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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

The Antisemitism Awareness Act

The Antisemitism Awareness Act

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 214

May 7, 2024

On May 1, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act by a vote of 320 to 91. Proponents of the law say it is necessary to address anti-Semitic discrimination on college campuses. Opponents argue it threatens free speech....

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FIRE, the coronavirus, and the failure of the 'Marketplace of Ideas'

March 20, 2020

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 107

FIRE, the coronavirus, and the failure of the 'Marketplace of Ideas'

'Free speech and justified true belief' w/ prof. Joseph Blocher

March 19, 2020

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 106

'Free speech and justified true belief' w/ prof. Joseph Blocher

'Rap on Trial'

March 5, 2020

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 105

'Rap on Trial'

Violent video games with Villanova Professor Patrick M. Markey

February 20, 2020

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 104

Violent video games with Villanova Professor Patrick M. Markey

Guns, addiction, and the press

February 6, 2020

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 103

Guns, addiction, and the press

Cultural sites, slurs, antisemitism, and Title IX

January 22, 2020

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 102

Cultural sites, slurs, antisemitism, and Title IX

McCarthyism and The Red Scare

January 2, 2020

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 101

McCarthyism and The Red Scare

The 100th episode: The state of free speech in America

December 12, 2019

So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

The 100th episode: The state of free speech in America

John Stuart Mill's 'On Liberty'

November 26, 2019

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 99

John Stuart Mill's 'On Liberty'

'The First Amendment in the Trump Era' w/ Professor Timothy Zick

November 14, 2019

So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastEp. 98

'The First Amendment in the Trump Era' w/ Professor Timothy Zick

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