Episode 221: Higher Education’s Cost of Freedom

Nicole Neily, President of Speech First joins us this week to discuss free speech on college campuses. A growing number of colleges have been restricting speech, both of students and faculty. In defining undesirable speech overly broadly, a chill has been growing in higher education wherein students, faculty, and even administrators are censoring their own speech rather than risk running afoul of rules that can mean expulsion and termination.

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Quick Hits

https://www.oddee.com/hundreds-of-joshes-battle-with-pool-noodles-to-determine-the-ultimate-josh-58155/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1V9_EY-TY0

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/historic-life-saving-step-fda-moves-ban-menthol-cigarettes-flavored-n1265823

Foolishness of the Week

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/04/30/a-proclamation-on-loyalty-day-2021/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalty_Day

Topic of the Week

https://speechfirst.org

https://provost.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/documents/reports/FOECommitteeReport.pdf

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