May 22, 2025

Heather Mac Donald discusses the Trump administration’s free speech record amidst its battles with higher ed, mainstream media, law firms, and more.

Mac Donald is Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Her most recent book is “When race trumps merit: How the pursuit of equity sacrifices excellence,...

May 8, 2025

The co-authors of “The Canceling of the American Mind” discuss its new paperback release and where cancel culture stands a year and a half after the book’s original publication.

- Greg Lukianoff — 

• President and CEO of FIRE

• Co-author of "The Canceling of the American Mind"

- Rikki Schlott — 

• New York...

Apr 23, 2025

Our guests today signed onto a statement by a group of 18 law professors who opposed the Trump administration’s funding threats at Columbia on free speech and academic freedom grounds. 

Since then, Northwestern, Cornell, Princeton, Harvard, and nearly 60 other colleges and universities are under investigation with...

Apr 9, 2025

We travel from America to Europe, Russia, China, and more places to answer the question: Is there a global free speech recession? 

Guests:

- Sarah McLaughlin: FIRE senior scholar, global expression

- James Kirchick: FIRE senior fellow

- Jacob Mchangama: FIRE senior fellow

Timestamps: 

00:00 Intro

03:52 Free speech...

Mar 27, 2025

We explore how censorship is impacting institutions — from universities to law firms to the Maine House of Representatives.

Timestamps: 

00:00 Intro

01:40 Federal government cuts Columbia’s funding

16:57 Updates on the Mahmoud Khalil case

27:01 Ed Martin’s Georgetown letter

34:59 Trump targeting law firms

55:01...