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Stanford Legal: Free Speech Under Fire: Greg Lukianoff Discusses the Battle for Free Expression on College Campuses

<p>Amid escalating federal pressure on universities, Stanford Law School alum Greg Lukianoff, JD ’00, joins host Professor Pam Karlan for a sharp look at the free speech firestorms engulfing universities like Harvard and Columbia. First Amendment champion, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), and co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind, Lukianoff recently penned an essay for The Atlantic titled “Trump’s Attacks Threaten Much More Than Harvard.” In this episode, Lukianoff expands on his essay, breaking down the Trump administration’s tactics to punish elite institutions, from defunding threats and faculty interference to student visa crack...

podcast_episode / 1d ago

Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each Other: 🎙️ Greg Lukianoff on How Free Speech Is Under Fire—from Both the Left and the Right

<p>Why defending expression—even the speech you hate—is essential to democracy in 2025.</p> <p>Episode Summary:</p> <p>It was great to welcome back Greg Lukianoff, President and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). Greg is also a New York Times bestselling author and executive producer of the feature-length documentaries Can We Take a Joke? (2015) and the award-winning Mighty Ira: A Civil Liberties Story (2020). In this conversation, we dive deep into the evolving challenges to free speech, the myths that undermine it, and why defending expression—even the speech we disagree with—is essential to democ...

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The Eternally Radical Idea - FIRE

FIRE President and CEO Greg Lukianoff advises Elon Musk to look to First Amendment law for guidance on implementing free speech-friendly policies. Is ...