The official podcast of the Academic Freedom Alliance, a nonpartisan and ideologically diverse coalition of faculty members committed to defending free speech in academia. We interview a diverse array of scholars about the latest developments in the academic freedom movement, from breaking news, to precedent-setting court cases, to modern takes on the timeless principles that underlie professorial free speech. Learn more about the AFA at www.AcademicFreedom.org.
The Academic Freedom Podcast
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The official podcast of the Academic Freedom Alliance, a nonpartisan and ideologically diverse coalition of faculty members committed to defending free speech in academia. We interview a diverse array of scholars about the latest developments in the academic freedom movement, from breaking news, to precedent-setting court cases, to modern takes on the timeless principles that underlie professorial free speech. Learn more about the AFA at www.AcademicFreedom.org.
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Recent Episodes
July 21, 2026
On the Pernell Decision: Stopping the Stop WOKE Act
Keith Whittington is joined by Greg Greubel, a senior attorney at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) and one of the lead attorneys who argued the case against Florida’s Stop W.O.K.E. Act restrictions of faculty speech in public university classrooms. The 11th Circuit just handed down an opinion in that case, Pernell v. Florida Board of Governors. It is one of the most consequential academic freedom cases of recent years. They discuss the case, the constitutional doctrine relating to academic freedom, and the implications of the opinion for the future.
June 22, 2026
The Opinionated University: A Conversation with Brian Soucek
Keith Whittington is joined by Brian Soucek, the Martin Luther King J. Professor of Law at the University of California at Davis School of Law and a member of the American Association of University Professors’ Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure. They discuss his recent book, The Opinionated University: Academic Freedom, Diversity, and the Myth of Neutrality in American Higher Education. They discuss diversity initiatives at American universities, institutional speech by academic departments and universities, and their relation to academic freedom and the mission of the university.
December 15, 2025
On the Trump Administration's Higher Education Compact
Keith Whittington is joined by Genevieve Lakier, professor of law and Herbert and Marjorie Fried Teaching Scholar at the University of Chicago. They discuss the Trump Administration's approach to higher education reform, particularly its recent Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, a proposal that would grant access to federal funds in exchange for agreeing to certain demands. Lakier recently wrote a blog post on the Compact as it relates to the unconstitutional conditions doctrine. Whittington also published a recent op-ed in The Dispatch on problems with the Compact and signed a joint statement on the matter with other professors.
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