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Ep. 282: Breaking down FIRE’s 2027 College Free Speech Rankings
Harvard, institutional neutrality, how we determine the rankings, partisan censorship, how schools can improve their ranking, and more!
Sep 11
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Nico Perrino
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1:02:41
Ep. 281: What’s the First Amendment’s original meaning? w/ Jud Campbell and Stephen Solomon
The founders gave us the First Amendment. Would they recognize it today?
Sep 9
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Nico Perrino
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1:05:17
August 2026
Ep. 280: Social media, speech, and kids w/ Joel Thayer and Kate Ruane
When does regulating technology become regulating speech?
Aug 26
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Nico Perrino
3
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1:13:23
FIRE Monthly Member Webinar - August 2026
Conversion therapy, WNBA fans’ “offensive shirts,” Disney suing the FCC, the Trump administration, academic freedom, Canada and more!
Aug 20
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Nico Perrino
1:04:07
Ep. 279: Legendary lawyer Michael Tigar on juries, free speech, and the trial of John Peter Zenger
What do the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, the Chicago Eight, and John Peter Zenger have in common?
Aug 7
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Nico Perrino
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45:17
July 2026
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
1
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
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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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