Greg Lukianoff – The Legal Battle to Defend Campus Speech

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comVideo Links0:00 The return of the “speech is violence” argument6:05 Who’s the arbiter of “misinformation” and “disinformation”?8:06 The University of Virginia topped FIRE’s college free speech rankings14:08 The Victorianism of the Woke22:10 The comedian as gadfly24:40 Do we need to “protect” Jewish students from pro-Palestine speech?31:23 Harvard Derangement Syndrome37:13 FIRE’s defense of Amy Wax39:59 Using Title IX to restrict speech46:24 Complicating the left-right speech distinction49:34 FIRE enters the AI debatesRecorded June 2, 2025Links and ReadingsFIREGreg and Nancy Strossen’s forthcoming book, War on Words: 10 Arguments against Free Speech—and Why They FailLisa Feldman Barrett’s 2017 NYT op-ed, “When Is Speech Violence?”FIRE’s 2025 College Free Speech RankingsFIRE’s Scholars Under Fire DatabaseRajiv Sethi’s post, “Under Fire”Glenn’s forthcoming book, Self-CensorshipMusa al-Gharbi’s book, We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New EliteGreg and Rikki Schlott’s book, Canceling the American Mind: How Cancel Culture Undermines Trust, Destroys Institutions, and Threatens UsThe IHRA definition of antisemitismSteven Pinker’s NYT guest essay, “Harvard Derangement Syndrome”Greg’s Atlantic essay, “Trump’s Attacks Threaten Much More Than Harvard”Cosmos Institute This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe