, political pressure, and the media landscape.
Apr 30
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Nico Perrino
4
1
1:03:29
FIRE Reacts: Comey, Kimmel, ABC & the FCC
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…
Apr 29
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Nico Perrino
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Aaron Terr
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1
53:46
Ep. 270: The fight for privacy and free speech in the surveillance age
The relationship between privacy and free expression is more urgent than ever.
Apr 23
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Nico Perrino
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1:15:43
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