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?
Ep. 268: News and misinformation in early America
Ep. 267: Social media = cigarettes?
Ep. 266: How foreign censors target American speakers
Ep. 265: Anthropic, age verification laws, and press freedom
Ep. 264: Anonymity from the founding to the digital age
Ep. 263: Free speech in Trump 2.0
Ep. 262: Escaping Iran
Ep. 261: Thomas Paine's rise and fall
Ep. 260: Remembering 'free-thinking' writer Nat Hentoff
Ep. 259: FIRE answers your questions
Ep. 258: Donor disclosure and campaign finance at SCOTUS
Ep. 257: Conversion therapy at the Supreme Court
Ep. 256: Ten arguments against free speech
Ep. 255: Authoritarians in the Academy
Ep. 254: What is going on with the FCC?
Ep. 253: Pam Bondi says hate speech is not free speech — is she right?
Ep. 252: America's first free speech crisis — the Sedition Act of 1798
Ep. 251: Free speech and 'the executive power' with Advisory Opinions
Ep. 250: Civil rights, hate speech, and the First Amendment
Ep. 249: FIRE Reacts — Where does Harvard go from here? With Larry Summers
Ep. 248: Commercial speech and the First Amendment
Ep. 247: Justin Amash
Ep. 246: Tech check — AI moratorium, Character AI lawsuit, FTC, Digital Services Act, and FSC v. Paxton
Ep. 245: The Supreme Court's decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton
Ep. 244: Censoring lawmakers, T-shirts, and seashells
Ep. 243: Heather Mac Donald on Trump and free speech
Ep. 242: Is cancel culture dead?
Ep. 241: The government's money, the government's rules?
Ep. 240: Is there a global free speech recession?
Ep. 239: Columbia University, Mahmoud Khalil, DEI, law firms, and more
Ep. 238: On Mahmoud Khalil
Ep. 237: A tech policy bonanza! The FCC, FTC, AI regulations, and more
Ep. 236: JD Vance, 60 Minutes, the Associated Press, the FCC, and more
Ep. 235: Cancel culture, legal education, and the Supreme Court with Ilya Shapiro
Ep. 234: The Chicago Canon
Ep. 233: Rethinking free speech with Peter Ives
Ep. 232: We answer your free speech questions
Ep. 231: What is academic freedom? With Keith Whittington
Ep. 230: Wilson vs. FDR: Who was worse for free speech?
Ep. 229: Ayaan Hirsi Ali will not submit
Ep. 228: Does artificial intelligence have free speech rights?
Ep. 227: Should there be categories of unprotected speech?
Ep. 226: 'Shouting fire,' deepfake laws, tenured professors, and mask bans
Ep. 225: Debating social media content moderation
Ep. 224: Ayn Rand, Objectivism, and free speech
Ep. 223: Teaching conservatism on a liberal college campus
Ep. 222: John Stuart Mill's lasting impact on the Supreme Court
Ep. 221: Section 230 co-author, Rep. Christopher Cox
Ep. 220: Political violence and speech
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