Views on First

About Views on First

“Views on First” is the Knight First Amendment Institute’s flagship podcast. Each season, we invite leading legal scholars, practitioners, tech policy experts, and others to join us in conversations about some of the most pressing First Amendment issues in the ever-shifting expressive landscape of the digital age. “Views on First: Season 1” won a 2024 Anthem Award Silver Medal (https://www.anthemawards.com/winners/list/entry/#!responsible-technology/podcast-or-audio/views-on-first/1972/-1/456292) and 2023 Signal Listener’s Choice Award (https://www.signalaward.com/winners/details/#knight-first-amendment-institute-at-columbia-university/views-on-first/0/447357) and a Signal Silver Medal (https://www.signalaward.com/winners/details/#knight-first-amendment-institute-at-columbia-university/views-on-first/0/447357).

Publisher

Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University

Category

news · society & culture · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Jan 2023

Latest episode

13 May 2025

Latest episodes

23 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 May 2025

   Extended Preview: “The Bully’s Pulpit: Trump v. The First Amendment”

   Podcast host Cristian Farias previews "The Bully's Pulpit," which chronicles President Trump's unprecedented assault on freedoms of expression, inquiry, association, and the press in an interview.

2. 

   9 May 2025

   A Preview of “The Bully’s Pulpit: Trump v. The First Amendment”

   Legal journalist Cristian Farias previews "The Bully's Pulpit: Trump v. The First Amendment," a new podcast exploring the Trump administration's challenges to free speech and press freedoms.

3. 

   18 Dec 2024

   Speech & the Border E5: The Free Speech Costs of Banning TikTok

   From the first Trump administration to the Biden administration, the fight to ban TikTok has cut across conventional partisan and ideological lines. In this episode, host Ramya Krishnan explores the ban as an affront to our First Amendment right to receive information and ideas from abroad. Georgetown Law professor and tech regulation expert Anupam Chander highlights the government’s glaring lack of evidence that TikTok poses a national security threat. Signal Foundation President Meredith Wh...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

175,921

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

27 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 43 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

17

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

85