{"podcast":{"title":"So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast","slug":"so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607","podcast_index_feed_id":705607,"rss_url":"https://sotospeak.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.sotospeakpodcast.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/d/c/f/3dcf57f0d4d3244d27a2322813b393ee/STS_Libsyn_Graphic-20240726-s0w7i4wl32.jpg","author":"So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast","episode_count":279,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T04:22:08.710490+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 255: Authoritarians in the Academy","slug":"ep-255-authoritarians-in-the-academy","published_at":"2025-10-15T19:47:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-255-authoritarians-in-the-academy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607","url":"https://sotospeak.libsyn.com/ep-255-authoritarians-in-the-academy","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sotospeak/100825_STS_255_SARAH_RE-EDIT-.mp3?dest-id=601059","summary":"FIRE Senior Scholar Sarah McLaughlin discusses her new book, \"Authoritarians in the Academy: How the Internationalization of Higher Education and Borderless Censorship Threaten Free Speech.\" Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:17 Book origins 03:38 How China censored speech on American campuses 18:36 COVID's impact for international students' speech 22:05 What is sensitivity exploitation? 25:35 Free speech at international satellite campuses 31:28 Attempted deportations of Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk 36:52 Sarah's free speech inspirations: literature and people About the Guest: Learn more about Sarah McLaughlin and her work. Get the Book: Purchase Authoritarians in the Academy here . Read the transcript here: https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/so-speak-transcript-authoritarians-academy Enjoy listening to the podcast? Donate to FIRE today ( https://www.thefire.org/ ) and get exclusive content like member webinars, special episodes, and more. If you became a FIRE Member through a donation to FIRE at thefire.org and would like access to Substack's paid subscriber podcast feed, please email sotospeak@thefire.org .","meta_description":"FIRE Senior Scholar Sarah McLaughlin discusses her new book, \"Authoritarians in the Academy: How the Internationalization of Higher Education and Borderle…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2403,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/episodes/ep-255-authoritarians-in-the-academy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/so-to-speak-the-free-speech-podcast-705607/ep-255-authoritarians-in-the-academy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}