Jun 10, 2026
What is financial censorship?
Rainey Reitman joins the show to discuss what happens when people are denied access to financial services because of their lawful speech and conduct.
Reitman is the author of Transaction Denied: Big Finance’s Power to Punish Speech, which examines the role financial companies like Visa,...
May 27, 2026
In 2010, two landmark decisions transformed American campaign finance law. The first was Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The second was SpeechNow.org v. FEC.
Together, these cases cleared the way for corporations and so-called Super PACs to raise and spend unlimited sums of money in elections.
What...
May 15, 2026
Shouting down speakers, UCLA free speech, heckling, AI, doxxing, cancel culture, and more!
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:40 Get your tickets to Soapbox now!
06:30 Congratulations to Will on 20 years at FIRE
07:31 How is FIRE responding to shouting down speakers?
11:33 Will FIRE include viewpoint diversity in our
Apr 30, 2026
Editorial note: This conversation was recorded on Friday, April 24, the day before the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Both Nico and Clayton attended the event, where a gunman breached security and opened fire before being apprehended.
No one was seriously injured, but the incident serves as a reminder of the...
Apr 29, 2026
We break down the legal case against James Comey over an alleged “true threat” and how far the government can go in prosecuting speech. Plus, we examine renewed FCC pressure on ABC and Jimmy Kimmel.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:57 Does the DOJ have a viable case against James Comey?
04:51 “True threats” and...