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So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

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So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast is a news podcast hosted by FIRE. It has 273 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast takes an uncensored look at the world of free expression through the law, philosophy, and stories that define your right to free speech. Hosted by FIRE's Nico Perrino.New episodes post every other Thursday.

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Ep. 269: Is free speech declining worldwide?

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Ep. 268: News and misinformation in early America

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Ep. 267: Social media = cigarettes?

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Ep. 266: How foreign censors target American speakers

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

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

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Ep. 263: Free speech in Trump 2.0

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Ep. 262: Escaping Iran

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Ep. 261: Thomas Paine's rise and fall

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

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Ep. 259: FIRE answers your questions

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Ep. 258: Donor disclosure and campaign finance at SCOTUS

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Ep. 257: Conversion therapy at the Supreme Court

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Ep. 256: Ten arguments against free speech

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Ep. 255: Authoritarians in the Academy

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Ep. 254: What is going on with the FCC?

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Ep. 253: Pam Bondi says hate speech is not free speech — is she right?

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Ep. 252: America's first free speech crisis — the Sedition Act of 1798

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Ep. 251: Free speech and 'the executive power' with Advisory Opinions

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Ep. 250: Civil rights, hate speech, and the First Amendment

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Ep. 249: FIRE Reacts — Where does Harvard go from here? With Larry Summers

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Ep. 248: Commercial speech and the First Amendment

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Ep. 247: Justin Amash

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Ep. 246: Tech check — AI moratorium, Character AI lawsuit, FTC, Digital Services Act, and FSC v. Paxton

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Ep. 245: The Supreme Court's decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton

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Ep. 244: Censoring lawmakers, T-shirts, and seashells

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Ep. 243: Heather Mac Donald on Trump and free speech

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Ep. 242: Is cancel culture dead?

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Ep. 241: The government's money, the government's rules?

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Ep. 240: Is there a global free speech recession?

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Ep. 239: Columbia University, Mahmoud Khalil, DEI, law firms, and more

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Ep. 238: On Mahmoud Khalil

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Ep. 237: A tech policy bonanza! The FCC, FTC, AI regulations, and more

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Ep. 236: JD Vance, 60 Minutes, the Associated Press, the FCC, and more

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Ep. 235: Cancel culture, legal education, and the Supreme Court with Ilya Shapiro

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Ep. 234: The Chicago Canon

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Ep. 233: Rethinking free speech with Peter Ives

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Ep. 232: We answer your free speech questions

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Ep. 231: What is academic freedom? With Keith Whittington

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Ep. 230: Wilson vs. FDR: Who was worse for free speech?

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Ep. 229: Ayaan Hirsi Ali will not submit

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Ep. 228: Does artificial intelligence have free speech rights?

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Ep. 227: Should there be categories of unprotected speech?

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Ep. 226: 'Shouting fire,' deepfake laws, tenured professors, and mask bans

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Ep. 225: Debating social media content moderation

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Ep. 224: Ayn Rand, Objectivism, and free speech

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Ep. 223: Teaching conservatism on a liberal college campus

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Ep. 222: John Stuart Mill's lasting impact on the Supreme Court

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Ep. 221: Section 230 co-author, Rep. Christopher Cox

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Ep. 220: Political violence and speech

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