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So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

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.

New episodes post every other Thursday.

Nico Perrino, host of So to Speak, the free speech podcast

'Private Censorship' with J.P. Messina

'Private Censorship' with J.P. Messina

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 215

May 21, 2024

Ep. 214: 'Private Censorship' with J.P. Messina The First Amendment forbids government censorship. Private institutions, on the other hand, are generally free to restrict speech. How should we think about private censorship and its role...

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Title IX gets twisted again

July 7, 2022

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 165

Title IX gets twisted again

'The First Amendment created gay America'

June 23, 2022

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 164

The new FIRE

June 6, 2022

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 163

The new FIRE

"Parental Advisory" and music censorship with Eric Nuzum

May 26, 2022

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 162

"Parental Advisory" and music censorship with Eric Nuzum

What did 'On the Media' get wrong about free speech ... again?

May 9, 2022

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 161

What did 'On the Media' get wrong about free speech ... again?

Hugh Hefner, free speech scrapbooker

May 5, 2022

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 160

Hugh Hefner, free speech scrapbooker

Disney and Elon Musk

April 26, 2022

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 159

Disney and Elon Musk

What is academic freedom?

April 21, 2022

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 158

What is academic freedom?

Former BBC bureau chief Konstantin Eggert and what you need to know about censorship in Russia

April 11, 2022

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 157

Former BBC bureau chief Konstantin Eggert and what you need to know about censorship in Russia

What Russians don't know about the war in Ukraine

March 24, 2022

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 156

What Russians don't know about the war in Ukraine

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