# So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607.md RSS feed: https://sotospeak.libsyn.com/rss Official site: http://www.sotospeakpodcast.com Author: So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast Episodes: 279 ## Resource 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. Hosted by FIRE's Nico Perrino. New episodes post every other Thursday. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607.md ## Episodes - [Ep. 274: Financial censorship: how banks silence speech w/ Rainey Reitman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-274-financial-censorship-how-banks-silence-speech-w-rainey-reitman) — 2026-06-10T14:12:00+00:00 - [Ep. 273: Debating Super PACs and campaign finance w/ Larry Lessig and Paul Sherman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-273-debating-super-pacs-and-campaign-finance-w-larry-lessig-and-paul-sherman) — 2026-05-27T15:03:00+00:00 - [Ep. 272: FIRE Monthly Member Webinar - May 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-272-fire-monthly-member-webinar-may-2026) — 2026-05-15T19:50:00+00:00 - [Ep. 271: Minecraft, censorship, and threats to press freedom with Clayton Weimers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-271-minecraft-censorship-and-threats-to-press-freedom-with-clayton-weimers) — 2026-04-30T12:55:00+00:00 - [FIRE Reacts: Comey, Kimmel, ABC & the FCC](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/fire-reacts-comey-kimmel-abc-the-fcc) — 2026-04-29T20:50:00+00:00 - [Ep. 270: The fight for privacy and free speech in the surveillance age](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-270-the-fight-for-privacy-and-free-speech-in-the-surveillance-age) — 2026-04-23T12:31:00+00:00 - [Ep. 269: Is free speech declining worldwide?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-269-is-free-speech-declining-worldwide) — 2026-04-10T14:52:00+00:00 - [Ep. 268: News and misinformation in early America](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-268-news-and-misinformation-in-early-america) — 2026-04-03T17:42:00+00:00 - [Ep. 267: Social media = cigarettes?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-267-social-media-cigarettes) — 2026-04-01T20:14:00+00:00 - [Ep. 266: How foreign censors target American speakers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-266-how-foreign-censors-target-american-speakers) — 2026-03-19T16:13:00+00:00 - [Ep. 265: Anthropic, age verification laws, and press freedom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-265-anthropic-age-verification-laws-and-press-freedom) — 2026-03-11T15:57:00+00:00 - [Ep. 264: Anonymity from the founding to the digital age](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-264-anonymity-from-the-founding-to-the-digital-age) — 2026-02-25T15:59:00+00:00 - [Ep. 263: Free speech in Trump 2.0](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-263-free-speech-in-trump-2-0) — 2026-02-02T14:27:00+00:00 - [Ep. 262: Escaping Iran](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-262-escaping-iran) — 2026-01-22T17:58:00+00:00 - [Ep. 261: Thomas Paine's rise and fall](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-261-thomas-paine-s-rise-and-fall) — 2026-01-15T17:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 260: Remembering 'free-thinking' writer Nat Hentoff](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-260-remembering-free-thinking-writer-nat-hentoff) — 2025-12-19T16:16:00+00:00 - [Ep. 259: FIRE answers your questions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-259-fire-answers-your-questions) — 2025-12-10T15:05:00+00:00 - [Ep. 258: Donor disclosure and campaign finance at SCOTUS](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-258-donor-disclosure-and-campaign-finance-at-scotus) — 2025-11-25T15:02:00+00:00 - [Ep. 257: Conversion therapy at the Supreme Court](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-257-conversion-therapy-at-the-supreme-court) — 2025-11-13T15:38:00+00:00 - [Ep. 256: Ten arguments against free speech](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-256-ten-arguments-against-free-speech) — 2025-10-30T14:31:00+00:00 - [Ep. 255: Authoritarians in the Academy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-255-authoritarians-in-the-academy) — 2025-10-15T19:47:00+00:00 - [Ep. 254: What is going on with the FCC?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-254-what-is-going-on-with-the-fcc) — 2025-09-30T16:50:00+00:00 - [Ep. 253: Pam Bondi says hate speech is not free speech — is she right?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-253-pam-bondi-says-hate-speech-is-not-free-speech-is-she-right) — 2025-09-16T22:53:00+00:00 - [Ep. 252: America's first free speech crisis — the Sedition Act of 1798](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-252-america-s-first-free-speech-crisis-the-sedition-act-of-1798) — 2025-09-15T19:58:00+00:00 - [Ep. 251: Free speech and 'the executive power' with Advisory Opinions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-251-free-speech-and-the-executive-power-with-advisory-opinions) — 2025-09-04T12:53:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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