So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast
News

So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

by FIRE

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.

100 episodes
EN language
All Episodes
1
Ep. 265: Anthropic, age verification laws, and press freedom
1:00:49 Mar 11, 2026
2
Ep. 264: Anonymity from the founding to the digital age
52:46 Feb 25, 2026
3
Ep. 263: Free speech in Trump 2.0
1:10:38 Feb 2, 2026
4
Ep. 262: Escaping Iran
1:08:10 Jan 22, 2026
5
Ep. 261: Thomas Paine's rise and fall
1:29:29 Jan 15, 2026
6
Ep. 260: Remembering 'free-thinking' writer Nat Hentoff
58:35 Dec 19, 2025
7
Ep. 259: FIRE answers your questions
1:01:49 Dec 10, 2025
8
Ep. 258: Donor disclosure and campaign finance at SCOTUS
55:47 Nov 25, 2025
9
Ep. 257: Conversion therapy at the Supreme Court
1:05:50 Nov 13, 2025
10
Ep. 256: Ten arguments against free speech
1:14:19 Oct 30, 2025
11
Ep. 255: Authoritarians in the Academy
40:03 Oct 15, 2025
12
Ep. 254: What is going on with the FCC?
48:04 Sep 30, 2025
13
Ep. 253: Pam Bondi says hate speech is not free speech — is she right?
1:05:16 Sep 16, 2025
14
Ep. 252: America's first free speech crisis — the Sedition Act of 1798
1:08:11 Sep 15, 2025
15
Ep. 251: Free speech and 'the executive power' with Advisory Opinions
1:12:34 Sep 4, 2025
16
Ep. 250: Civil rights, hate speech, and the First Amendment
57:04 Aug 28, 2025
17
Ep. 249: FIRE Reacts — Where does Harvard go from here? With Larry Summers
1:08:50 Aug 12, 2025
18
Ep. 248: Commercial speech and the First Amendment
50:42 Aug 6, 2025
19
Ep. 247: Justin Amash
1:09:20 Jul 24, 2025
20
Ep. 246: Tech check — AI moratorium, Character AI lawsuit, FTC, Digital Services Act, and FSC v. Paxton
1:11:40 Jul 10, 2025
21
Ep. 245: The Supreme Court's decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton
46:42 Jun 27, 2025
22
Ep. 244: Censoring lawmakers, T-shirts, and seashells
1:06:27 Jun 5, 2025
23
Ep. 243: Heather Mac Donald on Trump and free speech
59:40 May 22, 2025
24
Ep. 242: Is cancel culture dead?
55:16 May 8, 2025
25
Ep. 241: The government's money, the government's rules?
54:54 Apr 23, 2025
26
Ep. 240: Is there a global free speech recession?
1:05:13 Apr 9, 2025
27
Ep. 239: Columbia University, Mahmoud Khalil, DEI, law firms, and more
1:04:24 Mar 27, 2025
28
Ep. 238: On Mahmoud Khalil
39:26 Mar 18, 2025
29
Ep. 237: A tech policy bonanza! The FCC, FTC, AI regulations, and more
1:04:48 Mar 12, 2025
30
Ep. 236: JD Vance, 60 Minutes, the Associated Press, the FCC, and more
1:06:27 Feb 19, 2025
31
Ep. 235: Cancel culture, legal education, and the Supreme Court with Ilya Shapiro
1:19:24 Feb 6, 2025
32
Ep. 234: The Chicago Canon
1:07:31 Jan 23, 2025
33
Ep. 233: Rethinking free speech with Peter Ives
1:21:06 Jan 9, 2025
34
Ep. 232: We answer your free speech questions
1:06:49 Dec 18, 2024
35
Ep. 231: What is academic freedom? With Keith Whittington
1:07:00 Dec 12, 2024
36
Ep. 230: Wilson vs. FDR: Who was worse for free speech?
1:09:43 Nov 25, 2024
37
Ep. 229: Ayaan Hirsi Ali will not submit
45:10 Nov 14, 2024
38
Ep. 228: Does artificial intelligence have free speech rights?
1:10:43 Nov 1, 2024
39
Ep. 227: Should there be categories of unprotected speech?
1:03:31 Oct 22, 2024
40
Ep. 226: 'Shouting fire,' deepfake laws, tenured professors, and mask bans
1:05:35 Oct 10, 2024
41
Ep. 225: Debating social media content moderation
1:12:21 Sep 26, 2024
42
Ep. 224: Ayn Rand, Objectivism, and free speech
1:10:27 Sep 12, 2024
43
Ep. 223: Teaching conservatism on a liberal college campus
47:38 Aug 29, 2024
44
Ep. 222: John Stuart Mill's lasting impact on the Supreme Court
1:04:17 Aug 15, 2024
45
Ep. 221: Section 230 co-author, Rep. Christopher Cox
58:17 Aug 1, 2024
46
Ep. 220: Political violence and speech
1:05:47 Jul 18, 2024
47
Ep. 219: The First Amendment at the Supreme Court
1:39:29 Jul 3, 2024
48
Ep. 218: A warning label on social media?
1:26:50 Jun 25, 2024
49
Ep. 217: 'Defending pornography'
1:13:57 Jun 20, 2024
50
Ep. 216: Section 230 and online content moderation
1:21:26 Jun 6, 2024
Select an episode
0:00 0:00