So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast
So to Speak, Sarah McLaughlin, Aaron Terr, Greg Lukianoff, Nico Perrino, Pouya Nikmand, FCC Commissioner Anna M. GomezAn uncensored look at the world of free expression.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issues | 501 | Subscribers | Read | sotospeak.substack.com |
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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.
Sarah is Senior Scholar, Global Expression at FIRE and author of Authoritarians in the Academy: How the Internationalization of Higher Education and Borderless Censorship Threaten Free Speech
Director of Public Advocacy at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)
President & CEO of FIRE, co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind w/ Jon Haidt & The Canceling of the American Mind w/ Rikki Schlott
Nico Perrino is executive vice president of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), host of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, and co-director/senior producer of the documentary "Mighty Ira."
I'm a writer who escaped Iran and embarked on a perilous, ongoing journey to reach freedom in the United States—my favorite country. I write to bring out what's good in people because I've seen too much of the bad in them. [email protected]
FCC Commissioner. Latina-American. Communications attorney and tech nerd. Dog mom.
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