So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast
Ep. 114 Glenn Loury objects
Jul 08, 2020
As protests against racial injustice continue across America, colleges and universities are increasingly speaking out in support of the protests. What’s more, some are also taking action to investigate or punish faculty critical of the protesters’...
As protests against racial injustice continue across America, colleges and universities are increasingly speaking out in support of the protests. What’s more, some are also taking action to investigate or punish faculty critical of the protesters’ perceived aims.
What does this mean for academic freedom and freedom of speech? And does this signal a shift away from the idea, best exemplified by the University of Chicago’s Kalven Report, that there should be a “heavy presumption against the university taking collective action or expressing opinions on the political and social issues of the day?”
To discuss, we are joined by Glenn Loury, Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences at Brown University, who objected to a letter about the protests sent by Brown’s senior administrators.
Show notes:
- “Letter from Brown’s senior leaders: Confronting racial injustice”
- “I must object” by Glenn C. Loury
- “CU Boulder professor accused of racist, sexist social media posts”
- “Miller ‘70 P’02: Fascism and the open campus”
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Rebroadcast: How Daryl Davis, a black man, defeats the Ku Klux Klan with open dialogue
Jun 24, 2020
This episode is a rebroadcast from March 2017. “If you spend five minutes with your worst enemy, you will find you have something in common,” said Daryl Davis. “If you spend 10 minutes, you’ll find you even have more in common. And the...
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Ep. 113 Charlottesville reflections with Rodney Smolla
Jun 04, 2020
During the summer of 2017, a fierce dispute over the removal of Confederate monuments in Charlottesville, Va. captured national attention. The events that summer led to racial animosity and heated debate over our nation’s history and the First...
During the summer of 2017, a fierce dispute over the removal of Confederate monuments in Charlottesville, Va. captured national attention.
The events that summer led to racial animosity and heated debate over our nation’s history and the First Amendment, and threw one historic city into turmoil, ultimately culminating in death and tragedy during the weekend of Aug. 11.
On today’s episode of So to Speak, we are joined by Rodney Smolla to reflect on what happened in Charlottesville. Smolla is Dean and Professor of Law at the Delaware Law School of Widener University. He is also the author of a new book, “Confessions of a Free Speech Lawyer: Charlottesville and the Politics of Hate.”
Editor’s note: This podcast was recorded on Wednesday, May 20, prior to the protests that began last week surrounding policing and race in America. Had these events taken place before our recording, they almost certainly would have been addressed, as there are many dots to connect between Charlottesville and our current moment, especially as they relate to race, the police, and our First Amendment rights.
Show notes:
- Transcript
- Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942)
- Doe v. McKesson (5th Circ. 2019)
- Beauharnais v. Illinois (1952)
- Virginia v. Black (2003)
- “Student survey: Did student attitudes toward campus speech change after Charlottesville” by Kelsey Naughton
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Ep. 112 College social media censorship
May 21, 2020
A new FIRE report finds that 77% of public colleges and universities use a blacklist of secret words to censor comments on their Facebook pages. What’s more, 87% of them block particular users on Facebook or Twitter. How do these blacklists work?...
A new FIRE report finds that 77% of public colleges and universities use a blacklist of secret words to censor comments on their Facebook pages. What’s more, 87% of them block particular users on Facebook or Twitter.
How do these blacklists work? How were they discovered? And do they violate the First Amendment?
On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, host Nico Perrino is joined by the director of FIRE’s Individual Rights Defense Program, Adam Steinbaugh. He is the author of “No Comment: Public Universities’ Social Media Use and the First Amendment.”
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Ep. 111 'Dear Colleague,' due process now required. Title IX rules analysis.
May 08, 2020
On Wednesday, the Department of Education its long-awaited new Title IX regulations. Over the years — and with the federal government’s prodding — Title IX has been and used to justify censorship and the denial of core due process rights for...
On Wednesday, the Department of Education published its long-awaited new Title IX regulations.
Over the years — and with the federal government’s prodding — Title IX has been twisted and used to justify censorship and the denial of core due process rights for those accused of sexual misconduct on America’s college campus. The new regulations will better protect certain free speech and due process rights long denied to students.
On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, host Nico Perrino is joined by FIRE Executive Director Robert Shibley and FIRE Senior Fellow Samantha Harris for a deep-dive analysis of the new regulations and the history of Title IX abuse on campus.
Show notes:
- Podcast transcript
- New Title IX regulations text
- FIRE press release on new Title IX regulations
- Information on the April 4, 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter
- List of lawsuits filed since 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter
- Campus Due Process Litigation Tracker
- “Twisting Title IX” by Robert Shibley
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