Ep. 272: FIRE Monthly Member Webinar - May 2026

Shouting down speakers, UCLA free speech, heckling, AI, doxxing, cancel culture, and more!   Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:40 Get your tickets to Soapbox now! 06:30 Congratulations to Will on 20 years at FIRE 07:31 How is FIRE responding to shouting down speakers? 11:33 Will FIRE include viewpoint diversity in our College Free Speech Rankings? 13:48 What is FIRE's response to UCLA Law students protesting a DHS speaker? 17:07 NYU's commencement speaker Jonathan Haidt  21:20 Is walking out on a controversial speaker protected free speech? 23:28 Is FIRE involved in Texas State University professor Tom Alter's case? 25:50 What is the scholar to attorney ratio at FIRE? 27:47 Has cancel culture on college campuses changed since Trump 2.0? 32:00 What is FIRE's stance on doxxing? 37:02 FIRE volunteer opportunities 37:33 Can the government regulate AI? 42:01 Is talk therapy speech or medical treatment? (Chiles v. Salazar) 46:02 What are the most pressing threats to online expression? 51:30 Special thanks to the Middlebury College Democrats and Republicans 53:45 What are the most challenging aspects of FIRE's work with technology and free speech? 57:10 Does accepting government money protect or restrict speech? 01:00:25 Is FIRE a reactive organization and what solutions do we offer? 01:01:41 Outro   Joining us: Nico Perrino, executive vice president Alisha Glennon, chief operating officer Greg Lukianoff, president & chief executive officer Will Creeley, legal director   Become a paid subscriber today to receive invitations to future live webinars. If you became a FIRE Member through a donation to FIRE at fire.org and would like access to Substack's paid subscriber podcast feed, please email sotospeak@fire.org. If you already are a paid subscriber and would like to listen to this episode via Apple Podcasts, click on the "Apple Podcasts" icon at the top right of this page!